Leadership

Vice President Dick Cheney gave his "CLAP LOUDER" speech to a combat veterans group and the usual terms were bandied about. But this bit at the end of the article caught my eye.

The vice president cited the darkest days of the American Revolution, when the war was going badly and ragtag rebels were ready to go home until George Washington rallied them. "They stayed in the fight, and America won the war," he said. "From that day to this, our country has always counted on the bravest among us to answer the call of duty."

It would be an apt comparison if we had a leader with the skills of George Washington. Nobody in the current administration has what he had. Nobody will have faith in Bush like they did in Washington. That isn't to say that people will not blindly follow Bush -- they will, just not into war. Operation Yellow Elephant exposes that quite well.