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It’s beginning to feel a bit like the run-up to the Bush war in Iraq, although different in many ways, of course. Media this time is not so much cheering for a U.S. attack on Iran as remaining rather quiet or even silent about the possibilities in most cases. Anyway, some commentary below. First, Colbert in his monologue last night:
Next, from Judy Miller’s old paper, The New York Times, last night, this time by Elizabeth Bumiller:
Trump, Iran and the Specter of Iraq: ‘We Bought All the Happy Talk’
»>President Trump is pondering swift military action in Iran. There were similar expectations that the war in Iraq would be quick and triumphant.
The Wall Street Journal with little video on the “bunker buster” we might drop:
But already we’ve seen this today, again from NY Times:
Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians Across Iran
»>Israel has said it does not target Iranian civilians, but hundreds have died in the violence, among them a poet and her family, an equestrian and a graphic designer.
Neil Young takes us “back to the days of Mission Accomplished.”
No Tunes, Just Toons
The „Donny and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad parade“ comic made me laugh out loud, as we must have read the actual book a thousand times to our kids when they were kids. :)