does bush know he is a politician, he refered to harry reid as a politician trying to micro-manage the war, yet that is what he and rumsfield tried and failed to do.
2007-05-02 07:51:40 · 16 answers · asked by david c 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because he is a greasy lying political flip flopper.
2007-05-02 07:57:51 · answer #1 · answered by Jim W 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Bush, for better or worse, is the President and therefore Commander in Chief, which means that he does have the authority to manage the war.
As for people who say that he's following the advice of his generals, you may note that he's had half a dozen of them since this started. You might also note that Bush gets to pick them. So Bush is picking Generals who share his view of the war, then trying to snow us by saying he's following their advice. He's thrown out four or five generals who, after the fact, were very pointed in NOT disagreeing with him, but doing so in such a way that it was OBVIOUS they didn't agree with him.
The real killer was Rumsfeld, who implemented his own personal war plan over the objections of the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff. And Bush bought into Rummy's plan.
Rumsfeld is proof that politicians cannot manage a war, so yes, Bush is right.
2007-05-02 08:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by Chredon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are lots a lot less conflict contained in the international now than what it develop into merely many years in the past, we are shifting ahead, yet its taking its time. human beings don't have one wide wakeful, which skill there is dissimilar artwork to bypass by beforehand something like peace might want to be restored, and likely i say restored because there have been a time even as human beings did not strive against one yet another. In our first degree of cultural evolution, about 7000 years in the past. there have been little or no conflict. yet considering that then there has been dissimilar it. you may want to be satisfied that we perfect now has the smallest volume of conflict in about 7000 years. it really is an uplifting theory. i do not comprehend if international peace is real looking or perhaps a probability. And there are dissimilar those who's fairly fairly attempting demanding to make peace, and their efforts isn't a waste. its merely that the international is so enormous. And it takes a lengthy time period to make a sizeable distinction. some human beings do not seem to love peace :/ i wager it really is because they income from conflict, and they are slowing the proses down yet its fortunately going ahead
2016-12-05 05:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Bush does nt know he's a politician. Seriously. He views himsllf as "Commander-in-Cheif" and the "Decider."
And his followers think he's the Anointed of God--and I think he's begun to believe that, too. As may be, its obvious that Bush does not understand that as President, he is still a public servant--and the people are his boss--and that Congress serves to bring the voice of the people into the highest level of government.
And as an aside: Dear Mr. Bush: the boss is not pleased.
2007-05-02 08:01:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, that's actually consistent:
"Politicians cannot manage a war."
"Case in point: myself, look how I bungled Iraq!"
Heh.
In realilty, however, Congress - the politicians being referenced - do not have the responsibility of running a war (declaring one, yes, running it, no). While the president is charged with that wieghty responsibility.
2007-05-02 08:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politicians aren't managing the war. The Service Men and Women who are over there fighting it are managing it. The only the politicians are doing is trying their best to make sure most of them come home OK and in one piece.
2007-05-02 07:56:01 · answer #6 · answered by rocknrobin21 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
President Bush needs to make decision based on the advices from the Generals because he is Commander-in-chief.
NEXT.
2007-05-02 07:58:36 · answer #7 · answered by Samm 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bush says whatever he thinks is convenient even if it doesn’t make much sense. Bush purports to follow the advice of military commanders but when they don’t tell him what he wants to hear, he fires them.
2007-05-02 07:59:30 · answer #8 · answered by tribeca_belle 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What he said is correct. Look at what your liberal senators are doing to it?
Bush's job is to manage the war. That is his constitutional power. Reid and all of Congress has no power to manage a war , only to approve it.
2007-05-02 07:57:54 · answer #9 · answered by Gonzo Rationalism 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It was a political decision (by Bush) to enter the war. It is a political decision to end it.
2007-05-02 07:57:37 · answer #10 · answered by p v 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Bush is following the advice of Generals like Patreas (who testified last week, remember Pelosi blew him offf).
Reid thinks he knows more than the Generals.
easy question
2007-05-02 07:55:22 · answer #11 · answered by jonepemberton 3 · 2⤊ 5⤋