The Super Committee has failed to find a way to trim $1.2 trillion from the deficit. The fact is, though, the Super Committee was a failure from the moment it was conceived. Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, could not control itself. So it punted its failures to a Super Committee and even the threat of massive defense cuts could not prompt Congress to kick its spending addiction. Now, some members of Congress are even saying “to hell with the defense cuts. We’ll stop those cuts.” Of course. But it was all a bunch of smoke and mirrors for one simple...