Monday, March 02, 2026

HAN SHOT FIRST!!

This suggests that some very senior US officials lied to journalists in their background briefing a couple of days ago.

"Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings Sunday that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S., three people familiar with the briefings said."
Trump is basically calling up every journalist in his phone to workshop different timelines and goals for his war. In the past two days:

@washingtonpost : the aim is "freedom for the people" of Iran

@axios : maybe we can "end it in two or three days" with a deal

@nytimes : might be "four to five weeks", I have "three very good choices" who might take control in Iran

@abc : actually, nevermind, we killed those choices

He doesn't sound convinced by any of it. He's throwing spaghetti at the wall. Ultimately I suspect he just wants to say he "solved" a problem that has vexed every American president since Jimmy Carter.

But there's no clear idea what that looks like and no plan for how to get there. And there are plenty of possible scenarios in which Trump declares victory and leaves the region with an absolute mess
[Trump shrugs.] (On a British airbase there.)

Is it worth it, yet? When does Trump appoint the new head of government and start taking the oil?
Any day now, I guess.
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  1. The Thought Criminal8:37 AM

    I wonder if he'll claim the US made jillions of dollars this time. Even as everything goes to crap. At least the Hooverites were modest enough to admit to a "market correction" when they tanked it.

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