“The most urgent need is to see clearly what is taking place,” the Post opined.

Yet, what truly is taking place is a dangerous disconnect from reality in which Washington’s media and political elites see offenses that others commit (often cast in the harshest light) while averting their eyes from their own equally bad or worse behavior.

In judging American actions, evenhandedness is a sin; double standards are a virtue. Up is down; objectivity is a crime.