The National Review article (Archive) by Noah Rothman on Iran is a catastrophe of perspective. Saying the dire and negative reviews of the wars are wrong, they focus on the good. And that is taking out a country's leadership and military infrastructure, destruction and death. Why is murder of foreign leaders not legal, again?
I'm not a fan of the proxies that harass Israel. I think it's wrong, a distraction and a waste. The country deserves better leadership for sure, but does the US lead the way as an example? America's regime deserves to be overthrown too. Hopefully it will be a peaceful impeachment after the midterms.
In a moment that seems sarcasm like NY Times Pitchbot, "Donald Trump’s comments about the war are all over the map. To his detractors, that looks like flailing inconstancy. Among his supporters, it’s brilliant strategic ambiguity."
Meanwhile contradictory pronouncements from Iran signal weakness. With the US it's brilliant strategy.
If they could neutralize the Strait of Hormuz problem, then they will do well. Um so the if is a future hope. That's not proof of success, indeed, it's proof that it's backfired.
Pitching the article that we don't want to hear it--yea, it's wrong. Just like erasing Gaza is wrong. The people of Israel are out protesting this ongoing war.
War is war, and the idea that one side is righteous and the other side evil, well, that's how they feel in Iran too. You don't have to pick a side. You could be against the behavior from both countries' corrupt regimes. Israel needs to get rid of Netanyahu, as much as Iran needed regime change.
So the war has destroyed x, y and z in Iran. That means the war is good? The money and lives on both sides are not worth it. Overlook the bad will it's created, the bombing of the schoolgirls. And yet Iran's government seems as irreplaceable as the ones in the US and Israel. All war is crime and grift. And that grifter pedophile felon's efforts to amplify oil is backfiring. Classic unintended consequences.
Rothman tries to spin the fantasies of negotiations Trump was caught lying about, and use it as proof of something good? Underlying military isn't as confused as he is. OK, wow, I hope so.
To me the whole thing is about how undemocratic regimes can get into these violence games quite easily.
"...there is a real risk that Donald Trump repeats the mistakes of the past, declares victory prematurely, and leaves the region in an ambiguous condition in which the Iranian regime can reconstitute itself and once again terrorize the world. That’s a fearsome prospect, but it’s also still a theoretical one."
Dismiss negatives on one side, manufacture positives, Rothman is playing a dangerous game of seeing what he wants to see, not looking closer.
Quoting the notoriously skewed NY Post doesn't prove anything. They found a far right wing Iranian to quote.
It ends with a conclusion even a middle school teacher wouldn't allow: "Whichever way you look at it, the U.S. and Israel are advancing their interests and strengthening international security."
Pretending there are no negative consequences is weird. The economy is in free fall, farmers are losing their farms, climate change is still spiraling out of control, and the US' place in the world has been destroyed. I'd say reducing Iran's capabilities is too high a cost, and not distracting enough.
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