What Are You Thinking?
I am trying to strike a delicate balance between being deferent enough to elicit a candid response, while at the same time giving voice to a ...more »
I am trying to strike a delicate balance between being deferent enough to elicit a candid response, while at the same time giving voice to a burgeoning sense of frustration whose nature does not bear description in these polite fora. My goal in asking the question is to better understand what is happening and, more importantly, why.
To me, it seems obvious that the Bush/Cheney Administration is systematically violating laws, regulations, procedures, ethics, and principles to serve its own ends, the true nature of which are still unknown to us. The roster of crimes committed (so far) is easily researched, quite long and, as such, not worth repeating here. To date, nothing substantive has been done to redress any of this.
You are clearly in possession of the same collection of facts. You, indeed, are closer to the matters than most of us. We take great umbrage at what is happening, and are horrified at where things are leading. That said: Why are you, seemingly, not?
What facts have you in your possession that explains away everything the Bush/Cheney Administration has done? What political calculus are you considering that allows you to apprehend the same collection of facts and, seemingly, arrive at an entirely different conclusion? How is our reaction to what we are seeing invalid or misinformed? And why should we -- who, too busy with day-to-day mundanities to spend the time required to grasp every nuance at play -- agree with and support your evaluation?
In short, and asked with genuine curiosity and desire to understand: What are you thinking?
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