Watch Robert Parry‘s heart break:

To put this message in the crude terms that President Trump might understand, now that the neocons have forced him to his knees, they are demanding that he open his mouth. They will not be satisfied with anything short of a massive U.S. military intervention in the Middle East and a full-scale confrontation with Russia (and perhaps China).

From The Saker:

2 USN ships launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Al Shayrat airfield in Syria.  The US did not consult with the Russians on a political level, but through military channels the US gave Russia 2 hours advance warning…

There is no evidence and even no reports that the Russians shot even a single air-defense missile.  In fact, the Russians had signed a memorandum with the USA which specifically comitting Russia NOT to interfere with any US overflights, manned or not, over Syria (and vice versa). ..

What I am sure of is that 36 advanced cruise missile do not “just disappear”.  There are two reasons why the Russians would have decided to use their EW systems and not their missiles: first, it provides them “plausible deninability” (at least for the general public, there is no doubt that  US signal intelligence units did detect the Russian electronic interference (unless it happened at very low power and very high frequency and far away inland), and because by using EW systems it allowed them to keep their  air defense missiles for the protection of their own forces.  Can the Russian really do this?..

What matters is that the Russians have basically leaked the information that they are capable of turning cruise missiles around…

What matters is that the Russian have the means to spoof, redirect or destroy US cruise missiles…

My son perfectly summed up what Trump’s actions have resulted in: “those who hated him still hate him while those who supported him now also hate him“…

And now Trump has betrayed HIMSELF by turning against everything he, himself, stood for.  This is almost Shakespearean in its pathetic and tragic aspects!..

I think that Trump was sincere.  But when confronted with the ruthless opposition of the Neocons and the US deep state, Trump snapped and instantly broke because he is clearly completely spineless and has the ethics and morals of a trailer park prostitute…

The Russians basically own the Syrian airspace already.  What they want to do next is to give a similar capability to the Syrians…

I have come to the conclusion that any and all types of dialog with the United States are simply a meaningless and useless waste of time…

This means that the Russians have basically given up on the notion of having an adult, sober and mentally sane partner to have a dialog with…

I think that the so-called “elites” in charge running the USA are infinitely arrogant, stupid, uneducated, incompetent and irresponsible.  I don’t buy the “managed chaos” theory nor do I buy the notion that if before the Anglo-Zionists imposed their order on others now they impose their dis-order.  Yes, that is the consequence of their actions, but it’s not part of some diabolical plan, it is a sign of terminal degeneracy of an Empire which is clueless, frightened, angry and arrogant…

The Chinese are absolutely under no illusion of the total lack of sophistication and even basic manners of US Presidents…

Not only do I find the Trump administration “not agreement capable”, I find it completely detached from reality.  Delusional in other words…

Bolivia showed more dignity than the entire European continent…

What they fail to realize is that with every nautical mile the US carriers make towards China, the bigger and easier target they make for a military which has specialized in US carrier destruction operations…

Sure, the hardcore libertarians still believe that laisser-faire is a great solution, even if that hands all the power to corporations and even if that leaves the individual citizen defenseless against the oligarchy.  But bet you that even hardcore libertarians would prefer “statism” (as they would say) with peace than “statism” with war.

The absence of a rational actor invites a nuclear first strike.

Dear President Putin:

I realize you’ve done everything you could these last several years to prevent the neocons from blowing up the world, and that recently you’ve come to understand that is no longer possible.

Therefore, I humbly beg of you to task one warhead for Greensboro, NC, where I currently reside with the Wife and three cats.  I realize background radiation will take us out eventually, but I assure these people deserve thermonuclear incineration, even if we don’t.

It is a shame no one will be left to remember how hard you tried to stop this, or how stupid we were, but I think you’ll agree Hillary would have been no better.

Looking forward to meeting you on the other side.  If not, fuck it.