The King-men

Jay Nordlinger:

[Saddam's] execution was an occasion — for many — to knock George W. Bush and our whole enterprise in Iraq. And to condemn the Iraqi government for botching the hanging.

Okay, fair enough. But what a strange way to view Saddam’s execution. If people could hate totalitarian dictatorship as much as they do George W. Bush — the world would be a happier place.

Such is the lust for power. And these same people think of themselves as progressive and populist, both of which mean, apparently, to hell with the people outside, we want ours and we want it guaranteed. Such is Western Enlightenment.