National security decision-making "dictatorship"

wilkerson's at it again, this time leaving zero doubt about his intention to pull the curtain away from the nefarious white house methods of operation... it's brutal and, i am sure, shoe-leather honest...

(the los angeles times via steve clemons...)

In President Bush's first term, some of the most important decisions about U.S. national security -- including vital decisions about postwar Iraq -- were made by a secretive, little-known cabal. It was made up of a very small group of people led by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

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Its insular and secret workings were efficient and swift not unlike the decision-making one would associate more with a dictatorship than a democracy.

harsh words but no surprise to anyone who's been paying the least bit of attention... anyone with an eye for subtlety or with an ability to recognize patterns could see what was going on right from the day that george took office his first term...

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