Everyone seems to forget that he knew what he was getting in to and he had all the answers to change it. Remember when Hilary asked him if he had was just going to wave his magic wand and make it all go away?
If you promise something that you have no way of knowing whether or not you can deliver, you are simply lying.
"what a mess he inherited" would apply ONLY if he was just thrown into this with out any say. He knew, he committed and he promised the moon. Now that he cant deliver, he just gives one excuse and blame after another. At what point does the US call Bullshit? well, its seems like now is that point.
