As Shakespeare's King Henry IV whispers on his deathbed to his heir, Henry V, the best way to sustain power when faced with domestic opposition is to "busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels." It's one of the oldest ploys in the annals of power, seen most recently after George W. Bush enlisted a partisan supreme court to steal the election, and shortly thereafter, 9/11 happened--an incomprehensible breach of security. Same old crap...