Defense Secretary Leon Panetta offered a grim view of the United States government during an event in his honor, as he implied that poor leadership is causing American citzens to lose faith in the government, to the detriment of the American political system.
“Today, I worry that in many ways we have lost the trust of the American people in our system of government,” Panetta told an audience last night, “because they are not seeing the dedication, the hard work, the sense of sacrifice that is important to our democracy.”
Panetta seemed especially critical of American political leadership. “We govern our democracy either through leadership or crisis, and if leadership is not there, then we let crisis drive policy in this country.”
