Leon Panetta: “these cuts would do catastrophic damage to our military, hollowing out the force and degrading its ability to protect…”

The facts have to be presented to the American people, and it's the American people who will judge what is right or wrong.

And that is the danger here: that rather than bringing peace, it's going to bring more war.

Mr. Trump has always prided himself on being a dealmaker, pledging in his campaign that he would resolve such conflicts in the first few days of his presidency.

If he is careless with that awesome power, the United States could very well find itself in another world war.