the conscientious object

she won't get pregnant if i just pull out :

"[S]hould American forces pack their bags? No believer in the ultimate beneficence of American world leadership can easily accept that outcome."

ohohohohoooooooh i'm a believer i couldn't leave her if i tried.

"But one thing is certain: Independent Arab states like Iraq are largely a 20th-century creation, places with vivid memories of colonial rule and a visceral abhorrence of the presence of foreign troops."

nobody likes us! everybody hates us! why don't we just die!