"It was his platform from 2000. He said he would unite the nation ... and he didn't. Instead, his policies drove the wedge deeper"

So people had no choice in the matter? Sounds like the excuses I hear from teenagers.


" he successfully alienated us from our strategic allies to boot. Whatta guy! "

No he gave them a chance to show their true colors and they did. Some people like friends just to say they have friends. Even if those friends do everything they can to destroy them. Some people like real friends ones that will pull their weight even when the road gets tough.