Look at this fascinating map, showing the great variety and complexity of regional rug patterns in Iran -- how many centuries of organized culture does it take for a people to develop such a sophisticated, distinctive and unique art? Iran has been an organized country for 3,000 years, with a population of 93 million.
I think Trump and Hegseth and Vance and Rubio and Gabbard thought America could quickly bomb Iran into cowering submission. Because wasn't it easy to send a troop of soldiers into Venezuela to pick up Maduro and to order a few Navy ships to blockade Cuba.
But Iran has a military that can fight back.
So I expect this war will turn out to be just as inept, corrupt and half-assed as everything else Trump does.
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