“It is on us, Afghans, to stop the U.S.A.”President Donald Trump promised a more aggressive war against jihadists. In recent weeks, sloppy strikes have killed civilians in Yemen and coalition allies in northern Syria and Mosul. Pyongyang is intent on building up its nuclear weapons stock. For the first time since the Cold War, probably never so much as the Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear war is, at least, conceivable. Expecting China to exert sane influence over North Korea seems the stuff of gossamer hopes.

Source: thestar April 14, 2017 21:56 UTC