Even if Iraq suddenly becomes the Garden Spot of the world and a showcase for democracy in the Middle East, it will not alter the irresponsibility of George Bush’s decisions and horrific mistakes in regard to that situation. If his actions in Iraq somehow stumble in the right direction and that country manages to heal itself in the next fifty years, it will certainly NOT be because of his foresight and leadership. From the very beginning, when Bush ignored Richard Clark’s warnings about a terrorist attack before September 11th, until he allowed his incompetent appointees to oversee the most severe economic collapse since the Great Depression, George W. Bush has managed to be the worst president in the history of the republic. From Paul Bremmer, to Harriet Meyers, to Michael Brown and Henry M. Paulson Jr., George W. Bush insisted on appointing second-raters to incredibly important positions within government. Next to Saddam Hussein, Paul Bremmer is probably responsible for most of the deaths in Iraq since the invasion. And what about Alberto Gonzales, who has done more during his tenure to damage the U.S. Constitution than any previous Attorney General. George W. Bush didn’t make a mess of things all by himself. He had a lot of help from the morons he insisted on appointing.
