George's Legacy

As he told us many times, George Bush was willing to make tough decisions, too willing, and the problem was what was in his mind, or rather what was not in his mind: history. We were governed by the uninformed instincts of an intellectually lazy and incurious man who believed that his gut was superior to unfamiliar wisdom. He was ignorant of history.   We know enough about what the government knew on September 11th 2001 and when it knew it to argue that "the decider," as Bush thinks of himself, was more responsible than any other American and that he ignored the threat until it was too late. The decisions he made after the event left America weaker and more vulnerable than it was on Sept. 12, 2001.   When George Bush took office when the United States was considered "The World's Only Superpower" -- militarily, economically and morally -- and is leaving power with the country in economic chaos, fighting two wars it cannot really win and a reputation that begins with impulsive attack and ends with torture.   Now that is a legacy…