Hubris

Do you want to understand how decisions are made in the bush administration? Decisions that have resulted in the death and maiming of thousands of Americans, not to mention the Iraqi's we're supposed to be saving? What's your best guess on the action plan for matters of import in the executive branch these days? For a clue, read "Without a Doubt" by Ron Suskind in the New York Times magazine Oct 17, 2004 issue.

Having read the article I couldn't stop myself from asking, did they really say that on the record? And did the American public really hear this? Can this be okay with the American public?

Here's a little snippet from the article. The writer is meeting with a senior advisor to bush:

The aide said that guys like me were ''in what we call the reality-based community,'' which he defined as people who ''believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.'' I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. ''That's not the way the world really works anymore,'' he continued. ''We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.''

Hubris......

If you want to read the article, click on the title below. Its from the October 17, 2004 issue of the New York Times Magazine. The article is written by Ron Suskind:
Without a Doubt