Alleppo now on the map.

A couple of random thoughts while watching the networks try to jar Johnson votes loose for Hillary:

The right answer for Johnson was, of course, one of the following:

1. We should be entirely disinterested in Aleppo, but for some &^%($ reason, we are not.
2. We should be far less concerned about children of Aleppo than we are about the children of Chicago.
3. Which middle east dictator should we prop up this week?
4. What is it about Aleppo that isn't going on in dozens of other cities in the region.
5. First, I think we should stop bombing them.
6. Aleppo Schmalleppo. 

Look, I get it that Gary is not focused on everything that matters; but this is a job interview, and if one of the interview questions is what's going on in one town on the other side of the planet, I'm going to at least let him pull out an atlas and give a thoughtful response.

But that's not what's going on here. What's going on is an organized attempt at painting an unflattering picture of a candidate. 

Even if someone is overly sympathetic to the plight of the Syrians, how can your opinion of either Clinton or Trump improve based on this one dull response?