Dear Gerry, Personally, I have found the media’s and government’s reaction to the attack on the Syrian airbase disappointing. As Trump himself pointed out a few years ago, the most effective way for a president to energize flagging public opinion is to bomb someone. Americans feel strong, powerful, especially useful at a time when polls show that most people thought Trump was taking us to hell in a handbasket with his lies, mismanagement and staggering incompetence. No one should think that ...