“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” trump’s words today & he is right. Putin hates the U.S., owns trump, and wants our to civilization die. An added bennie: Russia is making a lot more money for oil Russia sells. 1/5

In interviews of random people in the U.S., a common comment is “trump has to do something or else Iran will get nukes.” THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW A PRESIDENT THAT POWER. 2/5

We used to learn such things in civics, but…

What was the United States response to a dictator’s threat to kill millions in another country?

No dictator has been so stupid as to make such a threat.

Today, trump threatened to blow "everything up" if Iran won't make a deal. [FN1] 1/9

He’s threatened to blow them “back to the Stone Age, where they belong.” That means war crimes. For those of you who voted for the [expletive] [FN2] and see no problems, or are willing “to talk” read no farther. The time to talk was in the…

In 1974, as Pres Nixon’s resignation became inevitable, his behaviors [FN1] escalated. Sec’y of Defense James Schlesinger warned military leaders if “Nixon issued a nuclear launch order” they “should check with him or Secretary of State Henry Kissinger before executing it.” [FN2] 1/10

Nixon was complex and, at times, mentally “off,” [FN3] but none of Nixon’s professors ever said Nixon was “the dumbest goddamn student I ever had.” [FN4] So here are reasons we should be scared about one…

The United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and France, at the end of WW2, tried former leaders of government and the military of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan for war crimes. [FN1] Two defenses of the defendants are of note. 1/12

1) No such crimes existed. Prosecutions had no “appropriate body of international law” Japan’s leaders stood trial for “wholesale destruction of human lives, not alone on the field of battle” but in “homes, hospitals, and orphanages.” [FN2]…