Wait, what?!

I didn't think it was possible for the Bush administration to sink any lower. I thought torture was it, rock deep, the hole that could never be gotten out of, the hole that people would gladly leave us or them, possibly both in.

But this is an appalling new low from people we knew had not sunk, but dug themselves this low.

American has to put these people on trial. It isn't a question anymore. There has to be a clear public statement and act that this is not America and that this is not tolerate.

Unbelievable.

American has to put these people on trial. It isn't a question anymore. There has to be a clear public statement and act that this is not America and that this is not tolerate.

I think so too but Obama giving a speech about abortion seems to have people more angry than this. I don't know what to expect anymore.

Or rather, a speech that's become about abortion. Even though it's one point in many in the actual speech.

Oh, that. Yeah, it seems like an extremely minor point.

Outrage fatique creeping back in. How did we let this happen? Tell me that the American people didn't let this happen, that the 2000 and 2004 elections really were stolen and not just in my paranoid fantasies. My daughter is overseas and this stuff just makes me fear for her.

I've said it before and said it again: After 9/11 America went a little crazy, both the populace and the administration. This is understandable to an extent, as America hasn't been blessed by geography and hasn't had to deal with going to war with its neighbors, but it also gave us a false sense of security and strength. So after the attacks, a lot of people (not all) wanted to hit back, 'cause that's what you do, no matter the cost, right? Even worse, many want to hit back in a big, splashy way and worse, felt there was moral authority to do that.

As to the article, I'm a bit skeptical about it. The underlying thesis is "If only Don Rumsfeld wasn't around, things would have been so much better." 1) There's still Bush and Cheney 2) The implication that Rumsfeld screwed up so many things sounds like someone is making him the scapegoat. No, he wasn't perfect, not by a long shot, but this sounds like misdirection. It was the Bush Administration and that's who bears a lot of this responsibility.

I also think it's misdirection. Yes, this strongly suggests Rumsfeld was delivering the information in a pretty dishonest and manipulative way. But I also think that's exactly what Bush & Co wanted to hear. And at the end of the day, Bush was the one who was elected. Rumsfeld was appointed by him. At the end of the day there are multiple people responsible for these acts, but Bush is always going to be at the top of the list because he was the one in charge and the one appointing people who valued loyalty and ideology above all else.