Wave of the future

Amazing and sad how much Washington runs on ego.

The Runaway General

I like Stanley McChrystal is the truth. And Joe Biden is half-baked in most of his ideas about just about everything, these days. Remember dividing Iraq into 3 ethnic conclaves? Right. And you wonder where people get their notions of American imperialism.

But the bigger story, here, is the fact of Washington that everyone's just gotten used to, at this point, apparently. Which is how much ego runs things in this city.

You would think that a city that experienced as much failure as D.C. would be humbler. But, humility, apparently, is for the weak. As is anything more honest in this world.

I do hope we maintain a commitment in Afghanistan as long as Afghanis feel like they need our help. We did start this war, after all. And we still have a certain terrorist and his minions, in this region, that need tracking down.

But it would be refreshing if something as grave and serious as war, with so many peoples' lives on the line, could be engaged with less ego and more humble, honest, serious attention to the matter at hand and a genuine commitment to accomplish the mission successfully. On everyone's part. McChrystal's ego is hardly unique in Washington. The Administration. Congress. The press and activists, especially, whose egos seem to know no bounds.

Be nice to have an America where everyone pitches in to do the heavy lifting. Or maybe we've given up on that idea. Or whatever millionth excuse we have for why we can't face up to just how foolish and dysfunctional Washington has become.

Wave of the future, folks. Progress never looked so promising.