Creating problems that didn’t previously exist is a special skill of our politicians. It’s the world they live in. All of their solutions come from their bag of tricks. Actually solving a problem is avoided at all costs. It might reveal they were the ones who created it.
I saw that act in the corporate world too. Senior exec would blow up something, blame it on someone else, then run to the rescue to fix it, like a pyromaniac fire fighter.
We live in a world of constant political games. It doesn't matter who's in charge, the results seem to follow a similar pattern. Trump inherited a mess but he appears to be adding to the problems.
I voted for him three times because I believed he was the lesser of the evils, still do, but he makes a lot of comments that do not help the cause.
"The US attacked Iran to solve a problem it didn't have". I trying to understand where Bill gets his intelligence briefings and questioning whether it has more credibility than the intelligence briefings Trump receives. Interesting question don't you think?
You don't need an intelligence briefing; just common sense of which you possess a copious amount. To wit: Iran is not now and has never been a threat to the US.
More to the point: Iran has no weapon of mass destruction much a means to deliver one.
However, if its intolerant religious leaders somehow; someway in the far distant future ever build one, then the MAD doctrine comes into effect; that is Mutually Assured Destruction.
It's the same doctrine that restrains all nuclear capable countries from using them, including loopy North Korea which also has a delivery capability with the accuracy and range to hit our military facilities in the Pacific.
In short, Trump waged war on behalf of Israel, which has nuclear weapons (thanks to stealing the plans from the US) at the request of its PM, Netanhayu (whose in-person appeal to Trump in WDC was filmed).
Why Trump wanted to placate this man is a mystery. Some critics think it was to placate donors who put the interests of Israel foremost.
In any case, Trump made a massive mistake, one worse than Bush's unprovoked invasion of Iraq which accomplished nothing apart from unleashing Iran -- a nation Saddam had been plummeting for years.
I can only assert that, to date, MAD has kept countries possessing nuclear weapons from using them.
And, not a student of extremists, I can't help but believe that the resolve by religious fundamentalists now ruling Iran to acquire nuclear weapons intensifies each time Trump bombs them.
This war is exceptionally costly too. Apart from the lives lost, we've suffered 82 aircraft significantly damaged or destroyed (ostensibly thanks to Russian targeting help).
No doubt you are aware that we pulled out of the UK all our B-1 bombers due to their susceptibility to a drone attack by Iranians or by their sympathizers
Some historians assert that Roosevelt wanted Japan to attack the US because it would unite Americans to enter WW II.
You may remember Lindbergh wanted the US to prepare to defend our homeland, not war with Germany, especially to save England which he felt would be conquered by Hitler.
After Pearl Harbor, opposition to waging war disappeared
New trucks are more fine-tuned to the diesel used in them. Truckers I talk to aren't crazy about using red dyed fuel as they're leery about possible consequences to the fuel system. Also, using red dyed diesel could void the warranty on a new truck
Creating problems that didn’t previously exist is a special skill of our politicians. It’s the world they live in. All of their solutions come from their bag of tricks. Actually solving a problem is avoided at all costs. It might reveal they were the ones who created it.
I saw that act in the corporate world too. Senior exec would blow up something, blame it on someone else, then run to the rescue to fix it, like a pyromaniac fire fighter.
We live in a world of constant political games. It doesn't matter who's in charge, the results seem to follow a similar pattern. Trump inherited a mess but he appears to be adding to the problems.
I voted for him three times because I believed he was the lesser of the evils, still do, but he makes a lot of comments that do not help the cause.
We are headed for a BAD ending to this movie.
Jim Marshall
"The US attacked Iran to solve a problem it didn't have". I trying to understand where Bill gets his intelligence briefings and questioning whether it has more credibility than the intelligence briefings Trump receives. Interesting question don't you think?
What Trump 'hears' (if he is awake) in briefings is one thing, what he says is another...
There is no nuclear threat as we are told that the nuclear dust and facilities were obliterated last year.
But then there is good money to be made in all wars...
"the nuclear dust and facilities were obliterated last year." And again this year.
...don't forget we won!
Several times...
Is this what winning feels like?
Tom,
You don't need an intelligence briefing; just common sense of which you possess a copious amount. To wit: Iran is not now and has never been a threat to the US.
More to the point: Iran has no weapon of mass destruction much a means to deliver one.
However, if its intolerant religious leaders somehow; someway in the far distant future ever build one, then the MAD doctrine comes into effect; that is Mutually Assured Destruction.
It's the same doctrine that restrains all nuclear capable countries from using them, including loopy North Korea which also has a delivery capability with the accuracy and range to hit our military facilities in the Pacific.
In short, Trump waged war on behalf of Israel, which has nuclear weapons (thanks to stealing the plans from the US) at the request of its PM, Netanhayu (whose in-person appeal to Trump in WDC was filmed).
Why Trump wanted to placate this man is a mystery. Some critics think it was to placate donors who put the interests of Israel foremost.
In any case, Trump made a massive mistake, one worse than Bush's unprovoked invasion of Iraq which accomplished nothing apart from unleashing Iran -- a nation Saddam had been plummeting for years.
I reckon it depends upon how you receive your information.
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The details as I understand it is Iran has ballistic missiles capable of hitting Europe.
They had enriched uranium beyond the threshold enabling manufacture of nukes.
M.A.D. is not a deterrent to martyred ideology and religious madmen.
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Do I know this to be absolutely true?
No.
Does Jimm know it's absolutely not true?
I doubt it...
Yes, MAD is not a deterrent for the Ayatollahs' brand of Islam rather, it is a calling card.
Angry,
I can only assert that, to date, MAD has kept countries possessing nuclear weapons from using them.
And, not a student of extremists, I can't help but believe that the resolve by religious fundamentalists now ruling Iran to acquire nuclear weapons intensifies each time Trump bombs them.
This war is exceptionally costly too. Apart from the lives lost, we've suffered 82 aircraft significantly damaged or destroyed (ostensibly thanks to Russian targeting help).
No doubt you are aware that we pulled out of the UK all our B-1 bombers due to their susceptibility to a drone attack by Iranians or by their sympathizers
On November 24 1941 Admiral Kimmel warned of a surprise aggressive movement by the Japanese was a possibility.
Yet the Japanese Imperial Navy successfully attacked anyway...
Likely because our leaders needed that attack as much as Japan did.
Tim,
You must be a student of history.
Some historians assert that Roosevelt wanted Japan to attack the US because it would unite Americans to enter WW II.
You may remember Lindbergh wanted the US to prepare to defend our homeland, not war with Germany, especially to save England which he felt would be conquered by Hitler.
After Pearl Harbor, opposition to waging war disappeared
I have always questioned the relocation of the aircraft carriers.
Whether coincidence (I am told in war there are no coincidences)
sheer good fortune or clandestine plan.
It was likely the most singular advantageous allied act of the war.
New trucks are more fine-tuned to the diesel used in them. Truckers I talk to aren't crazy about using red dyed fuel as they're leery about possible consequences to the fuel system. Also, using red dyed diesel could void the warranty on a new truck
"The US attacked Iran to solve a problem it didn’t have. Now, it has a problem. And the obvious solution is to stop attacking Iran."
But . . . But . . . Merica!
I just picked PJ O’Rourke’s book “Peace Kills - America’s Fun New Imperialism” off a library shelf. Published in 2004….