The empire’s degree of evil is one thing to analyze. Its incompetence is another, and that’s what I have a few comments on. No matter what the motives of those in the empire’s driving seats, its actions in the Middle East in this century reveal immense incompetence. The latest example is that Trump triggered a Turkish invasion of Syria (against Afrin at the moment) when it became known that he was building a 30,000 man border force with a large Kurd component. It is certain that Trump didn’t want this reaction from Turkey, but he got it anyway. This conclusion … Continue reading Bush, Obama, Trump: All Inept, Incompetent, Clumsy, Unskilled