Another attack on the US Capitol, this time by a single terriorist in a car with a knife attacking police https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/02/us-capitol-lockdown bears remarkable similarities to the pointless but disturbing attack on the UK Houses of Parliament in 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_London_Bridge_attack. Both were suicide missions, both involved an attack that was aimed at the police and both …
President Trump realises that his base do not follow logic, they follow their feelings of displacement. It is a world-class con to represent his values as anything but "elite", his wall does not keep out criminals but it creates a barrier that makes him and other people who do not consider that it really does …
The End of War is a notion, certainly, but it is also a statement of intent. Many do not understand war as anything other than a force that some evil leads our side into, until our side bluffs its way into warfare and we then question if our leadership really does know what it is …
Reading the full Bush commentary rather than just sound bites - makes one appreciate how good his speech writers are to be able to frame American war involvement only against the "end game" risk factors. It is revealing that the Bush logic is based on a novel. America walked into Iraq and created havoc. Why? …
While George Bush is under general anesthetic - if Cheney had a medical emergency with one of his quadruple bypasses or Lipitor scheduling error, and Bush did not wake up for a while, we would have an America firmly out of the control of Republicans. Would that mean that any change of direction may occur …