1.0link41225<![CDATA[Bush's Desperate Gambit: Finding Another Scapegoat]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-slater/bushs-desperate-gambit-fi_b_41225.htmlEvery autocrat uses the same ploy to keep himself in power--he wraps himself in the flag and screams that an enemy is at the gates. It's the oldest trick in the books: "It's not my fault, it's those bad people over there."
The irony is that the two countries Bush has used as scapegoats--Iraq and Iran--have (or had, in the case of Iraq) two of the most westernized, secular, non-fanatical populations in the Middle East. Especially compared to our major 'allies',...