The intellectual shortcomings of Incurious George will doom us all
In my view, Bush is not and has never been smart enough for the job he now holds. Some would say that the 2000 election results put this contention to rest, but Matthew Yglesias has revived it—and brought it back with a vengeance.
Here’s an excerpt, but the article itself is well worth reading in full.
That the country should be secured against terrorist attacks, that deadly weapons should be kept out of the hands of our enemies, or that it would be good for a wide slice of the world to enjoy the blessings of freedom and democracy are hardly controversial propositions. But these things are easier said than done. Even a person of goodwill is by no means guaranteed to succeed. Yet succeed we must. And if we are to do so, the question of intelligence must be put back on the table.
(Via Political Animal)
The one thing that’s really bugging me at the moment is Incurious George’s reference to the “Soviet Dinar” (see this article for a good account).
I am not sure why on earth the press has missed out on this one - it’s a slip of monumental proportions which argues something much more serious than a slip of the tongue - there’s a timewarp inside George’s skull, but a timewarp referring to a reality he was never part of. After all, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Poppy, etc. all cut their political teeth with the Evil Empire as the Big Bad Wolf. George was playing local politics - international statesmanship was never (and still is not) his game.
If you want to discuss this off Sako’s site, try here as a place to talk about it.
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