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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (53025)	2/4/2006 10:35:31 AM
From: 10K a day	Respond to of 93284

It's sickening...

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (53025)	2/4/2006 10:37:54 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

The Iraqi military weren't fighting, they were fading into the woodwork to become the insugency, just as planned. The Iranians wouldn't be so compliant. We haven't fought a real opponent since the Vietnam war, and people thought THEY weren't a real opponent at the time. If we conquer Iran, what THEN? Exactly the questions the idiot Bushies didn't ask RE Iraq... The Incompetent President We Have February 4, 2006 nytimes.com To the Editor: Re "Didn't See It Coming, Again" (column, Feb. 1): Maureen Dowd highlights a major deficiency of the Bush administration: an intellectual inability to anticipate problems and plan accordingly. This recurring theme is exemplified by the comments of Condoleezza Rice, when she was national security adviser, that "I don't think anybody could have predicted" the 9/11 attacks, and again, as secretary of state, that "nobody saw it coming," referring to the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections. It is quite simply the business of capable government to account for such contingencies and to operate in a proactive rather than a reactive mode. The Bush presidency has been a dismal failure in this regard. It appears constantly to make poor decisions, fail to anticipate the ramifications of its actions and then move to political damage-control mode when the situation becomes a fiasco. The ultimate responsibility for this unhappy state of affairs lies with the American people, who appear to prefer electing a folksy president one could share a drink with rather than an intellectual, competent, well-read statesman who would more competently meet the high demands of the presidency. Deepak Doraiswamy Hillsborough, N.J., Feb. 2, 2006