Bush Principle: Might Makes Right

I submitted the letter to the editor below on October 27, 2004 to the Marquette, Michigan Mining Journal. I think they published it not long afterward.

     President Bush is a man of principle. His actions have shown that his guiding principle is that might makes right. Since he is the chief executive and commander–in–chief of the world’s only super power, it follows from his guiding principle that God has chosen him to be the worldwide boss of bosses. His administration's fundamental policy is: do what we say, not what we do. Given that power makes him and his administration the good guys, their desires and interests must be good, and whoever and whatever opposes their desires and interests must be bad. Therefore, anything goes and is righteous, if it seems to be in the interest of of himself, his political cronies, and his faction of the investor class.
     The worst of all sins is self–righteousness, the self–delusion that evil acts done to accomplish good are good.
     I have been abhorred by Bush's preemptive strike policy, which basically is the policy that the USA under the Bush presidency is above the laws of God and nations and will invade and conquer when and where he chooses, as for example his immoral and ill–considered invasion and occupation of Iraq. And I have been appalled by Bush’s inadequate responses to scandals in his administration, such as the torture of prisoners scandal, the denial of basic rights of prisoners and arrestees scandal, and the corruption in the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq scandal.

          Brian Leekley
          Marquette, Michigan