More War, More Failure

Once again, Bob Herbert is the most lucid op-ed writer in the mainstream media, on the most crucial issues. Today, as the President prepares to make the most flawed and potentially fatal decision of his political career, Bob Herbert offers him one last call to sanity.

For all the pain of the Bush years, it was at least always easy to understand how such a cheap, weak, and lazy man could make such frequent, repetitive, and disastrous errors. For a fellow like Obama, with his profound gifts of intellect, vision, and oratory to make such a hideous commitment is beyond comprehension. With Bush, we could always shake our heads and say, “what a fool.” Today, we hang our heads and say, “why would such a smart man act like such an idiot?”

Since I’m an unknown blogger and not a writer for the New York Times, I can afford to be a little more direct than Bob Herbert: Mr. President, on the eve of Veteran’s Day, you have spat on our military; doomed hundreds and probably thousands of young people to a horrible death or something just as bad; ignored the manifest will of the people who elected you; undermined your generally worthy domestic agenda; and doomed the political future of yourself and your party. In short, you have failed. This is a dark and sad day for America and the world.

Rush, it looks like your wish will come true.