Chirac, Schroeder Go on the Defensive (washingtonpost.com)

"I would have preferred another way of eliminating Saddam. The Iraqi people have put up with a lot," Sylviane Forestier, 52, a homemaker, said in Paris. Forestier said she "did not appreciate" the Bush administration, and that she hoped the United States would "let the people settle their own problems and govern their own country."

Ok, ok, I know this is just a private person, not a journalist, and that these are just a few comments perhaps taken out of context. Nevertheless, it seems to me the last few days have clearly shown that the only reason the Iraqis have the opportunity to "settle their own problems and govern their own country" is because of, not in spite of, the Bush administration.

No appreciation, indeed. She might feel differently if she were Iraqi.
- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 12:56 PM