:*[[Mark Wauck]]: "The cupboard is bare, and [[Iran]] will definitely [[retaliate]]—and we won’t be able to handle their retaliation, which we can’t stop. It’s not just [[military]], it’s also [[commercial]] aimed at the [[Big Tech|big tech]] [[American]] companies throughout the [[GCC|Gulf region]]. If you have trouble with this concept, listen to [[John Mearsheimer]]’s excellent explanation. He goes through all the conceivable options—four of them, from the intense 3 day bombing to [[ nuke|nuking]] Pickaxe to the [[blockade]] and [[economic sanctions|sanctions]]—and concludes that their all losers. And so is [[Trump]]. The [[military]] also knows that Trump is a loser who’s looking for someone to blame—it could be [[Hegseth]], it could be [[Dan Caine|Caine]] it could be multiple people. The point is that the professional [[military]] will ally with [[Congress]] against [[Trump]] to put the kibosh on any crazy [[escalation]]." [https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/post-midterm-roundup] | :*[[Mark Wauck]]: "The cupboard is bare, and [[Iran]] will definitely [[retaliate]]—and we won’t be able to handle their retaliation, which we can’t stop. It’s not just [[military]], it’s also [[commercial]] aimed at the [[Big Tech|big tech]] [[American]] companies throughout the [[GCC|Gulf region]]. If you have trouble with this concept, listen to [[John Mearsheimer]]’s excellent explanation. He goes through all the conceivable options—four of them, from the intense 3 day bombing to [[ nuke|nuking]] Pickaxe to the [[blockade]] and [[economic sanctions|sanctions]]—and concludes that their all losers. And so is [[Trump]]. The [[military]] also knows that Trump is a loser who’s looking for someone to blame—it could be [[Hegseth]], it could be [[Dan Caine|Caine]] it could be multiple people. The point is that the professional [[military]] will ally with [[Congress]] against [[Trump]] to put the kibosh on any crazy [[escalation]]." [https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/post-midterm-roundup] |