Obliterating Inconclusiveness

Sometimes, art can inform life. 

And depictions of history can inform the present. 

There is a famous scene from "Downfall" a German movie based on eyewitness testimony from Hitler's secretary and others who were in the Berlin bunker with him, which is, as we say, "of moment."  We see Der Fuhrer simply unable to cope with reality.  In a sense, this is not unexpected or even suggestive of a psychotic break, as for Der Fuhrer, reality has always been what he says it is, and,  that worked for him, until it didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBWmkwaTQ0k

And now we see Mr. Trump caught in that same bind. Illegal immigrants are murderers and rapists and we can simply round them all up and deport them; tariffs will solve all  our economic problems and there will be new factories blossoming all over the rust belt with American workers making Made In America products again; Ford F150 trucks which are made of parts 2/3 of which are made outside America will carry "Made In America" labels; birthright citizenship will be voided, no matter what the Constitution says; taxpayer funds will fund Catholic, Baptist and other religious schools, because separation of church and state is now unconstitutional; white men will no longer be victimized because they are white; Harvard will become a school for the trades and electricians, plumbers and carpenters will go forth and fix America--and don't get me wrong, we can use way more tradesmen and will be better for that-- but I wouldn't bet on them curing cancer; vaccines which have harmed our beautiful children will no longer vex our families; America is Great Again!

And, of course, there is peace in the Middle East because, despite intelligence assessment which say the effects of that glorious bunker busters raid is inconclusive or indeterminate, Iran's capacity to make nuclear bombs has been obliterated.

As if you can bomb knowledge.

We cannot know what lies hundreds of yards beneath that Iranian mountain. Not even the Iranians may know yet. But, its just as likely once they dig down, they'll find those centrifuges survived just fine. If not, they'll make new ones. They know how.

But Mr. Trump knows what he knows. 

We cannot take him literally. But we must take him seriously. 

Oh, You Can TRUST them!

Of course, we went to war to eliminate Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq.  Secretary Colin Powell, held up a vial of something nasty at the U.N., which he said Iran had and could use to destroy an entire city. He was very sure. Our government is usually very sure of itself. And vaccines cause autism and fluoride in the water poisons our precious bodily fluids and does untold but well known harm. Be sure of that. Mr. Trump has told us all that through his henchmen and henchwomen.

Greatest Air Transport Ever!

We do not have to believe him, of course.