The Rational Nationalist

People love dividing up into teams and killing each other, even when those teams are based on religions preaching pretty much the opposite.
We'll examine the Crusades and why Joan of Arc was willing to fight and die for a Dauphin who viewed people like her as little more than cattle.

We'll take a look to see what we'll need to get out of the Iran negotiations for it to have been worth risking a nuclear World War 3. Also, we'll start to make sense of the contours of a new global political system in which we're all players. 

Is Trump changing goals in the middle of the Iran War by substituting nuclear disarmament for "unconditional surrender"? Is he actually negotiating with anyone in Iran?
And, finally, is TACO (Trump Always Cowards Out) the sloganeering equivalent of poking a bear in the eye? Do we have answers, or just more questions? Find out on this week's episode.

Does Donald Trump's obsession with being the center of attention skew his views on the Iran War? What about the prosecutions facing Bibi, or the potential impact of the elections on the American midterms?
 
We'll explore the personal motives of both leaders and how they may impact their decision-making process, focusing on their decision to attack Iran.

The American public's position on the Iran War is surprisingly united and clear - do it quickly and cleanly, or don't do it at all. Trump is wagering his entire legacy on having this thing wrapped up by midterms. 

Trump clearly has reasons for his actions in Iran, but that doesn't mean they're good reasons. Just like weak evidence is still evidence, bad reasons are still reasons. We'll also evaluate the competence or lack thereof of the 'bros running the show' when it comes to Trump's foreign policy team.
 
Finally, we'll look ahead to the coming mental health pandemic as the TDS crowd tries to cope with the possibility of Trump leaving office in 2029.

The first in our series analyzing and drawing lessons from the latest Middle East conflict. We'll talk a lot about organized crime, since relationships between criminal organizations are, not surprisingly, similar to relationships among governments.
 
We'll also look at why it's important to keep your promises, zooming in specifically on Obama's Syrian "red line" and his inversion of TR's axiom. 

This episode examines the proper role of the judiciary, which, contrary to popular belief, is not to rubber-stamp the President's agenda or organize the resistance to it. In fact, it's surprisingly simple - just interpret the damn law.

The basic thesis is that Americans don't trust our institutions - the media, academia, and, in this case, medical professionals - because many of these institutions have been taken over by those driven by ideological agendas.
 
Restoring faith requires ensuring that those running these institutions are operating in good faith.

A lot of problems in this country could be fixed if a bunch of forty-somethings and older could figure out how to act like adults. Humility and emotional self-discipline are life skills this country desperately needs among its population.