This is the first of a series of snippet essays delving into the world of the Wishful Thinkers. 

Wikipedia defines wishful thinking “as the formation of beliefs based on what might be pleasing to imagine, rather than on evidence, rationality, or reality. It is a product of resolving conflicts between belief and desire.” 

When national and international leaders move away from rationality, reality-based decisions, or fact-based sciences they become a club of “Wishful Thinkers”.