Drumbeats category archive
War and Mongers of War 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Lydia Polgreen makes a convincing–and chilling–case that Donald Trump does not realize that actions can have (sometimes unintended and unexpected) consequences.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
There are obviously lots of angles to this story, and it’s dangerous to wade into things without knowing how they will play out. So we waited to see if anything positive might emerge after the initial assassination of the despicable Khamenei (whose name was in an early draft of a chorus), and what the Trump administration/regime’s purported rationale was … and over subsequent days as we watched the grotesque media performances by Hegseth, the missiles killing children not just tyrants, and the escalation of damage and casualties without any sign of a coherent policy or endgame, we made the song about how it’s dangerous to wade into things without knowing how they’re going to play out.
Quick Sand 0
Methinks Michael in Norfolk pretty much nails it about the Trump maladministration’s war on Iran. A snippet:
Suffer the Children 0
As we all know by now, that’s a Republican family value.
Who Coulda Knowed? 0
Well, for that matter, anyone who was paying attention.
Backfire 0
At the Psychology Today website, Raj Persaud writes of a “study examining air strikes in Afghanistan (that) found that they encouraged insurgency rather than inhibiting it.”
Given recent events, methinks it a timely read.
The Grand Plan 0
Afterthought:
I never anticipated in my wildest dreams that I would find myself a citizen of a rogue state.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Weaponized? Security maven Bruce Schneir looks at the recent who-shot-john at the Pentagon and concludes that “AI will be used for military purposes, just as every other technology our species has invented has.”
Follow the link for the full article.
The Irrationalization, Reprise 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock tries to figure out why the Trump maladministration wanted war with Iran.
No summary or excerpt will do his piece justice. Just go read it.
War and Mongers of War 0
At the Psychology Today website, Sterlin L. Mosley argues that there is a “clinical link between authoritarianism, narcissism, and armed conflict.” He makes three main points:
- Authoritarian and narcissistic leaders share a root: a fragile ego that cannot tolerate challenge.
- Narcissistic leaders experience political opposition as personal threat, not strategic friction.
- A narcissistic leader’s military becomes an extension of their distorted ego, not a policy tool.
Methinks it a timely article. Follow the link to see whether you agree.