There's something in the leaks that is a hallmark of the Obama White House. They always misunderstand the country they seek to spin, and they always think less of it than it deserves. Why do the president's appointees think the picture of him with a kill list in his hand makes him look good? He sits and personally decides who to kill? Americans don't think of their presidents like that. And they don't want to.And she shares this anecdote:
National security doesn't exist to help presidents win elections. It's not a plaything or a tool to advance one's prospects.
After the killing of bin Laden, members of the administration, in a spirit of triumphalism, began giving briefings and interviews in which they said too much. One of the adults in the administration, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates, reportedly went to Mr. Donilon's office. "I have a new strategic communications approach to recommend," he said. What? asked Mr. Donilon.
"Shut the [blank] up," Mr. Gates said.
Seems like good advice. Wonder how the folks on the Nobel committee are feeling right about now.
2 comments:
Death panels? Is a committee of one a death panel?
the Nobel Peace committe jumped the shark a while ago. this just proves it beyond reasonable doubt.
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