Sarah Kendzior: Trump's speech today was a drug-induced haze; a hostage situation where he was clearly reading something that was written for him. The severity of this crisis is immense.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: We don't have a security or a diplomatic structure in place; we have no cyber security; and then we have Trump. The world thinks he's a danger.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: I think Trump had no idea who Soleimani was; he was probably looking him up in Wikipedia same as everyone else was after Trump had him killed.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: There may be multiple forces influencing Trump. I'm not sure anyone is completely comfortable with what Trump's doing unless they've ordered it themselves.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: I don't think John Bolton ever left completely. He left in a huff, & I think Trump is wary about what Bolton would say in testimony. Bolton has wanted to bomb Iran forever--now his wish is granted. Bolton is trying to grift people on Twitter.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: People somehow think Bolton will save them, and he's there twirling his mustache & grinning. Bolton wasn't the only one who wanted war in Iran. Kershner, Pompeo... Pompeo, Pence, Barr are trying to induce the rapture.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: Building foreign policy on the rapture is not a good idea for anyone.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: Trump is cool with mass carnage, with violence, but he's not cool with losing the war. His lifelong ambition has been to use nukes; he's been talking about it since 1984.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: The US hasn't really won a war with anyone in my lifetime. Not since the Korean War, except for a few battles here and there.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: If we go to war with Iran, I don't know who our partners will be. Trump's closest "ally" is Putin/Russia. Everyone wants the US to do the dirty work, which is terrible for so many reasons, incl humanitarian.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: The combination that the US is using military force AND sanctions leaves no incentive for Iran.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: I can't blame the people in Iran & Iraq for being furious about this. People my age & younger don't remember a time before this, whether in the US or abroad.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: Soleimani was bloodthirsty, vicious. He's been around for a long time, and he was in the original Iran-Iraq war. When you kill a major figure like that, you'll bring major repercussions far worse than any gains you may have had.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: People realize we're possibly on the brink of WWIII and that it could be very, very bad. Attacking each other's power grids, for ex. Unless the apocalypse is the policy goal...
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: It is understandable why so many countries and people around the world will be viewing us with wrath & fury, although we as people didn't ask for this, we don't want it.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: If the US is going to knock off various figures in foreign gov'ts, who else is next? The Iranian people are shocked & taking to the streets to show they aren't alone & won't be bullied.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior:You can't have a war for a distraction. You can't have a war to distract from a pres's impeachment. Trump thinks war is a way to consolidate power for an unpopular president. I can't see people rallying around Trump like they did w/ Bush after 9/11
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: If this drags on, and there are American casualties abroad...there's a media filter problem, especially if people get their news from Fox News.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: It's good if people try to stop this war in whatever way they can.
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