The current administration is disgracing itself by denying Afghan allies any chance at admission to the United States. If you are a foreigner, I cannot blame you for being infuriated at my country; if you are a decent American, you will not be able to read the article without shame. I have to wonder about the morally vacant people who have flocked to jobs serving our current president. Even if they have made themselves deaf to the claims of honor, justice, and benevolence, can’t they see that this kind of disgraceful inhospitality is contrary to an amoral assessment of America’s national interest? In any future conflict at all like Afghanistan, any informed person considering working with us will likely keep in mind what happened to the anti-Taliban Afghans.

Are Trumpublicans, who generally wrap themselves in the flag and loudly proclaim their patriotism, too stupid to see this? Do they figure that since the big boss is a xenophobe, it would be useless to try to appeal to him? Is their proclaimed American nationalism a complete lie, and are they all Putin’s bitches? Are they confident that the country will never again be in a situation where foreign friends are needed? Are their real values: “America second (if that), Me first?”