We do not want to find ourselves committed to the defence of leaders who themselves become harsh, repressive or just plain bonkers.
The world has gone stark staring bonkers when we have a situation like that.
Anyone who thinks differently has something wrong upstairs—he must be stark, staring bonkers.
The constant dialogue with which the farmers have to contend from the plethora of agencies now running the countryside is, quite frankly, driving them bonkers.
The fact that most of us believed that the proposals were bonkers and irrelevant to the real world was reflected in the election results.
One head told me the other day that his predecessor had simply gone bonkers.
Is it bonkers to be amazed that you did not instruct your military to keep you fully and frequently advised?
Is it bonkers to ask if you made no attempt to find a rational cause to reverse your orders?