JORDAN BACKLASH Opens a NEW Front Trump Never Saw Coming!

Right, so it turns out Donald Trump has finally stumbled across a problem that refuses to be solved by lobbing another bomb at it. Tragic, really. Iran is striking American military facilities throughout the region. The Pentagon is reportedly scaling back its large presence in Kuwait. In Jordan, hundreds of prominent individuals are calling for the complete removal of the American presence. And now, on top of all of that, CENTCOM is concerned that its own troops are recording enough of the aftermath to help Iran figure out what was effective. Essentially making the same mistake so many IDF troops have made, by being stupid enough to upload what amounts to free intel for the enemy. A real achievement for American statecraft, if your definition of statecraft is 'how to turn your own bases into a live-fire demonstration for the enemy.' Trump started this war with his usual boasts about control and deterrence, delivered with all the subtlety of a McDonald's menu and the standard photo op of him pointing at something, as if his finger alone can frighten Iran into surrender. Well, it is rather small and suspiciously orange, and you do tend to wonder where it’s been. What he has actually managed, though, is to turn America's bases into a row of high-value targets, conveniently spread across countries whose citizens never agreed to be extras in Trump's Middle Eastern ego trip. He can bomb Iran again. No doubt with Netanyahu on yet another visit, that’ll be his line to Trump. Odds are, he is already looking over the map for which bit to strike next. But what he cannot bomb is the argument now breaking out within the countries that are still hosting his troops. They have been doing so for some time. They have been targets themselves as a result for months now, on and off. It turns out, you cannot airstrike your way out of that kind of political backlash. He cannot bomb Kuwait back into feeling comfortable with this arrangement. Strangely, dropping explosives does not seem to lift morale. He cannot bomb Jordanians into believing that being attacked somehow proves the Americans are protecting them. And he cannot bomb every phone in every soldier's pocket into forgetting what it has already been recording. The iPhone seems quite resistant to shock and awe.