Hi Stephen -
I don't expect you to have any compassion or sympathy for the administration, but if you look at the larger picture, foreign policy never was a big ticket item in the US.
The Constitution basically dumps it into the hands of the President.
Most people on earth never heard of Burkina Faso, much less Melbourne, so, no matter what "policy wonks" think, their effective range of effectiveness is limited.
On any given day, the President has an awful lot on his plate, from judicial nominations to the economy to education (his real love) to every othet God-damned thing you can imagine.
Not asking you to feel sorry for him, the buck stops there.
But is it really true that the fine points of, say, guerilla warfare in the Philippines are more important than, say, prescription drug subsidies for senior citizens, or the makeup of the next Supreme Court, or WTF went wrong with the space shuttle Columbia, or stem cell research?
So, no, he probably doesn't know what you know like the back of your hand, but that doesn't make him an asshole.
Not in my book, anyway.
And you're not an asshole, either.
And neither am I.
So, please, take a deep breath, and go back to doing what you do best. Illuminate, elucidate, and don't have a cow. |
