Helping Israel Create Chaos

Why are US troops in Syria uninvited? “Stealing the oil”, says Trump. Yes, but the US also still focused on helping Israel create chaos there. Worse, neocons could use any casualties suffered by those vulnerable, sitting-duck troops to “justify” wider war.

Death from a Distance

‘Chant for Processions at Site with Furnaces’ by Thomas Merton. The Commander of a Nazi death camp warns us, “Do not think yourselves better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done.” With Nima

The Lost Interview

“The Lost Interview” (just found by Judge Napolitano) for your weekend enjoyment. Yes, that’s I, talking from inner-city Washington where I had found my dream-job, before we set up the Tell the Word non-profit to free me to do full time what I still do.

No Backchannel Communication

Putin adviser bemoans fact that, amid the exchange of public threats, the absence of secure backchannel communication” raises pressure on BOTH SIDES to carry out such threats. And of course, the lack also greatly increases danger of accidental escalation.

The State of Wartime Russia

Nima shows inimitable EU chief Ursula von der Leyen saying Russian industry in such tatters that it is “taking chips from dishwashers for military hardware”. Rumor: Lockheed is now cannibalizing old Russian dishwashers; hopes to duplicate Oreshnik missile.