General H.R. McMaster is Trump’s National Security Advisor. He advised Trump to launch 59 missiles on a Syrian airfield. This was an act of war. He has been called “the architect” of this plan.
McMaster is reported to be the author of a plan to place 150,000 American troops in Syria in order to remove Assad.
McMaster has lied about the Idlib release of gas, blaming Assad for it. He knows that this attribution is a fabrication. The available evidence suggests that Assad’s opposition is responsible for the presence of the gasses that were released.
McMaster’s immediate goal is to remove Assad. He wants Russia to abandon Assad and Syria.
McMaster’s deeper goal is to confront Russia. He accuses Russia of “mass murder”: “We should be asking Russia how could it be if you have advisers at that airfield that you didn’t know the Syrian Air Force was preparing to execute a mass murder attack with chemical weapons?”
McMaster sometimes moderates his rhetoric in interviews, as in calling for an anti-Assad coalition. This is tactical lying. Underneath, he has a one-track mind. He’s intent on using force to get his way. This is shown when he refers to Assad’s “murderous regime” over and over.
Trump and McMaster are an explosive duo. They are confronting North Korea too with a “full range of options”. How full? They are military options, not diplomatic or other options. The aim is “to remove that threat”. The key word is “remove”.
McMaster accuses North Korea:
“This is a rogue regime that is now nuclear-capable. President Xi and President Trump agree that is unacceptable. What must happen is the de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. So, the president has asked us to be prepared to give him a full range of options to remove that threat to the American people and to our allies and partners in that region.”
McMaster is a dangerous man. Trump put him there. Trump is a dangerous man. Both are able and likely to cause sweeping and deadly results unless held in check.
9:13 am on April 15, 2017
