The War On Terrorism Was A Bait

The Ability Of The 1 Percent To Buy Politicians And Regulators Is Nothing New In American Politics - Just As Inequality Has Been A Permanent Part Of Our Economic System. This Is True Of Virtually All Political And Economic Systems.

Mistakes, After All, Are Endemic To Foreign And Military Policy Given The Unpredictability Of Events And The Difficulty Of Securing Reliable Information In A Place Like Iraq.

There Are More People At Obama's Table Offering Ideas Than There Were Five Years Ago, But When It Came To Facing Up To The Republicans' Threat To Force A Double-dip Recession If They Didn't Get Their Millionaires' Tax Cut, They Still Amounted To Nothing. And Therein Lies Our Fundamental Problem.

Liberals Do Not Appear To Address Potential Solutions With Anything Like The Far Right's Aura Of God-given Self-confidence.

For The Past Eight Years, The Right Has Been Better At Working The Refs. Now The Left Is Learning How To Play The Game.