Timothy Snyder@TimothyDSnyderFive things to remember about war:
1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true
2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics
3. The rationale given for a war will change over time, such that actual success or failure in achieving a named objective is less relevant than one might think
4. Wars are unpredictable
5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop
M.K. Tullos@mk_tullos
«The reasons which governments give for wars are always screens, behind which lie completely different reasons and motives.» Leo Tolstoy
Clair Cognizant Democracy @CarolynGarman5
Trump and Netanyahu both traffic in Organized Crime, are anti-democratic, and started a war to avoid prison.
Ken Cornia@CorniaKen
6. Surgical strikes are not considered acts of war per the War Powers Resolution. Hence, Trumps authorized surgical strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities was not an act of war, as the narrow interpretation of the word «Hostilities» in the War Powers Resolution has allowed presidents to conduct surgical strikes and other limited military actions without seeking formal congressional authorization for decades.