This Land is My Land, This Land was Your Land

Mike Allen recently quoted from President Bush's Freedom Agenda, "(e)very person of every religion, on every continent [with oil, I suppose], has the right to determine his or her own destiny" (Time, "How Bush Plans to Repackage the War, 9/04/06).

Right on, Mr. President. However, how does your manifesto square with preemptively invading countries? How does one accomplish the lofty goal of allowing others to "determine their own destiny" by forcefully insinuating one's own? Please explain this to my simple infantry brain.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1531472,00.html