He's done it now. He didn't want war for a long time and then he decided he wanted to see the tanks and soldiers and now the fireworks.

Joyann Reid (Black journalist who was fired recently from MSNBC - that new manager has a lot to answer for) pointed out this morning that an interminable war in Iraq was one thing - Iraq was cobbled together by the western powers, a whole bunch of smaller nations and tribes and such all lumped together under one leader. But Iran - that's really old Empire stuff. She used Abraham as an example, travelling to Israel/Palestine - from Ur. Iran was old when the Bible was new; it is the seat of so much, civilization being one thing. Formerly Persia. As she pointed out, you don't just blow them over.

It feels really odd to say it, but perhaps the only person who has a grasp of this (who he is angry at right now) is Tulsi Gabbard. She knows he just jammed a great big stick into a very angry hornets nest.