One reason why I believe Trump can't successfully prosecute the situation in Iran.

[no_hypocrisy]

War, excursion, etc.

He can't play golf.

Stay with me.

Golf is a sport that requires a keen mind and strategy. Trump lacks both.

You play it on terrain with hills, sand traps, "the rough", trees, water traps, etc. Each course is different. You just don't hit the ball and hope for the best. You even need a caddy to advise you of the next shot.

How do I equate golf with prosecuting a war? Trump cheats at golf. He doesn't rely on his own strategy. He knows enough to move his ball for a better vantage point. But all in all, he can't play from Hole 1 to Hole 18 without cheating and then lies to himself (and everyone else) that he's Arnold Palmer.

Golfing is regarded as a gentlemen's game. A lot of mathematics, logic, psychology, and philosophy associated with it. Trump doesn't want to go through all that rigmarole when he thinks he can get the same result by cheating.

You can't cheat at war. It can be real and abstract simultaneously. People die as a result of your choices.

I'm not saying good golfers can run a war. But it couldn't hurt.

[hlthe2b]

1. The one sports book (John Feinstein) I have long loved to cite...

A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour--John Feinstein



Those who like golf, great. Those who like golf and actually walk the course (assuming they are physically able to do so), even better. HE who loads his fat ass into a cart to be hauled literally ONTO THE GREEN--well that POS destroyed any respect the game should have by those who actually sought to develop STRATEGY and SKILL as you describe. Sorry. That cretin--and his money-grubbing murderous Saudi allies SHOULD result in destroying the game--except for the sincere actual golfers on the public courses that (for the time being) remain in this country. As for me? GOLF is a GOOD WALK SPOILED.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I read somewhere that he envied Arnold Palmer for some other reason

but I can't recall what it was or where I read it.

[rampartd]

3. i have heard him "weave" about palmer's penis

then his people clap and chant "usa?"

[PJMcK]

4. War is the failure of negotiation

Trump sucks at everything. Of course he doesn’t know how to negotiate. Art of the deal, my ass.

[COL Mustard]

8. War is the continuation of politics by other means

So said Clausewitz. True then, true now.

[rampartd]

5. the best computerrs, the best generals, the best statesmen

have been simulating this iran situation for decades. there is a reason "no other president could get it done"

[303squadron]

6. I bet Melania knows a famous golf quote about his putter

“Never up, never in.”

[Susan Calvin]

7. That is very good point.

Same reasoning, I bet he doesn't play a musical instrument either.

[mopinko]

9. i'll never understand y his cheating at golf didnt hurt him w the biz class.

it’s supposed to b a test of character, and everyone knew he was an epic cheater.

[Ilsa]

10. He cheats at his own golf courses. Does he ever

play a different course, one he doesn't golf at all of the time? I suspect he's afraid of trying new courses.

[3Hotdogs]

11. My favorite golf scene - Falling Down.

Now don't you feel stupid in your stupid hat and you r stupid pants?

[DinahMoeHum]

12. "Golf is like bicycle shorts: It reveals a lot about a man."

- Rick Reilly, author of Commander In Cheat - How Golf Explains Trump

[GiqueCee]

13. "A Good Walk Spoiled"...

... was originally a wry phrase attributed to Mark Twain, but scholars with too much time on their hands have found that variations on the saying have been around almost as long as the game itself. So ol' Samuel Clemons undoubtedly heard it, and at some point, repeated it, but there's no evidence that he actually took credit for it.
I think that if Twain were around today, he'd play a round with Trump just so he could beat his ass with a 9-iron when he cheated.