We're a powerful, wealthy country, armed to the teeth, led by a profoundly bad leader who has no moral compunction about lying (WMDs), firing anyone who gets in his way (CIA, Colin Powell), and who doesn't listen to experts in their field (the Pentagon) -- so he's inept on top of it all.
For example, the Pentagon told him we shouldn't invade Iraq, that it would be a mess. He did it anyways, listening to the people who told him what he wanted to hear.
When the CIA said "we don't torture people, it doesn't work" he went against it and didn't care about the implications.
He throws out those in the press who ask tough or unpleasant questions. Their press passes are revoked and they're not invited back for the next press conference.
He surrounds himself with yes-men but doesn't have the leadership ability to make a decision when there's a real crisis such as 9/11 or Katrina. It took us months to respond to 9/11. He sat on his ass for three days about the Indonesia quake and didn't so much as call one world leader. Again he sat on his bum for three days about Katrina.
In short: he's an idiot. And now we're in a real mess.
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Date: 2005-11-04 07:45 pm (UTC)For example, the Pentagon told him we shouldn't invade Iraq, that it would be a mess. He did it anyways, listening to the people who told him what he wanted to hear.
When the CIA said "we don't torture people, it doesn't work" he went against it and didn't care about the implications.
He throws out those in the press who ask tough or unpleasant questions. Their press passes are revoked and they're not invited back for the next press conference.
He surrounds himself with yes-men but doesn't have the leadership ability to make a decision when there's a real crisis such as 9/11 or Katrina. It took us months to respond to 9/11. He sat on his ass for three days about the Indonesia quake and didn't so much as call one world leader. Again he sat on his bum for three days about Katrina.
In short: he's an idiot. And now we're in a real mess.
Icarus