Ben Rhodes

That is anything but.

That's a guy who looks like – I mean maybe he's not drinking but like he had to fucking take some Adderall and like repeat the conventional shield line to himself in the mirror before going out so he could look tough or something.

Like he doesn't know.

He's not qualified to be managing this.

He doesn't know.

It's all buzzwords with him and no rules of engagement and this and that.

What is the plan?

I mean there's another thing I've been thinking about, Tommy, and we can talk about it on the podcast a little more.

if you're the gulf allies right who rely on the united states for your existential security if you're saudi arabia qatar and ua let's just take those three you're probably like making up plans to buy a nuclear weapon you know because you're like i can't rely on the these as are a lot of countries a lot of our adversaries probably are too yeah because north korea north korea's got nukes and an icbm and no one's messing with them

Kim looks, you know, like he's ripping cigs and looking at stuff and is just fine, right?

And so the lack of, who wants this?

Because the MAGA audience doesn't even want this war.

Like, who is Hegseth talking to, right?

That's not reassuring allies.

That's not reassuring Americans.

That's not intimidating Iranians.

Like, he's literally performing for Fox News and Lindell TV and whoever else is in that briefing room.

Yep.

without giving any coherence or clarity about, you know, because what he said about the mission, that it's not about democracy.

Well, I thought they'd been telling us for weeks that this is because of peaceful protesters that we had to come to their aid and Donald Trump telling the Iranian people to rise up.