Believing NEVER HAS Made It So

This from the Huffington Post:
I Believe for Every Drop of Rain That Falls, A Flower Grows
by Marty Kaplan

"I wouldn't ask a mother or a dad -- I wouldn't put their son in harm's way if I didn't believe this was necessary for the security of the United States and the peace of the world. I strongly believe it, and I strongly believe we'll prevail. And I strongly believe that democracy will trump totalitarianism every time. That's what I believe. And those are the belief systems on which I'm making decisions that I believe will yield the peace."
-- George W. Bush, Cleveland, July 10, 2007

Who gives a flying fig for what you believe, Mr. President? You believed trading Sammy Sosa to the White Sox was a good move. You believed Saddam was making nukes from Nigerien yellowcake. . . . You said you had faith in General Casey (until you fired him). You keep telling us you have faith in Alberto Gonzales. . . .[B]ut why should any American mother or dad let you put their son in harm's way just because you "strongly believe" that his being wasted by a roadside IED in an Islamic civil war makes the world more peaceful and the United States more secure?
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He believes he was elected as the Defender of the Faith, and that it is we who are accountable to him, rather than he who is accountable to us.
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It's truly terrifying to have a Believer-in-Chief as the most powerful person [if you don't count Cheney and Rove] in the world.