“The state tends to expand in proportion to its means of existence and to live beyond its means, and these are, in the last analysis, nothing but the substance of the people. Woe to the people that cannot limit the sphere of action of the state! Freedom, private enterprise, wealth, happiness, independence, personal dignity, all vanish.” –French economist Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)

It is my contention that only an imbecile or a traitor would openly tell our enemies when we plan to give up the fight…which is exactly what Obama did in his speech last night at West Point.