Pirate's Cove

Look, I will 100% say “where’s the off ramp? How does this end? When does this end?” It’s not helping the economy. Yes, it is over 40 years beyond when the US should have been taking Iran to task, but, as many have pointed out, the Trump administration probably thought there would be a complete revolt in Iran if we bombed the big wigs, but, the crackdown by the Iranian regime ended that. So, what’s going on? The reality of that is immaterial to outlets like Politico, who have two writers going on a screed

‘Eisenhower would be spinning in his grave’: Many Republicans are over Trump’s Iran bluster

President Donald Trump threatens in one moment to slowly asphyxiate Iran’s economy and, in the next, to quickly bomb them into submission.

Republicans who disagree which option is correct are still united on one thing: They’re over Trump’s seeming indecision. (snip)

“This was launched with no plan, has been executed with no plan, and has been largely driven by the politics of the moment,” said a former security official who served in President George W. Bush’s administration, who like others in this story was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the dynamics of the war. “That’s why you see this insane — we’re in, we’re out, we’re back, we’re out, we’re bombing, we’re not bombing. I mean negotiating by tweet — Eisenhower would be spinning in his grave.”

Anonymous. I’m sure there was a plan, but, it quickly died. It may well be some sort of plan for the whiplash of intention, but, they won’t tell us because then Iran would know.

“A lot of Republicans who are supportive overall of holding Iran accountable or neutralizing the threat are frustrated,” said a former Trump campaign official. “He’s not pleasing anybody.”

One GOP strategist likened Trump’s Iran predicament to being stuck in the “friend zone.”

“You have two camps that are equally pissed — shows it’s not going great,” the GOP strategist said. (snip)

“He can’t stay on message or stick to a coherent, disciplined strategy, because he feels trapped now,” said one person close to the White House. “Trump realizes the political peril but can’t figure out a face-saving way to end the conflict. The Iranians clearly know this reality, too.”

And while Trump insists politics do not play into his calculus, there is a growing “time to move on” sentiment inside the White House, according to an oil industry executive familiar with internal discussions.

So, no one is willing to go on the record? How do we analyze these statements if we do not know who they are and where they are? We can’t deliberate? Evaluate? Scrutinize? But, that’s not the point, as you surely know, it’s to simply run with TDS. The so-called Fever Swamps. Anything like the above reminds me of this old Washington Post article from 2006

The Left, Online and Outraged

In the angry life of Maryscott O’Connor, the rage begins as soon as she opens her eyes and realizes that her president is still George W. Bush. The sun has yet to rise and her family is asleep, but no matter; as soon as the realization kicks in, O’Connor, 37, is out of bed and heading toward her computer.

Out there, awaiting her building fury: the Angry Left, where O’Connor’s reputation is as one of the angriest of all. “One long, sustained scream” is how she describes the writing she does for various Web logs, as she wonders what she should scream about this day.

That’s the way so many in the Credentialed Media operate, especially since so many of them were blogging with Bush Derangement Syndrome before going to work for the MSM. They’re looking for ways to Hate Trump. And the crazy thing is if there was support, there wasn’t this unhinged derangement, perhaps Trump would be able to find that off ramp easier.