Groundhog Day (Joke)

   Listening to the news, you would be forgiven to believe you are waking up to groundhog Day every single day. 

   50 years ago, it was Vietnam but the news were similarly announcing one great victory after another against the Vietcong, (Mostly people who didn't want American soldiers in their country.) every single day.  Finally, the dollar lost its convertibility to gold and a few years later the war was over. Inflation was roaring and the post second world war growth era was history. 

   Will Trump, who knew "how to get out of Vietnam" but didn't answer the draft, repeat the debacle, swapping the Asia rain forest bogs for Iranian quick sands? It looks more and more like it while to Iranians are leaning fast how to resist. 

   Iran is a legacy empire nation. It cannot be isolated, nor can it be easily conquered. With the tacit support of Russia and China, which are obviously indirectly targeted by this war, the country can survive almost indefinitely.   

   I forgot who say that when you are in a hole, you should stop digging, but this very much apply to the US today. What would victory look like? And more ominously: How much will it cost? Someone should refer Trump to Croesus the ancient King of Lydia, another gold-lover, who before attacking Persia 2,500 years ago, asked the Oracle at Delphi and was told that  "If you cross the Halys River, a great empire will fall." which he interpreted positively. And sure enough, soon after crossing the River, he was defeated by the Persians. Groundhogs everywhere!