[jaarse]

I’ve long maintained that what the USA really needs is a good opponent again.

Everyone wants to be on a winning team, and with the lack of a good opponent it’s turned into Republicans vs Democrats with no common ground.

At least up until the 1990s there was always a common opponent (the English, the Spanish, the Prussians/Germans, the Soviets). So while Americans had different views, they could at least focus on defeating the enemy together.

Now there is no more enemy, and they turn on each other. I guess old habit are hard to break.