Tulsi Gabbard is on one of those learning curves. She testified to Congress that there was no danger of Iran gaining nuclear weapons. Just to make her point clear, she released a video warning about the effects of a possible war in the Middle East.
It’s understandable why she should do this. Everybody remembers the lies about “weapons of mass destruction” that were used as an excuse to start the Iraq war disaster. Maga is opposed to foreign adventures of any kind, particularly in that region. What’s more, the president himself has repeatedly criticised the Iraq war. Surely she was doing what he wanted?
She has now learned that he was lying, one of those habits that convicted fraudsters have. “She’s wrong”, he said. “I don’t care what she thinks.” That’s his Director of National Intelligence he’s talking about.
As a result, she has quickly reassessed her analysis, and is now insisting that Iran is only three weeks away from obtaining a nuclear weapon. She should have said 45 minutes. Why not? It’s just as ridiculous.
Not that anybody is paying attention to her. The president has launched a set of bombing raids against Iran and is using hokey Twitter accounts to guide his strategy.
So is this the war they want? How far will they go? How long will it take for maga to insist that they’ve always been at war with Eastasia?
Please, Europe: don’t get sucked into this.