Confidence in our Congressional leaders is at an all-time low and falling - why? A $16-trillion national debt, involvement in wars we cannot win - and even if we did win, there is no financial gain for the average American? In other words, who is going to pay us back for money spent and American lives lost? Unemployment is high and those who are facing financial ruin tend to blame others - our Congress is a likely suspect!
An American soldier appears to have suffered some form of mental defect while killing several Afghan village people including women and children - a horrific act by anyone's standards. As a result, the U.S. has agreed to pay $50 thousand per death and lesser amounts for the injured.
What on earth are we accomplishing here? Several Americans were killed by Afghans after someone burned the Quran; did Afghanistan pay American families $50K per murdered American? And why on earth would we apologize for this burning without insisting those responsible for killing Americans be brought to justice. Are we implying the actual value of human life is calculated to be worth $50,000? "Oh well, if we throw some money out there, maybe this problem will go away?!"