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The Incoherence of the Incoherence.
23-Oct-11GOP Senator Lindsey Graham advocating infrastructure spending in Libya, and opposing it in the United States. The similarity to ancient Rome, which broke down under the incoherence of limited government at home and unlimited empire abroad, is remarkable as usual.