"When Johnny Comes Rolling Home Again, Iran! Iran!"

[DFW]

We have again done a joint venture with the Parody Project, but this is one deadly serious.

If Bolton thinks he is going to invade a nation of 80 million people who are armed to the teeth, and not lose much more than a toothbrush, he's got another think coming. The people who manufacture body bags will like it, and Halliburton would no doubt get another few billion in no-bid contracts.

This is no laughing matter, and neither is the song. This one packs a punch:

[gratuitous]

1. The song's more optimistic than I am

We're not going to think once before launching another invasion, let alone thinking twice or waking up when the casualties come back. Republicans will crawl back inside the comforting words of their hero the Emperor Trump and say they prefer veterans who didn't get injured or maimed or damaged in ways you can't readily see. They'll call them moochers and bums and complain about the expenses while squeezing the payouts.

And if you object - or worse, if a celebrity spokesman objects on your behalf - Republicans will scold you for getting bent out of shape.

Can we try not running this movie for a change? I've seen it a half dozen times or more, and it never gets better.

[DFW]

3. If it is any consolation......

I had this very discussion with Wes Clark about 15 years ago. It's the only time I was more right on a military matter than he was. He was scared Cheneybush was going to invade Iran, and I said no way, and Wes asked what made me so confident.

I said I felt they would never touch Iran because the Republicans are really cowards at heart. They only invade countries they are sure won't shoot back (Iraq was a miscalculation, not a change in policy). Reagan invaded the Caribbean Island of Grenada. How courageous, right? Bush senior invaded Panama. They don't like body bags on their watch, and an invasion of Iran (and for WHAT?) would send us back thousands of them. Iran has a healthy domestic opposition to the Ayatollahs, and the only thing that would instantly reconcile the students with the clerics would be an invasion from the outside. Halliburton would probably make another fortune off such an undertaking, and so would whichever company produces the body bags. No one else I can think of that would greet the news with any kind of satisfaction (maybe Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton).

[trof]

2. Wow. See "Johnny Got His Gun".