Folks, CALM DOWN, this is still in the workshopping phase ok? First we bomb them, then we workshop WHY we bombed them, do you not understand the plan!?
Democrats, predictably, were apoplectic. “There was no imminent threat to the United States of America by the Iranians,” said Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, who had received classified briefings from Rubio. “There was a threat to Israel. If we equate a threat to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to the United States, then we are in uncharted territory.”
Meanwhile somewhere below decks on the Titanic 11:45 PM (ship’s time) on April 14, 1912
Well, if we were to equate the threat of icebergs to an imminent threat to our ship, then we would be in uncharted territory! - a well dressed crew member with an officer’s hat calmly explains to a passenger.
Bush spent months trying to convince the world that invading Iraq was justified.
Trump didn’t even do that.
Did he convince parliament at least?
He didn’t even inform Congress before the attack.
Right. Good news then: Americans need to travel to visit an authoritarian state no more. Bad news is that the change is possible only through the very billionaires y’all despise or through the military. In other words, young American autocracy seems very stable