Reply #45: Bush does have the power to make decisions

[PinkTiger]

In the beginning, he was set up to go through his presidency without dealing with the tough issues. That is why he deliberately surrounded himself with people who he had delegated that authority to. After 9/11, he put all that infrastructure into practice, to his later detriment. The problem was, that without strong leadership at the top of the chain, any organization will falter, because it spins off into factions. Those factions begin to work against the others, as they all jockey for front position. It is the job of a leader to keep that kind of friction to a minimum and use it as a positive force to make each group strive for excellence, rather than a negative force that brings out the worst in each group.
It is not the best interests of either Cheney, Rumsfield or Rice to keep things in positive form. They would lose out. Rove used all this negative energy to his advantage. When the chips began to fall on the Plame affair, they all stalled for time. Libby was sacrificed. The infighting began to get serious, because individuals began to realize there was nobody there to protect them. So all have been hunkering down in their various camps, talking strategy. It is a divided White House.

So here is Bush, surrounded by people he can't trust, people he turned his work over to, and his reputation is at an all time low. He has been trying to make decisions. He has decided he must make some decisions. So that is why the Iran nuke talk; that is why the saber rattling. I don't think he is a drunk. I believe he is on medication. I think this has been very difficult for his wife and his close contacts in the White House. They all know that he cannot do what he plans to do in Iran. Some very high level maneuvering is taking place right now while the talking heads appear on TV. Behind the scenes, deals are being made and a compromise is being hammered out that will effectively put an end to all this, an end to the Bush Administration. Bush and Cheney are threatening to cause a holocaust unless their demands are met.

I believe this is akin to blackmail. They are in serious, deep jeopardy at the moment. Be not surprised at anything that happens next. This is very much like what was happening in the White House in 1962/63. Very similar. Cuba. Iran. Missile Crisis. Middle East standoff.

Need I say more.