Restoring National and Personal Responsibility

As all of us that have been deeply troubled by what President Trump has done to the country bask in the voters’ response this week, I want to think about what is to come. I will no doubt have some of my usual technical procedural posts once the dust settles and we get a clearer sense of how the new Congress will shape up. For now, however, I want to focus on one particular problem that could be quite immediate. Numerous news reports that I take seriously suggest that President Trump may be contemplating action in Iran that would be a clear, and particularly severe, war crime. Some of these accounts suggest that he might use nuclear weapons, possibly against Iran’s suspected nuclear research facility. Not only would any further war crimes in this deeply misguided, pointless war be tragic in their own right, but they also could erode international norms against similar actions. That could embolden Russia to take similar actions against Ukraine, China to do so against Taiwan, or India…

Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town