The only part of your formidable indictment that I disagree with is when, early on, you write DT has '...effectively positioned the U.S. as a silent partner...' Neither by his words nor his actions is he 'a silent partner'. It would appear that Netanyahu believes he occupies the Oval Office and DT and large numbers of Americans are his puppets. Whatever horrors follow, DT's gift to history will be to destroy the star-spangled myth that has been so carefully curated over the last 250 years...
Donnie and Bennie, two brothers from another mother. These two very sad and delusional men have so much in common. They are both crooks. Trump is convicted, and Ben is holding out, using war as his shield. The longer he keeps Israel in play with war games, the further he keeps himself away from answering questions about his corruption. To many, he is a big joke in Israel as Trump is in America.
Trump loves big, flashy, stupid, and here is a chance to show the world he is all these things and less.
We need to stay the hell out of the Middle East. America is already on the brink. He needs to be stopped. Congress, where are you???
Four months into this insane administration and we are teetering in the brink of a middle eastern war??? he campaigned on “No Wars”! He’s not mentally fit (or physically for that matter) to dive us into a world tipping economic catastrophe! There isn’t anyone at the Department of Defense who could lead us out or even into a conflict which will have world wide catastrophic consequences! Nuclear calamity, economic chaos, and loss of our troops lives. Not to mention the ecological damage even one nuclear bomb would wreck. Stop this insanity!
Mark, Trump is dealing with this situation the same way he does with everything--as a schoolyard bully. He has the emotional maturity of a child and the knowledge of an inanimate object. We can't speak of him in ordinary terms because he simply doesn't have the understanding of an adult. He must be stopped in the same way one would stop a dangerous animal.
Has the Republican party gone so far down the road of Christian Nationlism that they believe that this disastrous war will bring on the end times and all of them will be saved because they are the chosen? I know the arms industry and others will benefit financially, but this seems to be more of an apocalypse than a standard war.
Congress has traditionally conceded war powers to the president since Truman. It has only gotten worse since Nixon. They never press their prerogatives with respect to war powers.
The MAGA base cannot stop drooling, the GOP slouches in Congress cannot come to reason, our (former?) allies all “get” him and are playing “hands-off”, even our enemies know how to manipulate him, his security council has been decimated, his VP and Cabinet is made up of broken and damaged people who haven’t got a clue.
Yet Trump likes to say “I make up my mind at the last minute.” That means he’ll check in with his final advisor, Melania, and go with that plan. That’s his strategy.
The only part of your formidable indictment that I disagree with is when, early on, you write DT has '...effectively positioned the U.S. as a silent partner...' Neither by his words nor his actions is he 'a silent partner'. It would appear that Netanyahu believes he occupies the Oval Office and DT and large numbers of Americans are his puppets. Whatever horrors follow, DT's gift to history will be to destroy the star-spangled myth that has been so carefully curated over the last 250 years...
Your point is well taken.
Just say NO. I am lost for words this week. But I know NO NO NO Thank you Mark.
Donnie and Bennie, two brothers from another mother. These two very sad and delusional men have so much in common. They are both crooks. Trump is convicted, and Ben is holding out, using war as his shield. The longer he keeps Israel in play with war games, the further he keeps himself away from answering questions about his corruption. To many, he is a big joke in Israel as Trump is in America.
Trump loves big, flashy, stupid, and here is a chance to show the world he is all these things and less.
We need to stay the hell out of the Middle East. America is already on the brink. He needs to be stopped. Congress, where are you???
Four months into this insane administration and we are teetering in the brink of a middle eastern war??? he campaigned on “No Wars”! He’s not mentally fit (or physically for that matter) to dive us into a world tipping economic catastrophe! There isn’t anyone at the Department of Defense who could lead us out or even into a conflict which will have world wide catastrophic consequences! Nuclear calamity, economic chaos, and loss of our troops lives. Not to mention the ecological damage even one nuclear bomb would wreck. Stop this insanity!
Correction! Five months into, (seems like 5 years) sorry. CBA
Mark, Trump is dealing with this situation the same way he does with everything--as a schoolyard bully. He has the emotional maturity of a child and the knowledge of an inanimate object. We can't speak of him in ordinary terms because he simply doesn't have the understanding of an adult. He must be stopped in the same way one would stop a dangerous animal.
Has the Republican party gone so far down the road of Christian Nationlism that they believe that this disastrous war will bring on the end times and all of them will be saved because they are the chosen? I know the arms industry and others will benefit financially, but this seems to be more of an apocalypse than a standard war.
Does Congress not know their responsibilities, especially about when they have the duty to say “Stop! We as a nation are NOT entering this war.”
Everything is upsides down with this administration.
Congress has traditionally conceded war powers to the president since Truman. It has only gotten worse since Nixon. They never press their prerogatives with respect to war powers.
God help us all.
The MAGA base cannot stop drooling, the GOP slouches in Congress cannot come to reason, our (former?) allies all “get” him and are playing “hands-off”, even our enemies know how to manipulate him, his security council has been decimated, his VP and Cabinet is made up of broken and damaged people who haven’t got a clue.
Yet Trump likes to say “I make up my mind at the last minute.” That means he’ll check in with his final advisor, Melania, and go with that plan. That’s his strategy.