Our new year is not off to a very good start.
- Heads are rolling in Saudi Arabia, and they're our friends.
- The Saudis are chairing the UN Human Rights Council, but they're beheading people publicly.
- Oil is flowing from ISIS, but they're our enemy.
- Arms are being provided to the Kurds, because they're fighting ISIS.
- The Turks are attacking the Kurds, because the Turks are fighting the PKK.
- NATO tolerates the Turks' attacks, because the Turks are our allies.
- Foreign and foreign-sponsored militias are waging a war against a government, but it's still talked about as if it were a civil war.
- The Poles have lurched dramatically to the right, but they're still our friends.
- Freedom of the press is being squelched in Poland and Hungary, and no one raises an eyebrow.
- Individuals running for the candidacy for president of the US openly spout hate and racism, and are cheered on.
- Negotiations on major, international trade agreements are still so secret that our elected representatives have no access, but we're supposed to trust the negotiators.
- In Europe legislation took effect to unprotect people's savings essentially declaring their deposits bank property, and no one even questions the concept of "bail-in".
Oh, there's more ... but these are the first few that immediately sprang to mind.
And this is our foundation for a better 2016? 'Fraid not.
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