PhotoAnyone who says it doesn’t matter whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton wins this election needs their head examined. Hillary has some real personal ethics issues she needs to confront, but she’s got the chops to be president. It’s not, “Who are they — our politicians?” It’s, “Who are we — the voters?”To be specific: Are we all just Shiites and Sunnis now? Because whether you’re talking about Shiites and Sunnis — or Iranians and Saudis, Israelis and Palestinians, Turks and Kurds — a simple binary rule dominates their politics: “I am strong, why should I compromise? How will we recreate the compromise on immigration that a few brave Republican and Democratic legislators tried in 2013?

Source: New York Times August 31, 2016 07:18 UTC