Shortly after election to his second term as president, George Bush said he had "earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it."
Incredibly that was three years ago and it turns out that the Political Capital was imaginary. What is not imaginary was the goodwill that America accrued all over the world after 9-11, what is not imaginary is how Bush The Decider spent it all and more. So much so that we now have a goodwill deficit to go along with our budget and trade deficits.
Imagine Linda Tripp running around secretly taping Monica Lewinsky for the FBI leading to the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Oh that's right; that really happened.
Now imagine Bill Clinton Invading Iraq after 9-11, lying to the nation about WMD and reasons for invading Iraq. Imagine it is 5 years later and we are still in Iraq and Iraq has turned into a morass, but we can not get out this year, next year, or even in 5 years time because that would be cutting and running.
Watching Ken Burns excellent The War I am struck by the cognitive dissonance of the time between D Day, June 6, 1944, VE Day, May 7 1945, and the notion that we can not get out of Iraq.
If George Bush is the Decider, then Republican Congressmen having found grounds for the impeachment of Bill Clinton but no way out of Iraq are the Enablers.
D Day June 6, 1944
VE Day May 7, 1945
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