Unfortunately, you can't separate foreign policy out from the goings on in the country. You wonder where the anti-war crowd is, they are in the middle of a train wreck and can't see any clear any clear direction of escape. They see unrest in their own communities, uncertain financial future, and turmoil in state capitals and Washington DC.
On top of all of that, our country is polarized. Even if we could agree on what problems we have, we couldn't agree on a solution. Instead, everyone keeps throwing gasoline on the fire, probably thinking that if it gets big enough then the cause and who is to blame will become evident.
The prospects for the next administration look grim. We have few candidates that want to try and lead us out of the middle of this train wreck so we can get prospective and solve problems, most are angling towards power for the purpose of profit taking so that they will be well positioned for the future. They are trying for the proverbial penthouse without realizing they are in the equivalent of Dresden/Tokyo 1945.
While the hostilities of WWII are over, I would ask if the conflict ever actually ended or did it just morph from a hot war, to a cold war, to an economic war, to the current ideological war. Are the players, government and others, still jockeying for what the new world order is going to look like?
History is recognition of constant social change. Social evolution is fairly constant with periods of rapid change and contrasting periods of gradual change that may take decades or longer to play out. The ascension of Julius Caesar didn't mean the Republic and Senate disappeared overnight. No one sees the change because they are too close to it. Only later, when we are clear of the events can we see what happened and attempt to define and explain it.
Why on Earth would they want to come here? Wasn't Syria bad enough?
Unfortunately, you can't separate foreign policy out from the goings on in the country. You wonder where the anti-war crowd is, they are in the middle of a train wreck and can't see any clear any clear direction of escape. They see unrest in their own communities, uncertain financial future, and turmoil in state capitals and Washington DC.
On top of all of that, our country is polarized. Even if we could agree on what problems we have, we couldn't agree on a solution. Instead, everyone keeps throwing gasoline on the fire, probably thinking that if it gets big enough then the cause and who is to blame will become evident.
The prospects for the next administration look grim. We have few candidates that want to try and lead us out of the middle of this train wreck so we can get prospective and solve problems, most are angling towards power for the purpose of profit taking so that they will be well positioned for the future. They are trying for the proverbial penthouse without realizing they are in the equivalent of Dresden/Tokyo 1945.
While the hostilities of WWII are over, I would ask if the conflict ever actually ended or did it just morph from a hot war, to a cold war, to an economic war, to the current ideological war. Are the players, government and others, still jockeying for what the new world order is going to look like?
History is recognition of constant social change. Social evolution is fairly constant with periods of rapid change and contrasting periods of gradual change that may take decades or longer to play out. The ascension of Julius Caesar didn't mean the Republic and Senate disappeared overnight. No one sees the change because they are too close to it. Only later, when we are clear of the events can we see what happened and attempt to define and explain it.
Tom Cotton would be proud.