Bush still has to learn “the buck stops here” when it comes to presidential decisions - Helen Thomas

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Published on Friday, May 11, 2007 by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bush Passes The Buck On Iraq
by Helen Thomas

WASHINGTON — President Bush still has to learn “the buck stops here” when it comes to presidential decisions.

The “decider” and commander in chief seems to be trying to pass the buck, particularly if the war in Iraq implodes and he has to bring troops home from his disastrous invasion of Iraq.

The president is counting on Gen. David Petraeus — the top military commander in Iraq — and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to take the fall if his troop “surge” fails.

Bush is a long way from that mirage even with an expected Pentagon buildup of U.S. troops to 160,000 by midsummer.

Bush’s war of choice — now in its fifth year — has taken 3,368 American lives and wounded thousands more Americans.

more at:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/11/1130/