Varifrank (ht:HH) as an interesting post on the law of unintended consequences as applied to the Dubai port-management mess.
This whole thing has had me concerned since it broke. I trust the President's big-picture strategic thinking - I agree that true democracy will stabilize the ME.
But tactically, this looks like yet another administration cmmunications and coordination blunder. How is it possible that this deal was investigated and approved without at least running it past the office of the President first? He's the Commander in Chief, the Head of State, and the Chief Executive.
SOMEBODY should have had the brains to say, "Hey, this might fail the sniff test with Joe Sixpack at first glance. We better make sure all the t's and i's are crossed and dotted. And we ought to get the story out ourselves."
Bush has proven to be a terrific strategic thinker. But at some point, somebody has to go make the doughnuts. You have to have competent execution.
The pattern that I see is not encouraging.
Friday, February 24, 2006
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Right. Who's running the shop?
Unless the "I didn't know nuthin' about until I read the papers" was simply a buck-passing of what turned into a hot potato.
BTW, please be so kind as to see my latest post. I think you'll like it. ;)
P.S. I changed "fruit" to "monkey feces."
Better?
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