Accountability
Jeff Cooper on accountability and Bush:
The president(sic) has never liked being questioned. It comes through in his rare press conferences; it came through with stark clarity in his debates with John Kerry. But answering questions is one of the centerpieces of accountability. And to the extent possible, Bush rejects it.
The recent rumblings against Secretary Rumsfeld in the Senate are the first serious sign in a long while that someone may demand accountability from the Bush administration. Rumsfeld’s continued presence at the Pentagon has been Exhibit A of the administration’s disdain for accountabiliity–Iraq has gone so far wrong, in so many ways for which the Pentagon is responsible, that Rumsfeld’s retention of his position simply can’t be justified. And yet there he is.