Bush Address Tuesday
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Kuz - what I was doing when com[paring it to Wilson's admin was basically saying that the Bush admin operates like the US has moral authority to use military power and force to support moral/ethical goals - something that is certainly NOT a conservative value and som,thing that was VERY much in the liberal camp which liberal commanders got hell for prior - think Clinton in Kosova or Somalia - the conservatives ripped it apart asking what our national interest was, that the US wasn't a global cop, etc...
Nationalism isn't nesseccarily a right wing tactic - the left has used it as well. Nor is the use of a religiuos justification - that can be used by right or left wing nutjobs.
Where the Bush admin jumps ship is that they are certainly NOT conservative in regards to federal spending - they've outspent most democratic admins as % of budget - for years now. Nothing inherently conservative about that...