Yemen raid damns Trump's legacy into eternity

Try to understand. Ten days into his presidency Trump orders an needless, criminal military operation on the sovereign country of Yemen. It gets a US soldier killed and wounds three others. More ghastly, it kills 30 Yemenese civilians, including 10 women and children, and levels a village in Bayda Province. Trump lies repeatedly, saying it was approved by Obama and the generals, gathered worthwhile intelligence and was a great success. In his first speech before Congress last night, Trump doubles down on the lying, using the prop of the dead US soldier to proclaim it was a “highly successful raid,” emphasizing the death of soldier Ryan Owens as having “secured our nation” with the raid, and "secured his legacy into eternity.” There were tears shed and thunderous applause when Trump spoke those lies. But there were no tears and no thunderous applause for the 30 innocent men, women and children slaughtered by the sociopath Trump using his monstrous war crime to show he can lead the war party. Ryan Owen is simply canon fodder; a hired gun to wage perpetual war, now martyred to glorify the masters of war who rule us. But it's Trump's legacy that will be secured into eternity; that of a soulless warmonger.