"People will believe wh**ever they want to believe. Reason, fact, and logic have little or nothing to do with it."--Robert A. Heinlein, ""If This goes On--" Case in point, among the Trumpies and the"unco' guid" (Robert Burns) in the novel: The Earth is flat, the Sun goes around it, and both are only 6000 years old. According to the story of Noah's Ark, sea level rose about three miles all over the world, in a few weeks; then fell back just as fast. Where did all that water come from, and where did it go? (mumblety mumblety mumble mumble)
Since when is "greatness" based on bigotry, bullying, and wishful thimking (that is not an error)?
How did they decide? It all seems pretty much a tossup to me.
If this "makes the world safe for democracy," why are the authors of this policy still telling us, after decades of this behavior, that terrorists threaten us?
What is your definition of "success," and where do you find this "95%" figure?
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That is exactly what I told them back in the Forties about the Marshall Plan. Let Europe re-build itself and Germany be damned. Would they listen to me? No. We both know how badly that worked out. Not!
Why does it not matter that the United States' "gunboat diplomacy" has contributed to so much of the trouble from which people seek asylum?