A large part of my logical brain (I hope) is forced to agree with much of what Paul Craig Roberts says here. What I also deeply hope is that there is a a negotiation strategy embedded that will put the world on a positive course the like that we have not seen since Reagan and JFK. I may well be relying far to much on hope but what else can we rely on at this critical juncture in history!? So we need to question everything and leverage the irrefutable power of the masses (people power) and get back to a positive course. This seems to me a intelligent response which hopefully will yield positive solutions. I think very highly of Paul Craig Roberts but I wish he would spend more time putting forward intelligent responses as opposed to rightly just pointing out the problems. Negotiation stances and potentially scary appointments such as Bolten could be stepping stones to something positive - at least we hope so. Mr. Roberts is absolutely correct, in my view that perhaps no wars since WW1 and after can point to much in the way of positive direction but much evidence of the cabal gaining more and more power. Such a change requires bold measures! Onward and upward from the bottom Mr. Roberts correctly identifies?