Thursday, March 05, 2026

The World, The Flesh, And The Devil

Miller: The president believes America's awesome military should be used to protect and defend America's interests. Not to surrender the world to our adversaries.. not to surrender the world's resources

America first means America will be the greatest, most unquestioned unmatched power in the world
Mission accomplished. Now what?
Pence: I've had opportunities to spend time with the Iranian diaspora around this country. I can tell you there there are people who are prepared to move immediately in to establish a free and democratic and nuclear free Iran and I think our obligation is to create the conditions where the people of Iran can do that..
More vague and glittering generalities. 🤦‍♂️

Fetterman thinks all that matters is that the Ayatollah is dead. Miller thinks power alone matters. Pence passively offers vague generalizations about the group of people that, to him, really matter.?They all ignore the reality:
Ansari: So beyond the fact that this is a costly, illegal war — that American service members have already died, that American lives are at risk — this administration does not care about the Iranian people. They’re bombing indiscriminately as we speak.

I brought these issues up yesterday in the briefing that members of Congress had, asked questions regarding what the plan is for the future of the Iranian people, and was told directly that is not part of this mission.

And there are reports that the CIA is arming groups — separatist groups in Iraq and on the border of Iran — that could cause civil war and mass chaos and instability for years to come. There are also reports that the Trump administration is looking at making a deal with somebody else in the IRGC. So it is just so, so poorly planned — unplanned — and just a very, very dark time for this country and the world.
PabloReports: Do you agree with Senator Blumenthal that there’s a possibility we might get U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq by the time it’s over?

Ansari: We absolutely could. You have an administration that, again, changes the timeline. At first they said this would be a couple of days. Today, Pete Hegseth said that death and destruction are going to rain all day long from the sky. This could go on for eight weeks. And they have 50,000 troops in the Middle East right now with no approval by Congress. This is unconstitutional, and it’s illegal.
PabloReports: Do you have any more information about the girls’ school that was bombed over the weekend? What went on there?

Ansari: It’s reported that it was either U.S. or Israeli strikes and that more than 150 children were killed. It’s devastating. These are the casualties of war. Again, right now they’re saying over 1,000 civilians have already been lost. And this is coming after tens of thousands were already killed. So I just urge the administration to please think about the Iranian people in this. Think about their future. Think about the trauma and devastation they’ve already been through. And come up with a real strategic plan to transition to democracy and end the bombing as soon as possible.
In human affairs, reality is always about people. But people are just so damned inconvenient. Better to regard them as eggs that need to be broken; or the proper recipients of military might; or as insignificant and unimportant because they are not the leader we have assassinated; or not the more convenient people we want replacing them.

When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled. And the best way to fight a war, is to ignore the simple truth, that all flesh is grass. Easier to convince ourselves the grass doesn’t matter. After all, we are not grass; the grass doesn’t matter. Only power matters. Right?

Ideas don’t matter. Things don’t matter.  People matter.
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