All the brouhaha over the alleged rifts within the Trump transition over Mitt Romney misses the point.  I think it is theatre, a distraction by the same man who was able to direct media attention where he wanted it all throughout the campaign. Donald Trump has a plan that eludes his critics, who can’t help thinking about politics the way it has always been played and still do not grasp his thinking nor the range of new tools he brings to the presidency. The Department of State is badly broken and desperately needs to be fixed.  State requires fundamental restructuring as well as the departure of many entrenched figures whose goals and beliefs are antagonistic to realistic confrontation with Islamic jihad and the generations-long efforts of Muslim states to "wipe Israel off the map."  The State Department is full of people called "Arabists," who instinctively blame Israel when it is attacked and defends itself and who presume...(Read Full Post)