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The most wretched and disastrous choice as president in modern history
So George Bush wanted a legacy. Well, he's got one, an oh-so-fitting millstone, the cap to a lifetime of blunders and implosions and one from which his father, as much as he tried, couldn't rescue him this time.
Oh sure, Dubya could have grasped the Iraq lifeline issued by the Baker-Hamilton Commission and then hoped for the best with his historical grade but such was never going to happen. Overwhelmed by his pyschological neediness to accomplish something on his own, completely separate from any involvement by his father, this negated any chance of outside sources, especially those connected to Bush 41, from ever being a viable option.
Bush has endured a lifetime of humiliation, hence his exaggerated bravura of speech and strut -- machismo compensation to counter inferiority. "Bring 'em on" and "Mission accomplished" were utterly predictable. He personally needed such as much as all were the result of political choices. His continuously daily telling of lies informs us that there has been no fundamental change in the Bush psyche. The over-imbibing may have stopped but the patient remains on life support in all other aspects of his life.
I admit an element of satisfaction for the self-created slings-and-arrows George Bush is enduring. This is because of the reprehensive behavior and actions he has chosen to and continues to unleash on the world. He faced choices and predictably selected the lowest of the low road time after time after time. However, on the other hand I do grieve for his so many and counting victims.
There is not a scintella of doubt that George W. Bush will historically be viewed as the most wretched and disastrous choice as president in modern history.
Connected to this, Timothy Garton Ash has a recent column in which he concludes:
"...In history, the most important consequences are often the unintended ones. We do not yet know the longer-term unintended consequences of Iraq. Maybe there is a silver lining hidden somewhere in this cloud. But as far as the human eye can see, the likely consequences of Iraq range from the bad to the catastrophic.Go here to read the entire article.
Looking back over a quarter of a century of chronicling current affairs, I cannot recall a more comprehensive and avoidable man-made disaster."
For another interesting take, read this column by the same author, published on 9/13/2001.
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