Where in the world is Karen Hughes?

Forget about Waldo, where the heck is Karen Hughes? Touted as the best thing ever, to come to the State Department. Remember when she came back to work for W, after the election? Remember what a big deal her return was made out to be? She came back as assistant secretary, or some such construct, given the title of Ambassador. Her role was guru for communications. Apparently, it wasn't that we tortured people or bullied them or humiliated them, it was that our "message of freedom," wasn't getting through.

Where has she been and what has she been doing for all this time? Was she in on the disastrous discussion to bomb the heck out of Lebanon? Is she the one that told W, great idea, they hate Hezbollah and bombing the bejeezus out the innocents will surely keep these moderates on our side? Or was her message machine kept out of the loop and only left to pick up the pieces. Why can't these guys learn from their mistakes? I think most folks understand and are understanding of the mistakes our leadership has made. What some of us can't tolerate is that the leadership seems incapable of learning from these mistakes and then taking corrective action to correct them and find a different path.

For having an MBA, W seems to have skipped the classes that concentrated on lessons learned and best practices. I wrote on this blog about the bombing and said, "enough already," they get the message. Imagine a situation where unprecedented, all the non-Shiite Moslem world was on the side where we wanted them to be. They were speaking out publicly. Now, what would a rational person do? Say hurray! Or say, "now what can we do to turn these folks against us, hmmm?"

Did W and Cheney (the evil one), go to Hughes and ask what she thought? I mean, aren't they the ones that put her in this very important position, giving her perceived importance and weighty responsibilities? Where the heck is Karen Hughes?

If she was consulted and advised the course taken then she should retire and get a Medal of Freedom. If she advised against the course taken then why hasn't she quit? Where in the world is Karen Hughes?