listen.

the way you have to understand the world right now, and this has actually been true for many years, is that you've got kasparov sitting in russia, and all these short-sighted capitalist idiots running amok with their heads cut off everywhere else, bumping into each other, setting off their guns, for their own self-interest.

it's sort of like one of those guys down in central park, that will play 30 games of chess at once and beat everybody.

i don't think that putin is a genius, it's more like idiocracy, in the sense that russia is the only traditional empire left standing. it's easy to win when nobody else plays.

what's killing america is it's entitlement, it's insistence on some concept of manifest destiny. it doesn't think it has to play. so, it's easy to beat.

i considered being quiet; i desperately want netanyahu removed. but, i decided that he probably can't stop it, anyways - and it's probably in everybody's interests that it's transparent.

iran's language is challenging, and it would help everybody if they'd just shut the fuck up. but, russia's interests are not altered by america's withdrawal, no matter how enticing the bear hug.

conversely, america might want to take note of what sane american commentators have been pointing out for decades - that israel is not a reliable ally in the middle east. did you see how quickly they bolted to putin at the smallest sign of moderation? what kind of ally is this?