Another week, another scandal

[fsquid]

Once or twice like that, and they'll leave us alone. They leave us alone, we leave them alone, sounds to me like a good deal.

The only problem is that, all too often, we're the ones who won't leave them alone first.  It becomes a vicious circle.

I agree on that.  Since WWII it's been us sticking our noses in other people's business, not the other way around. We've been fighting wars that we didn't intend to win, and they haven't ended well.

9/11 is arguably an exception. We were clearly attacked. But that was also arguably nothing more than a response to our attempts at micromanaging the Middle East.