Bush Admits he was Unprepared to be President

The following is taken directly from the transcript of the interview that Charlie Gibson of ABC News had with outgoing president George W. Bush:

Gibson: What were you most unprepared for?

Bush: Well, I think I was unprepared for war. In other words, I didn’t campaign and say, “Please vote for me, I’ll be able to handle an attack.” In other words, I didn’t anticipate war. Presidents — one of the things about the modern presidency is that the unexpected will happen.

George Bush, in his own words, is admitting that he wasn’t prepared to be President of the United States. He says he was “unprepared for war”. Why is that the same as saying he wasn’t prepared to be President? Because being President means being the Commander in Chief.

The President has sole authority over our country’s military. The primary responsibility of our nation’s military is to protect our country, especially in times of war. Congress is given the power to declare war and control over the budget, but the enforcement of that declaration, or any use of the military, rests solely with the Commander in Chief. Even when war is not officially declared, as it has not been since World War II (as far as I know), the President can, and obviously has in many instances since WWII, use the full force of the military for any reason he deems appropriate, as long as Congress agrees to continue funding once the money runs out for the initial campaign.

Therefore, President Bush is admitting that he was unprepared to shoulder one of the primary, and many would argue the most important responsibility of being the President of the United States. He was unprepared to be the Commander in Chief.

What was he thinking? Was he treating the Presidency as some kind of game? Truly, this man will go down in history as one of the worst presidents in the history of this nation.