in a war of ideological imperialism, chinese take-out just ain't news. though the american people are viscerally aware that we are morally obligated to play the hand out to some conclusion, our personal needs as a nation will always take precedence. the false hope of a better tomorrow and the opportunity of something for nothing are more real to us than the sufferings of an ill-conceived war.

of course, it's all just for show. our status as a nation is less important than the status of those who claim to represent us. our rights and freedoms are illusory gumdrops, grudgingly handed out in lieu of any real control over our own destinies. spoon-fed what we are told is important to us, we will elect the same tired bureaucrats for the same tired reasons and reap the same tired status quo - just as we have done a thousand times before.