The Holy, Infallible Beliefs of Beltway Pundits and Politicians.

http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175926/


* The presence of U.S. forces in the Islamic world contributes to regional stability and enhances American influence.
(Actually, it has turned for the worse since the 1980s.)

* The Persian Gulf constitutes a vital U.S. national security interest.
(Actually, the US is now the world's main producer of oil and gas due to fracking.)

* Egypt and Saudi Arabia are valued and valuable American allies.
(Actually, one is a military dictatorship and the other one is an absolutist monarchy and both are breeding terrorists.)

* The interests of the United States and Israel align.
(Actually, the US wants a Two-State-solution, Israel does not.)

* Terrorism poses an existential threat that the United States must defeat.
(Actually, terrorism is a result of social problems and will never be rooted out completely.)


If you refuse to abide by this doctrine, thou art an outcast and none shall heed your words thenceforth.