We must recognize that hate and racism are the essential instruments of imperialism for the last 400 years. America is a violent and racist society in large part because it has been infused with the imperialist warlords using these to justify their global wars and genocides. It is a paranoid view of the world that everybody is a potential enemy and must be slain economically or militarily. The American empire was mentored by the British empire which killed millions in its time.

Senator Lindsay Graham is a deranged infantilized victim of what happens to those who embrace the lies and dogma of the empire.

The decline of empire is why western politics has gone berserk... the political zombies know the party is over and they refuse to face this reality.