A disaster of epic proportions

George W. Bush - a disaster of epic proporitions by Joe in DC - 12/01/2006 09:49:00 AM

Today's NY Times editorial captures the very scary and dangerous essence of George Bush:
But the president’s performance this week — his refusal to impose any deadlines on Mr. Maliki to start reconciliation talks and break with the militias, and his refusal to give the Pentagon a deadline to stand up an effective Iraqi Army — tells us once again that Mr. Bush does not listen.That does not bode well for James Baker and the Iraq Study Group, which, according to reports, is likely to call for some pullback of American combat troops along with more aggressive regional diplomacy. Yesterday, Mr. Bush seemed eager to preempt that advice, brushing off suggestions that he talk directly to Iran and insisting that there would be no “graceful exit” from Iraq.Mr. Bush’s lack of curiosity was well known even before he became president, but as time has gone on and bad news has mounted, that disinterested quality has turned into a stubborn refusal to hear bad news. The country simply cannot afford it any longer. Three years of having Mr. Bush trust only his gut has plunged Iraq into bloody chaos and done untold damage to America. There needs to be an urgent change in policy. Not only an urgent change in policy, we need an intervention. Bush's problems extend way beyond lack of curiosity. We're in serious trouble as a country because of his failed presidency:

The president’s advisers need to tell him all the harsh truths about Iraq in the vivid terms they require; they need to tell him how little time he has left to act. This administration has been orchestrating a foreign policy disaster of epic proportions, and history will remember both that the president failed to hear the warning bells and that many others failed to ring them loudly enough.Disaster of epic proportions is right. Bush clearly doesn't listen to his advisers. Who can make the man pay attention before he truly destroys our country? George Bush is America's disaster of epic proportions.