Structurally Unsound

[UpInArms]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43864-2003Oct17.html

Much has already been said about national security adviser Condoleezza Rice's "new" responsibility for coordinating the reconstruction of Iraq, but there is at least one very significant observation left to be made: This event signifies the failure of the Bush administration's basic overall model for managing national security.

During the presidential campaign of 2000, there were criticisms that President Clinton's National Security Council was too much in the foreground of foreign policy, to the detriment of the effectiveness of the State and Defense departments.

Once in office, the Bush administration delivered on this criticism by shifting power from the White House to the executive branch "power" agencies and to the vice president.

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nice analysis of how corporatizing the government does not work

[mhr]

1. A Government is NOT a Corporation

This is one of the best arguments that can be used against the right wing if done articulately.

A corporation works for one sole goal by law and charter: maximization of shareholder wealth.

A government works for the benefit of all citizens without a profit making motive.

Comparing corporations to governments is like comparing apples and oranges, a logical fallacy.

[Dudley_DUright]

2. Leon Fuerth was the national security adviser to Al Gore

during the 2000 campaign and would undoubtedly have Condi's job had the Bush brothers not stole Florida. Personally, I think he is far too generous in his evaluation of Bush's foreign policy failures to date.