The Dagger is a Special Character

After Russia went in the unthinkable hath happened.

“Mansour’s killing shows that the U.S. remains wedded to the highly suspect “whack-a-mole” strategy of fighting terrorism: an endless round of strikes that actually produces more, and worse, terrorists than it kills.

O, Mistress Irony! Lo, the Dagger in the Back! The Dark in the Light!

The chimeric creature of rationalism in a context that is richer than planets.

† http://www.politico.eu/article/afghanistan-war-taliban-15-years-on-barack-obamas-sorriest-legacy/