Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission.
One of my all-time favorite movies is “Witness” (1985) with Harrison Ford. It’s set within the Amish community in Pennsylvania. One quiet scene has stayed with me. A small boy, Samuel, talks to his grandfather about guns and whether the taking of human life is ever justifiable. (For context, the young boy witnessed a brutal murder earlier in the film.)
Samuel says he’d kill only a bad man. His grandfather’s response is moving. How would you know? And is killing the only way? What is the price of killing?
I had that scene in mind today as I read Caitlin Johnstone about how President Trump has bombed seven countries in 2025. I assume only “bad men” were killed?
Antiwar’s Dave DeCamp has a new article out titled “US Bombed Seven Countries in 2025 as Trump Dramatically Expanded Airstrikes”.
Is there anything more embarrassing or self-debasing than continuing to be a Trump supporter in 2026? It’s just degrading and cucky at this point. Trotting alongside Netanyahu and promising to help him bomb Iran while lying and claiming Israel has been “100 percent” abiding by the ceasefire in Gaza. Bombing Venezuela, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and all those boats off Latin America in a single year after campaigning as the “anti-war” candidate. Stomping out free speech that’s critical of Israel and shoveling money into the Israeli war machine after campaigning on a free speech and America First platform while repeatedly publicly admitting to being bought and owned by Miriam Adelson. Releasing Epstein files so full of redactions the pages look like black slate tiles.
Happy New Year, everyone. Here’s hoping for a lot less killing – and a lot more peace – in 2026.
