General Discussion

…like every other war, is immensely popular for the first month or so. People rally around their country’s leader, and it’s early enough that the government can control the narrative.

In the case of Iraq, things only started to go south after “Mission Accomplished” was followed by incontrovertible evidence that the mission was anything but accomplished. But there was quite a period where our involvement was seen as a great success, with lots of footage of Iraqis dancing in the streets and tearing down statues of their former leader.

I’m sure TSF and his minions were hoping for a similar phenomenon. If it had materialized, it might have lasted long enough not only to push Epstein to the back burner for good, but even to stave off disaster in the midterms.

Frankly, I’m as surprised as anyone to see immediate public opinion be strongly against this war. I thought it would take at least until late spring.