[Churchillspirit]

If it is so obvious why are so many people in denial?

[sinclair]

"If it is so obvious why are so many people in denial?"

It is called the "Idiot Gene", which is found mostly in leftists/liberals and occasionally here.

[Melinda]

Because for so many people, denial is a permanent state of mind.

[Herakles]

"If it is so obvious why are so many people in denial?"

Americans during WWII were aware that they were in a fight for their existence, and had the Nazi nuclear community not screwed up, things would have been quite different.

Today, people are deluded into thinking war is about the rule of law and fair play. It's a nice concept for a JAG sitting behind a computer screen in DC. Put them in a life or death situation and the only law that is of concern is the one that deals with survival of the fittest (unfortunately, that law is out of site and out of mind for Mall goers).