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March 08, 2005

Could Bush Be Right (The Left Reconsiders)

There is a growing list of "Could Bush be Right?" articles from Europe, America and the Left in general. (Glenn Reynolds has been posting several of them and lists the The Independent's article).  One must always give credit to the opposition when one is self critical.

Here is a list of "Could Bush be Right?" articles, though a couple are from pro-war papers which is noted:

  • Toronto Star of Canada, "Admit it: Bush was right on Iraq", February 1, 2005 (Hat Tip: Washington Post)
  • The Independent of London "Was Bush Right After All?", March 8, 2005
  • Der Spiegel of Germany "Could George W. Bush Be Right?", February 23, 2005 (prior post here)
  • Der Spiegel Part II of the above regarding Bush's relationship with Putin "Could Bush Be Right -- Take Two", February 25, 2005
  • Newsweek of the United States "What Bush Got Right", March 14, 2005
  • Macleans of Canada "Maybe Bush Was Right", March 11, 2005
  • Khaleej Times of UAE reprints Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria article "What Bush got right"
  • Cape Times of South Africa (subscription required) "Bush has been right", March 7, 2005
  • Halifax Live of Canada "Three Cheers for Idealism", March 7, 2005
  • The Economist of the United Kingdom "Democracy Stirs in the Middle East", March 3, 2005
  • Time of the United States with a Charles Krauthammer article (he supported the war strongly) "Three Cheers for the Bush Doctrine", March 7, 2005
  • Chicago Sun-Times of the United States with a Mark Steyn article (he also strongly supported the war) "Election validates Bush's vision of Iraq", March 6, 2005
  • Boston Herald of the US "America's thankless task: US forays pave way for real peace", March 6, 2005
  • US News & World Report of the US "A sudden, powerful stirring", March 14, 2005
  • The Guardian of London doesn't quite give credit to Bush with this blame America line ("As the old Arab order crumbles, a revolution gets under way" March 6, 2005):

"So the source of the movement that some detect sweeping the Middle East is varied and complex. Some ascribe it to President Bush's vigorous championing of democracy in the region. Others point to long standing social and political currents, even suggesting that America's strategic interests have themselves inhibited reform among its loyal yet autocratic Gulf allies."

  • The Financial Times of London "Winds of Change in the Middle East", March 5, 2005
  • The New Zealand Herald of New Zealand "Syria's withdrawal a sign of change across the Middle East", March 8, 2005 and also here with another article making a similar point
  • The Times Online of the United Kingdom and supporter of the invasion "A taste of freedom", March 6, 2005
  • Chicago Sun-Times referred to me by reader Gary "What's So Shocking About Having Second Thoughts", February 2, 2005
  • Le Monde of France (in French) with a translation from The Belgravia Dispatch (Hat Tip: Instapundit) "Printemps arabe", March 8, 2005.
  • Wall Street Journal writing up a transcript of Jon Stewart interview of Clinton Aide Nancy Soderberg "But as an American". (Hat tip to Insane Troll Logic), March 2, 2005
  • Gulf News of the UAE "'Kifaya' is the bud of a new movement on Arab streets", March 8, 2005
  • New York Times of the US "For Bush, No Boasts, but a Taste of Vindication", March 9, 2005
  • Washington Post of the US capital "Is Bush Right?", March 8, 2005
  • Independence Online of South Africa "Was Bush right after all?", March 9, 2005
  • The Sunday Telegraph of London "The Bush revolution has only just begun", March 6, 2005
  • The Christian Science Monitor of the US "The Iraq effect? Bush may have had it right" by NPR's liberal Daniel Schorr, March 4, 2005

There are more articles than these, but these are some of the more notable I found online.  Please feel free to add more in the comments section below, and I will add to this list. For the Left's current spin see here for an article in the Washington Post.

Posted by on March 08, 2005 at 12:05 AM in Diplomacy, IR: Iraq, MSM Watch |

Comments

Gary

One of the first of these columns/articles was a Feb. 1st column by Mark Brown in the Chi Sun Times. He had a follows up on Feb. 2 and 7 based on all the feedback he received.

His archive just misses these articles today but they are available by paid 'reprints'.

Posted by: Gary | March 08, 2005 at 08:26 AM

Bill

Thanks Gary, I had forgotten Mr. Brown's article. It received quite a bit of attention on talk radio and in the blogosphere after its publication. You are right that this article seemed to break the ice in the US.

I have updated the list to include the second article that is still available.

Posted by: Bill | March 08, 2005 at 09:30 AM

OB1

Great List!

...and, for all the dems checkin' out this list, HERE is a link to make you feel better.

It gives some real-life example of where you can now place your hopes.

Posted by: OB1 | March 08, 2005 at 03:53 PM

rich glasgow

Great post. I found your site at 'Stand in the Trenches' and am linking it on my site. Look forward to visiting on a regular basis.

Posted by: rich glasgow | March 09, 2005 at 11:03 AM

Jide Okeke

Like a rising tide, democracy is spreading with an unprecedented force across anti-democratic regimes particularly in the Middle East. However, it is worth thinking about strong nationalistic tendencies among the islamic fundamentalists which has sustained insurgency in the Middle East. Perhaps, the greatest mistake evidenced in the US call and invasion in part of the middle east namely, Iraq and Afganistan is the imposed manner of democracy. Apparently, the strength of democracy lies in the people, hence, true democracy can only be achieved with mass resistance of anti-democratic regimes by its peoples. The recent protest in Lebanon clearly illuminates this

Posted by: Jide Okeke | March 26, 2005 at 04:35 AM

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