Even Republicans can read polls and see that there is no appetite among voters in either party for boots on the ground anywhere in the world — the legacy of the last Republican president’s calamitous and costly invasion of Iraq. Indeed, there is zero interest in foreign affairs among Americans, period. It was telling that as the Ukraine crisis was exploding, NBC News, which had the most journalistic troops nearby, downplayed it entirely lest it interrupt its viewers enjoyment of the Olympics. Even today, I dare say that more Americans can now identify Malaysia than Crimea.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 16:40:22 +0000
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