Even if there was no Iraq war, even on the basis of his government’s handling of this catastrophe alone, Bush should resign. And I sincerely hope that in the coming months, the American people call for his resignation. It would be the civilized thing to do.
His political capital is dwindling and is just about gone. Can you imagine three more years of this administration? Cheney would be preferable (even though we know Cheney has been pulling most of the strings anyway).
We can’t bring these people back and we can’t give them back their homes and we can’t erase this suffering out of their memories, but we can at least — finally — demonstrate our sense of collective responsibility by holding our leadership responsible. To have a president resign is deeply embarrassing and indicative of failure… that failure has occurred. It is time for us to admit it to the world and set that admission into motion.
This is not about Bush, this is about us. He’s got to go.
