I hate to give the guy even a tiny bit of credit, but the only person with a strategic thought in the convo is Vance, who realizes - to no avail - that strikes will contradict the administrations strategy in Europe by reasserting US involvement in an area that more directly concerns EU interests.

on the puritan left because i don’t want to discourse with a guy who thinks i’m subhuman

this pirate cove is why i was able to afford college