America: the way we live now......

After placing their hands on their hearts and swearing not to repeat the cannibalization of presidential nominees the Republicans have done it again. They are at each other’s throats hacking away at whatever real or imagined weaknesses they can find. The top cannibal is decidedly Donald Trump who doesn’t like anybody very much. His latest rant was a promise to go after terrorist’s wives on the grounds that the wives know what their husbands are doing.

 

In response to this type of hype, a major benefactor of Jeb Bush has loudly promised to vote for Hillary Clinton should Trump win the nomination. All the candidates are so full of dirt that nobody has the moral high ground.

Meanwhile, the American public is standing by for the next episode of terror attack. After so many shootings here in the USA whether terror inspired or not, our dear leader and his minions has come down hard in favor of gun control. Ted Cruz, the ultra-conservative Republican candidate from Dallas Texas has his own solution. Namely, more guns in the hands of ‘good guys’ who would act to shoot the ‘bad guys’.

 

Our understanding of human behavior has not progressed beyond Hollywood versions of ‘bad guys’ wearing black hats and looking seriously grumpy. Yet the carnage goes on and on with every expectation of those weekly episodes materializing.

Greater attention has been given by Washington this week to climate change than to the antics of mad Americans and radicalized terrorists. We are told that we need to create a resilient (the latest buzzword) world capable of reacting to human efforts geared toward undoing the environmental damage that we are all so guilty of perpetrating. Simple mention of the term climate change sends everyone on this side of the ocean into hysteria.

 

There has yet to be a rational debate on the issue as the prime movers on the national scene would much prefer to troll for political gain by condemning those responsible for heating up the atmosphere. Like increases in arms and ammunition sales when gun control is mentioned, people in the alternative energy business are flogging their wares every time the subject of global warming arises. And they seem to be making lots of money in the process.

The good news is that Dave Camron got his way to upgrade his airpower against ISIS. Retrospectively, there seems little doubt that he would not have. The campaigning and vote was rather heavily dramatized here in the US. Many observers here believe it only a matter of time before the Western coalition puts some serious boots on the ground. The number of Yank special forces and trainers is creeping upward as is their mandate to engage the enemy under certain conditions.

 

 We are told the ‘bad guys’ are taking to tunnels and caves when the bombs start to fall. There is also news of falling numbers of ISIS recruits and one bright spark noted that these numbers will fall even further with each allied battle victory.

 

Is this the beginning of the end?