Lets see ... Rice's contributions to the 1st Bush term:
* Solidify her bureaucratic instincts
* Perceive the world as though we were still involved in a cold war with Russia
* Lie to the 9/11 committee about the resulting culpability of Bush and herself with respect to the policy disasters that followed
Now, Bush is rewarding her by giving her Colin Powell's job. This is a Bush administration pattern: reward the loyal person who shares in the resulting disaster of policy by giving that person more responsibility, resulting in even more serious errorBased on Bush's second term selections thus far, it appears that Bush is after loyal liars, not exceptional expertise, and the nation will suffer accordingly
* Solidify her bureaucratic instincts
* Perceive the world as though we were still involved in a cold war with Russia
* Lie to the 9/11 committee about the resulting culpability of Bush and herself with respect to the policy disasters that followed
Now, Bush is rewarding her by giving her Colin Powell's job. This is a Bush administration pattern: reward the loyal person who shares in the resulting disaster of policy by giving that person more responsibility, resulting in even more serious errorBased on Bush's second term selections thus far, it appears that Bush is after loyal liars, not exceptional expertise, and the nation will suffer accordingly