So much for the proud peacemaker...

Blazing Reader,

Donald Trump, in his inaugural address, stated:

“My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be: a peacemaker and unifier.”

Yesterday, the peacemaker authorized B-2 stealth bombers, carrying 30,000-pound bunker busters, to attack Iran.

Maybe I'm just a non-violent extremist, but I don't see how any of this preemptive warfare sophistry falls under national defence. You can't defend until you are attacked.

I think Derrick Broze summed up the disappointing reality in his Substack article yesterday:

"I hate to say it, but I told you so.

"It doesn't bring me joy to acknowledge such a thing but so many of you on this platform (and elsewhere) told me Trump was a peace candidate and voting for him would prevent Kamala from starting WW3.

"I told you that Trump's VP Vance has publicly stated he wanted to go after Iran and that Trump's Zionist backers wanted the same. I told you that this was a gateway to WW3 or at least a major conflict which is unprecedented in modern times.

"I wish more of you would realize that voting isn't going to fix our problems. Never."

One might say Brooze is being extreme. But show me evidence to the contrary.

Of course, many will make excuses for Trump (or just not think about it).

Just like people did after Barack "Bombs Away" Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, and went on to authorize 563 airstrikes on Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen (killing an estimated 384 to 807 civilians).

Then there was Bush, the Iraq invasion and those weapons of mass destruction that no one ever found...

Same movie, different actors.

John C.A. Manley

PS For a spell-breaking movie that shows why elections are farces, and politicians can't save you, check out the trailer for the Jones Plantation film.

John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona, All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of philosophical fiction that are "so completely engaging that you find yourself alternately laughing, gasping, hanging on for dear life." Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber.