But... during the Obama years the Mediterranean Area was completely destabilized. The Libyan War and the Syrian War (the unrest in Tunisia, Egypt) really brought nothing but turmoil and crises.
And Obama even got the Nobel Prize for Peace...the most warlike president in US history.
I may understand that almost all Americans couldn't care less about this area of the world (since we are considered less than zero in their eyes)...but we do care. It was very personal.
That is why I will always express nothing but contempt towards POTUS number 44.
I'm not defending Obama or the actions of his administration, except I would just point out that the job of President includes many things, relating to both foreign and domestic affairs.
I'm not even sure if the policy originated from Obama himself, or even the Democratic Party.
In practice, I've observed that, in matters of foreign and military policy, most Presidents just seem to "go with the flow" and do exactly what they're expected to do in any given foreign policy situation or crisis.
That's the one part of their job where they don't have to think or engage in any kind of creativity, since all they have to do is read from a script and work out of a playbook that was written decades before they came to office. If they don't follow the established script, they'll find themselves facing the wrath of some very powerful forces, and they don't want that.
I was born in 1985... I'd like to focus on the 21st century...
Every tree has its roots and its beginnings. If it's a rotten tree, then it's worthwhile to point out exactly when the tree became rotten, how and why. That happened in the 20th century.
Besides, the 21st century kind of sucks so far.
also because I mean the Democratic Party of today...not Kennedy's party.
There is still an etymology, a connection between the past and present. This all just didn't spring up out of nothing.
The philosophy that USA is God...whereas Europeans are manure?
Many Americans view Europe with a great deal of sentimentality and fondness.
Pardon my crassness, but that's the perception...given that Orban is considered some sort of boogeyman in the USA...even if he's the PM of a very, very tiny country.
There must be hatred and disgust towards all that's European, then.
They might still have their favorites among European leaders. I don't see this as an "America vs. Europe" thing.
When we're talking about the highest echelons of power, I sense a great deal of callousness and indifference towards the lower classes, which is shared by the upper classes in both America and Europe. They seemingly hold a great deal of contempt and hatred towards lower-class Americans they consider "deplorable."
I've heard more than a few Europeans speak of America as if it's some kind of vast wasteland, so it comes from both sides, you know?
Watch the FOX interview.
And tell me how many times the candidate mentions military and war.
Maybe later. I'm not in the mood for a video like that on a Saturday morning.
They have become since the American Hussein took office.
I call it "selling out" and giving in to political pressure of the kind they were facing after losing three presidential elections in a row (1980, 1984, 1988). They just couldn't bear it anymore, and they seemingly couldn't sell their message to the public, so they shifted to more pro-war, pro-capitalist beliefs. The Republicans also ran pro-war, pro-capitalist candidates all along, as Bush and his son were in that category. McCain and Romney were avowed interventionists, capitalists, and warmongers, so absolutely nothing would have turned out differently in Libya or the Mediterranean if they had gotten elected.
