We are half-way around the world poking a nation that is several thousand years older than our own, on behalf of one of the youngest nation of all.
It must be sort of an experiment to see how different, or the same, everything still is with reference to whatever it was that the Founding Fathers may have had in mind when they mentioned "entangling alliances".
It sounds like quantum mechanics to me, i.e. spooky action at a distance.
To me it is like living in a bathtub, and on the other side of the planet is a drain, and someone is about to pull the drain plug, and soon we will be swirling around it and headed down. Some, apparently in anticipation, are already showing signs.
It's fascinating, really, that it can even happen at all.
But to watch in real time is like being in a special level of hell, the mezzanine, maybe.
I'm not sure who is to blame, but from the looks of the people who claim to be involved, it has something to do with suits, neckties, and badges. The actual people come in all sizes, genders, shapes, colors, ethnicities and religions.
Maybe I am wrong about the suits and neckties, but I would encourage everyone to take a look at that situation with fresh eyes. If professionalism will save us, I think it would have already happened.
If you can figure it out, please let us know.