Politics in the swamp continues as usual.  NeverTrump lunatics waste time ranting about impeachment.  CNN harps about how many Diet Cokes President Trump drinks. Meanwhile, a nuclear war with North Korea draws nearer. President Trump recently explained in a major speech that the North Korean situation "will be taken care of.  We have no choice."  The North Korean government says the U.S. should be "tamed with fire." The overtures between North Korea and South Korea are nothing more than a brief pause in a seventy-year collision course.  Trump himself agrees. There are clear historical precedents for a war with North Korea.  If Trump strikes first, it will follow the Iraq model of pre-emptive war (only in this case, North Korea already has sixty nuclear warheads).  If Kim Jong-un strikes first, due to sanctions boxing him in, with foresight that he will probably lose, it will mimic...(Read Full Post)