With the exception of The Wichita Eagle, most of the media ignored the guilty verdict handed down on Wednesday against three Kansas men. Gavin Wright, Curtis Allen, and Patrick Stein were convicted of plotting a massive terrorist attack against an immigrant community center in Garden City, Kansas.
The community center is owned by Somalian immigrants and has a residential complex, a mosque, and some small businesses. According to an FBI spokesman, the trio plotted to use a series of four truck-bombs and the explosives they had manufactured would have leveled the block. The Kansas City Star reported in March that the three belonged to a group of yahoos calling itself the 'Kansas Security Force' and fancied themselves leaders of a new Crusade.
"The Department of Justice is resolute every day in fighting terrorist threats both foreign and domestic," Jeff Sessions said, "The defendants in this case acted with clear premeditation in an attempt to kill people based on their religion and national origin. That's not simply illegal; it's immoral and unacceptable and we aren't going to stand for it. Today's verdict is a significant victory against domestic terrorism and hate crimes."
Now wait a moment, here. Doesn't the Whacko Left and their parrots in the MSM tell us constantly that the Trump Administration is full of White Supremacists and Anti-Moslem bigots? Maybe the reason that the story got so little coverage is that it didn't fit 'the narrative.'
But leaving all these idiots aside, the real hero of this story was a Kansas man named Dan Day. Day not only reported his suspicions to the FBI---which led to the investigation---he risked his own life by voluntarily acting as an FBI informant and then openly testifying of his role at the trial. That took some incredible courage; as he was up a gang of fanatics who had no scruple against committing murder. Sessions personally cited Day for his bravery and credited him for "thwarting the attack and saving hundreds of lives."
Good men doing good things: our media ignores that too. Let's all be thankful though that a few men like Dan Day are out there making the world a better place.
"I, the Night Wind know many things, because I walk by night. Many strange tales of those who have stepped into the shadows...and of those things which they dare not speak."
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Friday, April 20, 2018
VOX DAY: CONSERVATISM IS NOT VIABLE BECAUSE IT DENIES INEQUALITY
As if we needed any further proof that the so-called 'Alt-Right' is really a Left-Wing Reactionary movement; Red Pill cultist Vox Day has been spending the better part of the last week bashing Conservatives. Citing pseudoscience from The Unz Review---a notoriously anti-Semitic tabloid---Vox claims that "Conservatism is unviable because it denies inequality. All unviable political identities have set themselves up against science, history, and observable reality. Remember, the Red Pill is reality."
Well, no it isn't. And Conservatives don't deny inequality. We understand that there are differences among the human race. But we believe as well in the Law of Compensation, of which Vox and other Red Pills are wholly ignorant.
One of America's first native philosophers, Ralph Waldo Emerson, explained the Law of Compensation as a moral justification for equality. The concept didn't originate with him; and most of us probably know and live by this principle under various other names. The Law of Compensation simply says that human beings compensate for weaknesses and deficiencies by excelling in particular ways. The most common way we experience this is through gender-relations and marriage. The strengths and weaknesses inherent in each gender finds compensation by bonding sexually or romantically. Most of us know this as complementarian---another concept which the Red Pills also deny.
It also happens in society at large and is a well-known psychological fact. People who are limited in their abilities in one area compensate by excellence in another field. This is so well established that Alfred Adler and Maria Montessori built whole schools of psychology around the concept. We also see it in physical debilities. It's well-known, for example, that the blind develop extraordinary senses like hearing. It's also well-known that infertile women often make the best nurses and elementary teachers.
This idea of compensation leads naturally to social cooperation; and by extension, Legal Equality. As our Founding Fathers expressed it: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights."
And the Founders themselves based the idea on the principles of Christianity. The Catechism of the Catholic Church expresses it this way: "Created in the Image of the One True God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men have the same nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the Sacrifice of Christ, all are called to participate in the same Divine Beatitude; all therefore enjoy an equal dignity...Human talents, however, are not distributed equally. These differences, though, belong to God's Plan; which wills that each receives what he needs from others; and that those endowed with particular benefits share them with those who need them." (iii:1934-1937, passim).
If man, therefore, is equal in the eyes of God, Law, and Nature---why do these three ever punish those who compensate in negative ways (i.e. sin, crime, and unnatural behavior)? This is because the only actual 'inequality' between human beings is moral inequality. It's actually the Liberals and the Left who deny inequality; because they hold the extremist position that all behaviors are morally equivalent.
The Red Pills swing to the opposite extreme and create a moral dogma that inequality stems from an inherent biological inferiority in most; while they alone---the 'Alphas'---are superior. This is also an extremist position because they create a subjective definition of superiority and derive false moral absolutes from them. Liberalism denies reality; the Red Pills offer a counterfeit reality.
At any rate, Conservatives shouldn't worry too much about Vox' predictions. His track-record at successful predictions is worse than most commercial fortune-tellers. And Conservatives will be here long after the Red Pill is forgotten.
Well, no it isn't. And Conservatives don't deny inequality. We understand that there are differences among the human race. But we believe as well in the Law of Compensation, of which Vox and other Red Pills are wholly ignorant.
One of America's first native philosophers, Ralph Waldo Emerson, explained the Law of Compensation as a moral justification for equality. The concept didn't originate with him; and most of us probably know and live by this principle under various other names. The Law of Compensation simply says that human beings compensate for weaknesses and deficiencies by excelling in particular ways. The most common way we experience this is through gender-relations and marriage. The strengths and weaknesses inherent in each gender finds compensation by bonding sexually or romantically. Most of us know this as complementarian---another concept which the Red Pills also deny.
It also happens in society at large and is a well-known psychological fact. People who are limited in their abilities in one area compensate by excellence in another field. This is so well established that Alfred Adler and Maria Montessori built whole schools of psychology around the concept. We also see it in physical debilities. It's well-known, for example, that the blind develop extraordinary senses like hearing. It's also well-known that infertile women often make the best nurses and elementary teachers.
This idea of compensation leads naturally to social cooperation; and by extension, Legal Equality. As our Founding Fathers expressed it: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights."
And the Founders themselves based the idea on the principles of Christianity. The Catechism of the Catholic Church expresses it this way: "Created in the Image of the One True God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men have the same nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the Sacrifice of Christ, all are called to participate in the same Divine Beatitude; all therefore enjoy an equal dignity...Human talents, however, are not distributed equally. These differences, though, belong to God's Plan; which wills that each receives what he needs from others; and that those endowed with particular benefits share them with those who need them." (iii:1934-1937, passim).
If man, therefore, is equal in the eyes of God, Law, and Nature---why do these three ever punish those who compensate in negative ways (i.e. sin, crime, and unnatural behavior)? This is because the only actual 'inequality' between human beings is moral inequality. It's actually the Liberals and the Left who deny inequality; because they hold the extremist position that all behaviors are morally equivalent.
The Red Pills swing to the opposite extreme and create a moral dogma that inequality stems from an inherent biological inferiority in most; while they alone---the 'Alphas'---are superior. This is also an extremist position because they create a subjective definition of superiority and derive false moral absolutes from them. Liberalism denies reality; the Red Pills offer a counterfeit reality.
At any rate, Conservatives shouldn't worry too much about Vox' predictions. His track-record at successful predictions is worse than most commercial fortune-tellers. And Conservatives will be here long after the Red Pill is forgotten.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
FBI LEVELS HUGE OPIOID RING
The town of Huntington, West Virginia has been described as the epicenter of the national opioid crisis in a recent documentary produced by Elaine Sheldon. The overdose death rate there is fully 10 times the national average. But yesterday, in a series of sweeps, the FBI and teams from local law enforcement destroyed the largest distribution network into the city.
The drug-pushing operation was run by the Peterson Brothers of Detroit, Michigan. They had been operating this ring for 15 years; but only since the Trump Administration were they uncovered and investigated. According to Federal Attorney Michael Stuart, a quarter-million doses of Fentanyl was seized along with large quantities of other narcotics.
According to authorities, Willie 'Chill' Peterson secured the drugs in Detroit, and passed them to his brother, Manget 'Money' Peterson in West Virginia. Manget Peterson, the leader of the ring, was the at hub of the pipeline and controlled at least 70 distribution networks.
"Let me point out that today's raids were not picking up addicts or street-level dealers." Stuart told WCHS-8, "This is severe disruption in the supply network into Huntington. It's a potential game-changer."
Stuart encouraged addicts in Huntington to seek out treatment centers since the supply of Opioid-based narcotics has been extremely curtailed. The area is part of President Trump's new Quick Response Program which follows up on overdose victims and tries to get them into drug treatment. The new program also repealed Obamacare restrictions on police and EMT personnel administering an antidote to overdose victims. The number of overdose deaths in Huntington has declined significantly, according to WEPM-Radio 1340.
And so far from the glamorous and tough image that Hollywood depicts of drug kingpins and gang-leaders, 'Money' Peterson was allegedly quite the coward when captured. Authorities were prepared for a potential shootout, but Petersen nearly died of fright when the FBI appeared and had to be supported while led, begging the agents to let him go. It may or may not be a true story, but Peterson's photos show him as a short, squabby guy who looks like he's afraid of his own shadow.
There's really nothing about narcotics trafficking that's ever been like Hollywood depicts it. It's always been, and still is, the domain of the lowest type of criminal.
The drug-pushing operation was run by the Peterson Brothers of Detroit, Michigan. They had been operating this ring for 15 years; but only since the Trump Administration were they uncovered and investigated. According to Federal Attorney Michael Stuart, a quarter-million doses of Fentanyl was seized along with large quantities of other narcotics.
According to authorities, Willie 'Chill' Peterson secured the drugs in Detroit, and passed them to his brother, Manget 'Money' Peterson in West Virginia. Manget Peterson, the leader of the ring, was the at hub of the pipeline and controlled at least 70 distribution networks.
"Let me point out that today's raids were not picking up addicts or street-level dealers." Stuart told WCHS-8, "This is severe disruption in the supply network into Huntington. It's a potential game-changer."
Stuart encouraged addicts in Huntington to seek out treatment centers since the supply of Opioid-based narcotics has been extremely curtailed. The area is part of President Trump's new Quick Response Program which follows up on overdose victims and tries to get them into drug treatment. The new program also repealed Obamacare restrictions on police and EMT personnel administering an antidote to overdose victims. The number of overdose deaths in Huntington has declined significantly, according to WEPM-Radio 1340.
And so far from the glamorous and tough image that Hollywood depicts of drug kingpins and gang-leaders, 'Money' Peterson was allegedly quite the coward when captured. Authorities were prepared for a potential shootout, but Petersen nearly died of fright when the FBI appeared and had to be supported while led, begging the agents to let him go. It may or may not be a true story, but Peterson's photos show him as a short, squabby guy who looks like he's afraid of his own shadow.
There's really nothing about narcotics trafficking that's ever been like Hollywood depicts it. It's always been, and still is, the domain of the lowest type of criminal.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
LIBERALS ON THEIR THRONES
Today is the national deadline for filing income taxes in the United States. A lot of us are benefiting already from the first round of President Trump's tax reforms. Was the top headline today? No...
Maybe the Corporate Media is talking about the repercussions of the missile attack on Syria---especially its dismal failure? No. Maybe the Opioid Crisis? No; even though one of the largest Opioid rings in recent history was wiped out today. Or maybe the legacy of former First Lady Barbara Bush, who died today? Nope.
No: the biggest and most pressing concern in the Corporate Media today is about the 'injustice' of a Philadelphia Starbucks' cafe not permitting two non-paying customers access to their bathrooms. This major social issue and obvious national emergency has led to apologies from Starbucks', as well as riots and some urban unrest.
The question is: what is this strange obsession Liberals have with toilets? The last two years of the Obama Administration saw a huge national controversy over public bathrooms. Obama even spent millions retrofitting bathrooms on Navy warships to address this important and burning issue; and was even threatening to withhold federal funds to states which wouldn't adopt his bathroom policies.
Dr. Sigmund Freud and some of the followers of his school of thought believed that a variety of mental illnesses stemmed from a morbid fixation of defective toilet-training in childhood. Dr. Erich Fromm, who was one of Freud's students, was a strong proponent of that theory. During WW2, Fromm submitted a report to Allied Intelligence stating his professional opinion that Nazi SS Chief Heinrich Himmler was anally fixated. He expanded on this theory in his later book, The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, wherein he postulated a connection between anal fixation and the often sadistic behavior of government bureaucrats.
We may shrug off this theory at first glace: but when one goes through a typical West Coast, Liberal-run city like San Francisco and notice how indescribably filthy they are---including filth from human waste--- then one has to consider whether or not the Psychoanalysts might not have a valid point.
Whatever Liberals' psychological motivations might be, we have to admit this kind of behavior is really weird. But then again, it's just the American Left being themselves...
Maybe the Corporate Media is talking about the repercussions of the missile attack on Syria---especially its dismal failure? No. Maybe the Opioid Crisis? No; even though one of the largest Opioid rings in recent history was wiped out today. Or maybe the legacy of former First Lady Barbara Bush, who died today? Nope.
No: the biggest and most pressing concern in the Corporate Media today is about the 'injustice' of a Philadelphia Starbucks' cafe not permitting two non-paying customers access to their bathrooms. This major social issue and obvious national emergency has led to apologies from Starbucks', as well as riots and some urban unrest.
The question is: what is this strange obsession Liberals have with toilets? The last two years of the Obama Administration saw a huge national controversy over public bathrooms. Obama even spent millions retrofitting bathrooms on Navy warships to address this important and burning issue; and was even threatening to withhold federal funds to states which wouldn't adopt his bathroom policies.
Dr. Sigmund Freud and some of the followers of his school of thought believed that a variety of mental illnesses stemmed from a morbid fixation of defective toilet-training in childhood. Dr. Erich Fromm, who was one of Freud's students, was a strong proponent of that theory. During WW2, Fromm submitted a report to Allied Intelligence stating his professional opinion that Nazi SS Chief Heinrich Himmler was anally fixated. He expanded on this theory in his later book, The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, wherein he postulated a connection between anal fixation and the often sadistic behavior of government bureaucrats.
We may shrug off this theory at first glace: but when one goes through a typical West Coast, Liberal-run city like San Francisco and notice how indescribably filthy they are---including filth from human waste--- then one has to consider whether or not the Psychoanalysts might not have a valid point.
Whatever Liberals' psychological motivations might be, we have to admit this kind of behavior is really weird. But then again, it's just the American Left being themselves...
Saturday, April 14, 2018
THE IDES OF APRIL
So the President has done what we'd hoped that he would not do: joined the NATO butchers in an attack against Syria to bolster the sagging fortunes of ISIS and Al-Qaeda. There was hope that after Tillerson and McMaster were disgraced, that we'd see a shift away from Deep-State Foreign Policy. It didn't happen.
The attacks were launched by Mattis' gay-friendly naval fleet and by US forces illegally still in Syria at the occupied Al-Tanf base. Over 100 missiles were launched against Damascus and other civilian targets in a cowardly, sneak attack just before dawn, local time.
Allied news sources claim that most of these missiles were shot by Syrian Air Defense, who did a remarkable job. The NATO cowards prudently by-passed Russian-manned Air Defense systems. The Syrians took out billions in US weaponry with Soviet-made equipment. Generation Snowflake flops again...I suppose that this is predictable when your Defense Secretary publicly admits that he had no proof of a chemical attack; but feels like one really happened.
But that good news aside, we haven't any preliminary figures on how many were murdered by our government and its confederates in tonight's attack. The citizens of Damascus itself took to the streets in several demonstrations supporting President Assad and congratulating Syrian soldiers. Despite whatever propaganda we'll hear from the Corporate Media, here are some scenes from Damascus this morning illustrating just how successful the NATO assassins were at turning public opinion against Assad:
President Bashir Assad and his family were unharmed. President Assad even appeared at the Presidential Palace this morning; and urged his country to remain steadfast and thanked the Syrian people for their patriotism.
This mission overall seems quite clearly to have been a failure. The larger question now is what repercussions this attack will have on the US globally. The Trump Administration has, sadly, put us in a bad spot. This is the result of listening to the 'Pax Americana'/ Might-Makes-Right Crowd who think that the only diplomacy the US really needs is the ability to bomb anyone into submission. Now we look even weaker than before: both morally and militarily.
The attacks were launched by Mattis' gay-friendly naval fleet and by US forces illegally still in Syria at the occupied Al-Tanf base. Over 100 missiles were launched against Damascus and other civilian targets in a cowardly, sneak attack just before dawn, local time.
Allied news sources claim that most of these missiles were shot by Syrian Air Defense, who did a remarkable job. The NATO cowards prudently by-passed Russian-manned Air Defense systems. The Syrians took out billions in US weaponry with Soviet-made equipment. Generation Snowflake flops again...I suppose that this is predictable when your Defense Secretary publicly admits that he had no proof of a chemical attack; but feels like one really happened.
But that good news aside, we haven't any preliminary figures on how many were murdered by our government and its confederates in tonight's attack. The citizens of Damascus itself took to the streets in several demonstrations supporting President Assad and congratulating Syrian soldiers. Despite whatever propaganda we'll hear from the Corporate Media, here are some scenes from Damascus this morning illustrating just how successful the NATO assassins were at turning public opinion against Assad:
President Bashir Assad and his family were unharmed. President Assad even appeared at the Presidential Palace this morning; and urged his country to remain steadfast and thanked the Syrian people for their patriotism.
This mission overall seems quite clearly to have been a failure. The larger question now is what repercussions this attack will have on the US globally. The Trump Administration has, sadly, put us in a bad spot. This is the result of listening to the 'Pax Americana'/ Might-Makes-Right Crowd who think that the only diplomacy the US really needs is the ability to bomb anyone into submission. Now we look even weaker than before: both morally and militarily.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
CONSERVATISM VS. LEFTIST INTERVENTIONISM
"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. Let those who would die for the flag on foreign battlefields give a better proof of their patriotism and give greater glory to their country by promoting brotherhood and justice."---President Benjamin Harrison, 1888.
Thanks largely to our dysfunctional public school system, few Americans know much about our 23rd President. But Benjamin Harrison is significant because he was the first Conservative---in the modern sense of the term---to be elected president. In the late 19th Century, there was a political movement called Progressivism. The Progressives believed in a larger, more proactive government. Inspired by some European politicians and discouraged by the recent US Civil War; they felt that the Constitutional emphasis on individual rights and economic free-enterprise had become antiquated. They desired us to become more like the corporatist and imperialist European systems; much as modern Progressives wish us to follow European socialism and cultural imperialism.
The Progressives' political opponents back then had a slogan about 'conserving' the principles of our Founding Fathers. The media began referring to them as Conservatives and the name has been around ever since.
For our purposes, with the Administration considering another illegal and ill-thought out attack on Syria, it should be noted that this type of intervention is not a Conservative position---the number of RINOs supporting it to the contrary. When Benjamin Harrison made the speech quoted above; he was referring to the very principles laid down by George Washington. (Harrison, BTW, was inaugurated on the 100th Anniversary of Washington's Inauguration).
The Founders and the earlier political leaders restricted our military to our own hemisphere and to the Pacific Islands. The reason for this was to encourage foreign trade without the intrigues and entanglements of foreign power-politics. The warnings coming from Russia about a Syrian Intervention should not be ignored, as too many do.
Global conflicts have started because it's completely unpredictable where one power is going to choose to draw a line and react. Some pundits snort that Russia won't go to WW3 over Syria. But how do they know this? Obama came within a hair's-breadth of a world war in 2016 because he didn't think that China would fight for the Nansha Islands.
In WW2, Hitler didn't believe that Britain and France would fight for Poland. Stalin didn't believe that the Nazis would invade Russia. Roosevelt didn't believe that the Japanese would dare attack US territory. WW1 started from a whole chain of miscalculations like these.
Ever since the Soviet Union fell in 1991, Russia has been double-crossed by series of US Presidents promising a 'Reset in Russian Relations' and then cynically betraying Russian trust. Russia very well may react over a Syrian attack with the ferocity of people who feel they've been pushed and goaded once too often. And Russia's allies China, Iran, and India may not sit idly by either.
The question Trump needs to consider is not whether Russia will go to war over Syria; but whether the US thinks that Syria is worth risking the start of a world war.
Thanks largely to our dysfunctional public school system, few Americans know much about our 23rd President. But Benjamin Harrison is significant because he was the first Conservative---in the modern sense of the term---to be elected president. In the late 19th Century, there was a political movement called Progressivism. The Progressives believed in a larger, more proactive government. Inspired by some European politicians and discouraged by the recent US Civil War; they felt that the Constitutional emphasis on individual rights and economic free-enterprise had become antiquated. They desired us to become more like the corporatist and imperialist European systems; much as modern Progressives wish us to follow European socialism and cultural imperialism.
The Progressives' political opponents back then had a slogan about 'conserving' the principles of our Founding Fathers. The media began referring to them as Conservatives and the name has been around ever since.
For our purposes, with the Administration considering another illegal and ill-thought out attack on Syria, it should be noted that this type of intervention is not a Conservative position---the number of RINOs supporting it to the contrary. When Benjamin Harrison made the speech quoted above; he was referring to the very principles laid down by George Washington. (Harrison, BTW, was inaugurated on the 100th Anniversary of Washington's Inauguration).
The Founders and the earlier political leaders restricted our military to our own hemisphere and to the Pacific Islands. The reason for this was to encourage foreign trade without the intrigues and entanglements of foreign power-politics. The warnings coming from Russia about a Syrian Intervention should not be ignored, as too many do.
Global conflicts have started because it's completely unpredictable where one power is going to choose to draw a line and react. Some pundits snort that Russia won't go to WW3 over Syria. But how do they know this? Obama came within a hair's-breadth of a world war in 2016 because he didn't think that China would fight for the Nansha Islands.
In WW2, Hitler didn't believe that Britain and France would fight for Poland. Stalin didn't believe that the Nazis would invade Russia. Roosevelt didn't believe that the Japanese would dare attack US territory. WW1 started from a whole chain of miscalculations like these.
Ever since the Soviet Union fell in 1991, Russia has been double-crossed by series of US Presidents promising a 'Reset in Russian Relations' and then cynically betraying Russian trust. Russia very well may react over a Syrian attack with the ferocity of people who feel they've been pushed and goaded once too often. And Russia's allies China, Iran, and India may not sit idly by either.
The question Trump needs to consider is not whether Russia will go to war over Syria; but whether the US thinks that Syria is worth risking the start of a world war.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
DON'T DO IT, MR. PRESIDENT
Once again the situation is heating up in the Middle East. Despite evidence proving that the Syrian Government was not behind an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma last week, RINO Nikki Haley and the Pax Americana crowd began pushing for military 'retaliation.'
French President Macron has also been gulled by the Soros-funded White Helmets and the Al-Qaeda funded Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Macron seems to be leaning on Trump for moral support and egging him on to attack at the same time. Macron, it should be noted, has an ulterior motive here. During his presidential campaign, he brought back a Bushism: "I am not a wimp." Then, with ISIS nearing collapse he safely promised to attack Syria if chemical weapons were used. Now Macron---an inexperienced leader---thinks that he has to save face by doing something.
The problem though is twofold. First, Syria didn't deploy chemical weapons and Syria is allied with Russia, China, and Iran who would be especially displeased with France. And France is economically tied to all three countries.
The second problem is that military experts are questioning whether or not France actually has the military capability anymore to launch an operation like that unilaterally. The French Military isn't what it used to be in the days of Beau Geste. In other words, Macron needs Trump for cover. Even if he pulls this off, it won't succeed for him politically in France because everybody will see that France is a paper tiger. And it won't help Trump politically either; because he would essentially be doing what his political opponents favor him doing.
Don't do it, Mr. President. Who really wants 'regime change' in Syria? The crooks at the DNC; EU bureaucrats; shady contractors who'd profit from rebuilding the country; ISIS and Al-Qaeda; George Soros; international drug traffickers and white-slavers; and the Corporate Media. Are these the people whom Trump and Macron want in their teams?
As Russian UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia said: "If you have made a decision to carry out an illegal military endeavor, we hope that you will come to your senses. You will bear the responsibility of it yourselves."
French President Macron has also been gulled by the Soros-funded White Helmets and the Al-Qaeda funded Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Macron seems to be leaning on Trump for moral support and egging him on to attack at the same time. Macron, it should be noted, has an ulterior motive here. During his presidential campaign, he brought back a Bushism: "I am not a wimp." Then, with ISIS nearing collapse he safely promised to attack Syria if chemical weapons were used. Now Macron---an inexperienced leader---thinks that he has to save face by doing something.
The problem though is twofold. First, Syria didn't deploy chemical weapons and Syria is allied with Russia, China, and Iran who would be especially displeased with France. And France is economically tied to all three countries.
The second problem is that military experts are questioning whether or not France actually has the military capability anymore to launch an operation like that unilaterally. The French Military isn't what it used to be in the days of Beau Geste. In other words, Macron needs Trump for cover. Even if he pulls this off, it won't succeed for him politically in France because everybody will see that France is a paper tiger. And it won't help Trump politically either; because he would essentially be doing what his political opponents favor him doing.
Don't do it, Mr. President. Who really wants 'regime change' in Syria? The crooks at the DNC; EU bureaucrats; shady contractors who'd profit from rebuilding the country; ISIS and Al-Qaeda; George Soros; international drug traffickers and white-slavers; and the Corporate Media. Are these the people whom Trump and Macron want in their teams?
As Russian UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia said: "If you have made a decision to carry out an illegal military endeavor, we hope that you will come to your senses. You will bear the responsibility of it yourselves."
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