We are the laughingstock of the world. Our word cannot be trusted. Any agreements we entered into will be broken. All rules precedents protocols legalities will be ignored. What is there to admire now? Nothing. So the world watches and waits and wonders when the he** are these people going to wake up and stop the madness? What is going on? For how long must we endure this? What damage will be left behind to mark the end of this precedent-setting tragicomedy?