Not the Sun King after all
Boston Globe
by Andrew J. Bacevich
09/15/05
On three occasions in the past four years the United States has suffered catastrophic failure. Since each of these disasters -- 9/11, the Iraq quagmire, and now Hurricane Katrina -- occurred on George W. Bush's watch, many Americans hold the president personally responsible. But hammering Bush amounts to an exercise in scapegoating that lets others -- starting with ourselves -- off the hook. In fact, the underlying explanation for these calamities lies in the delusions to which Americans in recent years have readily subscribed. The defining 'truths' of the age have turned out to be anything but true...
http://tinyurl.com/b77b2
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Andrew J. Bacevich
09/15/05
On three occasions in the past four years the United States has suffered catastrophic failure. Since each of these disasters -- 9/11, the Iraq quagmire, and now Hurricane Katrina -- occurred on George W. Bush's watch, many Americans hold the president personally responsible. But hammering Bush amounts to an exercise in scapegoating that lets others -- starting with ourselves -- off the hook. In fact, the underlying explanation for these calamities lies in the delusions to which Americans in recent years have readily subscribed. The defining 'truths' of the age have turned out to be anything but true...
http://tinyurl.com/b77b2
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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