> Why can't it also be about the 5 years? Because the political forces, as documented in the very fine article, started what appears to be a purely political t

> Why can't it also be about the 5 years? Because the political forces, as documented in the very fine article, started what appears to be a purely political trial. The kind of which “everybody” would be outraged if it would be done somewhere without the support of the US, and for a common human more imaginable via works of art like Orwell’s and Kafka‘s than when trying to comprehend what is happening right now. These political forces decided to make it be about 175 years.