Just Admitting It Is Change

A friend who is by no means a supporter of the president emailed me this link to a Yahoo news story describing how President Obama admitted some mistakes in his first 22 months. The email was written as to say that they were glad to see Obama admitting his shortcomings and that he has failed at change.

Whatever that may mean, I totally disagree with my friend.  After four years in office when asked to name one mistake he had made President George Bush could not think of any.  He didn't name a single one. 

"I'm sure something will pop into my head here...maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one," was his answer.

At that time, America was knee-deep in a reckless war ordered by Mr. Bush based on trumped up charges of WMD and ties to al Qaeda that were untrue and he could not name one single mistake.  Three years later, when asked again about mistakes being made specifically regarding his wars and his excursion into Iraq which was in year 4 by that time, he answered "so what" to the simple fact that al Qaeda was not in Iraq until after his invasion.  So what?  Quite the answer from a man who had never seen an ounce of combat a day in his life.

Today President Obama is stuck fixing Bush's economic mistakes as well as his huge blunders in Iraq and Afghanistan.  That big "so what" is now in year 7 and thousands of American troops are dead.  Plus nearly a trillion dollars have been spent in Iraq alone.  So what.

Having a president admit mistakes is a quantum leap of change from the past.  So while we're still busy fixing Bush's mess just remember no president in history has ever inherited two ongoing endless wars and an economy on the brink of collapse.  Ever.  It's also entertaining to think that people who didn't vote for Obama are dissatisfied about change not coming quick enough.  Look around fools.  Your world is gone.