Is Israel Pushing the US Into a Global War?
Whenever the Syrian conflict spirals to the point at which it becomes reasonable to start worrying about WWIII, my mind wanders to Sidney “The Snake” Blumenthal, unofficial adviser and confidant of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. President Obama loathed him and, as a condition of Clinton’s appointment, forbade her from employing him in any capacity. Nevertheless she continued to rely heavily on Blumenthal’s advice throughout her tenure at State. Expounding in an email to Clinton on the necessity of ousting Syrian president Bashar al Assad and imposing regime change…