Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Is everybody asleep?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Phillip Kelchen wrote:

> I am very surprised that none of our political junkies here has mentioned
> John Kerry's flap: http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=5616841.


Here's something about it:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-young/howard-kurtz-why-not-ask_b_32971.html


The thing is, Kerry was talking about Bush.  He was basically saying that 
Bush didn't do his homework and he got stuck in Iraq.  He wasn't talking 
about soldiers.  Apparently, the audience new this and they laughed.

The fact is, Bush didn't do his homework.  One of the hallmarks of this 
administration is that they are extremely arrogant and insular.  "The 
Decider" tells people what to do -- he isn't told what to do.  The 
President's men give orders, they don't take ideas from other people. 
This is why the military has turned against the civilian leadership in the 
Pentagon.  It also explains a lot about policy in Iraq.  Why was Paul 
Bremer selected to lead the regime change efforts in Iraq?  Almost 
unbelievably, it was because he didn't know anything about Iraq and would 
therefore be untainted by conventional ideas on how to proceed.  You 
really must watch this show:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/

There's something to talk about.  It's a great show.  I notice that most 
people on this list don't watch the great programs that I tell them about. 
Either that or they watch them and have no comment.

Mike

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