GOP transformation - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED - March 10, 2005
Rove makes it sound like Republicans have discovered liberty and freedom. That is a huge disservice to Republicans. Reagan didn't just discover the value of these principles.
What Rove is missing is that Bush is taking advantage of an interregnum. On the horizon, we can see a high risk of China becoming the replacement for the Soviet threat. Controlling the threat of anti-democratic thought in the Muslim world is crucial for strengthening ourselves and the world for the coming threat of China.
If the whole world is aligned with us -- not based on philosophy, yet -- based on similar governmental selection methods, we are in stronger steed vis-a-vis China in fifteen years. We will still have skirmishes with the France-s (forgive the poor puncuation but I want to clearly put it in the plural and not my mother's name) and Germanies of the coming era. Still, we will be able to debate the Chiracs and Schroers we then face without picking up arms. I would rather deal with a Chirac than the capitalist-funded-Mao-Tse-Tung-yet-to-come.
Think of it: the Arab world with parliaments, parliamentary India with economic strength, and NATO with Eastern Europe.
Who does China turn to for help? Maybe Iran -- if the mullahs survive that long. Maybe Pakistan -- if the Musharef fails and no parliament is ever reinstated. North Korea if the Korean detente-movement continues. Indonesia if the tsunami good-feelings era has little long-term effect.
Rove is porbably wise not to speak such truths. Politics has a strong component of quantum physics qualities: things observed with accuracy tend to change their behavior because of the observation. If the observation is not quite true, maybe the behavior won't change and your goal can yet be achieved on the current trend line. As a result Rove is serving the president well even if it misses the truth. Sad. But true.
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