Criminal Behavior

Bill left a comment on an earlier post, which got me stirred up, so rather than respond in a comment I thought I'd dump it all in a new post.

I think the Republicans are a bunch of kleptocrats. Alright, let's not mince words, they are a bunch of thieves. When they got in power with G.W. back in 2000 they proceeded to loot this country of all they could carry. Remember when we invaded Iraq? The army was a pushover, but once Saddam was gone and we were inside we found out that there was nothing there. The entire infra-structure was a crumbling ruin. Saddam and his cronies had been looting the country for all it was worth ever since they got in power. Now all the neglected maintenance came to light and we discovered what a quagmire we were in. It's the same thing that's been going on in this country. It hasn't been going on as long, or as effectively, but the damage has been extensive.

For the last two years the Democrats have been trying to dig us out of this mess. Whether their course of action will prove successful or not is still open to question. We may have to abandon our glorious crusade in Afghanistan. Personally, I think if you are going to wage war against 15th Century barbarians, you should use 15th Century empire building techniques, and I don't think our "civilized" society could handle such brutality.

Perhaps democracy has gotten out of hand. Maybe the 17th amendment (direct election of Senators, adopted not quite one hundred years ago) should be repealed. I got this idea from Tam.