Thursday, December 9, 2021

The End of Bi-Partisanship in Foreign Policy

 Time was, as the old saying goes, politics ended at the shoreline, Americans closed ranks and united to oppose the threat of foreign aggressors and foreign policy was a bi-partisan exercise. No longer. Now, the right-wing, led by the likes of Sean Hannity, constantly belittles and berates an American president even as he squares off against and attempts to deter the growing aggressiveness of a belligerent Vladimir Putin.

While Fox talking heads profess to abhor Mr. Putin  they persistently praise him and his autocratic ways even as they support a man, Donald Trump, who would end democracy in the United States. Patriotism, as defined by the Right, has taken on a strange new meaning.

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