The hypocrisy that amazes me is the “no blood for oil” leftists who opposed Bush in Iraq are completely gung-ho on the Trump-Russia propaganda and promoting war with Russia.
In particular, the same “anti-police state” groups suddenly see the CIA and NSA as pillars of probity and virtue, because insiders there are leaking against Trump.
They are complete and utter hypocrites.
My thoughts exactly.
When watching Trump’s inauguration speech, I kept thinking how many points the left could have rallied around if they only sat down and listened.
“America first” is actually a pivot away from what the left criticized in the past as imperialist and colonialist interventionism.
Trump was not only saying we should stop giving away our wealth to people who hate us, he was also saying we should stop assuming we’ll always have access to the world’s natural resources while imposing a quid pro quo wrt western cultural standards.
We need to acknowledge that some cultures have no desire to be like America; they don’t “get” Jeffersonian democracy and never will.
Thus, we shouldn’t bring those people here, but neither should we intervene in their affairs. He specifically said ANY country has the right to protect its borders.
We have all we need to sustain us right here.
He was preaching “sustainability” and “power to the people.”
The young folks who should have been listening were too busy rioting.