Bush Arrogance. posted by Richard Seymour

Never mind the fact that Bush could not bring himself to say "sorry". Let's face it, for a man who dabbled in cocaine as part of a career in youthful irresponsibility, yet never accepted that excuse from Texan youngsters when he was governor, he's obviously overcome any cognitive dissonance that might result from shameful hypocrisy. And this showed in his address to Arabia last night:

"A dictator wouldn't be answering questions about this," he said on al-Arabiya. "A dictator wouldn't be saying that the system will be investigated and the world will see the results of the investigation" ...

Recounting a conversation he had with Rumsfeld in the Oval Office on Wednesday morning, Bush told al-Hurra: "I said, find the truth, and then tell the Iraqi people and the world the truth. We have nothing to hide. We believe in transparency, because we're a free society."

What other national leader could have turned such a disgraceful episode into an excuse for self-congratulation? Blair , that's who:

"[T]he important point is to underline that actions of this kind are in no way condoned by the coalition and this is in contrast with what went before.

"The previous regime under Saddam carried out actions like this as a matter of policy."