Who's accountable?

There's a lot of talk flying around about how the military plan has thus far been a disaster, and how Rumsfeld and the civilian leadership of the Pentagon are to blame.

Fair enough. But let's not let Dubya off the hook here. If things keep going badly, the axe will eventually fall on someone, but not the President.

Even though he may not be making specific decisions on the military plan, Bush deserves to be held accountable. He led us into this mess; he's responsible for it.

That being said, there's plenty of blame to go around, on both sides of the aisle. Let's not forget that point, either.

(tip o' the hat to the dynamic driveler, who made a similar point in a comment to a previous post)