https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/the-trump-doctrine/
The Trump Doctrine
By Richard Fernandez
FTA:
The political left was unprepared for the possibility that Trump would not run true to their stereotype. The Gulf of Oman was already being compared to the Gulf of Tonkin. “From the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898 to the U.S.S. Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964, maritime incidents, shrouded in the fog of uncertainty, have lured the United States into wars on foreign shoals.” Members of Congress had already geared up in anticipation to block the war that was sure to come. “As the prospect of a confrontation with Iran continues to rise, an increasing number of members of Congress have a new objective: ensuring President Trump does not launch a war without their approval.”
But he didn’t bomb anything biological.
Even though the Washington Post sources called the strike “a long-in-the-making cyberattack that took down Iranian missile control computers” it still caught conventional wisdom by surprise. Just as the Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval engagement conducted beyond the visual range of opposing fleets the recent exchange of strikes marks the first public battle between two nations in which only automata died. Pundits just didn’t know what to make of it.
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Standard responses have been disoriented by this unfamiliar nonkinetic type of conflict. For example “Trump was asked by a reporter what, if any, exit strategy he may have if he decides to attack Iran in response to any action that may warrant it from the U.S. military. Trump responded that he wasn’t thinking about any exit strategy because he didn’t believe he needed one.”
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Welcome to the world where open warfare has been abolished and secret warfare never ends.
Thanks for that excerpt. I like the way this man writes.
There are just no words to describe our military
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/capt-brian-jordan-usmc-pilot-who-cheated-death-ied-120424/
Capt. Brian Jordan: The USMC pilot who cheated death