Destroyer Of Worlds. . .

(Destroyer Of Worlds. . .)

For anyone who saw the 3-hour movie Oppenheimer, with the numb ass and stiff joints, and the Trinity (the anniversary only a few days away) detonation looking a lot smaller than 21 kilotons, when the Los Alamos director saw the explosion, he muttered a phase from the Hindu epic Bargava'd Gita, "I now am become Death. Destroyer of Worlds."


Today is July10th. This is the anniversary of the Allied invasion of Sicily. Before that could happen, however. a massive strategic deception was mounted, Operation MINCEMEAT. This was the story of Major William Martin, the "Man who Never was." In essence, a body was placed ashore in Spain with fake documents that indicated Allied intentions in the Mediterranean other than Sicily, the real target. The Germans retrieved the materials, apparently believed them, and re-deployed accordingly. When the landings transpired (Operation HUSKY), expected losses were not as severe as they might have been. Operation MINCEMEAT was a qualified success.


Former President Donald Trump is the "Destroyer of Worlds." He is about to assume the formal Nomination of the Republican Party for President of the United States. He is also about to name his running mate. On the road to this point, this former New York Developer and reality TV star, Trump has destroyed the Democrat Party and its President. It is no accident that it is now that Biden's problems have become so manifest. In contrast from only some months ago, where Democrat Party fortunes were not so dire, now there is all but a civil war waging.


And one must also say that Trump in large measure destroyed, or at least re-made the GOP. The Republican Party that gave him the nod in 2016 and is about to anoint him again is of a completely different composition, There has been role reversal here, Democrats are now the Party of the elites whereas Republicans, have become supporters of the middle class. Re-made in Trump's image.

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