I was trying to summarize masondixon's stated points about the negative effect electing "statesmen" have had. masondixon listed:
- two wars
- Obama missed seeing the rise of ISIS
- Syria is a humanitarian nightmare
- we had a huge financial crash
- and terrorism is on the rise
I thought "crisis" could fairly characterize any one of these, but what I consider the substance of my response was what followed, when I asked masondixon to clarify his or her logical argument and extended it by analogy to other common points of public concern, like medicine and transportation safety.
I think you're correct to point out that "starting a war" and "avoiding crisis" are substantively different and accept (what I perceive to be) your criticism.
I was trying to summarize masondixon's stated points about the negative effect electing "statesmen" have had. masondixon listed:
- two wars
- Obama missed seeing the rise of ISIS
- Syria is a humanitarian nightmare
- we had a huge financial crash
- and terrorism is on the rise
I thought "crisis" could fairly characterize any one of these, but what I consider the substance of my response was what followed, when I asked masondixon to clarify his or her logical argument and extended it by analogy to other common points of public concern, like medicine and transportation safety.
I think you're correct to point out that "starting a war" and "avoiding crisis" are substantively different and accept (what I perceive to be) your criticism.