Letters to the Editor
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Is he really incompetent?
Is W really incompetent? Its tempting to think he is someone in a job that he is not capable of doing correctly, that he is out of his depth. That explanation fits with his general inability to speak in public and the liberal characterization of him as a clueless dumb-ass.
However, I think the situation is actually worse than that. I think he is not incompetent, just wrong. He knew what he was doing when he got us involved in Iraq and he knew what the consequences were. He knew it would be a quagmire. He knew all of that and he still went ahead with his plan. Furthermore, he lied in order to get everyone to go along with him and his neocon buddies.
Why did he do this? He did it because the warped geopolitical view of the neocons said that it should be done. They believe that a democracy must be established in the middle-east, no matter what the cost.
I think we liberals need to stop characterizing W as simply incompetent. Instead, we need to point out that the invasion of Iraq was planned from day one of the administration, that W lied to get us involved, and that the administration knew that it would be a quagmire.