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To add another concern to the points I already made, I think this focus solely on Trump's character is distracting us from the core problem: he is representative of a significant number of Americans, and his coalition has no shortage of political leaders flashing their racism, intolerance, ignorance, and assault rifles. Hopefully, they are White Christian America's last stand, winning some battles before losing the war, but we do not know how this will evolve. 
CNN is just doing its work and showing an America that still exists, whether or not we like it. 

Great piece by Robert Reich on why CNN allowed this travesty to take over its airwaves.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/after-last-night-anyone-still-trust
Key takeaway -- When you follow the money behind deeply irresponsible decisions at the power centers of America today, the road often leads to right-wing billionaires. 

Great piece by Robert Reich on why CNN allowed this travesty to take over its airwaves.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/after-last-night-anyone-still-trust
Key takeaway -- When you follow the money behind deeply irresponsible decisions at the power centers of America today, the road often leads to right-wing billionaires. 

I remember always hating the sound of church bells (real and electronic) on Sundays at 7:00 am in suburban Chicago. It was a Lutheran church, but there weren't really that many church congregants in the neighborhood. Electronics created an added buzz and carried farther.
I guess we had to submit to dear old Martin's views — whether we wanted to or not! 😇
 
 

And of course Thomas is on the wrong side...
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Bingo!  In the run up to Murderous Vlad's invasion of Ukraine, @tassojunior posted all kinds of photos claiming they were things they weren't over on Company of Men.  
And, no, Tasso, "US hegemony" is NOT what forced murderous Vlad to illegally deport children to Russia, earning him a rare arrest warrant for a nation's leader from the ICC.

You do realize how easy it is to reverse image search on Google.  Right, Tasso?  So here again we have a picture you posted that has nothing to do with what you claim it represents.
I was fanatically against the Iraq War.  So if you want a cheerleader on the point that the US went way too far, lied to the US public and the world, and weakened our military, political, and moral force, I'll cheer that idea. That mouthful said, I don't mind being the kettle to Murderous Vlad's genocidal pot.  Or should I say genocidal plot?
The picture you posted above has nothing to do with your alleged US soldiers killing 4 year old Iraqi boys.  You know that, right?  You know you just made shit up, right?  Why do you just make shit up, Tasso?  Usually disinformation has a purpose.  What's yours?
The picture is worth a paragraph on, since it both demonstrates and refutes your point.  That picture ran in Der Spiegel as an example of US war crimes in Afghanistan. That's an innocent and dead 15 year old Afghan boy who was farming in a field.  The soldier pictured is Cpl. Jeremy Morlock,, who comes from Wasilla, Alaska of all places.  He was part of a self-appointed "Kill Team" who murdered three innocent Afghan civilians, In the boy's case they threw a grenade at him and opened fire with a machine gun.  That's a war crime, for sure. 
The guy who did that, along with chopping a few of the boy's fingers off as a souvenir, got life in prison.  Morlock got 24 years.  About a dozen US soldiers were investigated for the crimes.  A  number of them were dishonorably discharged and punished based on the severity of what they did.  For example, Sgt. Darren Jones got seven months in prison for assaulting another soldier and firing on (but not injuring) innocent Afghans who did not pose a threat to him.
So, yes.  War is hell.  And it does bring out both the best and worst in people.  So why did Murderous Vlad start a hell of a war in Ukraine?
The above example demonstrates that the US military does hold its own accountable.  By this standard, you would surely agree that, based on the ICC, Murderous Vlad should be held accountable, too, and spend the rest of his life in prison for the horrific things he has done to Ukrainian children.  Right, Tasso?