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The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on relatives of dead people not liking self defense.
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trad conservative David Frum:
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Donald Trump has discovered that no amount of the force at his disposal will calm world energy markets or boost his sagging poll numbers. He has tried a double strategy of promising imminent breakthroughs in negotiations while posting ever more violent threats on social media to ostensibly accelerate those negotiations. But if this was a madman strategy, it signally failed to gain the advantage that he sought. Everyone could see that Trump wanted a deal more than his Iranian counterparts did. A good rule of thumb is that the side that wants a deal more is the side that is losing.
The madman strategy is for not-crazy leaders caught in adverse predicaments. It’s a strategy of deception. The madman strategist pretends to be willing to do things that he’s not really willing to do. This approach relies on credibility: Rivals must be able to take the threat of extreme action seriously.
Foreign leaders are surely willing to believe that Trump is “crazy” in the sense that he is detached from reality. They have seen him miscalculate risk and bungle all kinds of projects, such as his trade wars with China and his attempted coup on January 6, 2021. But they also know that when push really comes to shove, Trump will flinch. TACO has become, like NATO, an acronym so familiar that it no longer needs spelling out.
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The IRGC called his bluff, not believing that the Mad King would nuke Tehran, Kharg or the ports.
Now he has his VP and billionaires with extensive middle east business dealings, son-in-law Jared and Putin bag-man Steve Witkoff winging to Islamabad for meetings that Iran didn’t agree to and may not attend. Then what?
Why in the hell did he invade Iran in the first place? Made and makes no sense.