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I was just watching Nikki Haley being interviewed on Meet The Press and hearing what she had to say about the recent US missile strike in Syria and it suddenly occurred to me that I was doubting the validity of everything she was saying. Upon  reflection, I realized that I have come to a place where I am no longer able to give the benefit of the doubt to anything anyone from the trump administration has to say on any subject.  My view is there is nothing credible about trump or his administration and, by extension, those he has chosen to help him run the country have no credibility either. In fact, I am even less forgiving of his associates because I cannot understand why anyone of even average intelligence would choose to cast their lots with the likes of such a disgustingly disingenuous person (with the possible exceptions of the generals in his cabinet, who might have accepted their positions to ensure he doesn’t do something lunatic with our armed forces) unless they saw some way they might profit personally from doing so, surely, in some cases, going against their convictions so they could participate, in which case I would have to conclude their astoundingly poor judgment could only serve to further support my skepticism toward them.

It is a sad commentary on where we’ve come as a nation when I find myself longing for the good old days of the “W” administration, Cheney and Rumsfeld notwithstanding, and even factoring in the disasters that resulted therefrom. Who needs books when real life is so much more compelling and frightening? What have we come to as a nation and a society?