This statement by our President, and this is from ABC News, scares the beejesus out of me, especially now that my son-in-law is in Iraq. If you can’t figure out why this is a radical change in American foreign policy that makes us the most bellicose nation on earth, the nation that spends more than all other nations combined on its military, just email me at School4Idiots.com

Bush, who contends that setting a date for troop withdrawal would aid the enemy’s cause, said that to fight Islamic radicals, the U.S. must work to prevent terrorist attacks before they occur, keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of “outlaw regimes” and deny radical groups the support and sanctuary of such governments.

“State sponsors like Syria and Iran have a long history of collaboration with terrorists and they deserve no patience from the victims of terror,” he said. “The United States makes no distinction between those who commit acts of terror and those who support and harbor them. Any government that chooses to be an ally of terror has chosen to be an enemy of civilization and the civilized world must hold those regimes to account.”

Considering that nuclear arms have proliferated to Iran and North Korea, two “outlaw nations”, while Bush was coddling Saudi Arabia, where 19 of the 20 World Trade Center hijackers came from, this statement is outrageous. When you consider the Vice President’s stand on torture (see next item), what makes us think we’re so civilized? This president’s arrogant stupidity and ignorance have translated into fatal incompetence, in my opinion.