Meet The New War; Brought To You By The Sponsors Of The One We're Still Stuck In

[skews13]

We're on the eve of war with Iran, and if the rhetoric all sounds familiar, it is because many of the same characters are back on our screens, telling the same tales and making the same promises. One of this nation's more fundamental modern problems, in media and politics both, is that even decades of catastrophic incompetence will not get you kicked out of Expert Club.

Decades of catastrophic incompetence are in fact a core requirement of membership: Administrations and media columns are not often staffed with people whose predictions and strategies were proven successful. They are staffed with ideologues willing to consistently advocate for the same moves over and over—people incapable of reflection, much less learning, who will toss all of reality aside to insist that the Real Problem Here is that none of us did the wrong things wrongly enough last time around, but it will work this next time.

Meet the new war, brought to you by the sponsors of the one we're still stuck in

We promise, it will work this time. They will be dancing in the streets, and will welcome us as liberators. Won't take more than a few days.

 

[B. Kidd]

Appease and be fooled has been replaced with confront and contain!

I'm glad that the OP has met the new boss, not the same as the old boss!

 

[ColonelAngus]

Can any liberal explain why Iran was forced to attack our embassy in Iraq?

But for that attack, Soleimani might still be in once piece.

 

[ColonelAngus]

We're on the eve of war with Iran, and if the rhetoric all sounds familiar, it is because many of the same characters are back on our screens, telling the same tales and making the same promises. One of this nation's more fundamental modern problems, in media and politics both, is that even decades of catastrophic incompetence will not get you kicked out of Expert Club.

Decades of catastrophic incompetence are in fact a core requirement of membership: Administrations and media columns are not often staffed with people whose predictions and strategies were proven successful. They are staffed with ideologues willing to consistently advocate for the same moves over and over—people incapable of reflection, much less learning, who will toss all of reality aside to insist that the Real Problem Here is that none of us did the wrong things wrongly enough last time around, but it will work this next time.

Meet the new war, brought to you by the sponsors of the one we're still stuck in

We promise, it will work this time. They will be dancing in the streets, and will welcome us as liberators. Won't take more than a few days.

I wonder if the Iranian people are saying their government shouldn’t have attacked the US embassy in Iraq.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

We're on the eve of war with Iran, and if the rhetoric all sounds familiar, it is because many of the same characters are back on our screens, telling the same tales and making the same promises. One of this nation's more fundamental modern problems, in media and politics both, is that even decades of catastrophic incompetence will not get you kicked out of Expert Club.

Decades of catastrophic incompetence are in fact a core requirement of membership: Administrations and media columns are not often staffed with people whose predictions and strategies were proven successful. They are staffed with ideologues willing to consistently advocate for the same moves over and over—people incapable of reflection, much less learning, who will toss all of reality aside to insist that the Real Problem Here is that none of us did the wrong things wrongly enough last time around, but it will work this next time.

Meet the new war, brought to you by the sponsors of the one we're still stuck in

We promise, it will work this time. They will be dancing in the streets, and will welcome us as liberators. Won't take more than a few days.

‘Maybe we could just skip it this time. If it is going to be this brazen, I can suggest a method that would be far less work for each media program and op-ed page. Take the interviews and op-eds from prior to the Iraq War, both the ones about "weapons of mass destruction" and the ones about a "quick resolution" and "liberators" and "will pay for itself," dub in Iran for Iraq, and call it done. There: Everyone gets a long weekend now, and not a stitch of damage is done to the nation's war machine.’ ibid

Another illegal Republican war by another corrupt Republican administration.

 

[kyzr]

Iran is firing missiles at US airbases in the ME. Looks like the "head of the snake" is about to be crushed.

 

[Lesh]

Are we safer now that Soolymani is dead?

Sure doesn't seem like it

 

[kyzr]

Are we safer now that Soolymani is dead?

Sure doesn't seem like it

You need to wait for the climax of the play before rendering judgment. Its just beginning.