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The Bulwark
@thebulwark.com

The important question is no longer whether the United States has the military capability to destroy. It is whether those tactical actions are moving the United States toward a defined political objective. NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social:

lnk.thebulwark.comThe Iran War Is Moving Too Fast for Washington to Keep UpAmerica’s friends, partners, and enemies are making decisions now without waiting for the Trump administration to respond.

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Misfit
@soothsayer-1.bsky.social

Trump removed the veil of mystique from the US. We always operated under a cloak of mystery. With trump’s mismanagement, we look weak and vulnerable. The image of “Guardian of the galaxy“ has been reduced to no more than the school yard bully who got his Cummins up.  

Mike Young
@micyoung75.bsky.social

Houthis took Mokha on September 9, then an island inside Bab al-Mandeb, putting them 20 miles from the US base in Djibouti. MBS called Trump twice for direct strikes and was refused. Saudi's own alternate pipeline was hit days later and shut down for weeks.

laguz24.bsky.social
@laguz24.bsky.social

We don't have a defined political or strategic goal, the Iraq Afghanistan war didn't have a goal other than. Democracy in the Middle East, that was a pipe dream that fell apart in 6 months after America left.