The swiftboat vets have their new book out, Unfit for Command. On the cover is a picture of John Kerry. I haven’t read the book yet but it supposed to be an expose on his military service and how it makes him unfit to be commander in chief . Which leads us to the question, is Bush unfit for command due to his military record? Of course. If it be neither, then who? Maybe the answer comes from Tolkien, no one is able to handle the power of the ring. “We cannot use the Ruling Ring. That we now know too well. It belongs to Sauron and was made by him alone, and is altogether evil. Its strength is too great for anyone to wield at will, save only those who have already a great power of their own. But for them it holds an even deadlier peril. The very desire of it corrupts the heart. If any of the Wise should with this Ring overthrow the Lord of Mordor, using his own arts, he would then set himself on Sauron’s throne, and yet another Dark Lord would appear. And that is another reason why the Ring should be destroyed: as long as it is in the world it will be a danger even to the Wise. For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so. I fear to take the Ring to hide it. I will not take the Ring to wield it.” (The Lord of the Rings, p. 261.)
It is time to recognize that no one man (or woman) is fit for command, especially the Commander in Chief.
1:57 pm on August 20, 2004
