The President’s action seems to be a clumsy mimicry of interstellar combat. On one hand, he proclaims the construction of an ‘Iron Dome’ defense system, and on the other, he slashes budgets for programs aimed at reducing the chance of an attack on the United States, including efforts to curb the spread of nuclear arms globally. It is as if he is playing a dangerous game of ‘checkers’ on the grand chessboard of the universe, with our national security as his pieces.
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