Le Monde editorial: 'Bush's Mistakes'

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Le Monde editorial: 'Bush's Mistakes'

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PARIS - "We are all Americans," France's Le Monde newspaper proclaimed on Sept. 12, 2001, speaking for millions worldwide in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States. Five years later, the respected daily carried a very different message Monday: Its lead editorial was titled "Bush's Mistakes."


The paper's assessment five years ago reflected a collective shock and sympathy felt in France and many nations that has given way to a much more complex view of the United States since then, particularly after the war in Iraq.

In its issue Monday, Le Monde called the war in Afghanistan a "relative" success and the war in Iraq "a major error" based on false pretenses.

"Since Sept. 11, America has not, it's true, been attacked on its territory, but the world has changed for the worse," it wrote.

"The goal remains to destroy al-Qaida and delegitimize its ideology. But the task is substantially tougher. In five years, the United States has pushed the world toward the clash of civilizations al-Qaida had wanted.".........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060911/ap_on_re_eu/le_monde_sept11

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1. In five years the Bush Administration has pushed. . .

the world toward the clash of civilizations that THE NEOCONS WANTED.

It was their Pearl Harbor, after all.

[CraigHinTenn]

2. What missed opportunities we had to show the world what

America is all about. If only we had a leader with vision. I hope we can impeach the MF next year.