What worries me is not Trump, but his voters. After he loses ( an assumption ), his supporters will still be around. While non-whites in both the army and the polling booth form a firewall against a future fascist takeover, his supporters can still be dangerous. Many of them are armed to the teeth. We already have a low level of American "Taliban" terrorist activity, such a police assassinations . The level will escalate after the election.
The real issue is mining the tar sands, which is environmentally disastrous, carbon heavy and produces toxic crude. Unfortunately that is Canada's decision. They will mine whether is is shipped by rail or pipeline.
In any case, at today's prices, each barrel of tar sands oil is sold at less than cost. No one would build a pipeline unless the price recovers
* an American expression for a political distraction.
How about a map? It would give us some context.
What worries me is not Trump, but his voters. After he loses ( an assumption ), his supporters will still be around. While non-whites in both the army and the polling booth form a firewall against a future fascist takeover, his supporters can still be dangerous. Many of them are armed to the teeth. We already have a low level of American "Taliban" terrorist activity, such a police assassinations . The level will escalate after the election.
This will just accelerate Israel's turn to Asian markets, China, India and Japan, and others who have no dog in the Israeli-Palestinian fight.
The Keystone Pipeline is a red herring*and moot.
The real issue is mining the tar sands, which is environmentally disastrous, carbon heavy and produces toxic crude. Unfortunately that is Canada's decision. They will mine whether is is shipped by rail or pipeline.
In any case, at today's prices, each barrel of tar sands oil is sold at less than cost. No one would build a pipeline unless the price recovers
* an American expression for a political distraction.
When I was a kid in the 40's, it was common for us Jews to change their names to a more "anglo" version. Feldmen became Fielding, etc.
I follow both you and George Friedman on Stratfor. I will be fun to see whose prediction on Libya's future is correct.