I'm very relieved to see that George W. Bush has been re-elected to the White House. It's a vote of confidence for his "forward strategy of freedom". Americans have sensed that bringing freedom to the rest of the world, in particular the Middle East, is the best form of defence. Kerry could never explain how his consensus-based multilateralism and readiness to withdraw from tough fights at the first sign of trouble was any different to the policies of the past that lead to 9-11.
That's because there was no difference.
_ DY
at 12:52 AM GMT
