The diabolical dyadic cabal

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A high-ranked aide to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has told the NY Times that Bush policy is run by a diabolical dyadic cabal.

The aide, Lawrence Wilkerson, suggested that the dysfunction within the administration was so grave that "if something comes along that is truly serious, truly serious, something like a nuclear weapon going off in a major American city, or something like a major pandemic, you are going to see the ineptitude of this government in a way that will take you back to the Declaration of Independence."

"What I saw was a cabal between the vice president of the United States, Richard Cheney, and the secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld, on critical issues," he said.