they use terms like 'measured' and 'decisive', which are only meaningful within this delusional framework of manifest destiny - as though america has some obligation, let alone a mandate, to rule the world by the threat of benevolent force.

the syrians didn't vote for donald trump. the only winner of any elections there is assad.

the rhetoric will fly in a certain circle, but that circle is exactly the circle of liberal elitists that think it is their birthright to rule.

this is language that has some logic when applied to donors. but, to think you're going to sway the population by convincing them of the merits of some kind of benevolent aristocracy is...it's indicative of the closed-loop thinking that produces it.

they're making a classic french or russian style revolution necessary. the kind that cuts off the head of the inherited classes....