strike on the airbase was political theatre and that we had warned the Russians who warned Assad, who emptied the base of personnel and essential equipment<\/a> so Trump could spend half a million dollars per missile blowing up nothing in particular and being perceived as tough and \u201cdoing something\u201d for the victims of sarin gas.<\/p>\nThat \u201csomething\u201d of course, does not include letting refugees from this hellhole come here.<\/p>\n
But on the bright side, it may also mean he is not crazy enough to actually launch a massive ground war that will pit us against Russia.<\/p>\n
Russia, meanwhile, is making loud war noises but going to the UN. \u00a0I suspect a lot of this is Putin doing for his constituency what Trump is doing for his: looking tough while looking for the door. \u00a0But Trump and Putin are both semi-delusional and not in control of events very well. \u00a0I think Putin was as surprised by Trump\u2019s election as 3\/4 of America was and is now afraid he\u2019s created a monster with all the reliability of nitroglycerine.<\/p>\n
At any rate, Trump is ramping up the \u201cproportional strike\u201d rhetoric and seems to be letting the \u201cregime change\u201d stuff fade.<\/p>\n
God help us if somebody launches a strike against a Trump property.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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