Drumbeats category archive
War and the Mongers of War 0
Steve M. argues that the Trump maladministration’s war on Iran is all about the mean for the sake of mean. Here’s a bit of his article:
Dire Straits (of Hormuz) 0
Mary Trump discusses the implications of other western nations’ refusal to support Donald Trump’s war on Iran.
The Rule of Lawless 0
My heavens. What is going on here?
War and Mongers of War 0
Thom follows the money.
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.