while lots of press states that trump does not have a plan, i think he has a page from Netanyahu's playbook or is following Netanyahu's directives. this was never about nuclear arms, this was never about regime change. just like Netanyahu's war in Gaza was never about getting hostages back. it is about wiping out a country, wiping out a people. Genocide. all the while the world listened to the protestations coming from the Israeli government about what they were "not doing" and right before our eyes, they did it. now the jr trumps are moving in and talking about condominiums. I think Netanyahu has the same plan for Iran and he now has trump's help. trump does not care about deaths, the price of oil, or how long this takes. deaths of American soldiers is just the cost of getting what he wants, which is pleasing Israel and getting at Iranian oil. if the war is protracted into the mid terms, he would probably like that, use it as an excuse for more election tampering or canceling them all together because of a "state of emergency". he is already teeing up another conflict with Cuba. we are now back in the days of the Shah and elsewhere where we want a puppet regime or no regime at all. what comes across as an ill-thought out plan is not the case. the end game is wiping out Iran and profiting from their natural resources. when the world feels too much pressure from the closure of the straits of Hormuz, that will drag the UK, France, and other countries into the fray to provide naval escorts for tankers through the straits. Iran will hit tankers and naval vessels, and things will get even muddier. he does not give a rats behind about the cost of oil, that helps his buddies at the oil companies and falls in line with his cancelation of renewable energy programs and eliminating any chance of EV growth in the US. that is all driven by his big donors in oil and gas. LNP exports get a boost from this conflict, another plus for oil and gas, and another factor that will drive up natural gas prices for Americans. Everyone seems to be writing his reactions to oil prices and casualties as just callous and lack of a plan. i think the plan has been there all along, just not shared
I doubt even Netanyahu is celebrating Trump’s pompous, ignorant bravado and casual indifference to the deaths and suffering of others - actually, it’s worse than indifference: violence clearly titillates Trump.
Certainly, war whisperer MBS of Saudi Arabia and other despots in the region can’t be too happy with the damage this illegal war of aggression is causing to their infrastructure and the rage it’s engendering in the lowly people they rule.
I’m literally nauseated by the buffoonery and arrogance of the incompetent monsters driving this war as if it’s a TV show for their base. I hope pride goeth before a precipitous fall for all of them.
I hear the bluster and am reminded that the only " military experience " in his entire life comes via the private " military academy " that his father shipped him off to correct " disciplinary problems " in lieu of attending high school.
while lots of press states that trump does not have a plan, i think he has a page from Netanyahu's playbook or is following Netanyahu's directives. this was never about nuclear arms, this was never about regime change. just like Netanyahu's war in Gaza was never about getting hostages back. it is about wiping out a country, wiping out a people. Genocide. all the while the world listened to the protestations coming from the Israeli government about what they were "not doing" and right before our eyes, they did it. now the jr trumps are moving in and talking about condominiums. I think Netanyahu has the same plan for Iran and he now has trump's help. trump does not care about deaths, the price of oil, or how long this takes. deaths of American soldiers is just the cost of getting what he wants, which is pleasing Israel and getting at Iranian oil. if the war is protracted into the mid terms, he would probably like that, use it as an excuse for more election tampering or canceling them all together because of a "state of emergency". he is already teeing up another conflict with Cuba. we are now back in the days of the Shah and elsewhere where we want a puppet regime or no regime at all. what comes across as an ill-thought out plan is not the case. the end game is wiping out Iran and profiting from their natural resources. when the world feels too much pressure from the closure of the straits of Hormuz, that will drag the UK, France, and other countries into the fray to provide naval escorts for tankers through the straits. Iran will hit tankers and naval vessels, and things will get even muddier. he does not give a rats behind about the cost of oil, that helps his buddies at the oil companies and falls in line with his cancelation of renewable energy programs and eliminating any chance of EV growth in the US. that is all driven by his big donors in oil and gas. LNP exports get a boost from this conflict, another plus for oil and gas, and another factor that will drive up natural gas prices for Americans. Everyone seems to be writing his reactions to oil prices and casualties as just callous and lack of a plan. i think the plan has been there all along, just not shared
Powerful prose, Mary, for a dangerous time. Thank you for your vigilance and artistry.
I doubt even Netanyahu is celebrating Trump’s pompous, ignorant bravado and casual indifference to the deaths and suffering of others - actually, it’s worse than indifference: violence clearly titillates Trump.
Certainly, war whisperer MBS of Saudi Arabia and other despots in the region can’t be too happy with the damage this illegal war of aggression is causing to their infrastructure and the rage it’s engendering in the lowly people they rule.
I’m literally nauseated by the buffoonery and arrogance of the incompetent monsters driving this war as if it’s a TV show for their base. I hope pride goeth before a precipitous fall for all of them.
Only in Trumpworld would saying “I won’t shoot you if you don’t shoot me” be seen as unconditional surrender.
I hear the bluster and am reminded that the only " military experience " in his entire life comes via the private " military academy " that his father shipped him off to correct " disciplinary problems " in lieu of attending high school.
He was a narcissist from a very young age. I don’t believe narcissists change. They just learn new ways to control. I
Lived with a narcissist for years.