] He wanted to go to war and he did. He had not the mind to ] perceive the costs of war, or to listen to those who knew ] those costs. He did not understand that you do not go to ] war when it is one of the options but when it is the only ] option; you go not because you want to but because you ] have to. ] ] Yet this president knew it would be difficult for ] Americans not to cheer the overthrow of a foreign ] dictator. He knew that much. This president and his ] supporters would seem to have a mind for only one thing ] -- to take power, to remain in power, and to use that ] power for the sake of themselves and their friends. ] ] by E.L. Doctorow The Unfeeling President |