Again, leaders of other countries don’t talk this way. The glee with which our current leaders talk about killing people is not normal, and nor is their lack of concern for who exactly we’re killing. American bombs incinerated 100 kids in Minab. Were those the “right people”?
At least 16 oil tankers and cargo ships have been attacked in the Persian Gulf since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began nearly two weeks ago, a New York Times analysis shows. Iran has claimed responsibility for several of the attacks.
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i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this
A lot of IR & political psychology theories of why leaders start foreign policy adventures and wars are being confirmed by Trump II:
-old age
-low approval ratings
-authoritarian worldview
-narcissism
-unexpected prior military success 🇻🇪
-small coterie of sychophantic advisors
-zero-sum thinking
Not in Trumpistan
So much winning. Plus the tripling down on tariffs 😂
Excellent interview with @profsaunders.bsky.social
California is the world’s 4th largest economy.
He’s attractive, well-known, well-spoken, and plays the anti MAGA game well. I wouldn’t discount that even if his actual policies are not what many dems might prefer. It’s not like our current leadership in Congress is any better…
Yeah, makes sense.
At least I reduced my stock % from 80 to 60 before this term began 😂
Our plan is to replace the current leader with a Castro known as “The Crab”?
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It’s become obvious that the Trump administration gave zero thought to how this war would play out. Even now, though, I don’t think they quite appreciate how locked in they are to a complete and total clusterfuck. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/im-sick-an...
Irredentist says what?
Random walk president
It works like this. Companies don’t want to lose tankers or ships worth $100-200 million or more.
Plus over 633,000 refugees in Lebanon 🤷♀️
What about Israeli and American attacks in the Gulf 🤷♀️
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.
Status = not good 😂
DOGE said it was cutting government waste.
So they gutted USAID — the agency that feeds starving people around the world.
Meanwhile the Pentagon spent millions on lobster, ribeye, and even a $98,000 piano.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Congratulations to all winners!
It’s funny because our newly approved annual review document says an expectation of senior faculty is that they act as discussion leaders at faculty meetings. Guess I can’t slowly start to check out 😂
Who could possibly have foreseen that war on Iran would (a) make Iran retaliate by closing the strait of Hormuz, which (b) could disrupt world oil markets, enriching Russia and penalizing most everyone else?
Who, indeed, except EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER THOUGHT FOR ONE MINUTE about the situation.
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Definitely two paths there. I feel like most faculty reach a disengagement stage though as they approach retirement.
