2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton just disqualified herself as Commander in Chief [View all]cprise
(8,445 posts)The more extreme they are, the more motivated and willing our heavies perceive them to be.
Shall we compare the number of people ISIS has beheaded to the number Saudi Arabia beheads each year? How about the systemic collateral damage from drone attacks that amounts to collective punishment?
I think what is a joke is having little-to-no regard for the effect that the world's "sole hyperpower" (to use our government's own term) interfering with and profiting from regional divisions on the other side of the planet... like various religious sects are machines that serve our "interests abroad", provided they are supplied the right weapons at the right times.
Anyone who pays close attention to the villian-of-the-month nature of our news and foreign policy should realize just how crazy and world-hating the establishment mindset has become.