Thursday, November 1, 2007

Responsibility

When one holds great power, there is a great responsibility for actions and policies, especially when such actions have an international effect. Why then does our current presidential administration refuse to do so? From Mukasey's ambiguity of what defines torture to Bush's desire for retroactive immunity covering communication companies and himself, is anyone seriously questioning and challengine these policies? Are the instituted power checks - congress, etc, just going to go along with such policies? Why? What are they afraid of? or is it simply in the best interest of their careers to go with the flow? Who really has control and what can be done? Some mess for the next president to deal with... Is Bush just going to sweep everying under the rug, or is going to attempt to do some housekeeping before leaving his office?

1 comment:

David K. Braden-Johnson said...

We will be very lucky indeed if he limits his activities to housekeeping (rather than house-razing).