The buck stops elsewhere - Helen Thomas

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http://www.aspendailynews.com/article_19649

President Bush still has to learn "the buck stops here" when it comes to presidential decisions.

The "decider" and commander in chief seems to be trying to pass the buck, particularly if the war in Iraq implodes and he has to bring troops home from his disastrous invasion of Iraq.

The president is counting on Gen. David Petraeus -- the top military commander in Iraq -- and Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki to take the fall if his troop "surge" fails.

Bush is a long way from that mirage, even with an expected Pentagon buildup of U.S. troops to 160,000 by midsummer.

Bush's war of choice -- now in its fifth year -- has taken 3,368 American lives and wounded thousands more.

The death toll for the Iraqi people is reportedly in the hundreds of thousands, although the Iraqi Health Ministry says it will no longer disclose the casualty figures.

[shenmue]

1. Hooray Helen

Right on target as always.

:patriot:

:loveya:

[Nimrod2005]

2. K

[Richard Steele]

3. If * had a sign on his desk, it would say, "Buck? What buck?". recommended. nm

[formercia]

4. He needs a War Tzar

to add another layer of insulation between him and Baghdadograd.

[malaise]

5. Helen has never wavered

Nail them sister.

[L. Coyote]

6. Where do the BUCKS Stop? Halliburton, Blackwell, Weapons Contractors

That is the true question in the war started with lies. The "CON" in the neocon world is "Where the BILLIONS of Bucks STOP" and, this too is an aspect of keeping the war going as long as possible. Prolonging the war prolongs that aspect of the neo-CON. It keeps the BUCKS following to their STOP, the pockets being filled by war with the money the People will someday be made to hand over, plus all the interest on the accruing debt.

Remember Eisenhower?

[Gregorian]

7. And that's the sad truth in a nutshell.

But I prefer to think of Lilly Tomlin on her giant chair.

And that's the truth...pppppffffft!