Drumbeats category archive
The Art of the Misdeal 0
Over at Balloon Juice, in the midst of a longer post in which he touches on a number fo topics, John Cole puts his finger on why Donald Trump’s war of choice on Iran is not going according to plan (assuming, that is, there ever ever was a plan).
It’s as neat a summing up as I think you’ll find:
All the News that Fits 0
Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran must be going so very well.
I mean, why else would Pete Hegseth try to gag the Pentagon press corps?
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A tool for tyrants? El Reg reports
Much more at the link.
Recruitment 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun looks at Donald Trump’s slush fund and concludes that
Follow the link and see whether or not they may be onto something.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Mary Trump dissects Donald Trump’s gyrations to justify violating the War Powers Resolution to continue to pursue his war of choice with Iran.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Lydia Polgreen hears a rhyme from ancient Greece, when Athens embarked on a reckless war of choice, certain of victory. Here’s tiny bit of her article; follow the link for the rest.
But strength was not enough.
The Rule of Lawless, War and Mongers of War Dept. 0
Retired naval officer Jon Duffy cuts through Donald Trump’s fog of lies about how his war of choice on Iran violates American law. A snippet:
I would quibble a bit. I would argue that its not that the legislative branch of the government is weakened; it’s that the members of one political party have chosen, as the Founders would have said, faction over country.
But that’s just me.
The Art of the Con 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper follows the money.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well established by now, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Bait and Snatch 0
At Above the Law, Mark Hermann thinks he sees a pattern in how Iran is responding to Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war that Donald Trump chose to start.
Methinks he may be onto something.