Making Sense of Nonsense

Victor Davis Hanson has an excellent article with some helpful tips on how to make sense of geopolitical realites that seem nonsensical.

Just keep in mind four general talking points about America’s recent role in the world and most things gradually become clearer.

Point One (for Americans): My own flawless three-week removal of Saddam Hussein was ruined by your error-prone postwar peace.

Point Two (for Middle Easterners): We are for democracy — unless you Americans help us obtain it.

Point Three (for Europeans): We are privately for and publicly against what you do.

Point Four (for everyone else): When angry at either the United States (or yourself) just blame the Jews in America, and Israel abroad.

Sometimes in these crazy times, that is all you need to know.