And that's when ICE will go "see? We need to be more heavily armed."

I would have interpreted this as "50% chance of becoming the catgirl belonging to whoever got the other option." Shades of this Oglaf comic (NSFW).

Sheesh, there's a Trump-level of understanding of diplomacy around here.

Carney's response was not "cowering". It was a carefully-worded rebuke to Trump's lawlessness written with the understanding that there was nothing good to come of openly antagonizing him. It's the sort of thing that a grown up adult person who is responsible for the wellbeing of millions would write. I know politicians like that haven't been making headlines much so we're all used to the sort of schoolyard bully bloviation that comes out of the Trump administration, but there are politicians out there that aren't dementia-riddled narcissists so don't assume it all needs to be like that.

Are you claiming you can't simultaneously believe the two mutually-contradictory things that the Government has told you to believe?

Perhaps a visit to Room 101 will help you understand better.

Yeah. As usual, the bulk of the people realized too late that something needed to be done and only started doing it after it needed to be done, but at least it is being done. This is a pattern throughout history.

And one of the few high-ranked Americans to call this out just got his military pension stripped for being "seditious."

So apparently following the law is sedition in the United States now. Right.

And we're allowed to point out how terrible they are for decision-making, or how unrepresentative of underlying statistical results they are.

Alright then, the fake friendliness that their employers require. Especially in customer service.

The assumption that the American legal, political, and cultural context is the "default." They say "X is illegal" without specifying jurisdiction. They assume a "right wing" or "left wing" party must be like their Republicans or Democrats. And so forth.

There are multiple mass shootings per day in the United States. This page keeps track as they come in.

At least with Iraq the US pretended to be following international norms. The presented lies to the UN to justify their actions, they gathered allies into a "coalition."

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point.