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Imagine an American in Britain crossing the street. Traffic runs the opposite way, and Americans get killed every year stepping off the curb. Does a local have any responsibility to stop that person if they can? Or should they just say "it’s a grown person, he can read a sign, and it’s evolution in action..."??
Does a person have any moral responsibility to stop someone from hurting themselves? What is so freaking hard about accepting some responsibility? And more relevantly for TFP, can’t anyone on the other ‘side’ acknowledge this point? No one is going to take your birthday away if you say “yep, more planning would have been good. They really screwed this part up”.
The administration sold war to the American people, spent billions of dollars, removed Saddam (a good thing), and we claim to be helping the people beyond removing Saddam. And we couldn't ask "what things are at risk as the war winds down?"
That's ludicrous. A project manager with a mediocre budget could have identified a hundred ways to fix the impending problems and have a beneficial impact on the country and the people. And no, I’m not naïve enough to think that it’s easy. It’s just that it doesn’t seem to have received any effort at all.
This is, of course, brought to you by the people who brought you "gulf war (I) syndrome" and budget cuts to Veteran Affairs.
Of course they don't care about the 30,000 troops. But lip service is all that matters, right? Oh, yeah, and being right.
I apologize for the rant, but this is disgraceful.
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