It’s hard for me to understand why so many anti-interventionists find reasons to be cheerful about things going on in the Trump administration. The claim that Trump will end US support of anti-Assad jihadists in Syria provokes only a “we’ll see” from me. In the meantime, the appointment of John Kelly as Chief of Staff provides no reason to be hopeful. Quite the opposite. Writes the New York Times in words that betray its imperial outlook, “As the leader of the Southern Command from 2012 to 2016, General Kelly oversaw (sic) a sprawling area that covered 32 countries in the Caribbean, Central America … Continue reading What Am I Missing?