Reply #52: Is evil a crime? [View All]

[Marie26]

I think there's a flaw in the OP's post when he assumes that those who say Bush is incompetant are giving him on "out". I don't see that. Somebody can be evil & incompetant - there's no reason those two terms need to be mutually exclusive. Most evil people are pretty incompetant, since they have no understanding of other people beyond themselves. Neither one is itself a crime. The crimes are the actions taken, whether as a result of planning, incompetance, or both. Warrantless spying, breaking treaties, torturing prisoners, abandoning New Orleans, etc. So the whole "Is it incompetance or evil" argument seems like a false debate to me. Bush could be both, but the motives aren't as important as the actions.