tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post7104807051544196119..comments2024-03-29T02:27:32.635-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: MORE ON NORTH KOREARobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-22210438327710397092017-07-05T17:39:32.890-04:002017-07-05T17:39:32.890-04:00Howie B.,
I really have no idea what goes on insi...Howie B.,<br /><br />I really have no idea what goes on inside the Pentagon, but I've heard that Secretary of Defense Mattis is a rational person (whose political philosophy and outlook I do not share), and as far as I know, in order to become a general, one has to be fairly adept at rational decision-making and to be a good chess player (in metaphorical terms).<br /><br />Trump, as you say, is chaotic. I doubt that he is a good chess player and he probably cheats at cards. s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-68113553822169939202017-07-05T17:25:15.455-04:002017-07-05T17:25:15.455-04:00S. Wallertsein- was not Nixon surrounded by men of...S. Wallertsein- was not Nixon surrounded by men of some substance in an institutional environment of some restraint?<br />Tell me what is holding Trump back? He is just taking his damned time and letting his (dare I say evil?) plots unfold naturally.<br />He is chaotic to the core and if evil is as evil does, then evilhowie bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-73143044792650151322017-07-05T16:59:36.424-04:002017-07-05T16:59:36.424-04:00I know as little as you do or less about Kim Jong-...I know as little as you do or less about Kim Jong-un, but from my observations, dictators are rarely complete autocrats (maybe Stalin was one, perhaps Hitler), and they generally have to answer to a ruling elite (or class), who, I doubt, want to have their country (which includes their children, grandchildren, themselves and their generally luxurious properties) destroyed. So maybe we can count on the North Korean ruling elite to moderate Kim a bit, just as maybe we can count on the Pentagon to restrain Trump. I believe it was David Palmeter who pointed out a few days ago that as Nixon became more and more irrational during the Watergate crisis, the then Defense Secretary ordered the generals to check with him and Kissinger before going along with any attack ordered by Nixon.s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com