Face to Face with Our Evasions

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A major lesson being taught in the current political a world is how to evade, be asked question, that is, then succeeding in not answering it (a clearcut evasiom).

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"It's out of my territory; I'm not able to comment on that"--is one of the major evasions we're seeing on a regular basis.

Another is--"Only the President can answer that"=often said in full awareness of the fact that the President cannot be forced to answer anything. He's entitled.

Yet another form of "beating the bush" (not answering), is to say "I am new to the job and haven't had time to form an opinion on the question."

On and on, we learn that evasion is becoming an art. And successful it is. Questions go unanswered and, thus, not dealt with. Consequently, we often place the responsibility for what has gone wrong on "the other side." For example, just consider the times that blame has been placed on Biden, when he has had no opportunity to deal in any way with current issues.

But I'm thinking that we may soon be in for a real surprise, which will be, of course, when a prominent\politician accepts responsibility for something that has gone wrong.

Somebody erred about Iran. Who? We're not sure. We just know mistakes have been made that have resulted in a the so-called" Iranian excurxion that, in reality is a war, between mainly Iran vying against Israel and the United States.

Surely, we must ask: Will we continue to get better and better with our evasions OR will we decide that someone must be held accountable.

I hope such is the case.

Meanwhile, please know that I alone am entirely responsible for the content of this entire piece.

Andy Pate