OK, the hair-on-fire brigade got all up in arms for good reason, but it turns out that 45* is just a fucking dolt and it seems the world understands this to the point that while they take this shit very seriously, they know now that they have to be the grownups and not go too nuts when he does something that's unbelievably stoopid - even for him.
I have to think there's a strong probability that Iran is just biding their time, and they'll kick us in the nuts when they're good-n-ready.
45* gave a brief statement this morning, and somehow, for now, things are relatively calm again.
WaPo, Paul Waldman:
Five Takeaways From Trump's Deranged Speech On Iran
Having prepared carefully to deliver inspiring words that would bring all Americans together as they worry about the possibility of another war in the Middle East, President Trump stepped to the podium Wednesday morning and instead gave a brief speech that was vintage Trump: lacking in even the barest eloquence, replete with lies, delivered with garbled pronunciation and weirdly somnolent affect, and unintentionally revealing.
- Trump’s Iran policy has been a catastrophic failure.
- Trump desperately wanted to find a way to declare victory and back off.
- Trump is still obsessed with Barack Obama.
- Trump is comically insecure about his manhood.
- Trump still has no idea what he wants to accomplish with regard to Iran or how to do it.
Some fallout - so, Cynical Mike says that maybe Iran isn't in a big hurry to retaliate in kind partly because 45*'s dumbfuck move serves the purpose of "unity" and "rally 'round the Ayatollah", which makes the social oppression a little easier because it pushes down on certain protests - most notably (as usual) the movement to free middle eastern women from the repressive bullshit imposed on them by religious control freaks.
I'm thinking we'll prob'ly see less of this in Iran - young women resisting the forced hijab.
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