You're right of course, but there's a certain segment of the party that's addicted to Losing With Dignity, and is afraid to fight for anything. They'll go as far as to coach you on how brilliant it is to willingly give up your rights and retreat from public existence.

Oopsie. Well I guess that's why pencils have erasers. As long as we've learned our lesson about funneling massive amounts of money and arms to questionable militias, we should be fine.

Or knowing that you can invade Libya in a pinch.