Right now, the public is not responding to this as they should, because it's very hard for people to accept that we are the bad guys, who are really TRULY behaving like the Soviets, or the Iranian religious enforcers, or the North Korean government.

"Surely," Americans are thinking, "there must be something more to this. Surely, our president and all these officials can't really be so wrong. Surely, there must be something missing in the reporting!"

But eventually it's going to sink in. And hoo boy, when it does, there will be holy hell to pay.

Or let's hope so.