Hunter, citing the Moonie Times, details the strange mind of George W. Bush:
The sources said Mr. Bush maintains daily contact with only four people: first lady Laura Bush, his mother, Barbara Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes. The sources also say that Mr. Bush has stopped talking with his father, except on family occasions.
Can you imagine that? Not talking to his father? There was much conjecture at the beginning of Bush 43's term that his fixation on Iraq was about doing his father one better. Was that what it was? Is this what the Neocons really took advantage of?
Of course, as Matt Yglesias notes, the 1990s were filled with deep criticism of Bush 41 for "not going to Baghdad" at the end of Desert Storm:
During the several years before the second Gulf War, an increasingly large and influential group of people came to the conclusion that George H.W. Bush erred in failing to "finish the job" during the first war. Current events have tended to vindicate his administration's judgment that toppling Saddam Hussein would have both greatly compromised America's diplomatic position and saddled us with a deeply problematic occupation of Iraq.
Matt continues to reach some incorrect conclusions IMO, but the basic point is Bush 41 was right. His critics wrong. And of course, Bush 43 realizing now that he is not half the man his father was, petulantly refuses to speak with him, even though, at this time, Bush 43 and the country would be best served if he actually started listening to Bush 41.
It's remarkable, the Greeks described everything. All we do is repeat their plots.