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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“It would be great if with standoff exquisite airstrikes we can fundamentally transform the politics of other countries,” said Justin Logan, the director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, which advocates military restraint. “But we can’t. There’s a certain American stubbornness on this point, and we keep learning these lessons over and over again.”
since the mid-1940s, US Presidents have become caught up in this illusion over and over again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/us/politics/rubio-trump-iran-war.html