That doesn't mean that I approve or accept blindly everything said or done here or in D.C., but the alternatives are worse. Much worse.
Thank you for putting that into words; every tenth post should repeat it. It certainly is the way I feel.
PD seems to have considered that reality about most of us here as "unimportant", or as somehow aiding the enemy. "My country right or wrong" will never be an excuse for me to embrace or support a path to its destruction, no matter how well intentioned, pragmatic, "compassionate" or politically expedient it appears.
Honesty up front is essential. We can leave the dissimulation to the State Department.