I’m a child of the 1950s, and I grew up with those stupid duck-and-cover drills and a general feeling of fear. The threat was that a foreign power might decide to shut down the US for their advantage, and the fear would escalate with the amount of sabre-rattling we’d hear from elsewhere. We were also concerned about the Strangelove scenario — what if a madman got control of our nuclear arsenal?
Now we have the new nightmare: what if we had a conventional war with all sides shouting hatred AND a madman with a finger on the button? That’s where we’re at now: our president has staked his already massive ego on achieving a quick, easy victory over Iran, which isn’t going to happen. He’s gone from claiming that there will be a quick surgical strike to we’ve already won the war to begging for $200 billion to continue the war. The polls are plummeting, the public is finding him unpopular, and we know how much his ego hinges on his poll numbers. As the war worsens, as the oil stops flowing, as we eventually decide to back off because we can’t afford to continue, someone is going to be looking for a quick fix. And if that someone is remarkably stupid, launching a few tactical nukes will look increasingly attractive.
I’ve been checking out my desk. There’s room under there, I’d fit.
Nazi Germany had 85 million citizens. Iran has 91 millions. The allies had to put in a massive effort to defeat the Nazis. And then there was Imperial Japan. Anybody who thought Iran could easily be defeated in a month knows almost no history. About 3 million Americans fought in Europe to defeat Nazi Germany. This is going to drag on for years.
Hegseth is a bona fide fascist who celebrates violence and carries a tattooed cross and a slogan written with German fraktur font, a combination only used by far right groups.
His boss also worships violence, and is handicapped by a multitude of personality flaws that makes him impervious to good advice.
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