The New Groupthink

[mburbank]

Heres what I think about the whole 'group think' argument.

1.) think it's arguable. I even think it could be the truth.

2.) Either way, this is the most favorable light we can see the whole thing in.

3.) That being the case, I hardly think it should be called 'exoneration'.


This is like saying "You should vote for me because I was in charge at a time when almost everyone under me got it wrong and we made monumental policy shifts, lost a lot of soldiers and money and killed a lot of people over something we were all totally wrong about."

Add to that, W. has had nothing but Praise for the people who made these mistakes. The 'intelligent' was good, Tennet was wonderful, Rumsfeld is a hero. We all of u got it totally wrong and we did a great job.

And THAT is the best spin we can put on things. This is a massive failure of government. W. is engaging in typical CEO behavior!

"My company failed, I deserve a huge raise!"

As an American citizen I don't care to watch president CEO sail off on golden parachute while I get laid off , loose my pension and watch my investments vanish.

Sam goes for Blair. They're both saying "I didn't cause massive failure, and I didn't lie. I merely presided over a massive failure and huge loss of life. I still think it was the right thing to do, even if the reasons were wrong, because they could have been right. Everyone did the best they could."

And there's the rub. The job of our intelligence agencies is to get it right. When they don't that's a failure. Is W. (or Blair) shocked and horrified? Apologetic? Are they even admitting this is pretty bad? No. theey call this exoneration. The Buck stops nowhere.