Blithely off to war

Markets are one of the best sources of intelligence gathering (Intel) on the plant. This makes them an excellent barometer to success and failure of political policies and decisions. The ability to gather and interpret this intel depends one’s ability to read the message beyond the biases of the headline rhetoric.

The missile strikes that inaugurated America's latest attempt at regime change were launched 29 days before the 50th anniversary of another such -- the Bay of Pigs of April 17, 1961. Then, the hubris of US planners was proportional to their ignorance of everything relevant, from Cuban sentiment to Cuba's geography. The fiasco was a singularly feckless investment of US power.

Does practice make perfect? In today's episode, America has intervened in a civil war in a tribal society, the dynamics of which America does not understand. And America is supporting one faction, the nature of which it does not know.

Source: nypost.com