>>>Leadership matters.
>>>We had an incompetent dimwit in office when 9/11 struck and we are still paying the price of his incompetence.
>>>Strong leadership shines at times like these, and vice versa.
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>The US is cursed with celebrities and politicians willing- even eager- to distract with "fix the blame" memes rather than "fix the problem" even on the eve of massive death rates per modeling. Then they act as if it's noble to hurl their meal trays at the captain while s/he's trying to save the crashing plane.

It's been so long since we'd have strong leadership we've forgotten what it looks like.
All of the past four have been draft-dodgers, two have been moral degenerates, and one was a dimwit.
The good news is that this is not necessarily an end state.
Things can change.
The right people can make that happen.