Seems like it to me.
Herman Kahn wrote a number of books: “On Escalation”, “Thinking about the Unthinkable”, “On Thermonuclear War.”
Macnamara did the Tonkin Gulf thing, as I recall.
Again, I’m not saying Trump is 100% sane after his 4 shots, just that the “root” of the whole “acting a bit crazy via tweets” might be semi-deliberate.
The whole escalation ladder … we could pull it out and see where we are on it.
Pape’s got some instructive insight on escalation to me. So far he’s been pretty accurate wrt how Iran’s going without too much comment on Trump taking crazy pills.
I meant Kahn writing about Tonkin as a false flag to get Congress to fund more war in SE Asia after Macnamara made it “happen.” I got to spend 7 months on one of Macnamara’s great ideas. USS Guam built to house heloes & Marines for a one week transit so it didn’t need creature comforts. Bob and I have history.
Looking like a bullseye for me. Then when the midterms happen, the MoU will be “broken by Iran” and the US will start its invasion.