Sunday, March 17, 2013

Moral Hazard


On the 10th anniversary of the final ultimatum from George Bush to Saddam Hussein, one member of that March 2003 coalition of the willing always escapes scrutiny: Jose Manuel Barroso, then PM of Portugal (shown above about the pre-war Azores summit) and one year later up to today, President of the European Commission. If you're never called to account for past bad decisions, you'll keep making them.