"Whether or not it needed to happen, I'm still convinced it needed to happen."
-- George W. Bush, on the war in Iraq
English version: I don't give a rat's ass whether it was a mistake or not, I made the decision and I won't let facts change my mind.
What is amazing to me is that many Americans find Bush's certainty and lack of intellectual curiousity to be attractive and appealing character traits and feel good about having a leader who is so sure of himeself even when they think they may disagree with him.
ReplyDeleteI don't find his certainty to be reassuring at all. His foreign policy is making us less safe and secure. If your leader is leading you over a cliff you should hope that something will shake his confidence in himself.