Uncertain

In a recent article I read on BBC news, Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that the president is avoiding the people’s questions and concerns.  In a statement she said, 

“The president has taken us into a failed war, he’s taken us deeply into debt and that debt is taking us into recession,” she said. “We need some answers from the president.” Source:

Let me take some time and do an analysis on Bush.  What I do not understand is why he has not pull troops out of Iraq.  If he reads the polls and the words spoken by many who occupy the White House, he should fully understand that the majority of the people in American do not support it.  Why has he not made a decision yet?  I do not know but what I do know is that a good leader should put his pride aside and admit that he has made a mistake.  In this case, he has not done that.  Bill Clinton did not admit to his affairs with Monica but later on, through testing, it was shown that he did have relations.  He is a true leader.  He knows that he has made a mistake and admitted to it.  He even went further and wrote a book so that people may understand why he made the decisions that he did.  Bush should do the same; he should admit that he was wrong.  The number of deaths in Iraq, the number of US soldiers dead, and the poor economy of Iraq should be a adequate results to show that he failed.  But he does not do this and continues to go along with his agenda. 

“The US military strength should not be given to one person.” 

Sometimes I wonder what is it that holds him back from making a decision.  It is because people in America tend to focus more on the negative things that we do and less on the positive thing such as the changes that we make afterward.  A rapist is still a rapist even if he did his time in prison and went to treatment programs.  Even if he has completely recovered and has a differently mentality, he is still labeled by others has a rapist.  A failed president is still a failed president even if he decides to make changes after.  Is this the driving force that keeps him from making a decision?  He hopes that later on in the future people would recognize that his decision was a good one?  So far, it has not been good. 

It makes me think of all the great discoveries that we have had in science.  The scientist would said the Earth revolves around the Sun was disliked and hated by his peers.  Now that he is dead, we give him recognition.

Then again, this type of thinking cannot be applied to war because soldiers and citizens are dying everyday.  A person should never put his ego before others when the decisions that they make affect thousands of lives, especially in a negative way.