Drumbeats category archive
War and Mongers of War 0
Via The Japan Times, history professor Timothy Snyder looks at Donald Trump’s war of choice against Iran and concludes:
This is what happens when voters entrust entertainers to wage war and profiteers to negotiate peace.
Follow the link for his reasons for saying that.
War and Mongers of War 0
Robert Reich considers Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran and asks
Follow the link for his answer.
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.








