Is it possible that President Bush could bobble this back-and-forth with the Russians any worse than he has to date? Today the president managed to find himself answering a question in which he said there didn’t need to be a military response to Russian provocations. “As I said yesterday, Russia is not an enemy. There needs to be no military response because we are not at war with Russia.”
I should think not.
What is the president doing exactly? Can he be set up with a minder? Can the whole White House be set up with one, for that matter? We need an escalation in tensions with the Russians at the moment? We don’t have our hands full? Can someone step in and help the White House exercise any degree of competence in this situation? It’s bizarre and embarrassing and even dangerous.
