The date was Wednesday, 17 October 2007, around 5:00pm. I was sitting at a terminal gate at DFW, waiting to board my flight back to New York. As usual, it’s hard to escape the noise of the TV broadcasting CNN’s latest news. Suddenly I hear this: "It seems to me that if you’re interested in avoiding World War III . . . you ought to be interested in preventing [Iran] from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon." I know there is only one nutcase crazy enough to utter such nonsense. Our current President. Sure enough, looking up at the TV monitor, I see our Nutcase in Charge giving some kind of press briefing.
You meet people like President Bush at parties and other social occasions. The have strongly held views about many things and don’t hesitate to explain these views to you. They are not interested in listening to opinions that differ from theirs and often do not distinguish themselves as having a good command of the facts. There is nothing wrong with these people, as long as they are not put into positions of power. Then all hell can break loose. I hope that whoever we put in charge of of the Executive Branch next time has a different personality.
See this Op-Ed piece for more on our Current Occupant’s state of mind.
