In fact, if they stay at the helm long enough, their folly may provide for their voters a harsh object lesson in how there really are things worse than white privilege, microaggressions and sexual constraints
"Do you know we don't rule out first-use nuclear action?" So said Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) while outlining what measures the U.S. could take against Russia over Ukraine, at whose border Moscow has been massing troops. The senator's office later clarified that this comment related to American policy in general and not specifically to Russia. While this is actually believable (Wicker made a loose comment), what's unbelievable is that we're even considering a military confrontation with Moscow over something that does not at all involve a U.S. national interest.
Moreover, what else Wicker said, during a recent interview with Fox News host Neil Cavuto, is not reassuring. To wit: "Well, military action could mean that we stand off with our ships in the Black Sea and we rain destruction ... on Russia military capability," the Independent related him as stating. "It could mean that we participate, and I would not rule that out, I would not rule out American troops on the ground."