"A perilous and unspoken accord in American politics has grown up while no
one was looking, which unites the liberal left and the authoritarian
right. They agree in their unquestioning support of a government without
checks or oversight; and it is the Obama presidency that has cemented
the agreement. The state apparatus which supports wars and the weapons
industry for Republicans yields welfare and expanded entitlements for
Democrats. The Democrats take to the wars indifferently but are willing
to accept them for what they get in return. The Republicans hate the
entitlements and all that goes by the name of welfare, but they cannot
escape the charge of hypocrisy when they vote for ever-enlarging military
entitlements."
— David Bromwich, The World’s Most Important Spectator,
London Review of Books
Curse them or mock them; it doesn't stop them. The war must go on.
