Chain of fools

Alcohol is the father of bad ideas. All bad ideas, and by bad ideas I don't mean going to the grocery store while its too busy, but truly bad ideas evolve from alcohol. Bad ideas as in lets get in this car and drive even though I can barely see anything, or lets pick a fight with this huge dude. Bad ideas which end up having extreme consequences. It seems concieveable that the planners of the Vietnam war were drunk, or at least under enormous pressure. To commit such manpower and treasure to a war being fought half a world away seems to ludicrous when thought of with a sane mind. It is that same impulse that compels you to call your ex at 3 oh clock in the morning and find out how shes doing and profess your love to her. The same impulse that makes you say stupid things and later regret them. The same impulse that compells people to do all manner of stupid things.