Is it wishful thinking for me to wonder if the Bush administration is slowly crumbling? The latest to go is Retired Adm. John Poindexter, one of the key figures in Iran-Contra in the 80s, over the almost unbelievable Pentagon plan to allow traders to bet on future assassinations and terrorist acts.
Onion, meet reality. Reality, Onion. (Actually, I think you two already met a while ago.)
If Bush and Co. keeps shedding its skin at this rate, there’ll be nothing left by November 2004. One can hope.
Now he can go work on all those super secret black budget projects and not have to worry about that pesky accountability or publicity…
Given that Poindexter was four boxes down the org chart (Secty of Defense; Deputy Secty of Defense; USD for Acqusition, Technology & Logistics; Director, DARPA) Poindexter’s departure is hardly a sign of the Dubya’s administration crumbling.
(And I say that as someone who thought his hiring was a stupid thing to do.)