From the UK

I am writing from the UK with regard to the recent article, “Desperately Sorry” by your writer Alan Bisbort [The World This Week, Aug. 4].

I am not qualified to comment on the U.S. political part of this, but it seems true from what is being reported over here. Yes, Bush seems like a war mongering prat in the pockets of the oil industry with an intense self-seeking desire to write his name into the history books. Above all, he comes across as borderline intelligent. You know the kind of guy who stacks shelves because this is the best job he can get. Yep. America is truly a great country -- where a shelf-stacker can become president. Although, given the choice available, maybe he was just the best person for the job. (source)

I personally wouldn’t even hire Bush to stack shelves. I don’t think he’s up to the job.

As for being the best person for the job... I voted for John Kerry last time (although I wouldn’t today because of his stance on marriage equality). If I had to guess though, if John Kerry had become President in the last elections, I would guess that the 1900 men who have died in Iraq would still be alive, we wouldn’t be at war, and Iraq wouldn’t be any worse off than it is today, which granted, isn’t saying a lot.