Trump is – of course, of course, of course – doubling down on the cultural sites threat. Of course he is. Tell him it’s a war crime and he’ll tell you why he doesn’t care.
NEWS from AF1 – POTUS doubled down on cultural sites in Iran as appropriate sites for retaliation.
After Trump threatened to hit Iranian cultural sites, he tells the pool: “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs…And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn’t work that way.”
I wish I could believe America is better than this. In the part of America where I live, this is what passes for appropriate response. They’ve been waiting all their lives for someone like Trump to show the world that we are number one.
iknklast: Given what you say about the part of America where you live, it is still possible to find a little comfort in the fact that most Americans did NOT vote for Captain Bonespurs,
Of course, he would not be the first authoritarian to shore up support at home by going to war against some ‘foreign threat’. Oldest political trick in the book, really.
I wish I could believe America is better than this. In the part of America where I live, this is what passes for appropriate response. They’ve been waiting all their lives for someone like Trump to show the world that we are number one.
iknklast: Given what you say about the part of America where you live, it is still possible to find a little comfort in the fact that most Americans did NOT vote for Captain Bonespurs,
Of course, he would not be the first authoritarian to shore up support at home by going to war against some ‘foreign threat’. Oldest political trick in the book, really.