As if my country's leaders were not unpopular enough...

Now, a longtime ally (the Irish Republic) is also calling the POTUS things like a war criminal and a hypocrite. I'm not shocked at any of this, either. Nor am I shocked that this Irish legislator is citing the civil war in Syria as an example of bad U.S. policy. If there were ever a conflict where we should NOT interfere, it would be that one. Regardless of which side wins, that side will still hate us. They think it's their religious duty to hate us and anyone else that is not a Muslim. Did the fact that some of them (particularly Iran) call the United States 'The Great Satan' not give you a clue?

We will never make friends with any of the exceptionally religious people in the Islamic world and we really should stop trying to make peace with them. They don't want it and won't listen to reason. The fact that we're offering an olive branch with one hand while fighting wars/hunting for terrorists in some of their countries doesn't help us to look genuine to them, either. There will be no peace as long as their hearts and minds are filled with irrational hatred for people who are different from them.

God help us all...

- Lord Publius