Black and White.....

Interesting times these. New headlines every day and new "interpretations" of those stories every day. Yesterday I was working in the kitchen with TV on in the background....some detective series. During the breaks there were interviews with real life investigators about how they do their jobs. How they interview suspects to get to the truth. One such comment is still floating around in my brain.

The investigator was saying how he circles back and re-asks questions....especially if he feels the individual across the table is being less than forthcoming. His comment was something like "The truth will come out easily and naturally and will remain consistent. If someone is being less than truthful they will have to think about their lie and try to remember what they said the last time, so details change."

His description of his interview process makes me think about the latest USA-Iran tragedies....and 45's continually changing "explanations" of why he made the decisions he did. It's not the "assassination" of the "really bad guy" that troubles me (or many Americans), it's the reasoning behind the drone strike. And the less-than-complete discussion of the actual "imminent" threats that caused 45 to flex his muscles. It's his seeming lack of understanding of any repercussions after the strike.  It's me wondering about just how many of our embassies really had been threatened since US foreign service and intelligence community doesn't seem to be fully supporting these statements. The fact that in the past week the explanations have changed slightly day by day makes me think....hmmmm....something is not quite right here.

And why would I believe 45? His truth-telling track record is less than stellar. Certainly our Country's decades long relationship with Iran and the rest of the Middle East has been very challenging. But it's not black and white.....there is so much grey here. So much confusion, so much disinformation. And the sad tragedy of an airplane full of non-military individuals shot down because Iran mistook the plane for a missile. Would that tragedy be today's news if 45 hadn't sent the drone strike, killed an Iranian leader?

I have to think those people, men, women and children, were innocent victims. That tragedy forms another block in the wall that separates us from citizens who live in countries that don't look like ours. Another event that blocks attempts at understanding or respect for different histories and unique traditions.

These thoughts of mine are a bit of a "muddle" and I know I am influenced by the fact that I don't respect the man sitting in the oval office, I don't respect his experience, I don't respect his decision making processes. I think his thought process is flawed.

And a plane full of people falling out of the sky seems to be the latest result.