seattle.politics

Paul Mitchum wrote:
> dangerman < @ > wrote:
>
>> Paul Mitchum wrote:
> [..]
>>>> Our history with North Korea is different from our history with Iran,
>>>> and, more importantly, Iran is next to Iraq, and the administration
>>>> believes Iran is the cause of our failure in Iraq.
>>> You just got through saying that Iran was on the 'axis of evil' list
>>> (with Iraq). It's been administration policy to confront the 'axis of
>>> evil' since long before we invaded and occupied Iraq.
>> No it hasn't. The administration doesn't have a policy, or it would have
>> implemented it. [..]
>
> When George W. Bush, the Commander In Chief, announces his intention to
> confront a multinational axis of *evil,* he is making policy.

That would be true for a normal person, but George W. Bush is psychotic.
In fact, confronting evil is not our policy. As you point out, he let
North Korea skate. He did nothing in Sudan, the former hideout of OBL
and now the site of an active genocide. And sometimes we do evil
ourselves, so George W. Bush announcing his intention is pretty much a
political ploy.

I think George W. Bush sees all these problems in black and white terms,
but he can't view them holistically. He sees them individually and uses
his all or nothing thinking to decide a "policy" for each one. He
doesn't notice when his policy for one problem contradicts his policy
for another problem. He can't see inconsistencies. What did he say early
on in his administration, when he was questioned about some apparent
inconsistency: You're not going to get me to contemplate. Or something
like that. He meant he wasn't going to be bothered by his own illogic.
It simply isn't on his map. Everything he does makes perfect sense to
him because he doesn't even try to relate it to anything else he does.
Decisions are easy when you don't look at anything but the problem in
front of you. If he thinks that's good management, he's just wrong.
Imagine Bush trying to do Rubik's Cube. I can't do it myself, but at
least I know why.