During Bush's Presidency the CIA has been the subject of a political purge. This is why Porter Goss was appointed to as Director in 2004. The US' diplomatic corps has also suffered a purge, and the Bush administration has even subverted the scientific agencies of the US government, once enviable. This has turned the US into a lobotomised, blind and mute giant with a big stick. A danger to itself and others. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
This has turned the US into a lobotomised, blind and mute giant with a big stick.
Mute, i'm not sure, but deaf certainly. "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet