Bush admits he’s clueless: Hires War Czar
The U.S. has a War Czar. Let that sink in. Not only is the U.S. not a peaceful nation, it actually needs someone to organize how non-peaceful it is now.
Anyway, his name is Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, and in August 2005, he was talking about major troop-level reductions in Iraq. He dare not speak that way any longer.
Anyway, future history books will look at this with three possibilities:
1) This was when the military dictatorship started.
2) As a completely worthless leader, Bush surrounded himself with others to take the blame.
3) The Bush Administration was looking for a dupe that will help them waste time.
Ok, No. 1 is a little much. Nos. 2 & 3 are pretty much what future generations will think about the clueless, warmongering leadership the U.S. allowed itself to have.
Mostly, it’s as Atrios said:
“There will eventually be confirmation hearings. There will be pressure on Democrats to confirm him. Then Tony Snow and the president will say the Democrats have no right to criticize the plans because they just voted to confirm the guy who will implement them.
In other words, reboot the F.U. machine.”
May 18th, 2007 at 3:18 am
[…] Look at it this way: When faced with total chaos in the handling of all of America’s wars, the President - stuck with a Commander-in-Chief that was inept but wouldn’t quit and couldn’t be fired - went and hired a War Czar. Someone to Czar over the wars. It was a perfect solution. The job even came with its own bullseye. […]