Midterms, Gas Prices and the Nuclear Threat From Iran

The impact of the Iran conflict on the midterm elections reveals a deep malaise in the American psyche that makes us vulnerable to our enemies. If an extra dollar per gallon and 1% higher inflation for a year or so is too heavy a burden to end a nuclear threat, the old Soviet saying that "when it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will sell us the rope" sounds about right.