John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY MARKO MARJANOVIC IN CHECKPOINT ASIA
“Donald J. Trump’s Brilliant, Hilarious Rebuke of the War Party”
"Trump is a lazy, demented degenerate."
Indeed.
He's almost unbelievable. You have to rub your eyes watching him.
An American original grotesque. Like something strange escaped from a zoo. Or Victor Frankenstein’s creature lurching around.
But, despite his ghastly nature, getting out of Syria was a good thing, although he did it very badly, costing many lives.
I actually did not think it would happen. After all, it very much goes against Israel's wishes.
I think the key considerations for Trump were that he felt he had done enough for Israel's desires in other matters that he could afford to oppose them here, and, the really important thing for this ultimate narcissist, that he was convinced he needed a "withdrawal" somewhere to get re-elected.
And, I'm inclined to think him right in that. Biden or Warren running against him is just the same old, same old, undeviating support for Pentagon and Empire. He won't have done much, but his opponent will have done nothing.
Of course, this for that other segment that supported him in 2016, not the base wearing red MAGA caps on shopping trips to Walmart, the folks who love walls and hate anyone kneeling near Old Glory or speaking Spanish.
His opponent will say he did Putin’s work for him, but I don’t think that charge carries any weight with those opposed to America’s insane wars.
He has created an extraordinary political situation.
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