watch the prisoner abuse scandal widen

[Buffalo Tom]

From the The Associated Press:

'White House aides said Mr. Bush had chastised Mr. Rumsfeld for failing to tell him about pictures of prisoner mistreatment.'

'In particular, Mr. Bush was unhappy about learning of the pictures only when they were broadcast, the aides said, insisting that they not be identified.'

Okay, was he unhappy over the abuse of the PoWs, or was he unhappy that photographic evidence of the abuse got out? No doubt that he was disgusted by the photos, like any other normal human being (I'll give Bush that slim benefit of doubt). However, the reports of his dressing-down of Rumsfeld seem to indicate he is more disappointed that the Pentagon and the Department of Defence was not able to control the now-unfolding scandal they way the Administration would have wanted it controlled. War-time president? More like no-good-at-any-time president.