Martin, my "vaporous retort" was simply countering your assertion that millions of people want this heavily scrutinized....to me you were trying to argue that you could only rely on what you saw and heard directly...then you stepped into those millions of shoes.

But I agree. The atmosphere of distrust is toxic. We can point blame but today is simply a culmination of years of division.

If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop