{"id":13661,"date":"2019-06-21T23:05:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T03:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=13661"},"modified":"2019-06-22T11:29:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:29:13","slug":"on-the-eve-of-an-iranian-war-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/21\/on-the-eve-of-an-iranian-war-catastrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Eve of an Iranian War Catastrophe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For most of the advocates of bombing Iran, their only &quot;combat experience&quot; consisted of having their lunch money stolen in elementary school.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142103793498279942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve been writing about lying politicians &amp; government boondoggles for 35+ years.  And I don&#39;t trust politicians simply because they want to start warring &#8211; the biggest boondoggle of them all. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t43aODKuk9\">https:\/\/t.co\/t43aODKuk9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142241590330761221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m not the one howling for the U.S. government to slaughter foreigners. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HCKpJhDyrC\">https:\/\/t.co\/HCKpJhDyrC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142176904931422208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pundits howling about lost &quot;credibility&quot; from canceled Iran attack. JFK escalated Vietnam War for &quot;making our power credible.&quot;  Washington never regained the trust of average Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142166085711605760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Almost every American president since Jimmy Carter has seen his reputation ravaged by Middle East debacles. Will Trump add his name to that list?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142081896710660096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump &amp; Iran: Remember CIA chief&#39;s forgotten explanation to LBJ on he Gulf of Tonkin incident: &quot;The North Vietnamese are reacting defensively to our attack on their off-shore islands.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOZiidGYPe\">https:\/\/t.co\/rOZiidGYPe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1141879397747761152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump &amp; Iran: In recent American history, warring and lying have been practically two sides of the same coin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yKoYruLafr\">https:\/\/t.co\/yKoYruLafr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142078670569447424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pretext for War with Iran? U.S. Govt. says it wants to &quot;keep the oil lanes open.&quot; Then get out of the way &amp; let everyone sell their oil.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1141767826908356609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranUSTension?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranUSTension<\/a> Justice Hugo Black, 1971 &#8211; Pentagon Papers &#8211; A free press has &quot;the  duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people &amp;  sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers &amp; foreign shot &amp; shell.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142256340519313408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My experience is my friends Dad committing suicide in front of his family because of the PTSD of combat.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimBovard<\/a> writes about lies, deceit, war machine double deals that have nothing to do with actual combat, but bogas official narrative being exposed as total bullshit.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ken MacPherson (@kenmacpherson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenmacpherson\/status\/1142262703886688256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apparently the President notifying congressional leaders about his bombing plans is &quot;close enough for govt. work&quot; to complying with the Constitution  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/avZtb8pKEV\">https:\/\/t.co\/avZtb8pKEV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142452161986682880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump apparently asked far better questions to his &quot;bomb Iran&quot; advisors than Obama did to his &quot;bomb Libya&quot; 3 witches from Macbeth <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wPeVCegnkt\">https:\/\/t.co\/wPeVCegnkt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142400456691523585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most of the advocates of bombing Iran, their only &quot;combat experience&quot; consisted of having their lunch money stolen in elementary school. &mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) June 21, 2019 I&#39;ve been writing about lying politicians &amp; government boondoggles for 35+ years. 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