I just read about the vote in Senate not winning to remove troops from Iraq in 120 days and the only thing I could think of was one really bad hangover. Not just a hangover, but the day after being really drunk and remembering the completely embarassing raging drunk things you did the night before, like invading another nation’s country in the name of Freedom and fucking it to all hell up and basically causing a near civil war.
I would hope the only reason someone voted against not removing troops would be that they have this same sense of embarrasment. The one in which you say “Oh shit, we can’t get out yet, I still have to apologize to all the people I puked on last night and try to make things right, offer to clean their carpet and clean up my mess.” Because its not about freedom anymore, it’s about trying to clean up and hoping that things don’t get ten times worse. I feel shitty about the whole thing, and I’m a perfect example of a complacent American who should feel shitty about the whole thing.