Strawmen

Defending his focus, Bush said, ``Some who call themselves realists question whether the spread of democracy in the Middle East should be any concern of ours. But the realists in this case have lost contact with a fundamental reality: America has always been less secure when freedom is in retreat; America is always more secure when freedom is on the march.''

"Some?" Who?

Bush's use of straw men to defend his policies against "some people," or "those," is a cowardly way of attacking his opponents for criticisms they've never made.

And one wonders, who has "lost contact with a fundmental reality?"