by liberal japonicus
The choices are 1) Thank God! or 2) About fukking time!
This is an open thread about the election that we have all been hungry for. (that was my second choice for a title). I highly recommend this Foreign Policy podcast with Adam Tooz, about Hungary. I’ve cued it up to the spot, though the first part is also interesting.
I think that it is clear that Dems are anti-THIS war and I’ve seen/heard many put that in the context of wasted money better used here. This is a different time than Viet Nam and the war in Iraq. It doesn’t seem like there’s much “You must support the war or you are an unpatriotic pacifist wimp” as I remember. Is it possible that some learning has occurred in the general population? It just doesn’t seem like jingoism has much support this time.
…are as useful as a cavalry charge and a massive cost sink.
Just you wait. There are already robo-dogs and mules, why not robo-horses too (with laser beams!)? And being a cost sink is a feature.