Trump called yesterday's U.S. air strikes on Iran a "spectacular military success" — which, I suppose, it may have been on some level, I dunno. I do know that Trump calls every single thing he does a "spectacular success," even when it clearly isn't. I don't see this move being described as a "spectacular military success" by anyone important who has the option of not saying that.
There are many scary elements to this but perhaps the scariest is the possibility that it was not a move intended to solve the crisis in that region of the world but rather the crisis in Donald Trump's ego. I sure hope this article by Bill Curry isn't right. Here's a key excerpt…
Trump needs attention like Dracula needs blood, and the Israel-Iran war, in which the U.S. has now become an active participant, struck at the worst possible time in his feeding cycle. On Saturday, June 14, he’d just staged a disastrous military parade — presumably to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, but actually held in his own honor — at which there was no John Phillips Sousa, no red white and blue bunting and, worst of all, no adoring crowds. There were only camouflaged soldiers in a silent procession closer to the Stations of the Cross than a Fourth of July parade.
Meanwhile, millions of his severest critics were throwing a raucous bash in honor of our democracy. The "No Kings" rallies may have been the biggest protest ever held in America. A palpably joyous celebration, it was everything Trump dreamed his parade would be, and just like his parade, it was all about him, only not in a good way.
But read the whole article…or don't if the idea of this "leader" leading us into war scares the bejeesus out of you.