A Chilling Warning from a Top Bush Administration Official

It isn’t exactly happy reading, but I think it is must reading. Today's New York Times carries an article about a speech yesterday by a former high-level administration official, Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2001-2005. Wilkerson is deeply critical of the Bush administration, both in terms of its policy and its competence.

He says, among other things:

"If something comes along that is truly serious, truly serious, something like a nuclear weapon going off in a major American city, or something like a major pandemic, you are going to see the ineptitude of this government in a way that will take you back to the Declaration of Independence."

Here's a link to the article.