The WSJ editors are worried that Trump might back down without killing enough Iranians and without destroying enough of Iranian society. They know their man, who’s infamous for his short sightedness.
Trump ordered an attack on Iran thinking it would be as easy as the attack on Venezuela. One of the two main wings of his base – represented by the Wall St. Journal editorial board – immediately applauded him but also immediately warned him It’s Too Soon for Iran “off Ramps”. “That was George H.W. Bush’s mistake in the Gulf War,” they wrote. In other words, even on the first day of the war, they saw what the famously short sighted Trump couldn’t see – that Iran is not Venezuela and that pressures against the war were going to mount from within his own base. And mount they have, with the resignation of Joe Kent being only the tip of the iceberg. But one thing we must admit about Trump – he is a master orchestrator and knows how whatever he does or says will play to his audience. If he backs down now, he’ll not only be seen as having pursued another “forever war”; he’ll be seen as being weak, which is the one unforgivable sin for his crowd. So, he blundered on, heading toward sending troops into Iran. Knowing that he is as reliable as the Pacific Ocean’s Trade Winds during an El Nino (meaning not reliable at all!), the WSJ editors couldn’t wait to egg him on. The very next day of their publication after his “boots on the ground” threat – today, Monday March 23 – they unleashed a salvo. Read more: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2026/03/23/wall-st-journal-editors-put-the-pressure-on-trump/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41234): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41234 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118472496/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
