Ignore the man behind the curtain

Tillerson as Trump's proposed Secretary of State presents an interesting narrative to the 2016 campaign. He built his career at the world's largest oil company by enlisting Putin's help in exploiting Russia's massive reserves. He has been frustrated by sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. Until now it has been a mystery why Trump has been so cozy with Putin, why Trump publicly asked the Russians to hack Hillary's emails, and why they complied.

At first I considered an oil CEO as Secretary of State to be an awkward but theoretical conflict of interest. But the more I learn, the more dangerous it seems.

As a reminder, Dick Cheney's former company, Halliburton, made up to $40B as a result of the Iraq war, which he orchestrated using faked intelligence. The man behind the curtain can be very dangerous indeed.