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All too true! But where is a case of a strong nation whose leaders are bowing to Islam at every turn while fighting them overseas? And even in Afghanistan Gen McChrystal allows our soldiers to be killed or wounded rather than the enemy; same with Mullen, same with Casey, the despicable POS. Gates sees nothing wrong with these insane ROE. It goes all the way to the top—Barry, and before him, GB; Bill Klinton, & GHWB. How many of our best & brightest are in the brig because they killed the enemy before he killed them? In the case of a Navy SEAL, he is accused of slapping a prisoner (one of those who horrendously murdered the 4 contractors in Iraq.) This SEAL now may even be tried in an International Court! Tell me this isn’t madness, and try to find another country who has ever so insanely eaten its own. And continues to tear our country apart here at home.

Tell me this isn’t madness, and try to find another country who has ever so insanely eaten its own. And continues to tear our country apart here at home.

I'm reading a biography of Julius Caesar. His dealings with the Gauls were rather sterner stuff than we've seen out of any U.S. administration.

His purposes aren't ours, of course, but there is a way to deal with people who are fanatically dedicated to killing you that doesn't involve kissing the ring of an Arabian king.

I won't tell you it isn't madness. I'll just say with confidence that it isn't the first time a country has rotted from within in similar ways and had leaders that betrayed its own people, and it won't be the last. I'll bet any real historian would be able to give you examples of where this kind of thing has happened before in history. The Founders certainly understood the tendencies of human nature in designing government for a free society, and designed the Constitution as best they could to foil what they knew would be the inevitable threat, at least, of the deterioration of our free society. They understood at the time that it would be a job of constant vigilance with the need for blood to be spilled from time to time. The specifics may be "new," but the general picture is as old as man and many would say (I think including the Founders) as predictable.

My main point: approaching this as if it's something new or unheard of is a mistake. It feels new because it's the first time it's happened to us.

The first time this really hit home for me was when I read a book by Taylor Caldwell called "A Pillar of Iron." It's about Marcus Tulius Cicero and the decay of the Roman Empire. It's historical fiction, and Caldwell researched her history thoroughly, so historically, it is accurate. I first read it about 30 years ago. The cultural parallels between Rome and the U.S. were mind-boggling. It was an eye-opener for me as a young person (in my early 20s). In my ignorance, I'd thought what was happening in the U.S. was new. It wasn't. It wasn't then, and it isn't now. To approach it as if it was is a mistake.