Blog Credo

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Iran

I have no idea what we are doing in Iran.  I've been skeptical that Iran has been engaged in the attacks in the Gulf, just because it makes more sense for Saudi Arabia or the UAE to provoke a war between Iran and the US than for Iran to provoke a war.  While war with Iran will go poorly for the US, it would be a catastrophe for Iran.

Meanwhile, Trump seems to be flailing all over the place. We know Bolton wants to get his war on, but Trump does seem to instinctively understand that a lot of his supporters are tired of the Endless War. Then again, he also has the mental focus of a fruit fly.

Honestly no clue.

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