Japan Times on the SOTU: "Mr. Bush kicks off his campaign"

[AmericanErrorist]

U.S. President George W. Bush signaled the real beginning of the 2004 election campaign with his State of the Union address Tuesday night in Washington. The speech laid out key themes of the Bush re-election strategy, emphasizing the success in the war against terrorism and the brightening economic outlook. But like many stump speeches, little of it was remarkable: There were no memorable phrases, no flashes of personality. It was a performance by the president -- a man who appears to harbor no doubts about his policies and to remain convinced that he is the best individual for the job....Mr. Bush drew attention to American leadership in the world and enumerated accomplishments of the past year: overthrowing the Saddam Hussein government in Baghdad, setting out to rebuild Iraq, getting Libya to abandon programs for developing weapons of mass destruction, and marshaling an international coalition to force North Korea to do the same. Equally telling were his omissions, such as the bloody conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and continuing failure to meet the challenges of global warming and other forms of environmental destruction.

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