Source: The American Conservative
by W James Antle III
“Twitter, or X, did not exist when the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003. But a quick perusal of the popular social media website in the 48 hours following the latest U.S. bombing campaign in Iran was like opening a time capsule from 23 years ago and watching all the hawkish talking points spill out. Not long ago, it seemed as if the failure of the Iraq War had become a rare point of bipartisan consensus in our age of deeply polarized politics. The improbable leader who helped forge that consensus — or, perhaps more accurately, encouraged Republicans finally to join it — was Donald Trump.” (03/04/26)