America laughed at Geraldine for her obviously lame excuse. In fact, to say, “The Devil made me do it,” became the rage all over the country. Of course, we all know that the Devil wants us to sin, but everybody knew the truth.
Scofff all you wish, but this applies to the Iran war, in which a few influential far-right figures are claiming "the devil made me do it"- or rather, "the devil made President Trump do it."
In hisletter resigning as director of the National Counterterrorism Center and "subsequent remarks", Joe Kent
has claimed that President Donald Trump was “led to believe” that military action against Iran would be swift and effective, alleging that Israel played a key role in shaping that perception.
Kent said that following protests in Iran earlier this year, Israeli officials pitched the idea that targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would pave the way for protesters to take control. According to him, the plan was presented as a limited and straightforward operation, similar to past regime-change expectations in other conflicts.
“In essence, we were told we would be greeted as liberators — that strikes on the IRGC would allow protesters to take over,” Kent said, describing the proposal as overly optimistic.
On March 27, Megyn Kelly
criticized right-wing politicians and commentators for “pushing” President Trump to launch military operations against Iran.
“As this goes south, we need to know exactly who talked him into it and what representations were made to convince the president that this was a good idea,” Kelly said.
The former Fox News host specifically named Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “first and foremost” and said Sen. Lindsey Graham
(R-S.C.) was “equally to blame.”
Kelly also slammed conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro for “pushing this war” on his show and said radio host Mark Levin was “chief among” the right-wing advocates for military action against Iran.
“There were very prominent activists on the right who were frothing at the mouth for this thing,” Kelly said. “And now that it’s not only going poorly, but the president’s poll numbers are in a precipitous free fall, we'd love to see more accountability.Who? Who promised him what?"
Then on March 30, Fox News host Laura Ingraham
called into question whether President Trump understands the “complexity” of the U.S. military operation in Iran.
The host used her opening monologue on “The Ingraham Angle” to talk about how, despite the April 16 deadline set by the president, Trump faces complications to his calls for negotiations with the Iranians amid his threats of further escalating the conflict.
“Now, knowing what little time we have and how quickly this can spiral out of control, we still have a lot of questions,” she said. “For instance, was the president fully briefed about the risks of all of this from the beginning? And was he then able to take it all in and understand the complexity of this? How complex it could actually get, and further possibilities of casualties or other damage –– the difficulty of dealing with these people? Or was he told this would be relatively quick, in and out?”
So alpha "please, Mr. Trump, no more winning" male was told that the war would be a quick enter and exit, or he was pushed or talked into going into Iran. However, when this war end- and however it ends- Donald Trump will take credit for not only a "victory" but for attaining peace.
Kent, Kelly and Ingraham are opposed- sort of- to the current war against Iran. But they're also apologists for the President. They can turn on a dime by supporting Trump. and probably will, on another important issue or perhaps even this one.
They are, thankfully, not Tucker Carlson. However, it is almost (almost) as true of them as it is of Carlson, of whom it has been said that he "is one of the clearest examples of how the 'enemy of your enemy' is not in any reliable way your friend".
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