Time to focus on cleaning house

What now, and where do we go as a nation from here? It is clear that the policy in Iraq is certainly a failure and the possibility of pulling all the troops out is on the horizon. Imagine being in a dysfunctional family with a problematic father that squandered much of the family’s wealth and divided the loyalty. One side of the family enabled the father by ignoring and catering to his problem. The other side which was once small in numbers confronted the father. Now that the reason for the great loss of wealth and the father’s problem is more transparent, is now at the forefront, the enabling side suffers a loss of members. Like this family that finally decided to pick up the pieces and move on, it is time for America to pick up the pieces and move on. We should not be swayed by an apparent attempt by the president to change the subject. When his trip to India, Afghanistan and Pakistan is over, the port deal controversy along with the Iraq mess, he made, will still be at the forefront. As a nation we can move on by taking at good look at both houses of the government and clean out those members who were more inclined to smother out and silence wisdom against an out of control president that lead America into a mess. Let the chips fall where they may.