Reply #3: Since yer Zenlitened, you likely see the irony...

[jswordy]

...in our country becoming more like our enemies in order to defeat them!

And in our country battling Muslim religious zealots by electing Christians religious zealots to lead us!

I often LOL at this, shaking my head...at least until the next bombing or whatever brings me back to the pain, suffering and death that is being wrought because of these paradoxes.

Oh, one more paradox...we are sold the myth that our military is keeping us strong globally, when the real global war is economic, and we grow weaker each day through deficits and the national debt.