As jarring revelations make Trump’s handling of the Iran debacle look even worse, a foreign policy expert explains how the president’s deranged conception of “strength” is making us weaker.

Donald Trump has once again stepped up his threats to entirely wipe out Iran, but it somehow isn’t forcing Iran to make the deal he wants. The emptiness of the threats is embarrassing enough. But now, CBS News has published a series of extraordinary photographs of American bases and equipment abroad badly damaged by Iranian attacks. These pictures were leaked by anonymous U.S. service-members who did this because the truth about Trump’s war is being suppressed. As one put it: “This is major damage to our ba…

    • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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      24 hours ago

      I mean, what little plan there was seemed to honestly think they’d get Venezuela pt 2.

      Instead, they’ve now lost the Middle East, and all the data I’m seeing seems to suggest Iran is as strong militarily as when they started, while the US has destroyed years of production and shown the world it’s a paper tiger with gold plated betamax machines.

      Considering how much the US makes selling arms overseas, that’s a business problem as well as a military one now.