Albert TeregoMar 20
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽
Trump thought he could control the war in Iran. Three weeks in, it’s clear he can’t. Allies have their own agendas, the objectives are unclear, and the political pressure is mounting. History tells us what happens when leaders walk into traps they cannot escape. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-escalation-trap-lbj-vietnam
Trump's Iran Escalation Trap Recalls LBJ And Vietnam

Donald Trump, Lyndon Johnson, and wars we can’t win

The Big Picture
Mar 19 at 10:01pmWeb
Show threadProfessor_StevensMar 19

@georgetakei

Putin thought his Ukraine war would be a month long.

Netanyahu had similar thoughts about Gaza.

Now Trump is finding out he can't foment a revolution in Iran with airstrikes and he doesn't have enough money to prosecute past a month himself.

Not only can he not escape this trap, he may actually lose this war. And, of course, we'll be seeing reprisals for decades.

Show threadswggrkllr3rdMar 20
@Professor_Stevens @georgetakei But on the plus side, we're NOT talking about epstein.
Show threadJWarnerMar 19
@georgetakei
Bay of ...ham?
Vietnam?
1812?
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderMar 20

@georgetakei

The sense of world leaders leaning in to observe, thinking through the possibilities, the opportunities for them to make bank, salivating, it's palpable.