When Will Trump Declare 'Mission Accomplished'?
I usually try to take a day off on Saturdays to get a much needed break, and this past Saturday was no different.
I woke up, got out of bed and put my coffee on. After drinking a cup, I got dressed in my running shorts, socks, lightweight hiking boots, and running shirt to hit the nearby park that has a multitude of staircases I can climb.
With Air Pods in hand, I opened up the Libby app on my phone, turned on another chapter of the book Freedom from Fear and walked out the door. I scrolled my Apple Watch, found the workouts app, and hit "hiking." When I returned home, I hit the computer to do a Zoom meeting when I saw the news.
Trump did the unthinkable and attacked Iran.
At around 2 AM, making a major announcement appear like a Friday night document dump, Trump appeared wearing an idiotic baseball hat and announced he began major combat operations in Iran.
This immediately brought back visions of 2003, and the reason why I started Crooks and Liars in 2004.
The runup to the Iraq war was littered with a compliant media that embraced the jingoism and nationalism of the country after the events of 911.
The Bush administration and their spokespeople lied to the American people for months, making a frivolous case of Iraq having WMDs, which included the infamous Colin Powell speech to the UN. Even though they were lying, they at least tried to walk through all the steps before attacking.