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Trump administration has still not settled on reasons for going to war with Iran (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] VinegarChunks@lemmus.org 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If you state reasons for doing something that gives everyone a thing to look at to see if you are succeeding or failing.

Trump is, above all else, a master in marketing. He has complete confidence that, through marketing skills, he will be able to take credit for anything good that comes, and all failures can be either ignored or blamed on someone else.

But stating reasons up front makes it harder to do this.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

also gives them a totally arbitrary goal so they can keep going or withdraw whenever. we don't know if this will be 6 days, 6 weeks, or 6 months because there are no clear objectives to accomplish