Thoughts XXIX - Berlin, Trump, and Obama

Terrorist attack in Berlin. It seems the perpetrator of the truck attack at a Christmas market in Berlin left in the truck not only his immigration papers (to be deported) but also his wallet. I’m a simple guy that would never leave my wallet in any place but my pocket. Most guys are like this, as women leave documents in her purse. One basic conclusion is that our rather stupid perpetrator, Anis Amri, is deeply dead and concealed probably at the hands of his own group, with his documents used to deflect investigations from the trail. Amri has a perfect profile for exploitation.

Note, terrorists place little value on life, even their own.

If what I’ve said makes sense, it signals a new approach to terrorism, one in which there is a serious and very secret core group willing to carry out terrorist acts, and moreover willing to sacrifice any and all toward that end. The war of terrorists becomes ever more dangerous. Their motto may be: to use the mass refugee presence as a foil to promote and permute terrorism everywhere. One could say this approach exploits the “lone wolf” paradigm, so much hoped for by some western government officials.

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Skill sets. Trump enjoys making deals, particularly negotiating with other parties to make a better deal. He just plain enjoys the work, and he’s good at it.

Obama enjoys anything pertaining to racial enhancement, racial divide, and racial issues of all forms. He just plain enjoys it, and he’s good at it.

Both have finely tuned skills at such tasks. Pertaining to foreign policy, Obama failed because his skill set did not apply. For Trump, his success may depend on how foreign policy matters can be cast as deals. To be seen.

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