The President Has This Bag Marked “Iraq” and Desperately Wants Someone to Hold It
A scam tad older than America itself, one gives somebody a bag to hold, the purpose being to provide a distraction while slipping away. It was artfully arranged to let others hang about, taking blame for something that had gone wrong.
Bush Seeks Overseer For Iraq, Afghanistan, so say Peter Baker and Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post writers who report to us (with perfectly straight faces) that
The White House wants to appoint a high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies, but it has had trouble finding anyone able and willing to take the job, according to people close to the situation.
What a great idea. Another czar to pin his Medal of Freedom upon, someone to join the whole string of failed czars from this and administrations past;
inflation czars
cancer czars
drug czars
intelligence czars
education czars.
Everything but cigar czars and Bill Clinton might have benefited from one of t…