Kurt Vonnegut on current events

I have not read a lot of Kurt Vonnegut but from what he wrote yesterday its evident that at 81 years old, the guy is still thinking hard and writing provocative prose.

Cold Turkey -- In These Times: "But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of AmericaÂ’s becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas."