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…

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    The Vietnam war had majorty support until the fall of Saigon

    Source: was out protesting, getting threatened, and going againt a barrage of pro-war media.

    • Ann Archy@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 month ago

      I heard that protesting does nothing, is a waste of time, and that it is better to do absolutely nothing and stay silent.