Ok, I know I've bitched about this before and I'm aware that most of the country doesn't seem to either care or notice, but isn't ANYBODY else tired of our "no fault" President? From embarrasing international misstep to gigantic cluster-fuck, whenever anything blows up in the Bush Administration's collective face, there's always someone stepping forward to take the blame and say they left the President out of the loop, forgot to mention it to him, didn't make it clear to him… whatever they need to say to make sure we all understand it wasn't George W. Bush's fault that we all look like gigantic a-holes to the rest of the world.
This time it's Rumsfeld's turn, since he apparently didn't think it important enough to mention to the President that they were investigating reports of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. Which really begs the question of what the hell ARE they telling GW about these days?
Pardon me for asking this, but isn't one of the main components, one of the defining concepts, so to speak, of being a leader—of Leadership—taking responsibility for the actions of your team? (And no, as far as I'm concerned, a belated apology from Bush or Rumsfeld doesn't count.)
This time it's Rumsfeld's turn, since he apparently didn't think it important enough to mention to the President that they were investigating reports of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. Which really begs the question of what the hell ARE they telling GW about these days?
Pardon me for asking this, but isn't one of the main components, one of the defining concepts, so to speak, of being a leader—of Leadership—taking responsibility for the actions of your team? (And no, as far as I'm concerned, a belated apology from Bush or Rumsfeld doesn't count.)
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