Is You A Moron?

Its difficult to decide whether you'd prefer a stupid leader or a deceptive leader.  On the one hand, you don't want someone in charge that's going to purposefully lead you in directions that only serve his own best interests.  Of course on the other hand you don't want someone who's too stupid to know that he's not serving anyone's best interest at all.

Lets imagine for a second that President Brush is in charge of dividing up a cake at a party.  Everyone watches as he cuts 6 pieces for 12 people, gives one to Chaney and then puts 2 on the floor for Barney.  Would you rather he did this because he was trying to screw people out of cake and is obviously an asshole, or because he is an actual, legal, moron?

I'm not saying that's exactly what's going on in Iraq, its obviously more complicated.  But those are just about the only two reasons I can think of to explain his stubbornness.  This Slate article does a nice job summarizing the "What the fuck are you talking about" crowd's reactions when Bush says things on TV.  Things like:

 "Al-Qaida is going to fight us wherever we are"
"If we were to fail, they'd come and get us."
"Al-Qaida will be emboldened"
"The Middle East looked nice and cozy for a while."

What?  That last one is new to me.  Hasn't the middle east been a hotbed of violence since like the beginning of religion?

• Bush bungles a press conference. - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine