Midknight Review -- new and revised: Wa/Post tries to pit "America First" against the larger moral responsibility we share for human decency.

Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Trump and his ‘America First’ philosophy face first moral quandary in Syria

With this headline, the Wa/Post tries to pit "America First" against the larger moral responsibility we share for human decency. Clearly, this is simply not an issue with President Trump.   Patriotism in no way stands apart from our sense of leadership and fairness in the global community. If you think otherwise, it is only because the enemies of true nationalism have done their worst at convincing folks that, after 43 "nationalist/patriotism first" presidents, "nationalism" is suddenly a moralistic evil.

Understand that our first "America first" president was George Washington, and that tradition was the prevailing tradition through and including our 43rd president, G.W. Bush. Barack was the first AND ONLY president who did not believe in American Exceptionalism . . . . .    the first and only. Now, we have an entire political party rejecting the principle.

Nice try, Wa/Post, but no cigar.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Wa/Post tries to pit "America First" against the larger moral responsibility we share for human decency.

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