Probably the most pathetic major country leader.
Monday, March 02, 2026
Whatever, Man
The Iraq war rationale shifted - and pundits made up their own - but not hourly.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today that the US strikes on Iran is not meant to be “regime change,” while he acknowledged that the leadership in the country has changed.
“This is not a so-called regime change war, but the regime sure did change and the world is better off for it,” Hegseth said.
President Donald Trump has, however, pushed for regime change.
Bored Now
Trump will get increasing frustrated about all of this as it spirals out of control and get very mad that he can't unshit the bed .
I don’t know what happens next.
Sunday, March 01, 2026
Pew Pew Pew
War does, of course, have serious consequences.
Few pretend they think of Palestinians as anything other than subhuman, but now that we are back, sort of, sometimes, in the peeance and freeance game...
Gravitas
The entire Discourse leading up to the Iraq war was just theater, of course. The war was inevitable and the Decider had already Decided.
Still "we" at least took, or pretended to take, the view that going to war was a serious endeavor with serious consequences.
A lot of that was, in part, self-important people imagining that newspaper columnists were the real protagonists of history. This was serious because they were serious people writing serious columns about serious things.
Still it was seen as serious.
Decades later, it is all just pew pew pew.
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Illegal Wars
The perfect sweet spot for a certain type of hawkish centrist. They get to signal oppositij (to the process) while supporting the actions.
Confidence Inspiring
Almost like the good old days when Bush was "clearing brush" at the "Western White House."
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are monitoring the U.S. operation in Iran from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Trump is currently located, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
No Choice But To Print His Next Statement Without Any Skepticism
(Not a criticism of these reporters, just the general tendency to headline Elon's bullshit uncritically)
In 2020, Elon Musk announced he was moving to Texas from California and embarking on a personal austerity campaign to strip his life of belongings.
“I am selling almost all physical possessions,” he posted on social media. “Will own no house.”
But in the years since, Mr. Musk, 54, has quietly built an empire of more than 90 companies and other legal entities in Texas, which have amassed a vast collection of assets, according to an examination by The New York Times.
Mushroom Clouds
The lesson the hawks learned from the Bush years is don't bother putting in any effort.
Trump has claimed Iran is building missiles that could soon hit the US. Sources say that’s not backed up by US intelligence
I bet all the "centrist hawks" are mad. This should have been their moment to raise their profiles, get those book deals. You know, man who has never been to Iran explains Iran.
Friday, February 27, 2026
Shooting Our Own Dudes
The "scary Mexican drone" thing is just some nonsense, but they have all cooked their brains on their own bullshit.
The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers said.
Threatening?
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