History Repeats
An article in Washington Post today enumerates the change in tack the Bushies are using to sway the failing campaign approval numbers. More smoke and mirrors, but one would hope Americans are more awake now. The penultimate paragraph caught my eye, though:
Some are concerned that although Bush has changed his approach, he has not changed himself. He has been reluctant to look outside his inner circle for advice, and even some closest to Bush call that a mistake because aides have given up trying to get him to do things they know he would reject.
Isn’t that the same mistake Hitler made near the end of WWII? Germany’s top advisors were afraid to appraise the Fuehrer of their losses, and were reluctant to advise him. Now we see history does indeed repeat. At least it does for those who, like Bush, are obviously a poor student of history.