Been there, done that, not an effective argument. Just because things are worse somewhere else doesn't excuse what is happening here. The implication is that we have to wait until the situation here gets that bad before we can complain, or otherwise seek improvement. That does seem a bit contradictory to the fundamentals this country was started on. There were plenty of folks who ranted about the way things were being done right from the beginning. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that ranting and protesting is what keeps us from becoming like Afganistan.

The grass here ain't all that green anymore. We'd better start working on fixing things, or we are going to end up a nation full of individual agendas. I don't like that idea one bit, but it is quickly becoming the only choice that makes sense.