There is a new question circulating in my mind on the day trump announced that he will be ordering his military to kill an ancient civilization, in his words: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."
Will the members of the military willingly participate in an unambiguous, self-admitted war crime?
And if they do, will there be military tribunals in the United States and/or war crime trials in the Hague to hold the perpetrators accountable?
And a somewhat related question: What has become of America when the terrorist-supporting, theocratic autocracy of Iran seems like the reasonable party to a conflict?
Trump has backed himself into a corner. Basically made an exaggerated impossible threat that just shows how panicked he is.
My guess is that he'll extend the deadline again, saying there are 'very good' fictitious negotiations going on. Or do a little more bombing and say the job is done.
But let's say I'm wrong - it wouldn't be the first time - and he goes through with a Dresdan-style bombing campaign of Iranian infrastructure.
The one thing we know about trump is that he is nothing if not narcissistically, dementedly, transparent. He thinks out loud through his social media posts. Almost everything he says publicly is projection.
When he says the Democrats are trying to steal the election it's because he is.
When he says the Democrats are weaponizing the Department of Justice against him it's because he is weaponizing it against them.
When he calls something 'fake news' it's because he is lying about it.
So there is always truth to what he's saying, it's just the exact opposite.
We may be able to add to the list, "a whole civilization will die tonight" - he's not talking about Iran, he's talking about America.
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