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We are learning the harsh lesson learned over and over again by humans. When you have a totalitarian government in place, and that government acts without the support of the populace, the populace quickly becomes numb to the outrageous acts of its leader and interested only in self protection.
Sometimes when I hear the stories about the U.S. on the BBC, I find myself thinking "Is this really my country?"
All of the predictions made by those who opposed the war in Iraq are coming true, and yet, no one has catalouged that failure in a way that reaches the American people.
As the middle East destabilizes (one of the early predictions) our leader continues his "If I say it, it must be true" approach to reality. His logic is inside out, yet no one calls him on that. For example, "It's not Dubai's job to protect our ports, it's the Coast Guard", when the Coast Guard has tried to express doubts about their own ability to vet the proposed deal.
As Americans we are naive. We do not believe that our country can suffer the same fate as other Western countries who shall remain nameless so we don't digress. But we can, and we have, and it can get worse.
