With the current massive deployment of U.S. Naval forces into the Middle East we are precariously straddling what well could be the brink of World War III. And the distinction here between liberal and conservative, Democrat or Republican has little bearing on this issue since warmongering has become a profitable policy for both sides of the aisle in D.C. these days. Our entire political class, left and right, seem to be diabolically enamored by the prospect of more slaughter at the expense of the peoples in other nations. We have watched helplessly as Washington’s bi-partisan lies and distortions have inflicted countless casualties in Ukraine and Gaza over the past four years alone, but apparently the empire’s lust for blood has still not been fully satiated. Never forget that it was American supplied munitions that have murdered over 70,000 civilians in Gaza alone, maiming countless others, the majority being defenseless women and children, and I fear what these widely publicized horrors are doing to jade the souls of the American people.

History has long demonstrated that leaders can be grossly dishonest and bereft of common human decency. But what has been severely eroded within my lifetime is the public’s expectation that our leaders should at least exhibit a nominal degree of honesty and decency. Sad but true, after decades of corrupt behavior we no longer expect the least modicum of integrity from our elected and non-elected officials, primarily because we have seen time and again that high moral character is no longer a prerequisite for high office. The Clintons and Epstein class elites have successfully bred a widespread cynicism among the populace who no longer see real statesmen but only back door vacuum cleaner salesmen guiding the ship of state.

I am often reminded of actor Wallace Shawn’s most enduring line from that classic movie The Princess Bride. It was but a single word hilariously uttered in supposed astonishment, “INCONCEIVABLE!” Shawn marvelously stitched together a few syllables into a colorful absurdity bent on denying or looking past something that was patently obvious – like whistling past a graveyard. Within the context of that highly entertaining film it became a brilliant device which exposed the comic vanity of Shawn’s character who flattered himself to be the smartest man on earth. (A premonition of Donald Trump perhaps?)