Who's in Charge?
Just a question: Once the President delivers the Iraq strategy speech who is in charge of making it happen?
The strategy crosses departments, oceans and branches of government so it is one hell of a managment challenge, to put it politely.
With military, political, diplomatic and economic aspects who is the person Bush holds accountable to make it happen?
If there is no one person in charge what is the coordinating mechanism with one very tough, deft leader who will make it happen and have access to the President to get unresolvable conflicts resolved?
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Very good question. None of us will be waiting with baited breath for the answer. We can safely speculate that the record of dismal leadership will stand and the media will - after too long - ask the wide-eyed question, "What went wrong?" It is a mess from which it will take years to extract ourselves.
South by Southwest
January 10, 2007 7:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
I asked it because I expect the public, media and Congress are not so trusting anymore. Iraq to date and Katrina are not forgotten.
January 10, 2007 7:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is a bit nightmarish, but he did mention one Congressional advisor in the speech: Joe Lieberman.
Cheney and Lieberman. Did Dante come up with that as the vice-presidential circle of Hell?
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Howard
*equal opportunity offense to both extremes*
January 10, 2007 8:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bush must think that he can throw the Democrats a fish by creating some weird working group headed by Joe Lieberman. Or this is the prelude to a party defection and an effective Republican majority.
January 10, 2007 9:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maliki.
January 11, 2007 12:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
Scary.
January 11, 2007 9:04 AM | Reply | Permalink