so we've traded an alzheimers patient for an ego based fool who can't abide reality;

Eight days ago, President Donald Trump made a move that could push the Middle East toward a second war from which there is no coming back: he sacked Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), for uttering an inconvenient truth. Kruse’s sin was not insubordination or ineptitude. His intelligence report concluded that the much-hyped US bombing campaign of Iran’s nuclear facilities had inflicted superficial damage, contrary to Trump’s triumphant boasts of utter destruction.

General Kruse’s dismissal, to say nothing of that of Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore and Rear Admiral Milton Sands, was more than just a personnel move. It represents a significant shift in value toward loyalty over intellect. It may have inadvertently set fire to the very war it was seeking to prevent.

The mirror smashed, the problem remains

A few weeks ago, I argued that a second Iran attack was on the horizon. Today, that potentiality has solidified into an accumulating likelihood. Firing General Kruse for giving factual intelligence is an ominous trend. When the truth confronts the preferred story, Trump’s administration chooses to kill the messenger rather than address the message............more........