|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Question for the week
|
Posted: 11/17/05 President Bush is somewhere in Asia getting ready to meet with the head of China. My lack of precise details shows how uninterested I really am. At the same time, I’ve heard smatterings of Bush’s remarks about the behavior of other countries; and I shake my head. President Bush is on the offensive, meaning he’s trying to justify his own administration’s position on many things. Like exporting democracy (with a lower case ‘d’), forming international alliances, repudiating countries who want to develop nuclear weapons, pushing for the eradication of terrorist cells. Some of these goals are certainly admirable; For instance, I for one am not in favor of allowing any and every country free access to the power of hydrogen bombs. However, I don’t think the administration’s approach is going to be successful. If not, then why? Well, I think it’s because our President has gotten himself into a rut, one that repeats ad nauseam that we are right no matter what, rather than we are all right when we work together. I believe in the Peter Principle, the one that says a person rises to his or her appropriate level of competence; and everything after that is downhill. That’s where George W. Bush is right now. There is no 9/11 to fortify him, no cheering stock market to boost him, no Congress to rubber-stamp him. Instead, he has to fight for himself. And I sense he is losing the battle.
Previous entries Due to the volume of entries, Anne's Ten Minutes A Day are now categorized by date and by topics. Some essays are found under more than one topic. Otherwise, select from the categories below.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
