Phi Beta Iota: This is a good depiction of doing the wrong thing with catastrophic results. The US Government has lost its mind–it has no strategy for the future other than continuing Empire as Usual in the face of all evidence that this is both unaffordable and unsustainable as well as a crime against both the US public and humanity at large. The senior “leaders” of the Administration and Congress are gerbils (Madeline Albright's words) with senior executives of the Administration sacrificing their integrity for the hope of double-dipping after retirement (or dual citizenship from Israel) while Congress gave up its integrity long ago for a standard 2-5% kick-back on all delivered earmarks.
