Little Bullies

The FBI is searching for an Iranian spy it believes has been plotting to assassinate senior Trump Administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former special envoy to Iran, Brian Hook.

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"Whites are psychopaths, and their behavior represents an underlying biologically transmitted proclivity with roots deep in their evolutionary history... I think whites are psychopathic. I think there are many lies, the level of lying that white people do that has started since colonialism, we're just used to it."--Dante King, a professor of medical education, following the science

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Little Bullies

A lot on display for the next administration to manage. Probably the most important is the imbalance of power that no one but Putin and Israel seems to understand. A guerrilla group from Yemen is sinking British ships and disrupting commerce. Mexico ignores our requests on the border. Venezuela tears its infrastructure down, destroying its society and its people without a care. It is the age of the little bully, where a small state cloaks itself in vulnerability.

We haven't seen this since Cuba. Now Israel is the ultimate little bully. Hostile, tribal, and armed to the teeth, they are showing Biden what it means to be completely self-interested on an international scale. Like Russia, they will have what they want, and complaining will induce a solemn, thoughtful look disguising complete and total self-absorbed ambition. In Israel, the Biden pick-up squad is dealing with the Baltimore Ravens as they broadcast peace signals from the charnel house.

The world of the little bully is a world without consequence.

But I am not worried with the prospect of another Biden term or a new Trump one in the offing. That's a great advantage of democracy: choice.