For the first time in history, a sitting president openly disavows a branch of the Treasury Department, pushing the blame for Fast and Furious down-the-line.
President Obama insists neither he nor Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. knew federal ATF agents were permitting illegal gun purchases on the Southwest border, even as Republican lawmakers released new documents showing the attorney general was given general briefings on the Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.
Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. confronted a week of allegations that he had misled Congress about his knowledge of the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking program, lashing out at his Republican critics and contending that he knew nothing about secret tactics to allow illegal arms sales on the Southwest border. This dispite the fact that several emails and messages to Holder have been uncovered dating to June, 2010.
Obama is so fond of 1) Blaming Republicans, 2) Blaming the GOP, and 3) Spouting and bragging about his precious "values" while he loses control of one situation after another.
George Bush was no saint, we can all agree on that. But when the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, Bush's first remark was: "I'm responsible. I'm the Commander-in-Chief, and when something happens that is so far outside the accountability of the Chain of Command, it is the Commander-in-Chief who must step up and take responsibility." This is a truth that dates back to the Art of War, by General Sun Tzu as far back to the 6th century B.C. (Est, 490 BC). This is also a truth that Barack Obama does not understand. It doesn't matter that he has the power to make that choice. What matters is that a commander is honor-bound to step up and take the responsiblity when those under him fail. They fail because he has not taught properly.
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