Post #1913427
2026-04-08 19:08 UTC
We need a better way to articulate that when it comes to #Iran there is no coherent policy and all we are experiencing is disorganized terror and violence.
We need to be more honest about the fact that Trump and Hegseth will attack whenever they feel like it and they are not rational actors.
As far as I can tell the only way this ends is with Congress clearly and objectively restraining their ability to make war. I expect they would immediately violate that constraint, but then we're playing a different game entirely. #uspol
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@albnelson@beige.party 2026-04-08 19:11
The press is doing a lot of parsing of Trump's stated military objectives etc. That's High Church sanewashing. We need to be more honest. The war has no real objectives that the military, diplomats, etc. can process in a rational way. (Obviously there is stuff like "distract from Epstein" but that's external to the logic that would either win or end the war -- that is, you can't put it in the ceasefire or surrender terms.)