Is Washington playing the blame game on Iraq?

[dArKeR]

Washington - It's a familiar sight on the Washington landscape. Something goes wrong, fingers are pointed, people eventually quit or get fired. It's known as the Blame Game, and this week the subject is Iraq, what went wrong and why.

President George Bush says he's responsible but it's clear that his idea of personal responsibility for Iraq does not include the planning and rationale by others.

Bush is responsible for putting those planners - Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, and Richard Perle, former head of the Defence Policy Board, among others - into positions of power.

As president - and therefore the final arbiter in the internal power struggles that always take place in any large governmental organisation -Bush was responsible for favouring the Pentagon, at the expense of the State Department.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw106805250667B226&set_id=1

[donhakman]

1. it gets old fast

[bluestateguy]

2. It's their government now

You see, the Right got so worked up about the Left being in positions of power they voted 'em all out! Now it's time to be adults and govern. And take responsibility.

[OldCurmudgeon]

3. The buck stops..

"The buck stops...'way over there somewhere. You can almost see it from here!"

Don't you folks understand? "Personal responsibility" is for other people... you know, the "little" people... so that they'll think it's somehow their own fault when the Repug gang stomps them down, rifles their pockets, and gang-rapes them.

Sheesh! Get with the talking points!