And here's another political post that I don't think quite fits THE ARCHIVE, if only because of its limited scope, responding to a forum poster posing the rhetorical question, "Do Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly have TDS" (because they oppose Trump's current Iran conflict)?
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Tucker and Megyn have WDS, "War Derangement Syndrome." They oppose interventionism on the part of the US without considering the consequences for allowing the interventionism by other nations-- Iran through state sponsored terrorism, China through the attempt to gain a hierarchy over world resources.
Tucker's become a fanatic and his arguments are all over the place, when they're not made-up. But in his recent interview with Megyn, he said one true thing (paraphrasing), to the effect that he can understand Israel wanting to gain hegemony over the Middle East, given that every nation wants the best outcome for its own sovereignty. That's not always what's best for the citizens, and we've ample evidence that, say, Iran's rebellion against the Shah, whatever one thinks of Western imperialism, turned out worse for the Iranians than what they rebelled against. But it's true that no country, not even the US, can go around playing policeman indefinitely. But Tucker's disagreement with Trump's program-- that of trying to "push" nations in a perceived good direction-- does not mean that Tucker has some massive insight into world affairs. Tucker just has an opinion, that's all.
Megyn is much more nuanced, and one of her recent statements is that she feels (again paraphrasing) that interventionism is going to hurt the GOP in America. At least one of her fears is that in the midterms the Iran invasion will cause the GOP to lose the House and Senate to the vile Progressive Mad Libs, who will naturally seek to undo everything Trump has done out of TDS. This is a possibility that Cons must take seriously. and I don't doubt that some of them are worried, not just about keeping their jobs, but about the return of Mad Lib dominance to American politics. I know the Dems will eventually gain power again, but I'd like it to be delayed long enough that the Dem party might find its way to a more Centrist, less extreme position-- and for that to happen, the GOP needs to stay in control long enough to give their programs a fair test.
