Reply #91: I only gave you my opinion and . .

[msmcghee]

. . left you with yours. If you want to pursue the question further - of whether we went to war because we have a screwed up system rather than because we had a screwed up person as chief executive - that's OK by me. However, you need to make a case for that.

Saying that my view is inappropriate is not making a case.

Saying whatever you said in that second paragraph - is not making a case.

Saying that I remind you of a character in a movie is not making a case.

There's no such thing as a perfect system and no system will ever exist in that state. However, when looking at what we know about how this decision to attack Iraq was made - I'd say that there's a huge amount of evidence that a person with limited ability, a toxic belief system and a huge ego was at the head of our government wielding his power in corrupt ways. There is no system capable of reacting quickly to world events, however well designed, that can withstand such gross abuse. It seems obvious to me that that is where the fault lies - in an election gone bad on several levels.

But, if you want to believe that somehow with a better system - having a corrupt president surrounded by true-believers carrying irrational ideological agendas - will still produce good decisions in the best interests of our nation and reflective of our liberal democratic values - feel free to show me just how that would work.