Elected Officials Make Policy, They Don't Hijack Policy

Here's some insight from Jerry Scharf at Common Sense and Wonder:

The other day Mr. Wilkerson, Colin Powell's assistant gave a speech wherein he claimed that Dick Cheney, et al "high jacked" American foreign policy to get us into the war in Iraq. But, how can the people elected to make decisions on foreign policy highjack that policy. The mindset needed to make such a statement shows that it is the State Department that feels it is the sole arbiter and definer of American foreign policy. The hubris of the bureaucrat writ large. There can be little doubt that the State Department and the CIA are deeply unhappy with President Bush's attempt to get control of two agencies that sometimes seem to act on their own and against the best interests of the US.

The arrogant bureaucracies of the State Department and the CIA need to be reminded that they are working for the people of the United States through duly elected officials. My reading of the Constitution indicates that the power to mandate foreign policy, directly or delegated, rests with their duly elected boss, President Bush.

Both the State Department and the CIA appear to be confused about their relative positions in the hierarchy of the United States government. Consequently, the President should implement a confusion-elimination program. In other words, eliminate those who are confused.