With so many people who call themselves liberals and leftists tearing
their hair out in dread of a President Donald Trump, it is necessary to
point out that the prospects of avoiding nuclear war are much better
than they were the day before the election. Hillary Clinton was
committed to imposing a “no fly zone” over Syria that would have meant
instant war with Russia, likely resulting in the annihilation of the
human species. You’d think that would have made Clinton anathema to
decent people. But Americans, including those who call themselves
liberals, are not decent people – not really. Based on their political
behavior, they just pretend to be decent, but support U.S. governments
that have slaughtered millions since the end of World War Two. If you
voted for Obama and Clinton, you gave your assent to continuing George
Bush’s wars, allowing Obama to start two major wars of his own, in Libya
and Syria, and to Hillary Clinton’s plans to roll the nuclear dice on
the fate of humanity. The whole world knows that Americans are
dangerous, to themselves and to others. But, decent? Since when, and to
whom?
-- Glen Ford, "War Less Imminent After Clinton Defeat" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).