This Carbon Based Life

By David Glenn Cox

[HELP WANTED] Head important government FISA surveillance program involving national security and foreign espionage. No relevant experience required! Reimbursement for knee pads is available! Report to DJT. What could possibly go wrong? That’s going to be a tough sell to Congress as the midterms approach. Bill Pulte – Another BFOT (Banking Friend of Trump)

But if you listen closely, you’ll begin to hear the sounds of native drums beating in the wilderness. Mr. Trump was recently forced to withdraw his 1.8-billion-dollar slush fund legislation, = D.O.A. And then there is the ceasefire, which isn’t. He tells the world we’re this close to a deal (Holds thumb and forefinger in a pinching pose) Then the shooting starts. The first fifteen or sixteen times he said it, he really had me going. Officially, there’s a ceasefire. Unofficially, your guess is as good as mine.

The abbreviated news reports and making with the double talk, and the huge geographic time delay (God created War to teach Americans geography) – M.T. Makes any interpretations nearly impossible. So, here goes; two cargo ships of (conveniently) unidentified origin (preferably non-flammable) attempted to run the Hormuz gauntlet. Iran is believed to have launched three drones at the ships. A 15-to-30-million-dollar US Reaper drone spotted the Iranian drones launched and instructed a US Navy ship to fire missiles in retaliation. The Iranians, seeing the 15-to-30-million-dollar Reaper drone, promptly shot it down. You may now resume your ceasefire, the one with the peace settlement coming any minute!

Trying to run a gauntlet? At a military checkpoint? In a war zone! The insurance companies have already sent letters to the shipowners. No insurance in war zones. Now, you’re the captain. “Do we go, sir? Do we risk life and limb, sir? Indefinite detention, beatings! Not getting paid! What do I tell the engine room, sir?” Two ships running the gauntlet with the assumption, “they can’t get us both. You distract the guard, and I’ll make a break for it.” If it were a James Bond movie with a V-8 speed boat, it might have worked. But with a cargo freighter? Not a chance, so what gives? What would make two licensed captains make such a dangerous and foolhardy move?

But wait, was this all one attack broken apart or several attacks pieced together? Was it yesterday, today, or tomorrow? Did they all happen at the same time? Educating people to know about events, but not about timelines. Both sides, of course, immediately blame the other for starting the attack. But who was the idiot who owned those ships? Yet, the US navy made no move at intervention to preserve the ceasefire. Silently, signaling their acquiescence to the move. Red Alert! Operation Run and Gun is about to begin. In every standoff, the line must be challenged periodically.

But there is good news. Israel has signed a ceasefire in Lebanon, probably not worth much except for media cover. Meaning, now Iran is willing to negotiate. That was an Iranian demand. Supposedly; Mr. Trump yelled at Netanyahu and called him a “fucking idiot.” (The nerve.) But then, Mr. Trump calls everybody that. The expletive was inserted to show Mr. Trump is angry! Really, really angry. 24 hrs. later…a ceasefire deal in Lebanon! But with veteran status in Trumplandia tells us that everything they say is always a lie. So, Mr. Trump isn’t really angry at all. Clever propaganda, don’t you think? Sure, it’s wrong, but when it’s done so well, and so seamlessly, like that, you kind of have to appreciate it, like a well-run garbage dump or a sewer system.

To the American public; Mr. Trump has just harshly criticized Netanyahu. “Take that, media pundits!” While at the same time acting in lockstep with Israel. There have been discussions since the beginning of the Iran war about Israel’s “Lebanon” campaign. The idea that Trump just suddenly blew his top at Netanyahu is a story for slow children. See? Joseph Goebbels lives! All this effort is just for your benefit. But do you appreciate it? In today’s episode of the continuing saga of Donny and Benny! Donny says, “You better stop it! And you had better stop it right now, or I’ll get really, really angry and call you bad names. Benny replies; Oh, I’d never want to hurt YOUR feelings Donny! I’ll stop it immediately. “Oh the humanity!”

Not even partially or a little bit true. The US and Israel are in lockstep. If anything; Donny probably told Benny to hurry the fuck up! Magically, a Lebanese ceasefire deal! Thanks Bebe! When I was a kid, I asked my father once why the Allies didn’t drop the atomic bomb on Tokyo? He explained, there has to be somebody left alive in authority to sign the peace treaty. This completely explains our worthless ceasefires treaties. Who was that guy? “I dunno, but he said he was in charge.”

One by one, Mr. Trump is fulfilling each of Iran’s peace demands, while the media focus on Mr. Trump’s tough negotiating tactics. He really let Netanyahu have it! Mr. Trump is laying down the law to that Netanyahu! Right? You believe that, don’t you? Don’t you? Donny and Benny went skipping off to war together arm in arm without any clear military objectives? And now, Israel has achieved its military objectives, or close enough. The way the Israelis look at it, just because you Americans lost your part of the war, doesn’t mean we have to lose ours! Instantly, as Israel achieves its military goals, Trump demands! “Now, Bebe, No more! Now, I mean it!

The Chloroform color form Senate has acted and passed a War Powers resolution. But the war is already over! We’re negotiating peace between missile strikes! We’re this close to a deal! We’ve got the Iranians right where we want them! But everything they tell you in Trumplandia is the opposite of the truth.

Mr. Trump told on himself, as he often does, if you listen closely. Mr. Trump said, “Iran was trying to wait him out until the midterms. Whoops, did he really say that? Yes, he really did. Per Mr. Trump, the war could continue until at least until November. But gee, Mr. Trump keeps telling us, “Peace is coming any minute now!”

As a military operation, the war in Iran has been a complete disaster. But as a propaganda exercise, the war in Iran has been a raging success. That Mr. Trump is putting Netanyahu in his place, as they work together jointly in war aims.

By far the largest screw-up in American foreign policy history. And you’d never know it by watching the news. Sometimes, I feel so proud of all of what this nation has become. I want to invite the North Korean media to the US for a residency program to teach them the finer points of State sponsored propaganda. As the media banks on Mr. Trump’s tough negotiating skills.

“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.”

― Mark Twain