A small lamp off the table.
Otherwise, the House of Assad stood in tact.
In the lead-up to today's attack, on a few alleged chemical weapons buildings, President Donald Trump had drawn his Red Line in the Sand and just like his immediate predecessor, it turned out to be imaginary.
It did not impress the Syrians, nor the Iranians nor more importantly the Russians and life in that desolate part of the world continues as is.
And all this means that Bashar al-Assad will continue with his ruthless killing ways.
Just prior to Assad's recent chemical weapons attack on his innocent citizens, Trump had been speculating on the need to pull all of America's troops out of Syria.
And if today's lackluster effort by the States is any indication, Trump might just as well proceed with the withdrawal.
And just next month, Trump is scheduled to sit down face to face with the murderous Young-un of North Korea.
I still do not believe such a meeting will take place since I think sanity will prevail but if it does go ahead, it will have even less value for the West than this morning's inept fireworks.
You be the Young-un for a minute...(I know that is not very nice of me but it is solely in the interest of proving my point).
Communism came to North Korea in 1948 and by happenstance it is the year I was born.
Its first Leader was the Young-un's Grandfather; to be followed by his Father, and now the mantle of power has devolved to the Young-un himself.
They fought a war against the UN ...primarily the United states in the early 1950s and were roundly defeated being saved from oblivion by the last minute entry of Red China. A Truce...not a Peace Treaty, was signed in 1953 meaning that the War technically continues despite a 65 year ceasefire.
From the time of Kim the Grandfather, North Korea has worked feverishly to acquire the Nuclear Bomb. Under the Young-un they have succeeded to the point where they can now send nuclear warheads to the mainland of the United States. A note of thanks to Obama, Clinton, Bush and so on down that road.
When The Donald campaigned he promised to end these useless negotiations with the North and rightfully said, you cannot trust a thing the Young-un promises. He only understands force. Full stop.
So at first Trump huffed and puffed about all the bad things he would do to the Young-un and his plans to nuclearize.
And now, and now... he plans to sit down with him and ....negotiate!!
So back to you dear reader, you are the Young-un for the moment and you are thinking ahead to next month's alleged meeting. Are you seriously going to begin to scrap your missile program that three generations of your family worked so hard to attain?
I can hear you loud and clear...Hell Will Freeze Over First you say.
And you'd be right.
And add to that the fact that for the first time, North Korea's petty little tyrants are the receiving the attention so they so richly relish and so richly do not deserve.
The best that can come out of such a meeting is nothing.
Kinda like what came out of this morning's bombings.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
