In the movie Nixon, Tricky Dick said to a portrait of JFK "when they see you, they see what they wish they were. When they see me, they see what they are."
The tools of persuasion and civil discourse will certainly be tested in these contentious times, with the path of the nation's future and our posterity at stake. And maybe those tools will be of little use in what lies ahead. Not sure if we're at a fork in the road where the direction we take makes all the difference, but it seems close. Who we are, who we've been, who we can be, who we want to be, who we should be. Nice commentary with food for thought.
The inconvenient truth is this is who we are. If you look at America's image through the eyes of other nations, you see the Ugly American - rude, loud, greedy, selfish, vain. It's no wonder we elected a walking billboard for the seven deadly sins as our leader.
I despise Netanyahu, and find much of what's happened in Gaza appalling, but think Israel is absolutely entitled to kill every last member of Hamas, and am unwilling to engage with anyone who does not condemn Oct. 7.
In the movie Nixon, Tricky Dick said to a portrait of JFK "when they see you, they see what they wish they were. When they see me, they see what they are."
The tools of persuasion and civil discourse will certainly be tested in these contentious times, with the path of the nation's future and our posterity at stake. And maybe those tools will be of little use in what lies ahead. Not sure if we're at a fork in the road where the direction we take makes all the difference, but it seems close. Who we are, who we've been, who we can be, who we want to be, who we should be. Nice commentary with food for thought.
The inconvenient truth is this is who we are. If you look at America's image through the eyes of other nations, you see the Ugly American - rude, loud, greedy, selfish, vain. It's no wonder we elected a walking billboard for the seven deadly sins as our leader.
Gabba, Gabba, Hey! He's one of us.
He didn't kill thousands in the pandemic, he killed HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. A number which appears likely to pale next to his demented warmongering
I despise Netanyahu, and find much of what's happened in Gaza appalling, but think Israel is absolutely entitled to kill every last member of Hamas, and am unwilling to engage with anyone who does not condemn Oct. 7.
I'm interested in America, not the Middle East . But I am not impressed at all by the Palestinians, who threw away their chance for a state in 2000.
Whatever