My son, who preferred Obama over Romney had some pretty startling things to say............

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109. Explain that Glenn Greenwald works for the CATO institute,

a "libertarian" think tank funded by Koch brothers, and that others pushing this line have similarly dubious politics, for example Alex Jones and his various "left" guests including Chris Hedges. Then explain that their mission is to demoralize Democrats so the GOP can keep winning midterm elections.

My own experience is that this particular line is the latest in a long effort to suppress Dem voting by pushing false equivalence à la Ralph Nader, and you can see how that turned out in 2000. The grand master is Noam Chomsky but few will believe he's a stooge so it's probably better not to bring him into it.

That said, it would be better if the US stayed out of the affairs of most foreign countries, but good luck putting that genie back in the bottle, and the fact is that US foreign policy under Obama is far less aggressive than under Bush-Cheney. But we have a long way to go so I hope your son will see this as an opportunity to get involved in making it better.