Tonight, George W. Bush gave a speech that, in a rare show of good taste, the networks did not deign to cover. However, NPR did cover it, and we listened to a little of the thing. Our President spent much of the time associating Iraq, both past and present, with terrorism.

What I don't get, is why people still believe him. Just because he's the President doesn't mean he's not lying to you! His own Administration has admitted that Saddam Hussein's government had nothing to do with 9/11. If Iraq has anything to do with global terrorism now, it's because of Bush's war and other policies regarding Arab nations. He started the war for his own reasons, and that war has served to inflame sentiment against the United States, thus fostering an increase in terrorism. Bush has made the world less safe for us.

But because he says Iraq and terrorism are the same, we must continue to fight this war, and actually, we were justified in starting this war in the first place! Yeah, that's it!

It just makes me so angry.