On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 7:47:24 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi10yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:50:30 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article >, graham > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
> >> >> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
> >> >> that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
> >> >> knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
> >> >
> >> >I loved Mr. Asimov. I read damned everything he ever wrote including
> >> >his scientific explanations. But I'm going to change the quote above.
> >> >
> >> >The strain of intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
> >> >way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
> >> >notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
> >> >ignorance, but I have a PhD in communist nonsense. -- leo
> >> >
> >> >See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
> >> >United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
> >> >your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
> >> >"Doonesbury".
> >> >
> >> >leo
> >>
> >> your last paragraph says everything
> >> Janet US
> >
> >He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>
> no, no point. When the US rattles sabres it affects everyone. That
> is not conceit, simply common sense. Any smart person from the US is
> going to be concerned about foreign policy as should everyone across
> the globe. Enemies don't just lob cannon balls at each other anymore.
> All we need are a couple of clueless hotheads in charge of a couple of
> governments and we will all be engaged one way or another. It's time
> to realize that we are essentially one global economy and one
> population sitting on top of this ball we call earth.
> Janet US

My opinion on this doesn't depend on who is president or if people agree or disagree with me. At least I'm consistent.