Sour Grapes, Anyone?

Ah, another wingnut who wants to cut and run! (Like Bill O'Reilly, who's decided that Iraq is just too full of "crazies" to ever be put right ....). attam forwarded the below rant, under the subject line "more from my right-wing uncle."

I think this tirade really illustrates how isolationism and unilateralism are just more and less confident versions of the same "America First" mentality. In this case, the global ambition seems to have pretty much withered. I guess that the declaration of victory and the long "fuck you, world" that follows are supposed to make up for the overall sense of frustration and defeat.

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