Those crazy days of summer

As the center of the universe, politically speaking of course, the pace in Washington never abates, despite the harsh summer heat beating down on the banks of the Potomac. Now, not only Democrats, but former government officials, mothers and rock stars are going after President Bush’s Mideast politics. Paul Craig Roberts, who served as assistant secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, wrote in Counterpunch an article assailing the president. Roberts blames Bush for making America less safe by attacking Iraq. “Now,” he writes, “the White House moron proposes to start another war by attacking Iran.”Indeed, there have been several media reports alleging that Vice President Dick Cheney has ordered the U.S. Strategic Command to prepare plans to strike Iran with tactical nuclear weapons if Iran does not renege on its nuclear policy, or if the U.S. is the target of another major terrorist attack.Roberts claims that Bush’s policy is