[SMARTY]

Americans have to STOP electing incompetent, inexperienced, and irresponsible people to the WH.

They in turn appoint incompetent, inexperienced, and irresponsible people to foreign policy and diplomatic posts.

S^%t rolls downhill. This kind of systemic and perpetual FUBAR is always an HR problem... whether it's in the private sector or in government.

Actually, NO company on earth would/could sustain the kind of drastic, irreversible and repeated screw-ups that this government has and continue AS a company! Somehow, there is a culture of tolerance for (preference for) mediocrity in our current government. The imploding situation in the ME is just ONE illustration of this. The problems resulting from this kind of "HR" mentality are everywhere!

[magellan]

"Americans have to STOP electing incompetent, inexperienced, and irresponsible people to the WH."

Good luck with that. Unless the competent are really hip and cool, with cool campaign logos and promise to govern through Twitter posts, I don't see any hope for our country given our self-serving, narcissistic electorate.

[baltimorepoet]

Actually, NO company on earth would/could sustain the kind of drastic, irreversible and repeated screw-ups that this government has and continue AS a company! Somehow, there is a culture of tolerance for (preference for) mediocrity in our current government. The imploding situation in the ME is just ONE illustration of this. The problems resulting from this kind of "HR" mentality are everywhere!

NO country on earth can sustain the kind of drastic, irreversible and repeated screw-ups that this government has and continue AS a country! (Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Spanish Empire, etc)