Kansas City 'Journalist' Claims Iran Strike Averts Epstein Scandal

Longtime Kansas City newsman Dan Margolies makes a bold assertion in his Substack blog that's actually much more interesting when social media memesters take a crack at it. 

We're only linking it for a couple of reasons . . . 

About twenty years ago we remember sitting on a panel with Mr. Margolies as he advocated against online blogs and internet communication because of a lack of veracity and the fact-checking infrastructure of print media . . . Of course TKC had different ideas about the future of digital publishing and it's clear Mr. Margolies seems to have adopted our enthusiasm for the freedom that lies in online expression. 

Also . . .

We can't help but scoff at his dated movie reference . . . Even back in 1997, "Wag The Dog" was a dumb movie that proved to be progressive Hollywood garbage and offered a silly allegory about the motivation of military interventionism by then Prez Bill Clinton.

Here's a quick roundup: 

"Wag the Dog was released one month before the news broke of the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal and eight months before the bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan by the Clinton administration in August 1998, which prompted the media to draw comparisons between the film and reality. The comparison was also made in December 1998, when the administration initiated a bombing campaign of Iraq during Clinton's impeachment trial for the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. It was made again in spring 1999, when the administration intervened in the Kosovo War and initiated a bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, which, coincidentally, bordered Albania and contained ethnic Albanians." 

It's a cool theory but actually Clinton FAILED in most of his military adventures and created a far more dangerous world because of his inability to lead an international coalition against trending Islamofascism. And because Americans probably remember Monica Lewinsky a lot more than the rise of Osama Bin Laden . . . Former Prez Bubba wasn't even that good at distracting the media.

In fact . . . 

What's really interesting about the latest post from Mr. Margolies is that he seems to reach back to the glory days of local print media was then newspaper was more relevant and he was garnering a steady paycheck. 

We only mean that to be a little snarky as this blog often retreats into nostalgia more often as we ripen. 

Still . . . 

The movie reference is overwrought and we only clown it so that readers don't waste their cash on looking up an old school political flick that was less than stellar. Do yourself a favor and re-watch Mr. Smith Goes To Washington or even Duck Soup for a better political metaphor . . .

In fact, TKC always thinks of this number whenever we eye-roll at keyboard warriors or congressional tough guys talking about the glory of war and sacrifice by soldiers on the other side of the world as they mug for the cameras. . .  

In the meantime, here's the local newsman's screed that says a lot more about his fond memories for newsprint & the 90s than MAGA or the current conflict in the Middle-East . . . 

Check-it: 

"If you believe (President) trump was motivated by humanitarian impulses, I’ve got a bridge in Tehran to sell you.

"It’s not a coincidence that he’s unleashed America’s military might on Iran just as the Epstein scandal seems to be engulfing his presidency, despite the efforts of his flunkies in the Justice Department and FBI to make it go away.

"trump is in the cornered-rat phase of his presidency, and like the president in the 1997 movie 'Wag the Dog,' he’s cooked up a war to distract from the centripetal forces sucking him ever more deeper into the scandal."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Wagging the Dog

As the Epstein scandal threatens to engulf his presidency, trump goes to war