Saddam Hussein surrounds himself with people he cannot trust. :o)
>>John,
>>I don't say that President Bush is part of any cabal. I say there is a cabal that has gained the trust of President Bush.
>>I think President Bush is a decent and honourable man, but the combination of his delegatory style and complete trust in his advisors has led him to believe people who have objectives that do not mesh with his but who have disguised them as being fully in line with his own.
>>Hopefully he'll figure this out soon and deal with it appropriately.
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>How do you think any leader worth anything governs? The best surround themselves with advisors who are not afraid to offer their opinions. Only idiots surround themselves with advisors they can not trust. Colin Powell [a former 4 Star General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] was adamantly opposed to war with Iraq and was advising Bush against it. Whatever he found out through the intelligence sources had to be so convincing to change his position or else he would not have personally made "our" case to the UN.