So much has happened since we last spoke, gentle reader.
That is partially to blame for my absence these past whatever days; I just can’t decide what I want to say, which part of the madness of this world I want to comment on or complain about…
Then came the news of Trump’s decisions to withdraw all US troops from Syria.
Just like that, in his usual knee jerk manner and via twitter, our loathsome leader decided his popularity, ever waning in the wake all the impeachment happenings, needed a boost and the best way to gain that boost is to completely screw over the brave Kurdish fighters whose tireless fighting alongside US troops had been instrumental in pushing back ISIS forces and retaking Syrian territories from their evil clutches by allowing Turkey to mount offensives in northern Syria and try to wipe them all out.
This was such a sudden move that it took not only his advisors, military and otherwise, but everyone in the senate and congress by surprise. Even his staunchest allies McConnell and Graham cried foul; Democrat and Republican alike rose to condemn Trump’s foolish selfish move. His response was as childish as ever, warning Turkey he would fuck up its economy and how, if it stepped out of line against the Kurdish people in northern Syria.
Don’t worry, I have no idea what the hell all that means, either.
That empty threat, gentle reader, is why it didn’t take more than a day or so after Trump’s nonsensical tweets before Turkey began a major offensive into Kurdish occupied territories, sending thousands of women and children fleeing for their lives and already killing a handful of them in its massive bombardment campaign. That number is certain to rise rapidly as the Turkish ground campaign continues.
And it’s all Trump’s fault.
Those of you who know me know that I am not a religious person, and as such, am not a huge believer in heaven, hell, purgatory, and any other components of the Abrahamic religions. I can’t say for certain if any of it exists, and even if they do, I’ll only find out after I’m dead, so what does it matter then. I believe in being as decent a person as one can be; doing good as opportunities arise, and not hurting anyone in any way, if at all possible.
But then someone like Trump comes along.
Someone so darkly sociopathic, so viciously narcissistic, so cold-heartedly antipathetic towards all things ‘other’, that I truly hope there at least exists a hell where such people will go to suffer in all eternity after they die.
My mind reels when I think about how Trump goes to sleep at night, well fed, safe, and self satisfied, knowing full and well that the blood of heaven knows how many innocents is on his hands, simply because he couldn’t stand to be unpopular. Never mind the fact that, even strictly politically speaking, he has ended American troops involvement from the wrong war, and the one he should have ended, the one in Afghanistan, he has royally fucked up.
I sincerely hope Trump is haunted by the ghosts of all those he has sent to the slaughter to satisfy his own means. And I mean a sort of Shakespearean haunting that would wake him up in the middle of the night, screaming like a stuck pig, that would take his appetite and ratchet up his paranoia, that would make him want to gauge his own eyes out.
And I sincerely hope that after his death, he will be stuck in the ninth circle of hell, abandoning all hope forever more.
Addendum 10/17/2019:
Having previously moved American troops out of Turkey’s fire line, Trump is now completely removing US troops from northern Syria, suddenly taking a completely isolationist stance; a ‘it’s not America’s problem, let them fight it out amongst themselves’ approach that has completely opened the door for Russia; a Syrian ally, to come in and take over.
What, did you seriously think Trump wasn’t going to feed Putin, his master and commander, a nice helping of the pie? I admire your naïveté, gentle reader.
Meanwhile, Germany has clearly stated that they will not come to Turkey’s aid, should it invoke article 5 and ask for NATO help in fighting the Kurds, since they see Turkey as the aggressor. What hath thou wrought, Donald? You and your Twitter fingers.
Make America great again, indeed.