Krugman

In effect, America has been taken hostage. Nobody wants to take responsibility for the terrible scenes that will surely unfold if we leave (even though terrible scenes are unfolding while we're there). Nobody wants to tell the grieving parents of American soldiers that their children died in vain. And nobody wants to be accused, by an administration always ready to impugn other people's patriotism, of stabbing the troops in the back.

It's a must read...

I must say, however, that it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. I'm getting really frustrated that the case is so clear, yet America remains apathetic.

American's are no longer hungry. We truly are satiated with all that we need, so we no longer care about the monumental disaster that is unfolding right in front of us. Very few of us have any passion.