AntiHubris.com

Though it's only a symbolic & non-binding measure, the U.S. Congress deserves kudos for, at least in a "symbolic" and "non-binding" manner, rejecting the President's hubris to send more troops into the unpopular, expensive, and unnecessary war zone of Iraq.

It's an exercise in hubris and greed to send more U.S. troops to fight a foreign cause on foreign soil for the personal agenda of a few wealthy elite. The U.S. troops are brave super-citizens (and really deserve to call themselves 'citizen' more than most), but, if called to combat, should be fighting for a justifiable cause.

Hubris, as applied to in this scenario, is the thing in which people stop truely communicating becuase one person(s) considers their opinion superior to other opinion, and goes so far as to think their opinion is "truth."

Closing Borders is a controversial issue in the states, but Iraq is closing their border & for good reason: stop the hubris, the violence and everything else resulting from open borders.