Opposite Terms

Dear Washington Post:

Maybe, just maybe, you might consider this premise:

THEY SUCK!

In a second term marked by one setback after another, the White House was in the midst of a rebuilding effort aimed at a political comeback before November's critical midterm elections. Now the president faces the challenge of responding to events that seem to be spinning out of control again, all but sidelining his domestic agenda for the moment and complicating his effort to rally the world to stop nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea.

In what "crisis" has the Bush Administration's chosen policy actually worked?

Seriously, name one fucking area it worked?

It didn't get Bin Laden.
It hasn't molified Afghanistan
It hasn't worked, certainly, in Iraq, no matter how many times they've proclaimed victory.
It sure didn't prevent, nor ameliorate, worsening the disaster in New Orleans.
It hasn't worked with North Korean
It hasn't worked between INdia and Pakistan.

Bush's typical policy initiative seems to be that whatever a past policy has been, if he does the opposite thing it will be better.

Only to discover that there was a reason both Republican and Democratic predecessors followed those policies -- because while at the margins bad things happen, occasionally very bad things, it contained the situation to the United States overall advantage.

Now look at the world.

Good fucking job chief.