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RAGE AND CHAOS

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

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A few random thoughts heading into the weekend, starting with the new Bob Woodward book Rage. The hero of Rage, the account of the Trump Administration that starts with the beginning of Trump's term is retired General Jim "Chaos" Mattis. "Maddog" was a media nickname that Trump seized on that appealed to him. Chaos was his military call sign because of the chaos his unconventional ideas created on the battlefield for the enemy. Rather than being some uncontrolled military maddog. Mattis comes off as the only adult in the room. Well read, historically knowledgeable, Mattis spent a considerable amount of time trying to educate the ignorant and undisciplined commander in chief of the value of alliances. Along the way, as Trump and North Korea brought the world to the edge of a nuclear conflict, Mattis began to contemplate the unthinkable- recommending a nuclear response to North Korea's bellicose use of ICBMs - some of which had the potential to strike deep into the United States...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on September 17, 2020 (boomark / email).