Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” -- acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump -- a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
A truly piercing and urgent message about the self-inflicted calamitous situation of humanity, most of them victims of the organised Big Lie and an indecent system based on it.
Thanks Edward for an excellent piece. The sad reality is that the West’s only “solution” to address the catastrophe of global climate change appears to be offering us “nuclear winter” instead. No doubt the nuclear destruction of planet earth will be wrapped, marketed and sold as yet another – “humanitarian intervention.” Surely there are children in Syria or Iran we must save from “evil” by incinerating them in the name of our collective “good”. Meanwhile, we lemming-like populations in the West, child-like in our innocence and disconnection from actual physical – “reality” – will no doubt self-righteously applaud our own… Read more »
Edward, this is superb, and I shall be linking to it in articles I write.
# the U.S. has surrounded Russia with US/NATO troops and bases armed with anti-ballistic missiles why people write this nonsense is beyond me ???????? what is wrong /w Americans in general? did not they go to school ? took geography lessons ? or just had curious look at map ???? ——– RUSSIA IS BIGGEST COUNTRY ON earth, for gods sake!!!!! border is on north (no any bases), on east (no any bases) and i think China will say thing or two if USA starts war on east front , on south mainly Kazakhstan (no bases), and west!!!!!!! oh west!!!!!!!!!!! something… Read more »
This is a most timely post, Ed. The word really needs to get out in order to somehow wake up the distracted masses. We are teetering on the brink of WW3 and our bribed elected leaders who took oaths have failed us miserably. Why is it so frigging difficult for government bureaucrats to follow the Founding Father’s Constitution? Why do we tolerate so much impunity and allow US/NATO to wage senseless destructive wars sowing chaos – in our name?? I’m mostly disappointed in baby boomers who allowed this DC monster to be created while the country was doing well economically… Read more »
BLACK PICARD has filed the following comment: “This is a most timely post, Ed. The word really needs to get out in order to somehow wake up the distracted masses. We are teetering on the brink of WW3 and our bribed elected leaders who took oaths have failed us miserably. Why is it so frigging difficult for government bureaucrats to follow the Founding Father’s Constitution? Why do we tolerate so much impunity and allow US/NATO to wage senseless destructive wars sowing chaos – in our name?? I’m mostly disappointed in baby boomers who allowed this DC monster to be created… Read more »
Did Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly put an end to US/Israeli plans to instigate that war?