The DNC does not care about quality of life issues.  They are too busy tilting at elite limousine liberal mega-donor windmills.

The Dems don't want affordable housing; they want Government housing.
The Dems dismissed the sticky post-Covid inflation as 'transitory'.
The Dems don't want affordable tuition; they want Federally subsidized higher education.

The Dems have eschewed competitive free-market, private-enterprise capitalism for a Government-run economy and society.

The Dems represent nonsense that does not improve the quality of life for the unwashed masses.

The DNC represents aristocratic interests of the landed gentry; not the interest of their tenant serfs.

The corollary I can think of is the Soviet Union's propagation of Communism (Marxist-Leninism-Stalinism).  It was a violent revolutionary sedition posing as a poltical theory.

In our secular political society, how do you balance security and a religion with a political ideology?  In the Middle East, politics and religion are the same thing - both Judaism and Islam are experienced through a poltical lens, as well as religious.

Earleir in European history, especially during the Crusades, Catholicism was a poltical force as well as religious.

This is why the Founders wanted the Western Hemisphere to be a 'New World' free of the historical entanglements of the 'Old World'.

The Middle East is an albatross around America's neck.  During the Cold War, America back filled a collapsing British Empire to prevent the Soviet Union from filling the void.

Does America really need, or benefit from, maintaining a protectorate in the Middle East, as the French and British had done after World War I?  They buy protection from our elites, but the average American does not see the benefit.

Thousands of American lives, 20 years' time, and trillions of dollars were wasted to build an American protectorate in Afghanistan that collapsed, and did not have long-term benefit to the American People.

Our Founders knew that elites were more likely to engage in foreign wars of adventure than the citizenry.  This why War can only be Declared by Congress.

When Iran pays reparations for the 1979 Hostage Crisis; the 1983 Bombing of Marine Barracks; October 7, 2023; deaths, injuries, and property damage cause by Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthies, and Isamic Jihad.

Let the Ayatollah file a claim with his property insurance company.

https://channel2now.com/2025/06/30/article/news/crime/who-was-wess-roley-suspect-identified-in-deadly-idaho-wildfire-ambush-two-firefighters-coeur-dalene-killed-canfield-mountain-kootenai-county/

Who Was Wess Roley? Suspect Identified in Deadly Idaho Wildfire Ambush
by Channel2 NOW Staff

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Authorities have identified Wess Roley as the gunman responsible for Sunday’s horrifying ambush on Canfield Mountain that left two firefighters dead and a third critically injured.

According to law enforcement, Roley deliberately set a wildfire and then opened fire on responding fire crews, luring them into a deadly trap.

Roley, whose body was discovered Sunday evening near a firearm, was found in the rugged terrain of Canfield Mountain outside Coeur d’Alene. A law enforcement official confirmed his identity to Channel2 NOW on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.

The incident began around 1:21 p.m. on Sunday when emergency calls were made reporting a brush fire in the heavily wooded hills of Canfield Mountain.

As first responders from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department and Kootenai County Fire & Rescue arrived to assess and contain the fire, gunfire erupted.

Two firefighters were struck and killed during the initial ambush.

A third firefighter was also shot and transported to a local hospital in critical condition. He later underwent emergency surgery and is now reported to be in stable condition.

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Poster's note:
I read elsewhere that Roley was estranged from his parents (mother and stepfather) by a court order. Parents are said to be MAGA, but this kid was obviously off the rails -- WAY off the rails.

Looking at the pics above, sumthin' just looked wrong about him, even from the earlier photo...