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In reply to the discussion: The used car salesman strikes again [View all]malthaussen
(17,317 posts)He would then be attacked for "apologizing." This is one of those cases where moral truth and political expediency do not line up well. AFAIK, if the US does not have a We Do No Wrong Policy, the one we do have is virtually indistinguishable from it. Domestically, there are still great hordes who believe My Country Right Or Wrong, and it won't do to piss them off. OTOH, those who wish for a more realistic (nevermind honest) assessment don't vote in sufficient numbers to require appeasement.
You can see this right on DU, where everyone is supposedly some kind of liberal. Imagine what it is like outside the bubble. What do you want to bet a lot of Blue Dog types are cheering Mr Obama's stance? While cursing the rotten Russkis, which is the point of the exercise?
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