I understand, but why is it Washington’s elected and appointed top officials in general remain mute to what is so blatantly and alarming obvious? Shades of 1938.
Because both elected and appointed officials have quite a dose of their own mafiosity in their make-ups. And whenever somebody radically different [like RWR} comes along, such a person is usually hobbled by both the elected and appointed officials [aka ‘establishment’] and by one’s own limited understanding of what one’s dealing with. For example, in Reagan’s absolutely correct “evil empire” formula - what was evil in that empire? Evil landscape- evil hills, plains and rivers? Evil flora and fauna? Or evil people living, generating, and reproducing their [adequate to them] evil way of life? If the latter, then he far from won the Cold War.
“I understand, but why is it Washington’s elected and appointed top officials in general remain mute to what is so blatantly and alarming obvious? Shades of 1938.”
didn’t Bush look into Putin’s eyes and see a good soul?
That should do it shouldn’t it?