Simple words are best

I ran across this fascinating article on Cheney and his inner circle, but this is the other quote of the week from the piece.

Says one insider deeply involved in U.S. policy toward North Korea: “The president is given only the most basic notions about the Korea issue. They tell him, ‘Above South Korea is a country called North Korea. It is an evil regime.’ … So that translates into a presidential decision: Why enter into any agreement with an evil regime?”

Scary to think they probably have to show him where it is on a map. I've been thinking it's not so different from the Reagan presidency. Neither one of them was or is president in the sense of actually running the country -- they just play one on TV. Ronnie was the better actor, but the truly frightening part is, the same thugs that were running things behind Ronnie's back during Iran-Contra are now pulling the strings again.