when trump said we're leaving syria i was amazed and pleased as we have no business being the world's police force, and then he began to waffle which the following writer speaks to;


Yes, it’s possible that President Trump will follow through with his announcement that he’s going to pull out all U.S. troops from Syria. Just don’t bet the farm on it. Already Trump has shifted from pulling out the troops immediately to pulling them out four months from now. No one should be surprised if, four months from now, he comes up with a reason for keeping them there even longer.
After all, don’t forget that last October Trump promised to release those JFK records that the CIA has been keeping secret for 55 years, on grounds of “national security” of course. The day before the deadline for release, Trump declared that he was going to follow through with his promise to release the long-secret records. The next day — the day of the deadline — Trump announced that he was granting the CIA’s request to extend the time for secrecy for another three years. It was a testament to the power of the CIA and the rest of the national-security establishment.
Now, I don’t mean to rain on the parade of those who are celebrating Trump’s supposed rebirth of non-interventionism. But there are two factors at work here that need to be emphasized: One, Trump is clearly not a non-interventionist and, two, the enormous power of the national-security establishment to bend U.S. presidents into complying with its will.
It’s true that during his presidential campaign, Trump criticized the interventions into which the U.S. government has embroiled our nation on a permanent basis — Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and elsewhere.
But let’s not forget what happened after Trump was elected. He kept troops in Iraq. He expanded troop levels in Afghanistan. He expanded troops in Syria. He’s also got troops killing and dying in Africa...........https://www.fff.org/2019/01/02/its-too-soon-to-celebrate-trumps-syria-withdrawal/

i've been sending 'letters to the editor' of our local fishwrap since it was a paper version and he's keep printing/publishing my words since then. here is one he published today and its notable as he's the only editor i've seen who will publish anything opposing israel, which makes him somewhat brave in my mind. the rest of this is at the link below;


Dear Editor,
Once, an anti-Semite was someone who hated Jews but today it’s pasted on anyone who speaks truth about Israel, especially its policies involving the Palestinians. Virtually nothing is left of Palestine except the Gaza ghetto, the modern equivalent of the Warsaw Ghetto: Moving anyone or anything in and out is controlled by Israel. In its effort to control the justification of their crimes, the Israel Lobby has made “anti-Semite” into an honorable position. We’re all potential Palestinians. ‘Consumers’ don’t know that Israel’s government confiscates entire Palestinian villages and demolishes Palestinian homes to build homes for Israelis.
Stories are planted in your head by ‘our free press’ and schools that make no room for exploration of other possibilities filling you with that programming allowing no conflicting information access.
Since 1967 about 40% of the adult male Palestinian population has been jailed by Israel at one time or another, while Israeli ‘settlers’ go wild on Palestinians protected by Israel’s police and army as they attack Palestinians at random and systematically destroy their livelihoods. They’re rarely arrested and, if they are, they’re tried in Israeli civil courts where they’re nearly always acquitted. The Jim Crow south treated its black citizens better. This situation would be unimaginable nearly anywhere else in the world but Israel gets away with it due to a sympathetic Jewish dominated media and politicians worldwide that are easily bought or coerced.
International laws are regularly violated in the horrific treatment of the Palestinians but Israel continues to act freely. Israel’s theft of Palestinian land is illegal and has been frequently condemned by the UN. America refuses to call the brutal Israeli military occupation what it is. America serves as Israel’s protector in the U.N. and elsewhere, enabling Israel’s crimes..........https://www.hcpress.com/letters-to-the-editor/letters-israel-these-days.html

john cleese speaks for two minutes about political correctness in the world around us, and does so as well as you'd anticipate;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAK0KXEpF8U

caitlin always seems to have a way with words allied with fine perceptions of the world around her as she describes things she comes across, and this one about a tweet sums up lots of things about 'our' governments enforcement division;


US Strategic Command (or “Stratcom” if you’re trying to make a nuclear-capable arm of the US Defense Department sound cool) has issued an apology for a poorly received New Year’s Eve tweet which has since been deleted.
“#TimesSquare tradition rings in the #NewYear by dropping the big ball…if ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger,” the offending tweet read, with an attached video featuring B-2 stealth bombers flying all stealth bombery and causing gigantic explosions with bunker buster bombs while words like “STEALTH”, “READY”, and “LETHAL” flashed across the screen. The tweet concluded with the ostensibly unironic hashtag “#PeaceIsOurProfession”.
“Our previous NYE tweet was in poor taste & does not reflect our values,” Strategic Command tweeted. “We apologize. We are dedicated to the security of America & allies.”........https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/01/01/us-military-apologizes-for-posting-uncomfortably-honest-tweet/

you might wonder, as i do, at the need for some of these federal agencies to be equipped as though they are an army when all they're supposed to do is work with 'consumers' who aren't given the same level of equipment or rights;


Democrats have threatened to attack the rights of law-abiding Americans that are protected under the Second Amendment in 2019.  A Republican President has already unconstitutionally banned bump stocks and supports the violation of the Second, Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution, as well as his duty and the boundaries of congressional legislation by way of Red Flag laws.  All of this is against the American citizenry.  However, the federal government has had absolutely no problem in creating an army of unconstitutional agencies who will one day be used against the populace and the latest report out of the US Government Accountability Office reveals that the feds have spent over $1.5 billion in the past 7 years to arm all sorts of federal agencies.
According to the December report titled , there are approximately 120,000 federal law enforcement officers (FLEO), who are in non-military agencies who carry firearms.  Among the agencies these FLEOs are in include the Department of Homeland Security, which is what the feds are supposed to be anyway, and the Department of Justice.  However, the arming of agents goes way beyond DHS and the DOJ.
Agencies such as the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), US Department of Agriculture, US Department of the Interior, US Department of the Treasury, US Department of Veterans Administration, and the Social Security Administration are also well armed..........https://freedomoutpost.com/gao-report-feds-spent-over-1-5-billion-to-arm-itself-in-the-past-7-years-seeks-to-infringe-on-you-arming-yourself/

evidently a strong swimmer who opposed gmo agendas was found drowned in a pool just before she was to deliver a large petition to the federalies and she joins a long list of others who also went bad and dead by opposing the gorgon;


An activist who opposed genetically engineered mosquitoes has been found dead in the swimming pool of a Washington D.C. hotel, just hours before she was due to submit a petition with over 200,000 signatures to the EPA.
Derrick Broze of Activist Post has investigated the story and spoken to a close friend of the victim, whose name is Mila de Mier from Key West, Florida (see below).
The mysterious death has also been covered by WJLA, which reports:
The D.C. Fire Department says the reported incident happened at the Cambria Hotel & Suites Washington, D.C. Convention Center on 899 O Street, NW. They say they were called to the scene at around 9:35 a.m. Medical crews say they attempted to treat the victim but later pronounced her dead.
Her death, of course, reminds informed observers of all the death threats that other anti-GMO activists have been subjected to over the years, thanks to the “black ops” biotech industry running intimidation campaigns, reputation smear campaigns and political bribery campaigns to grease the palms of politicians. If you weren’t aware that people who oppose the biotech giants or vaccine industry are being routinely assassinated across America, you’re not up to speed on what’s really happening............https://www.newstarget.com/2018-04-13-anti-gmo-activist-found-dead-in-hotel-pool-hours-before-planned-delivery-of-200000-petition-signatures-to-the-epa.html

i notice that schumer who claims to represent the citizens of new york is also a citizen of israel which has a large wall project in process on its borders and around its palestinians homes, says to hurricane trump that we don't need any walls;