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In his stump speeches, President George W. Bush repeatedly declares that the world is a different place because of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Never mind that Bush is blatantly using Sept. 11 as the foundation for his re-election campaign. The world really is different because of what happened that day.
What the president's campaign ignores, though, is that the world also is a different place, and ever-changing, since the United States invaded Iraq last year. The nuances of foreign policy that applied two years ago don't apply today.
While Bush prefers to live in a nerve-racking world where Sept. 11 is frozen on the calendar, most Americans have lived and learned these past three years. The presidency, like life, is an evolving, learn-as-you-go affair and need not maintain the illusion of infallibility.
By the way, why is it that admitting you're wrong is a sign of leadership in every institution except the Bush White House?
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