Japan's defense policy and historical understanding have drawn such strong ire from The New York Times editorial board that some op-ed articles responding to the ongoing issues have bordered on ad hominem attacks against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
What has happened to George W. Bush's secret prisoners? Who knows how many innocent people are going out of their minds in the CIA's secret prisons today?
The diplomatic flaccidity of the U.S. gives a green light to a domestic public opinion that is indifferent to international trouble and desolation, whether in Syria or Ukraine.