Remember when everyone was pointing out that the media's coverage of Joker *really* seemed keen to incite a mass shooting?
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"My editor still approved this headline, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't a lie."pic.twitter.com/a97QGMCoeq
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Some folks seem to be reading between the lines that I support Trump's choice here. I don't, but I'm also not decrying it. This is a complex situation w/ high opacity. It's broadly agreed that neither side would see an upside to a war, but both are stuck playing face-saving games
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This is the lens through which I'm seeing the media select its narrative, and "this means war" is a terrible settling place for that if, in fact— as everyone seems to agree — the incentives driving the danger are related to saving face
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One claim I find ludicrous: that Trump — or any candidate for the presidency — would benefit in the upcoming election from appearing to favor a war w/ Iran. This doesn't speak to how his handling will look in light of the full facts, but if a new war results it will not help him.
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This is the Zach Beauchamp of ‘bridge between Gaza and West Bank’ fame (among many other hits). Hoping Vox splurged on a map before turning him loose again as a Middle East Expert
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Actually and until they grow a spine we don’t.Bc they’ve ceded “war” powers little by little to the executive branch over the last twenty years. It’s at its worst now with a believer in the unitary presidency sitting in the WH. We just call it retaliation Skirmish Police action
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In this case Iranian agents attacked US citizens, troops, and an Embassy, sovereign US territory. Since Iran engaged in an Act of War, Iran started a War with the US, and the US does not need to declare war.
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