Annie Jacobsen
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It's completely new territory.
And it's interesting for us to discuss.
I cannot encourage people enough to read history because then it takes the sort of impact.
Like, how could we be so crazy as to you go?
Well, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
We doing this.
Look at the kill or capture missions.
Since Eisenhower.
Yeah.
And then begin to understand how this fits into the big scheme of things so that one's opinion is a little bit more informed.
And then I think you have actually a better take on that.
the narrative as it's unfolding and with no doubt understanding that it's a new world.
Yes.
I like here's what comes to mind.
And it sounds like a tangent, but stay with me.
In the first Trump administration, when he chose to kill General Soleimani, you know, Iranian sort of military chief in a drone strike.
I was stunned.
I remember thinking, wow.
I mean, it was so unusual, the specifics of that.
And bravado with which that was done.