Who is the Real Killer Threatening War?

A grim report published yesterday by NBC News holds that outgoing President Barack Obama used the “red phone” in early October, directly to threaten a military attack on Russia over alleged e-mail “hacking” and attempts to influence the American election. Obama’s subsequent Dec. 15 interview statement reserving the right to “attack, at a time and place of our choosing,” has been followed by the assassination of a diplomat crucial to Russia’s effort with Turkey to end the Syria civil war. A vacationing Obama has maintained a stony silence on the murder of the Russian ambassador in Ankara. This is both the most blatant of Obama’s numerous attempts, over years, to threaten both Russia and China; and the most dangerous. There was a coup attempt in Turkey in July in which, at least, close relatives and former colleagues of this assassin were involved. Also involved — both Russia and Turkey estimate — NATO.READ MORE