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Just going to throw this out there.
Trump likes to give the media a bone to chase while he does his dirty work. What better bone then a war?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)Remember the Grenada "war" of 1983? I'll bet most people don't, or at least don't remember the supposed reasons for it.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)But I don't think they had the embedded journalists delivering the play-by-play like they had in Gulf War #1.
But hey, kicking the ass of such superpowers like Grenada won't stop the media or Clint Eastwood from thumping our chests.
walkingman
(7,655 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Hekate
(90,773 posts)Takket
(21,615 posts)more than 1 story at a time.
BigmanPigman
(51,624 posts)I definitely wouldn't put it past him. When he is backed into a corner he will do anything to distract.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)It's actually really hilarious looking. The script writers could make a comedy of this.
Link to tweet
Anyway, they are trying to signal to the Venezuelan generals that they're willing to do something.
And that means that the generals hands are going to be tied if there is an internal coup (actual internal military insurgency). If the generals respond to it, then the US starts droning the hell out of them and the rest of the fighters will turn very quickly.
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)No one ever called Donald Trump a particularly smart person.