In Vietnam, the wind doesn’t blow… it sucks. — Tag Line for Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” When I wrote a few weeks ago that I thought the Neocons were making the full-court press for war I thought President Trump was a reluctant player in the game. Part of me still believes that. Part of me also believes that Trump, like everyone else, is a slave to his passions and is easily manipulated into terrible decisions.  Case in point was last year’s bombing of the Al Shairat airbase in Syria after a similar false flag chemical weapons attack at Khan Sheikoun. Will … Continue reading The Faustian Bargain