Right now, the Iran conflict has been dominating headlines for weeks, ever since Donald Trump first launched it.
Without really bothering to make a strong, serious case for it with the American people first.
Without bothering to seek Congressional approval.
Without bothering to convince our allies (excuse me, our former allies, given that this is the Trump era) of the necessity for this war.
Much of this feels eerily reminiscent of the disgraceful drive to the invasion of Iraq back in the early spring of 2003. At that time, I felt that then President George W. Bush was disgracing the name of the United States by aggressively pursuing the war and disregarding the world's objections to it. Remember how he said that the United States did not need a "permission slip" from the United Nations?
Yeah, perceptions of the United States around the world took a bit of a beating back then as a result. And the war, predictably, turned into a quagmire. Despite the promises by Bush White House officials, who assured Americans that the war would be won quickly and decisively, it turned into the second longest war in American history, second only to the other war in the Middle East which we were fighting simultaneously.
Well, as bad as that was (or seemed to be at the time), it now seems to me that Bush went about it almost like a dignified statesman when compared with the way that King Con Don has gone about it. Again, he did not bother to make a serious case for the war to Americans, did not bother with trying to obtain Congressional approval, and made virtually no attempt to build anything resembling a coalition.
Frankly, I would not have believed that an American president would be able to make Mr. Bush's war with Iraq look almost justifiable by way of comparison. Yet, here we are.
Many, if not most, people seem to suspect that Trump launched this war with Iran specifically as a "Wag the Dog" tactic to distract from the Epstein Files and the unpopularity of ICE murders on American streets. Also, to divert attention away from other aspects of his failed presidency, such as his failure to rein in inflation, which was a key campaign promise. And now, another campaign promise - lowering gas prices - looks and sounds like a bad joke, as prices have been dramatically soaring specifically since Trump launched his frankly illegal war with Iraq.
At first, Trump and Hegseth outright used the term "war" to describe what they were doing. Then, they both began to back away from that. But it is obvious that this is a war.
Also, despite unclear objectives for the war, they began to use a term which also felt eerily reminiscent of George W. Bush and his war with Iraq. Of course, I am referring to the term "regime change."
Much like with Bush and his desire for "regime change" in Iraq, it is not that the regime in Iran is not evil or worthy of getting ousted. It's just that there is a way of going about these things. And most people agree that the way that Bush went about it was not the right way. But even more people feel that Trump's way of going about pursuing "regime change" in Iran is completely wrong.
All of this got me thinking about other regime changes which the United States, in some way or other, has pursued or outright been responsible for.
To that end, I am attaching a Youtube video (remember, I cannot add any videos here any longer) from Mr. Beat, where he goes into exactly that topic.
Yes, this is a video (see link below) with a historical breakdown of coups around the world which we Americans were responsible for.
Please take a look:
American coups
https://youtu.be/WuL5ryc5_r0?si=YUvVsCJMZffcrkrg
Every Time the United States Overthrew a Foreign Government
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