After Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, Trump posted "The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran." Two days later he was claiming credit for the attack, saying "we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran." After that, he suggested he was the one who ordered the attack. "I said, Let's go!" Would any person of sound mind and judgment feel comfortable going to war with this madman at the helm, and God help us, there's the nuclear codes!
He'll decide on Iran within the next "two weeks", the same deadline he's used time after time for years. If you've seen "The Money Pit" with Tom Hanks, "two weeks" was the laugh line - still is.
I tend to think that the US needs to diplomatically deal with Iran's nuclear program, not militarily. We should not want to occupy the country and while yes we can set them back that's not a solution. The next regime to capture Iran will likely want the same nuclear umbrella that North Korea (and Russia) have, which means we'll be doing the same song and dance with a military junta instead of a theocrat. Maybe we prefer the junta, but that does not make the region safer.
On the flip side while I have zero faith that Trump can run a war well: I doubt he can negotiate a treaty any better. Blowing up the program delays the inevitable but delaying the inevitable until we (God willing) have a shrewder civilian government could make sense too.
After Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, Trump posted "The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran." Two days later he was claiming credit for the attack, saying "we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran." After that, he suggested he was the one who ordered the attack. "I said, Let's go!" Would any person of sound mind and judgment feel comfortable going to war with this madman at the helm, and God help us, there's the nuclear codes!
He'll decide on Iran within the next "two weeks", the same deadline he's used time after time for years. If you've seen "The Money Pit" with Tom Hanks, "two weeks" was the laugh line - still is.
I tend to think that the US needs to diplomatically deal with Iran's nuclear program, not militarily. We should not want to occupy the country and while yes we can set them back that's not a solution. The next regime to capture Iran will likely want the same nuclear umbrella that North Korea (and Russia) have, which means we'll be doing the same song and dance with a military junta instead of a theocrat. Maybe we prefer the junta, but that does not make the region safer.
On the flip side while I have zero faith that Trump can run a war well: I doubt he can negotiate a treaty any better. Blowing up the program delays the inevitable but delaying the inevitable until we (God willing) have a shrewder civilian government could make sense too.