War: a no-brainer for the US

It is possible to see Russia’s point in not abandoning an old ally in Syria, although that does not make Bashar al-Assad any more palatable. But instead to line up behind al-Qaeda in Syria as an option? Are they kidding us? That is “out of the frying pan and into the fire”.

Opinion polls show that a vast majority of Americans want no part in Syria’s problems at all. But there is another element that will prevail: the October cliffhanger. The US government will reach its debt limit by mid-October and it might be unable to meet financial obligations after that, so, as usual, a new war would be the perfect way to distract from the real obscenity – obscene US debt.

The chemical weapons of mass destruction are the chemical imbalances in the brains of US officials, generals and admirals.

Guy Baker

Bangkok