Wednesday, January 07, 2004

Letter to the Washington Post
According to David Broder, Dean's comment that "jailing the Iraqi dictator left America 'no safer' was "ill-timed." (Dean: Dominator or Detonator? January 7 2004 op-ed)
I am sorry that David Broder disapproves of Dean's timing, but the statement was nevertheless true, as recent events underscore. Never mind the fact that Hussein had no connection to the September 11 attacks: in the days following his capture, America went to orange alert (more severe than yellow) and then up to red alert during New Year's Eve. As I write, we are STILL at orange alert, and al Qaeda is releasing more authentic tapes from bin Laden.
Pray tell Mr. Broder, how are we safer? Or were you just shooting the messenger?