Agreed. I also wonder if this kind of article is towards the edge of allowable content on HN regardless of title: it's a politically-charged current-affairs art

Agreed. I also wonder if this kind of article is towards the edge of allowable content on HN regardless of title: it's a politically-charged current-affairs article that isn't particularly intellectually gratifying. Sometimes good discussion comes from these kinds of articles -- but I feel that's somewhat uncommon.