Former SACEUR Says USA Acquiring Greenland "Not Crazy" (Despite Misleading NRO Title)

James Stavridis, former SACEUR, says it's not crazy for the U.S. to look into acquiring Greenland--and it would have important benefits. Contrary to the NRO title, he doesn't seem to approve of annexation.

   Too bad we're already stuck in a typical Trumpian vortex: a good idea poorly stated and surrounded by dumbassery. If the guy could just state his ideas and then shut up, he and we would be a lot better off. To some extent the media provokes such stuff--because they hate him and know they can. Just badger him, suggesting he wants to do something crazy...until his natural contrarianism is provoked, and he refuses to prostrate himself with qualifications and apologies. Or until he even says, basically: Yeah, maybe I DO mean that; what of it? It's more important for the media to get Trump to say something stupid than it is to do what's good for the country. So here we are.

   This is not to excuse Trump's dumbassery. Dealing with a hostile, irrational media is part of the job description for any Republican. He's actually good at some of it. But this Maybe we'll steal Greenland bullshit is an unforced error to say the least. This is exactly the kind of thing a President can't say. And, of course, exactly the thing people like me knew we'd have to deal with by voting for the guy.

   As I often say to a friend of mine: we were about to get torn to shreds by a pack of hungry wolves...so we jumped off a cliff into a raging river. We knew it was a gamble, and we understood the position we were putting ourselves in. Too bad those were our only options...