Man muss gar nichts besonders gut können. Man muss gar nicht versuchen, seinen Kritikern gerecht zu werden. Man muss gar nicht aus Fehlern lernen oder bestimmte Fehler in Zukunft vermeiden. Man braucht lediglich eine dicke Haut und eine gehörige Portion an "Nach-mir-die-Sintflut" und genügend "Jeder-ist-sich-selbst-der-Nächste" und schon kann man Firmen, Parteien, Länder oder eine Weltmacht leiten. Mal sehen, was in 25 Jahren über George Bush jr. in den Geschichtsbüchern steht.
Der Kongressabgeordnete
Tim Ryan hat im letzten Herbst eine Rede gehalten, die mich denken läßt: "Wenn das wahr wäre, dann würde sich der Angesprochene doch keine weitere Woche im Amt halten." Aber so läuft es halt nicht.
Mitschrift von Ryans Website:
I thank the gentleman.
I rise in opposition of this bill, but I would like to clarify something. We are not trying to scare kids. This President's foreign policy is what is scaring the kids of this country. And that people have said today, why are people believing this? Why are people believing this big Internet hoax?
Well, it is the same people who told us that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11; the same people who told us Saddam Hussein had something to do with weapons of mass destruction; the same people who told us we would be able to use the oil for reconstruction money; the same people that told us we would be greeted as liberators, not occupiers; the same people, the same President who told us the Taliban is gone; the same President who told us that Poland is our ally 2 days before they pull out; the same President who tells us Iraq is going just great; the same President who tells us the economy is going just great; the same people who told us the tax cuts were going to create millions of jobs; the same people who told us that the Medicare program only cost $400 billion when it really cost $540 billion.
So please forgive us for not believing what you are saying. Please forgive the students of this country for not believing what you are saying. Not one thing, not one thing about this war that has been told to the American people or that has been told to these college students has been true. Not one thing. Bremer says we need more troops. The Pentagon says we need more troops, and this President cannot get them from the international community. There is only one option left. Let us be honest with the American people.
