Dr. M. A. Muqtedar Khan on HOW GEORGE W. BUSH CHANGED AMERICA:
What September 11th has done is to give the Bush administration a carte blanche to act recklessly while responding to the fears and opportunities that presented themselves. Fear nurtured by the White House and an understandably heightened sense of patriotism in most Americans have combined to empower the Bush administration far beyond their mandate. They have used the “everything has changed” slogan as a justification for significant departures from the political and moral traditions of this nation. As far as America is concerned, the mantra has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The “everything has changed” slogan recognizes that American foreign policy and security establishment needs an overhaul. Policy errors had spawned anti-American terrorism and failed to arrest its growth and potential to harm the nation. Security and intelligence lapses had allowed the homeland to be attacked as never before. Agreed. Foreign and defense policy as well as the institutional set up that facilitates it need an overhaul. Everyone understands this and recognizes it.
Read the rest of Dr. Khan’s commentary here.