Pious and Corrupt

I don't know whether we should be heartened by the fact that corruption among politicians who claim to be religious and pious is not confined to our region... Over in the good old US of A.. it's reaching epidemic proportions as a number of "moral values" politicians, both Christian and Jewish, are exposed in a series of scandals, as the greedy, power-grabbing monsters they really are..

The parallels to Kuwait are scary. Here's an excerpt:

"The values alleged so far in this scandal - greed, hypocrisy, favor-selling, dissembling - belong to no creed except the ruthless pursuit of power. They are not exclusive to either political party. But the religious trappings add a note that distinguishes these creeps from those who have come before: a supreme righteousness that often spirals into anger and fire-and-brimstone zealotry that can do far more damage to America...."

The article may require registration to read, but it should appear on the IHT site very soon.