The Punning Pundit

Well, we wouldn't want to attack Fallujah when it could negatively influence an election. Well, when it could negatively influence our election. Screwing with other people's elections is apparently okay.

Annan's Warning On Fallujah Dismissed

Ah come on... If he'd attacked before the election, you'ld have accused him of political games too.

Fallujah has been a running sore for months. Bush’s handling of the situation the first time around was one of the reasons I voted against him. Had Bush invaded last week/month/six months ago, I would have taken it as a positive sign he was doing the job we are paying him to do...

Instead-- look. We were ready weeks ago. Once we are ready, any time benefits the other guys. Benefiting the other guys pretty much means more of our guys dying, either now or down the road a bit. This was acceptable to Bush (if he thought of it at all) because his own reelection was higher on his priority list...

Contrast this behavior with Clinton’s. Clinton didn’t care how it looked that he was bombing Iraq on the eve of his impeachment-- he let the situation in Iraq dictate his timing. Incidentally, those much-chided air strikes were the ones that seem to have destroyed Saddam’s NBC arsenal...

So, to answer the direct point: no, I would not have accused him of playing games. I wish I had a president with enough moral backbone to not care how it looks as long as he is using force properly...