Trump may be unable to end the war he started with Iran, even if he wanted to | CNN
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A war that is “won” but also “not finished yet.” An “excursion” that requires Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” President Donald Trump’s rhetorical knots fit well with his style of dictating America’s information diet, but fall flat when they hit the gritty reality of conflict.

Trump is now caught in the oldest trap of modern warfare – believing a swift, surgical military operation will yield quick, enduring political results. The Soviets did it in Afghanistan; the US in Iraq in 2003; Putin did it in Ukraine, and is still fighting. Whatever force a military fails or succeeds in applying at the start, the people it is attacking have greater commitment to defending their lands and homes.

The White House may have rushed into this, seizing the opportunity for a decapitation strike, provided by Israeli intelligence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has very different objectives regionally, and a long US involvement against Tehran suits his desire for an Iran in rolling collapse that is no longer a threat. But the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on February 28 has caused as many problems as it has solved.

  • cenariodantesco@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    7 months ago

    i am no expert on the subject, but it seems that this time Americans citizens will experience war beyond the occasional terrorist attack in their soil

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      No, that’s not clear at all. Unless you want to promote this from creepy conjecture to pointing out anything of substance…

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            7 months ago

            Ah yes all the “bad” bigots are only bad because they don’t have an excuse to be bigots.

              • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                7 months ago

                But you have an excuse. See it’s okay for you to wish death on innocent people because of where they were born. You’re good dude. Everyone understands.

                  • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2·
                    6 months ago

                    Yes, TrickDacy is famously in the family of every warmongering US president.

                    “I’m not a hypocrite because I can pretend you are!”

                    Yeah, I’m not hoping for innocent strangers to be murdered. I’d have to be a lot more fucked up in the head than I am to hope for that.