The “veni, vidi, vici” speech tonight
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Interesting strategy…don’t set an objective at the outset, don’t talk to your allies and when the going gets tough you claim victory and dump the mess you made on your former friends…
President Donald Trump will use a primetime address Wednesday night to declare that the month-long war in Iran is winding down, against a backdrop of spiking oil prices and increasingly dismal poll numbers.
The president has telegraphed that message in interviews, social media posts and public comments over the past 24 hours, laying the groundwork for a speech that is expected to claim that all military objectives have been met, according to six people familiar with the planning and granted anonymity to speak candidly. He also intends to harshly scapegoat NATO allies for the biggest unresolved matter of the war, Iran’s ongoing restrictions of shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Steve Bannon, Trump’s former White House chief strategist, said the president will essentially declare victory, laying out what he’s achieved in Iran and what he will do before the U.S. leaves along with “dumping on the NATO allies – it’s their issue.”
“Two, three weeks, definable objectives. ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’ — and we are hanging around a couple of weeks to conquer some more — maybe even then a ceasefire, while reiterating that the Hormuz situation is the Gulf Emirates’ and the Europeans’ to solve, and declare victory,” he added.
The president’s decision to deliver a major address about the war’s endgame, coming as an additional 2,500 U.S. Marines make their way to the region, may be primarily an attempt to assuage voters’ concerns and Wall Street’s unease about energy markets and the knock-on effects of the strait closure..
I think I have to wash my hair…
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What is Latin for 'waffled'?
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"Trump in his Wednesday evening speech dialed back the bluster that’s dominated his rhetoric in recent days as world markets convulse and a badly battered Iran is still landing some effective blows on Gulf neighbors’ infrastructure and U.S. bases." -- AP
I'm sorry but edit out the word-- "some." It isn't an accurate qualifier for-- "blows" in this sentence. It deliberately (and falsely) implies that Iran is struggling to-- "land blows." No, actually, they aren't struggling at all to take the actions they are taking. This insidious bias and propaganda couldn't not be part of what the AP disseminates. It's the nature of the beast.
jon, I haven't forgotten your cite request. I don't know when I'm going to get my phone turned on. I'm using RM's hotspot today and have to limit my time. No worries.
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