Episode 109 Hour of Decision: Iran: Gambling With M.A.G.A.

Lew touches on the issue of the failure of the DHS to initiate mass deportations and the removal of Secretary Kristi Noem in light of that fact. He then launches into his take on the war with Iran as a major political gamble with some potential for strategic (but not necessarily political) upside but also containing the potential for a catastrophic downside, both strategic and political. He also shares three dictums that are time-tested about war: “the first casualty of war is the truth,” “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel,” and Ron Paul’s favorite “war is the health of the state.”Lew is critical of war opponents that are reading major disaster into every fragment of information about the day-to-day progress of the U.S.-Israeli effort. But degrading Iran enough that they can’t throw missiles at anyone outside their borders is only the beginning of the numerous issues potential consequences that need to be assessed.Since we’ve drifted in the war rationale department from stopping a nuclear Iran to stopping their ballistic missiles to launching an attack because Israel was going to attack to the need for regime change to full-blast nation-building--- we’ve gone the whole distance required to justify “boots on the ground” and this is beginning to look like any other neo-con war that could have the secondary and unintended consequences those previous efforts brought us.You can watch Hour of Decision on Rumble at the NewsForAmerica channel.