] This is not only odd, but also it has substantial ] political implications for Bush and the United States. ] First, by providing no coherent answer, he leaves himself ] open to critics who are ascribing motives to his policy ] -- everything from controlling the world's oil supply, to ] the familial passion to destroy Saddam Hussein, to a ] Jewish world conspiracy. The Bush administration, having ] created an intellectual vacuum, can't complain when ] others, trying to understand what the administration is ] doing, gin up these theories. The administration has ] asked for it. Stratfor lays out Bush's mistakes. One wonders if maybe Stratfor's explanation is just another ginned up theory. Stratfor: Why won't Bush provide a coherent justification for Iraq?! |