Had I not opened the YouGov notification on my phone I would have passed the afternoon and evening in end-of-sports-until-the-Tour-de-France delirium. The Pacers and the Thunder are playing the seventh game of a small market, mid-western, best of seven NBA championship; I have an S.A.Cosby book open on the coffee table; InstaCart brought me all the Costco fruit in the land. It was a great day until I looked at the survey.
How much do you know about the US bombing in Iran? Uh, Nothing.
TBG knew it happened, but no details. I did a brief Google search and found all the outlets saying just what I knew all the outlets would say.
I wish someone would just say the basic part out loud - we only know what they are telling us. Especially with this administration, truth is fungible. I gave up sifting through information and came here, to type to you, watch the game, and think about it all.
I'm thinking about the scene in The American President when Michael Douglas talks about the maintenance guy working in the Libyan power plant he just gave the order to bomb. Unlike FFOTUS, Andrew Shepherd thought it was the least Presidential thing I do.
It's happened on a summer weekend, perhaps to hide it from MAGA enthusiasts who believed the Lying Liar when he said he was opposed to American intervention in foreign conflicts. Rumor has it that they are plenty pissed.
There's a bill wending its way through Congress to stop these kind of actions by reaffirming that the power to go to war runs through their hands. I know this because I received an email urging me to call my representatives about it. Once again, I'm thinking that the Democrats are locking the barn doors a little late.
I don't like thinking about Bibi and FFOTUS and Peter Thiel and the Christian Nationalist Right and Usha's husband being one trip and fall from the Oval Office.
I don't like thinking about the Iranian janitor. I don't like that this is happening in real life. Nope, I don't like it at all.
So was the "I'm waiting two weeks" a lie or a strategy? I wish I didn't give a damn, but I kind of have to.
ReplyDeleteDon't lose sight of the main ingredient in all things FFOTUS - there is no plan, there is just his mush of a brain flitting around.
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Let us all take a moment to remember the fact that we likely wouldn't be here if FFOTUS hadn't withdrawn the US from the JCPOA during his first term. But here we are with a fool who cares not a whit about strategy, has no plan, and is only concerned about optics. A lot can go wrong with this, and likely will.
ReplyDeleteYup. Every once in a great while someone on the radio mentions that fact. Wag The Dog isn't one of my favorite movies, but it may be time to rewatch it.
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