During the Bush administration, in the days following 9/11, we lost our moral compass. Now we will pay the price for our laps in judgment.
One of my former co-workers has a friend that served in the first Gulf War and he told my friend that one of their biggest problems was in trying to deal with all of the Iraqi soldiers rushing to surrender to the US to escape Saddam. A nice problem to have, but unfortunately that won't happen again for a very long time. Here's a vets account of the price we will now pay in blood and treasure as a result of our failure to live up to our values:
We need accountability now to make sure this won't happen in a future administration. I'm sorry Mr. Nixon, just because the president does it does NOT make it legal!
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