Joe's a grown man, but when it comes to personal responsibility he's a pathetic little child.
His speech today was what we've come to expect from the last honest man: a bit of lying, a bit of buckpassing, and the millionth restatement of his apparent belief that if only wise men like him could get together and talk about stuff and agree on something, anything, without being criticized by pesky voters then the ponies would be found in Iraq. Never mind that the people in charge don't care what wise men, even wise men like Joe, think about anything. The real problem is the magical force created by critics which prevents them having their serious wise man discussion.