Saturday, December 09, 2006
Another must read
Frank Rich.
And the NYT editorial writers hit the bullseye with their lead effort.
And the NYT editorial writers hit the bullseye with their lead effort.
We were particularly drawn to Recommendations 46, 72 and 78. Under separate headings dealing with the military, the federal budget and the nation’s intelligence agencies, they share one basic idea: Government officials should not lie to the public or each other, especially in matters of war.And after a clear delineation of what the recommendations say they reach this sad conclusion.
One should not need a blue ribbon commission to know that. But the fact that it had to be said, and so often, in the report goes a long way toward explaining how Mr. Bush got the country into the Iraq mess and why it is proving so hard to dig out of it.
It is mind-boggling that this commission felt compelled to deliver Governing 101 lessons to the president of the United States. But that fits with the implicit message of the entire exercise — a rebuke of the ideologically blinkered way Mr. Bush operates. The report shows that there have always been plenty of alternatives to Mr. Bush’s stubborn insistence on staying the course, and that if he were just willing to make an effort, it would be possible to forge a bipartisan consensus on the toughest issues.It is tempting to feel pity for the Idiot Bastard Child, in over his head, until you think about how many people he has killed with his childish behavior.
It’s tragic that Mr. Bush could not figure that out for himself.
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