'Fast And Furious' Back-And-Forth

Unlike a lot of what happens in Washington, D.C., this video, showing Rep. Jason Chaffetz interrogating Attorney General Eric Holder, is actually quite heartening. It shows how a responsible democracy should handle difficult questions.

Unfortunately, there is a lot that gets left out of any such heated, but limited, duel. If, indeed, the United States has decided to intervene in Mexico on the side of the Sinaloa Cartel, and against Los Zetas (as seems to be the case, because there is no other force available in Mexico to do the job, seeing how lethal Los Zetas are, giving us no choice but to support the Sinaloa Cartel, because the enemy of my enemy is my friend), then a lot of Chaffetz's outrage is misplaced. Having 'Fast and Furious' guns linked to the assassinations of Mexican officials was part of the plan all along - in particular, those Mexican officials linked to Los Zetas. And whatever else he may think he is doing, by attacking Holder, Chaffetz is using his office to defend Los Zetas. Which I'm sure isn't what the good voters of Utah thought they wanted when they sent Chaffetz to Washington, D.C. in the first place. But that's what they are getting! War is a terrible thing, particularly when it's next door, and there is no way to avoid getting involved.