… world leaders are increasingly just dismissing the US President, his offensive taunts and, more importantly, any notion that there is method in his madness.
There is something about this particular war that is bonkers erratic even by the standards of this lunatic. It’s as if he had been goaded into it, told to start it, without any reasoning at all. There was no plan, there was no rationale, there was no goal, there was no warning, there was no consultation.
There just was a military force that did whatever it was told to do, without ever questioning anything about it - legality, operational effectiveness, long-term consequences.
Now I appreciate the countries that make a figurehead head of state the nominal commander in chief of the military. It’s a really stupid idea to vest control of the armed forces in someone with real power.
There is something about this particular war that is bonkers erratic even by the standards of this lunatic. It’s as if he had been goaded into it, told to start it, without any reasoning at all. There was no plan, there was no rationale, there was no goal, there was no warning, there was no consultation.
There just was a military force that did whatever it was told to do, without ever questioning anything about it - legality, operational effectiveness, long-term consequences.
Now I appreciate the countries that make a figurehead head of state the nominal commander in chief of the military. It’s a really stupid idea to vest control of the armed forces in someone with real power.