Martin Longman is the web editor of the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. Before joining the Monthly, Martin was a county coordinator for ACORN/Project Vote and a political consultant. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
Let’s see ( insert name here) is a mean MF and has killed lots of people plus I have it on good authority he is going to do it again. Can we kill him? It’s perfectly legal. Amirite?
Let’s also be realistic about what the US would be up against in a war against Iran. Remember, we’ve been at war in Afghanistan and Iraq for 17 years now. Here are some “compare & contrast” numbers: Afghanistan Iraq Iran Area (square miles) 250,000 170,000 640,000 Population 32,000,000 38,000,000 82,000,000 Per capita income (PPP) $ 2,000 $18,000 $18,500
It’s dawning on me that Iran stands to be a huge strategic winner in this Suleimani gambit. It’s getting the US kicked out of Iraq. That will leave Iraq and the greater Sham definitively in Iran’s orbit. When you look at it this way, Suleimani’s martyrdom is an outstanding operational success. Add to that the domestic political benefits. When you look at it this way, what is there to gain by Iran retaliating militarily? They should taunt Dolt45 on twitter as US forces are run out of town on a rail. Apparently Suleimani was pretty committed to his mission. Maybe… Read more »
No serious person has lauded the Orange One’s strategic thinking. The NYTimes has a headline saying the Iraqi parliament voted to expel Foreign troops. Nice move Trumper.
The US media is downplaying Der Trumper’s act of war because that’s the (absurd) spin he himself is taking in his wooden teleprompter statements to the press. “We prevented a war, this was an act to stop a war…” etc. (He now sounds like the drugged mock Fuhrer Gill in that original Star Trek episode!) The reality is that assassinating a high government official has been seen as an act of war against a state since Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Serbian operatives in 1914, ultimately kicking off WWI. If our crackerjack Sec of State Pompous-eo and (faceless… Read more »
Let’s see ( insert name here) is a mean MF and has killed lots of people plus I have it on good authority he is going to do it again. Can we kill him? It’s perfectly legal. Amirite?
Let’s also be realistic about what the US would be up against in a war against Iran. Remember, we’ve been at war in Afghanistan and Iraq for 17 years now. Here are some “compare & contrast” numbers: Afghanistan Iraq Iran Area (square miles) 250,000 170,000 640,000 Population 32,000,000 38,000,000 82,000,000 Per capita income (PPP) $ 2,000 $18,000 $18,500
It’s dawning on me that Iran stands to be a huge strategic winner in this Suleimani gambit. It’s getting the US kicked out of Iraq. That will leave Iraq and the greater Sham definitively in Iran’s orbit. When you look at it this way, Suleimani’s martyrdom is an outstanding operational success. Add to that the domestic political benefits. When you look at it this way, what is there to gain by Iran retaliating militarily? They should taunt Dolt45 on twitter as US forces are run out of town on a rail. Apparently Suleimani was pretty committed to his mission. Maybe… Read more »
No serious person has lauded the Orange One’s strategic thinking. The NYTimes has a headline saying the Iraqi parliament voted to expel Foreign troops. Nice move Trumper.
The US media is downplaying Der Trumper’s act of war because that’s the (absurd) spin he himself is taking in his wooden teleprompter statements to the press. “We prevented a war, this was an act to stop a war…” etc. (He now sounds like the drugged mock Fuhrer Gill in that original Star Trek episode!) The reality is that assassinating a high government official has been seen as an act of war against a state since Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Serbian operatives in 1914, ultimately kicking off WWI. If our crackerjack Sec of State Pompous-eo and (faceless… Read more »