how The Decider decides
[from Robert Dreyfuss’ alarming article in the May issue of The American Prospect on how Dick Cheney is running everything http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=11401]
[O]fficials who have opposed Cheney believe that President Bush has “views” only about basic principles, and that in making dozens of complex decisions he relies on pre-determined staff papers. 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?”