I am trying to imagine an America where this headline could be talking about our government, and our citizens.
(This article has a little more about the U.S. involvement in the case, if you haven't been following it.)
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Who was Cassandra?
In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.
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