Letters to the Editor
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Bush as Frank Burns
Anyone out there remember "M.A.S.H." (the 1970 Robert Altman film, not the TV series)? Robert Duvall's Major Frank Burns is the perfect metaphor for the Bush administration. In one scene, the character of Duke Forrest (played by Tom Skerritt) sums up Burns this way: "Anytime a patient croaks on him, he claims it's God's Will, or someone else's fault!"
Think about it. The "patient" could be anything: Iraq, New Orleans, North Korea. With Bush it's always "God's will" (i.e., something that could not have been "foreseen") or someone else's fault. 9/11? Bill Clinton's fault (besides, no one could have foreseen that terrorists would use airplanes as guided missiles, PDB's not withstanding). New Orleans? No one could have foreseen the breaches of the levees. Iraq? No one could have foreseen the rise of the insurgency, or the onset of civil war between the Sunnis and Shiites. North Korea has nukes? Bill Clinton's fault.
Where are Hawkeye and Trapper John when you need them?