Sure, he’s a jingoistic twit. But why?
Because it works, that’s why.
American’s don’t want to feel bad, to feel guilty. They will fervently and whole-heartedly support the man who relieves them of that feeling. Some of us on the hopelessly optimistic left imagine that America will change course, will see the error of our ways, and rise up to throw the scoudrels out. Not likely.
Those of us who already see what’s wrong will be even more committed, but our one vote each remains one vote each. There is no net gain. The Forces of Darkness have long abandoned any notion of changing our collective hive mind, which share but a single thought. They will concentrate thier energies on retaining the part of the electorate that they hold, to keep them energized and motivated.
The people who denigrate our heroes are unpatriotic scum. Our enemies are vile and loathesome. They are motivated not by nationalism, nor religion, nor any sense of injustice. They are motivated by hatred of “our freedoms” and our moral superiority. They have no moral standards themselves, and manipulate our humane instincts to weaken our resolve, sending phalanxes of “human rights do-gooders” to undermine Our Heroes.
In an ordinary, straight-forward, play-by-the-rules war, stuff like the Geneva Convention are worthy constraints. But our enemies have cast all of this aside, therefore all bets are off, we are no longer so constrained, indeed, it would be suicidal to do so. They fight dirty, so we must as well. Morality is for fuzzy-thinking, Volvo driving, latte drinking Fondas. This is war. War is for hard-headed realists who aren’t too prissy to get thier hands dirty. Or gory. Same difference.
This is the party line, brothers and sisters, pals and gals, straight and bent, and it will work. Bet on it. It will work.
Shit like this makes the Baby Jesus puke His little guts out.