He argues that about 50 days into the war, the U.S. still has not given a coherent public explanation for why the war began.
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War rationale
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "wonderful day for me okay do you guys understand the Americans may lose this war but if the end result is that China no..."
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Ryan Grim argues the war's official rationale keeps mutating and that this incoherence is politically visible to the public.
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"wonderful day for me okay do you guys understand the Americans may lose this war but if the end result is that China no..."
"that he had to strike iran because he believes that iran was going to strike u.s targets within in seven days and then he..."
"that's not the first time the president has said that he chose to launch operation epic fury because he felt as though iran was..."
"facts provided to him so it was a feeling based on facts okay that's why trump start this war trump himself has given conflicting..."
"That's what it's doing in the real world, in this, like, fantasy land. You're like, oh, get this bad guy, get this bad guy,..."
"I don't think Marco Rubio misspoke. I just think they didn't appreciate it. They didn't appreciate quite how that was going to play out...."
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Piers brings Jiang on because two earlier predictions already landed and a third appears to be unfolding: Trump won, war with Iran came, and now the question is whether America can survive the kind...
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