In this News Brief, we break down the insta-talking points to sell war with Iran––from Ticking Time Bomb ‘24’ plots to cherry-picked, dubious anecdotes of Iranians supposedly begging for Israeli bombs.
Be prepared to evacuate your draft-age children. Think that’s hyperbolic? Ponder this:
- Military recruitment is at historic lows
- The only president to serve 3 terms was Roosevelt, and it was because he was a wartime president and special dispensation was made to avoid changing commander-in-chiefs in the middle of a major conflict
- War time presidents historically have higher chances at re-election. Bush Jr, the second worst president in US history, would never have gotten re-elected if 9/11 hadn’t happened.
- Trump wants to remain president so he can continue his graft and avoid prison time.
The 22nd amendment was created because of Roosevelt. There was no “special dispensation,” he simply broke the two term tradition.
Interesting. I thought the 22nd was a strengthening of an existing rule. I’m aware Washington turned down a third term despite broad popularity of him continuing, but I thought presidential term limits were enacted prior to Roosevelt but were not strong enough to prevent a third term.
To add to this: A liberal-friendly war is exactly what MAGA needs to kill/subsume the political establishment. Once they agree on this he’ll reach a critical mass of popular support a la Iraq.
This is a good point. AIPAC still has most legislators by the metaphorical balls.
