[skeeter]

And Crimea. There are no good guys here but my basic point remains. Civilians just going about their lives are being killed in large numbers right now.

[agere_contra]

We can probably discern another largescale point: every four to eight years, US foreign policy gets a (D) after its name, and becomes amaingly destructive and psychotic. For instance:

Clinton/ Serbia

Obama/ Syria

Obama/ Ukraine

Obama/ Iraq

Obama/ Libya

Biden/ Afghanistan

Possibly I'm wrong, but I have an un-informed opinion that the GOP left Iraq and Afghanistan as fairly stable polities, only for the Dems to betray everyone and bring them crashing to the ground.

Some FReepers may be able to enlighten me about the disastrous end of Vietnam, which also looks like the Dem's doing.