AND IN THE REAL WORLD – AT 11:51 A.M. ET:   We always like to remind readers that, in the midst of our domestic troubles and scandals, there are the risks of the outside world.  A war in some far-off place can ultimately result in the death of a soldier from Des Moines. 

The war in Syria has gotten very hot again.  The casualties are ghastly.  From AFP: 

Douma, Syria (AFP) — New airstrikes on the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Saturday took the civilian death toll from seven days of devastating bombardment to more than 500, after the United Nations again delayed a vote on a ceasefire.

More than 120 children have been among the dead in the bombing campaign that the regime launched last Sunday on the enclave just outside Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The Britain-based monitor of the war said at least 29 civilians were killed in Saturday’s strikes, including 17 in the main town of Douma.

It has said the strikes are being carried out by Syrian and Russian forces. Moscow, which intervened militarily in support of its Damascus ally in 2015, has denied any direct involvement in the Eastern Ghouta bombardment.

US President Donald Trump on Friday said Russia’s recent actions in Syria were a “disgrace”.

COMMENT:  Of course, the American media will not point out that, eight years ago, there were no Russian forces in the Mideast.  It was the blunders of Field Marshal Obama and Grand Admiral Kerry that invited them in.  If there was any collusion with Russia, it was done by the Obama crowd.

But nothing to see there, nothing to see.  Let's just move on and blame Trump.

February 24, 2018