by Douglas Macgregor, Douglas Macgregor:
When will Americans demand higher standards from its battlefield coaches?
Americans love football.
We even postpone wars to watch the Super Bowl. In 1991, the start of OPERATION DESERT STORM was delayed so Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines could watch the Super Bowl.
Americans expect the home team to win, and hardcore fans do not tolerate losers, period. Pittsburgh Steelers’ Coach Mike Tomlin epitomizes the NFL’s winning standard. Tomlin won Super Bowl XLIII at age 36, and pushed the Steelers’ franchise to 22 consecutive winning seasons. This was not good enough.
Ben Shapiro on Tuesday urged President Trump to “just blow up Kharg Island,” insisting it’s the “easiest move for the United States to make right now.”
Satellite analysis conducted by BBC Verify has confirmed the extensive destruction of civilian infrastructure in southern Lebanon since Israel launched a ground offensive on March 2. The BBC reported on April 16 that its visual verification found more than 1,400 buildings destroyed in the first six weeks of the conflict [1]. The true scale of destruction is likely much higher due to limited access on the ground, the report stated. The pattern of destruction, concentrated in villages such as Taybeh, indicates a methodical approach to leveling civilian areas [2]. Israeli officials have previously stated an intent to apply tactics used in Gaza to Lebanon, a policy now being implemented on the ground [2].
Iranian lawmakers claim the country has started depositing revenue from its toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and that it is “in control” of the crucial waterway.
Trump’s “crazy antics” on Truth Social, legacy media interviews, and in press sprays, vacillating between talk of peace but then the next sentence making threats to destroy the entire civilization, leaves the public wondering what his actual aims are. Trump is great at manipulating the press, and even manipulating oil markets. Even the Iranians have been able to make some coin off of this, which already adds a strange dimension. Is this all just the art of the deal?