Dumbed to Repeat It
April 10th 2007 23:27
President Bush has been giving speeches in which he tries a different tactic to excuse his Iraq fiasco: He pointed out how after World War II we kept troops in Germany and Japan, and look! Now those former enemies are friendly allies and trading partners and so forth.
Of course, fifty years ago Germany and Japan were both eager to get their economy rebuilt- there was no civil war, and no 'insurgents' destroying the rebuilding efforts. It also helped that the Administration of long past actually had a plan for what to do after the war (Google "Marshall Plan").
A little knowledge is a surreal thing. Thing is, the big picture can get complex and intricate- and worse, doesn't always support the Bush plan that we just topple Saddam's government and everything turns into roses. That is the cardinal rule of the current administration: The only 'facts' allowed into the White House are those that fit the President's pre-conceived world-view.
After all, is it really worth risking losing one's job to give the Leader of the Free World accurate, reliable intelligence?
Of course, fifty years ago Germany and Japan were both eager to get their economy rebuilt- there was no civil war, and no 'insurgents' destroying the rebuilding efforts. It also helped that the Administration of long past actually had a plan for what to do after the war (Google "Marshall Plan").
A little knowledge is a surreal thing. Thing is, the big picture can get complex and intricate- and worse, doesn't always support the Bush plan that we just topple Saddam's government and everything turns into roses. That is the cardinal rule of the current administration: The only 'facts' allowed into the White House are those that fit the President's pre-conceived world-view.
After all, is it really worth risking losing one's job to give the Leader of the Free World accurate, reliable intelligence?
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