Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Neo Culpa
As Iraq slips further into chaos, the war's neoconservative boosters have turned sharply on the Bush administration, charging that their grand designs have been undermined by White House incompetence. In a series of exclusive interviews, Richard Perle, Kenneth Adelman, David Frum, and others play the blame game with shocking frankness. Target No. 1: the president himself. [snip] According to Perle, who left the Defense Policy Board in 2004, this unfolding catastrophe has a central cause: devastating dysfunction within the administration of President George W. Bush. Perle says, "The decisions did not get made that should have been. They didn't get made in a timely fashion, and the differences were argued out endlessly.… At the end of the day, you have to hold the president responsible.… I don't think he realized the extent of the opposition within his own administration, and the disloyalty."
And now -- what with hindsight and all -- "if he had his time over, he would not have advocated an invasion of Iraq."
Read the rest of the piece, which includes comments from other "wise men" (rather, the hollow men) such as Frank Gaffney and Michael Ledeen. This bit of insanity from David Frum is rather telling:
I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words. And the big shock to me has been that although the president said the words, he just did not absorb the ideas. And that is the root of, maybe, everything.
They grope about, and soon will avoid speech.
All I know is this: should the elections go the way they're trending, the next two years will be the hardest of George Bush's life. Bet Poppy's watching with great interest. Always a pleasure to see ones children develop character.
Posted by: M. Douglas Wray | 05 November 2006 at 09:02 AM
Happy new year, Stygius!
Posted by: Thomas Nephew | 11 January 2007 at 03:36 PM
If a man comes to your front door and says he is conducting a survey And asks you to show him your bum, do not show him your bum. This is a scam. He only wants to see your bum. I wish I had got this yesterday. I feel so stupid and cheap. -The Bum http://www.widgetmate.com
Posted by: Mantra Mali | 19 July 2007 at 07:24 AM
cheap@levitra.com
Posted by: buy levitra | 18 November 2007 at 01:10 AM
cheap@levitra.com
Posted by: cheap levitra | 18 November 2007 at 03:12 AM
cheap@levitra.com
Posted by: generic levitra | 18 November 2007 at 05:36 AM
I've just been letting everything happen without me these days. I've pretty much been doing nothing , but oh well. More or less nothing notable going on to speak of. I just don't have anything to say these days, but maybe tomorrow.
Posted by: euro teens xxx | 02 February 2008 at 03:08 PM
This is a very beautiful website, I have enjoyed my visit here very much. I’m very honoured to sign in your guestbook. Thanking you for the great work that you are doing here.
Posted by: Security | 27 October 2008 at 02:28 PM
This is a very beautiful website, I have enjoyed my visit here very much. I’m very honoured to sign in your guestbook. Thanking you for the great work that you are doing here.
http://www.experl.com
Posted by: Security | 27 October 2008 at 02:28 PM
Indeed Bush was the worst president ever.
Posted by: Viagra Online | 18 September 2009 at 07:31 AM
The war in Iraq is a real shame for our country.
Posted by: Frigid Wife | 16 October 2009 at 07:07 AM
9HUpIF http://j8Jw83mNs0doPpsqvjrcns5.info
Posted by: robert | 23 November 2009 at 12:31 AM