I can't get the following analogy out of my head. Too harsh? You be the judge.
I own two dogs, who have naturally formed a pack. The larger, younger dog is now dominant over the smaller, older dog. Humans also become part of the pack, even if we don't normally think about it. If I have to discipline the dominant dog, a curious thing happens: feeling threatened that his place in the pack might be in jeopardy, he will lash out and attack the small dog if she is in range. He knows he can't dominate me, but he needs to make sure those below him still know their place.
You can see this behavior in the human world too. During the Gulf War, when we attacked Iraq, Saddam Hussein turned around and attacked the Kurds. He had no hope of defeating us, but he could still try to maintain his place in the pecking order. Kind of pathetic, really, but human nature is what it is.
Sadly, I now see this base, animalistic behavior in our own administration. We get attacked by terrorists. Because they are invisible, like a virus or cancer, we cannot effectively retaliate against them and so we go after a subordinate, Iraq. It looks irrational when dogs do it. It doesn't look much different when people imitate them.
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