Dumb Wars
Barack Obama called George Bush’s war in Iraq a dumb war. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, doesn’t think his old boss’s own war was so bright either. He says Obama “sort of lost his way”. Panetta’s predecessor, Robert Gates, has said pretty much the same thing. He didn’t think the president “believed in his own strategy”.
Dumb
Speaking of believing in your own strategy, how come these two guys didn’t speak up when it would have made a difference? They both have books to peddle now. They may not be loyal, but they’re not dumb.
Like so much of history littered with hesitant and unsure leaders, this lack of strategy and disengaged concern leads to turmoil.
It is sad that a country with so much potential to benefit the world has it squandered by leadership that is bereft of ability.