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When will the leaders of the war admit they lied, or made a huge mistake? When will the public demand accountability from their gov't instead of buck passing?
I thought President's had to have character
They are under very little pressure to be honest. Bush has his core supporters activated and they will vote for him, send him money, campaign for him even if it turns out he rapes goats on Crawford ranch, forced his wife to have multiple abortions, is snorting coke right now, and was personally responsible for the collapse of Enron because he thought it would be fun. And leaders don't have to have character. I am hard pressed to think of a current leader that has character (meaning not repugnant character..there are plenty of those).
The saddest part of this is that such a large proportion of the public buys into what people like Bush or Blair says. Chirac is also a monster criminal who has pulled some extremely Burlosconi-esque tricks. The problem is a lot of mass media is controlled by the same interests that pander to politicians so that most of the outragous things that are going on are either only briefly carried or are not mentioned at all. Free the media from corporate interests and then you might get your wish (and mine) of holding the current administration and any other corrupt people in power accountable for their actions.
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