Monday, September 21, 2009

Thanks for Nothing, Chimpy

From an article in the New York Review of Books:
US officials told me in April 2008 that President Bush had been warned by his military commanders that Afghanistan was going from bad to worse. More troops and money were needed; reconstruction was at a standstill; pressure had to be put on Pakistan; the elections in April 2009 should be indefinitely postponed. Bush ignored all the advice except for asking the Afghans to postpone the elections until August.

He left everything else to his successor to sort out. When Obama took over in January, the crisis was much worse and Pakistan and Afghanistan immediately became his highest foreign policy priorities.
Widdle Georgie Bush had a bad case of Short-Timer's Disease. He was on his way out and he couldn't be bothered to pay any attention to what he could kick down the road. The thing that ought to gall Republicans is that if their guy had won last year, he would have been fucked just as badly by Bush.
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1 comment:

  1. lahru9/21/2009 7:12 PM

    Just like any contractor who has already collected enough money for a job he had no interest in doing any more.

    By that time,late in his Presidency he had mentally moved on, only thinking about getting away from the responsibilities of being president.

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