Bush at the UN, foolish platitudes for the Fox Kool-Aide crowd

In what was clearly a speech for domestic political consumption

President Bush defended his decision to wage war against Iraq, telling the United Nations today that the country will be a beacon of freedom in the Middle East and that liberty-loving nations should not falter in the face of terrorism.

"The advance of freedom always carries a cost," Mr. Bush told the United Nations General Assembly in New York City after acknowledging that more terrorist incidents are a virtual certainty in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Of course United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan gave Bush a rather tough introduction the other day saying:

"Those who seek to bestow legitimacy must themselves embody it, and those who invoke international law must themselves submit to it," Mr. Annan said, in what seemed to be an allusion to Mr. Bush's decision to invade Iraq without full United Nations backing.

There was no doubt about Mr. Annan's meaning when he said "we have seen Iraqi prisoners disgracefully abused." He was referring to instances of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison.

There is nothing Bush could say to the rest of the world at this point that would change their opinion of his administration and it's mis-leadership. It was obvious from the start the UN was just another venue for Bush's re-election campaign.