▲ 186 ▼ Majority of Americans think Trump’s Iran war will last months or even years, new poll shows (www.the-independent.com) submitted 1 day ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/politics@lemmy.world 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 child) 5 months into the war and people are starting to think this war might last months or even years... permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 day ago (2 children) Who'd have thought foreign policy would be so complicated? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago Who would have thought that hubris would result in ones undoing.. (stares at litterally every historical crash out in history) permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 child) Not that complicated if you have competent, level-headed, selfless leaders. But unfortunately we have a bunch of geriatrics with lead poisoned brains behaving like elementary school bullies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 12 hours ago* Even competent, sane leaders can get it badly wrong. lead poisoned brains Their brains are poisoned by conservatism and corruption (yeah, I know, overlapping categories). The whole lead story is grotesquely exaggerated, mainly by the Freakonomics people, who make even Malcolm Gladwell seem credible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 day ago (2 children) Who'd have thought foreign policy would be so complicated? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago Who would have thought that hubris would result in ones undoing.. (stares at litterally every historical crash out in history) permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 child) Not that complicated if you have competent, level-headed, selfless leaders. But unfortunately we have a bunch of geriatrics with lead poisoned brains behaving like elementary school bullies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 12 hours ago* Even competent, sane leaders can get it badly wrong. lead poisoned brains Their brains are poisoned by conservatism and corruption (yeah, I know, overlapping categories). The whole lead story is grotesquely exaggerated, mainly by the Freakonomics people, who make even Malcolm Gladwell seem credible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago Who would have thought that hubris would result in ones undoing.. (stares at litterally every historical crash out in history) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 child) Not that complicated if you have competent, level-headed, selfless leaders. But unfortunately we have a bunch of geriatrics with lead poisoned brains behaving like elementary school bullies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 12 hours ago* Even competent, sane leaders can get it badly wrong. lead poisoned brains Their brains are poisoned by conservatism and corruption (yeah, I know, overlapping categories). The whole lead story is grotesquely exaggerated, mainly by the Freakonomics people, who make even Malcolm Gladwell seem credible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 12 hours ago* Even competent, sane leaders can get it badly wrong. lead poisoned brains Their brains are poisoned by conservatism and corruption (yeah, I know, overlapping categories). The whole lead story is grotesquely exaggerated, mainly by the Freakonomics people, who make even Malcolm Gladwell seem credible. permalink fedilink source parent