<p>And higherlead totally misses the point…when cronyism trumps competence, it tells you that the endeavor is not serious. Cronyism also trumped competence in the civilian rebuilding effort. Imagine firing the physician who was the world’s foremost authority in wartime hospital rebuilding to replace him with…an adoption social worker with “connections.” That right there tells you all you need to know about whether the Bush administration perceives any real consequences to the US for failure of its policies in Iraq.</p>
<p>Kinda pathetic if you have to go back to 1864 for an example of a Republican not screwing up.</p>