“They’re fine with Putin as long as he feigns some claptrap about being Christian or an anti gay type of shibboleth. It’s enough to make you wonder if they’re just stupid, craven, or too partisan to see that there can be more than one enemy of freedom.”
Useful fake conservatives...plenty of them here.
Yep. The enemy of my enemy may be... another enemy.
I think its over-the-top partisanship or fear. And, understandable war-weariness too, and the usual American inclination to isolationism & MYOB. Most Americans simply do not think in terms of conflicts that in actuality last centuries or more, and can only be won on that basis, unless one decides to “simply” wipe the opposition off the face of the earth.
I’ve posted elsewhere about why I believe Radical Islam, while quite dangerous, is not THE most dangerous foe over the long run...