They insist on splitting this nation, and have succeeded in doing so, leaving the half that sees the situation clearly with not enough political capital left to do much other than let their "Imagine"/Star Trek/Gandhi utopian pacifist vision fail as completely as Chamberlain failed 70 years ago.
This is the legacy of the 60's generation...the generation that now has the power to influence the actions of this nation.
We're not at the end of the world. But you can see it from here.
I don't like it, don't want it to be that way, but I have to agree with you.