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adversus vermis

There was a time when it seemed to make little difference who was president, the incumbent just got jerked around by Congress. Disillusionment came when Reagan sent Marines to Lebanon in 1983 against the advice of his Secretary of Defense, and again when Bush launched the Iraq war against the advice of his Secretary of State and all norms of law, sense and decency. Worry now is Cold War mentality talk of Russia as the Threat, talk of softness toward China, a subtly developing capitalist nation and international factor where more Buicks are built than in America, and of longtime personal coziness with Bibi the manipulative saber rattler. 

The real and greatest Threat is religious fanaticism, much overt, more waiting to crawl out if its rock is kicked over.

Disillusionment is a good thing: nobody with good sense would wish to live with illusions. 

It makes all the difference in the world.

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