our commander in charm dismissed them, and they flourished. they graduated diversity. now they are nearly gone and only because we return to a simple truth: annihilation trumps analysis. all this matters in another context. north korea. it s been only trump was gone china s attention on this. it s been only trump who has drawn a redline that few doubt. and so as with isis, it s only trump who has hope of success here. negotiation without leverage isn t negotiation. it s blather. blather got us a nuclear north korea. there are some problems impervious to blather. let the media blather on. this is a street fight on planet earth avenue. ask yourself who would you rather square off against? a a president who promised to