Of course for those who deny that their is an axis of evil in the world, such things are simply the byproduct of fevered western imaginations.

It's basically a euthanasia program. Weed out the 'defectives', save food and test your chemical weapons. For communists such a view is a win-win-win.

Even in socialist countries you see a similar mentality emerge. In Germany there exists a cold approach to seniors still feeding on the states money which amounts to, "They've had more than their share, no they just take away from the younger generations."

Linking that attitude to killers who justify executing seniors in hospitals and old age homes, where no questions are asked when an old person dies, is part of the growing socialist nightmare.

And who can forget when thousands of seniors died in France during the heat wave, whose kin had gone off on vacation? No one shed a tear for the old folks - whose humanity is diminshed in a socialist society.

If the US continues down the path the same inhuman practices will emerge here. When big government foots the bill they get to say which people get more and which people are costing the state too much.

Socialism or communism - the value of each individual is diminished. It's simply a matter of degree.

A valuable lesson to be learned for all those who think government care is the answer.