Feb. 1—What passes for strategic thinking in the trans-Atlantic policy Establishment has about as much merit, and morality, as the drug policy just adopted by His Majesty King Charles’s government in British Columbia, Canada: simply legalize “personal doses” of all drugs—heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, you name it—and be done with it. Carolyn Bennett, Canada’s federal minister of mental health and addictions, praised the move as “a monumental shift in drug policy that favors fostering trusting and supportive relationships in health and social services over further criminalization.”

Panicked cries for more money, more weapons, are coming from think tanks, Congress, defense officials -- We are not prepared for war with China!!!!!