A reader once posted this comment, which supposedly justified his conservative ideological position:

I have a question for you.  What do you do with the bully on the playground?  He taunts and treathens innocent little kids everyday.  He punches them and takes their lunch money.  You try and talk to him to convince him that his way is not a good way to make friends on the playground.  The bully laughs in your face, shoves you to the ground and takes your lunch money.  You gather all the other kids on the playground and you all agree that this bully must stop.  The bully agrees to stop, he even shows sincerity in his voice, but he continues on his bullying ways.  The kids on the playground all gather again and agree, this is our final warning to the bully, stop picking on the kids in the playground or suffer severe concequences.  The bully continues to bully all  the kids on the playground.  NOW WHAT DO YOU DO!!!!!!

To which I reply with this article.  Just prior to the weekend, the Bush Administration filed a brief urging the city of New York to deny a permit to the recent anti-war march in a time when the President is trying to sell large-scale military action to a skeptical domestic and international audience.

Who's the bully?