Dave: Excellent post. However, it doesn’t read nearly as well as “Dubya Did It!” (which the present administration has made hay out of for the past two years).
As you pointed out, this mess was set in train decades ago. But, requiring people to think and respond critically is impossible in the day and age of the soundbite. If you can’t explain (and blame) something in thirty seconds or less, well, you’ve lost your audience.
Kind of like now blaming “sinister foreign powers” for the “takeover” of America. Where’s Tailgunner Joe McCarthy when you need him?
