It's amazing to watch Democrats get panicked and obsessed about imaginary and extremely unlikely dangers by the Great Russian Bear (example: invasion of Baltics).

America, the Indispensable Nation, is finding itself increasingly "dispensable".
This latest example is today's news from Syria.

It's long overdue, but it appears that there will finally be some international oversight of our war crimes. Where it will lead (if anywhere) is unknown.

So I was watching John Oliver do a decent episode on America's opium epidemic. While he did a good take-down of the drug makers, I kept waiting for him to mention the most important element in the epidemic - where the opium comes from - but he never did.

President Obama has set a number of milestone records while in the White House.
One of those being the only two-term president to be at war every single day.

President Obama has halted the drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

You wouldn't know it if you weren't paying close attention, but we have entered the largest military escalation since Obama's failed Afghan 'surge' in 2009-2010.
There are three critical differences between that surge and this one:

Remember the group that killed nearly 3,000 Americans? Remember the rage and anger, and the determination to make sure that we destroy the group to make sure that it never happens again?

Of the many missed opportunities during the first Democratic Presidential debate, none were larger than the failure to challenge Hillary Clinton's description of her record regarding Libya.