Time Has Not Been Kind to Reputations of Rove, Wolfowitz, OthersAnalysis by CLAIRE SHIPMAN
May 1, 2007 —
Four years ago today, President Bush stood on an aircraft carrier and marked the end of major combat operations in Iraq with a banner behind him that read "Mission Accomplished."
Four years later, the mission is widely seen as a disaster, and the once indestructible architects are in profound disarray.
The infamous speech on the aircraft carrier in San Diego was a moment of public bravado that will be forever tied to the Bush administration.
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Paul Wolfowitz, who engineered the war at the Pentagon, is still mired in scandal this week in his new job running the World Bank. He's accused of giving special treatment and a high salary to his girlfriend. He has called it a smear campaign.
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Also this week, former CIA chief George Tenet, who helped paint a rationale for war out of U.S. intelligence, has defected from the Bush camp. He's lashing out in a new book, saying the president went to war with no serious debate.
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Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense, has all but disappeared after being forced out of his position late last year. Today, his name still draws grimaces at the Pentagon.
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Vice President Dick Cheney is still on the job, but the guilty verdict handed to his former chief of staff, Scooter Libby, was read by many as a warning of his unchecked power.
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Karl Rove is still on the job too, but has melted into the background after the Republicans lost congressional control in the 2006 elections and after he played a less-than-subtle role in too many Bush administration scandals.
more Maybe because they're all war criminals!
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