[married21]

I kind of like the Japanese custom of leaders being ashamed of themselves if they fail—enough to fall on their swords. Our leaders have no shame whatsoever about their failure/incompetence.

[SlipperySlope99]

I kind of like the Japanese custom of leaders being ashamed of themselves if they fail—enough to fall on their swords. Our leaders have no shame whatsoever about their failure/incompetence.

There would be about ten people left in Washington DC in that case.

[hanamizu]

I kind of like the Japanese custom of leaders being ashamed of themselves if they fail—enough to fall on their swords.

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Failing that, at least resign. Mark Steyn wrote yesterday that following the Suez fiasco in the 50s, high officials resigned. There used to be this quaint idea that if you failed miserably in your job and embarrassed your nation, the honorable thing to do was to resign.

[Angelino97]

I kind of like the Japanese custom of leaders being ashamed of themselves if they fail—enough to fall on their swords.

In today's Washington, people eschew the Samurai Code in favor of the Hillary Code.

Say you take full responsibility, but keep your job, your perks, and go on as if nothing happened.

[Mark17]

Our leaders have no shame whatsoever about their failure/incompetence.

I wonder if their failure/incompetence is deliberate, and not accidental at all?