NEW from @nytimes: Netanyahu embraced a plan by the Mossad chief to ignite a regime change uprising in Iran for a quick victory. He used it to help convince Trump to start the war — despite doubts am… (View Post)

Rutte should be sacked. Maybe Trump will give him a job. If he's short a bootlicker. BRENNAN: Doesn't this benefit Putin? MARK RUTTE: I know the president and his team -- Jared Kushner, Ste… (View Post)

. The China centric view might be that their geography is a significant factor ? We mentioned famines and cannibalism upthread. That's a recurrent feature of their history. Irrigation on a massi… (View Post)

Quite. The US already dealt out serious damage to Iran's nuclear ambitions. There was no immediate need for this attack if preventing bomb development was the aim (and that's far from clear… (View Post)

I think Malcolm is correct. (View Post)