Read my post, Charlie. I didn't exonerate Obama, who I generally admire but I agree that he was seriously in error in his Middle East policy. Of course, Bush's administration did the groundwork beforehand, but Obama mishandled a lot there.
It is Trump's first week in office, but we've had more than 18 months of his noxious statements. Nothing new there.
And I think I know the Gospels pretty well; you can rationalize it with obscurantist prophetic allusions but the message of mercy and compassion for people in need is overwhelmingly present in them.
Many religious leaders, as well as Nobel laureates, are already speaking out against Trump's immigrant and refugee policies, which won't change the policies of course but it will help galvanize the opposition to them.
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