I don't lie, Chris.
And I don't joke about the deaths of 4500 of my countrymen dying to protect your butt and mine.
The sickness that is Islam existed long before there was a US, or before we "meddled" in their affairs.
We could have been the greatest benefactors to Iran in decades past, and these mullahs would still consider us the Great Satan.
The only absolute joke I see is your understanding of the world you live in.
All I know is what the Constitution says...& have read the words of the Founding Fathers re: how our federal government should act. Our nation has drastically changed not only what it thinks the Constitution says, but also its attitudes concerning what the Founders wanted for us. We have failed miserably in continuing their legacy.