There is a TOP TOP SECRET  German intelligence Assessment, which has been leaked. It is roiling Germany, and all of Europe. The assessment projects that Russia will make war on Joe Biden's America before he leaves office; for Russia thinks that Joe Biden cannot win a war, bad karma. Why would Russia go to war with the all powerful NATO alliance; when it never did before? Because Joe Biden is President. On a microlevel, the Russian leadership believes that the American Military has been terminally crippled by Joe Biden placing adherence to DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) above competence, warrior skills or leadership skills. The Russians  not impressed that Biden  named a woman as head of the Navy, because she was a woman, over the objections of his own stricken Secretary of Defense. The Russians are not impressed that Biden named a Hispanic female head of the Naval Academy, just because she was a Hispanic female. The Russians are not impressed, because, under Joe Biden, the Amer

  BILLY BUDD was a novella by Herman Melville (MOBY DICK), published after his death. The eternal theme of BILLY BUDD resonates with everyone and anyone who has ever had a whiff of command; it is easy to punish  bad people, or people you don't like, under your command, who have broken the rules. It is extraordinarily difficult to punish good people or people you like, under your command; when they have broken rules. BILLY BUDD is a tale of  a sailor, in the British navy, during the Napoleonic Wars. He is  more than a sailor; he is a  handsome angel on earth; beloved by all, a man of absolute purity, who commits an act, inadvertently; which is such a dangerous  violation of military discipline, that the  punishment is hanging.   "Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!" What would Jesus do? Obviously, forgive the angel who slipped; but then again, unless you are a Sunni Muslim, committed to Sunni   Apocalyptic eschatology , one never imagines Jesus the war