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Uncle Sam Should Stay Clear of International Mess

For a president who once said the U.S. shouldn't get in dumb wars, it's insane for Obama to engage in saber rattling over the international controversy involving a motion picture company, although he does seem to have walked it back some according to recent news reports.  Why did the motion picture company make the particular stupid movie that started the controversy in the first place, thereby provoking a nation with nuclear weapons?  Why is Obama defending a company whose executives insulted him because of his race behind closed doors, and probably insults a host of other people of African descent?   It's not even clear who started the cyber attacks on this company, and besides, this motion picture company, that's not even an American company, should  have to stew in their own problems and messes, which appear to have been created by their own arrogance.  The government shouldn't get involved in this matter at all other than if there were or are credible threats against public domestic security.  This whole mess that the motion picture company started is pathetic, though at least it could start a wider philosophical discussion about so-called "entertainment" and degenerative movies that have no redeeming value, and the coarsening social climate that comes with them.

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