And Another Day in Hell
As we pause to remember the tragic victims of the Bowling Green Massacre, before turning to the wonders that Donald Trump is bringing us as he "fulfills his campaign promises." And nothing that happened today has a shred of the frightful significance of this story: "Trump Orders Military To Prepare For War...The military order directs Defense Secretary James Mattis, who was sworn in at the ceremony, to complete a 30-day “readiness review” designed to prepare for the destruction of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, along with “other forms of Islamic terror.” Last week, Mattis was confirmed by the Senate in a 98-1 vote. The order further instructs Mattis, in the words of the Washington Post, which obtained a copy of the order prior to its formal release, “to examine how to carry out operations against unnamed ‘near-peer’ competitors, a group which US officials typically identify as China and Russia.” And it commands the Pentagon and the Office of Management and Budget to de...