CounterPunch
by David Krieger

09/08/05

Cindy, Katrina and the war in Iraq have converged in a summer storm, awakening the American people to the insensitivity and incompetence of Mr. Bush and his administration. During the month of August, Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother of one of the nearly 1,900 US soldiers to have died in Iraq, camped in front of Mr. Bush's home in Crawford, Texas and called upon the President to take some time off from vacation to tell her the 'noble cause' for which her son died in Iraq. ... Mr. Bush's response to Katrina has been no more satisfactory than his response to Cindy Sheehan. Cindy concluded that 'George and his band of incompetent and dangerous thugs need to resign.' While many serious Americans may believe this is true, it is an unlikely possibility. Mr. Bush's plummeting numbers in the polls, however, do suggest that a healthy majority of Americans are recognizing that his policies and lack of competence are undermining the levees that protect our democracy, our security and our international standing...

http://www.counterpunch.org/krieger09082005.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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