I must say that you are right Gemstone, but there is a very good reason for this obsession. Actually there are several.
The first is this is smelling like a full blown scandal, with all the trimmings. It is simply fascinating to watch the machinations of these politicos as they try to spin reality their way.
The second is that some of us are genuinely scared. We look at the deficits, and we are scared. We look at the borders, and we are scared. We look at the loose nukes, and we are scared. But mostly we are scared that this "utopian Straussian ideology" is not based on rational thinking: That the reason's for Bush's troubles are based in denial, control and ill-thought-out procedures, that have never been tested, thwart long-standing traditions and have historically not worked.
We are scared because we've read the same story in history, and it did end very badly.
Last, we have burnt our bridges. It is great to have friends when you are riding high on the hog. But when things turn against you, where will your buddies be? The very thing that binds our soldiers (watching each other's backs, as a "Band of Brothers") was once seen as the formula for negotiation between even very different ideologies. But, no more.
We have offended everyone we've had access to, and are sending Bolton back to do the job on anyone we missed the first time.
For some mysterious reason this White House seems to think that people respond to force. They think punishment works. And, it does for weak minded Sheeple... but not for the true spirits to any cause. Punishment just makes for retribution among the stout of heart, and the attrition from our abuse just raises the value of the "stout of heart."
We are creating our enemies.
The more USA centric among us probably feel that this is part of the "Grand Scheme" that Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Feith, Perle, etc., worked out behind the scenes (in their "Office of Special Plans"). The less faithful probably feel that they are rotten to the core and are selling out to corporate interests, willy-nilly.
The truth is probably somewhere in-between.
However, the focus on Bush and Company is clearly justified - if only by the strong emotions representing a real threat to health and safety (never mind economic stability) being expressed by the citizens of this nation. This is not some small thing that will go away... and this is not a disgraceful sex scene.
This is global, can kill us and cause us to lose everything we hold dear.
That is why Bush and Company is getting the focus.
imho,
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