Tens of thousands of American minds have been stressed to the breaking point, with poor chances of permanent recovery.

The physically wounded show the world. THose whose wounds are of the heart and mind have no audience but themselves for their screams. The shattered bonnes will heal, or be replaced with titanium. The shattered minds will never forget the experiences that broke them.

Those traumatized by duress and loss, even absent physical damage, carry theitr own scars. The net effect of these, on either side, is the promulgation of madness in a world that cannot afford anymore insanity.

Bad decisions at the top. Bush will retire on a legacy of economic, societal and political mayhem, and a handsome pension with secret service agents.

In another day, when justice was less convoluted, he might have been hanged, beheaded, or publically drawn and quartered. IF he were really fortunate, banished on pain of death.


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