Details point to poor leadership

Editor,

Everything from the treatment of prisoners, both in Guantanamo Bay and in Iraq, to the manner in which the murky details are emerging on so many national and international issues, points to a U.S. administration that has shown poor leadership.

You can only, in this day and age of instant communications, keep the lid on the truth for about so long. Such was not the case back in the time of the Vietnam war, for example. But now it is much different.

The world is at our doorstep, or at least at the touch of a finger on our computer screens. We, as a nation of citizens, are much better informed on things as they are moving along. We are privy to so much more information than was ever allowed to be disseminated in years gone by.

Now, we may agree with or not agree with this "information" we read and hear, depending upon our political views. But we surely cannot simply discount the reports out of hand as false and of no consequence.

The fact is: These reports often carry a strong element of truth and are of significant consequence.

This is of great concern to the Bush administration as the November election nears. Past decisions, past actions, past cover-ups, past abuses of power all come home to roost. The only hope of the present administration is that the "roosting" is delayed just long enough so that they can be granted four more years to either sink or swim.

Bob McClellan

Polson