President Bush addresses the world…again. Tomorrow, he goes before the United Nations to make the case for his policy in Iraq. Unlike a year ago, when his message was to take on Iraq or face irrelevance, President Bush is reportedly going to say to the assembled leaders of the world that we’re all in this together, and then ask for money and soldiers to help rebuild the country.
While the president is revising his case for U.N. involvement, he is also revising his case for going to war by denying any link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 itself, something he’s implied in the past. All this, while the president faces increasing resistance to the cost of reconstruction, from Congress and the public at large.
Guests:
John Newhouse, former foreign affairs correspondent for The New Yorker and author of “Imperial America: The Bush Assault on the World Order”
David Sanger, White House Correspondent for The New York Times
Abraham Sofaer, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, former legal advisor to U.S. State Department.