MissConstrue6h ago

https://www.salon.com/2026/03/29/iran-is-right-trump-has-already-lost-this-war/

Wow, I’m jealous. This is solid writing.

“#Trump and Pete #Hegseth and Marco #Rubio and whomever else were lured into this war by Benjamin #Netanyahu, pushed into it by the billionaire donors of the #Israel lobby and, more than anything else, seduced into it by massive institutional incompetence and their thoroughly unfounded belief in their own awesomeness. As one Bluesky poster put it in early March, those guys believed they could wage and win a war easily just by being “based chads” (i.e., white dudes with retrograde attitudes about literally everything) who would avoid all the weak, woke, DEI-informed mistakes made in previous conflicts by such lily-livered libtards as, um, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.”

#taco #fafo #EndOfEmpire #iran #war

Iran is right: Trump has already lost this war - Salon.com

Tehran TACO: Trump's bad idea has gone wrong, to literally no one's surprise. Will Putin bail him out?

Salon.com
Angus Marshall  1d ago
When, exactly, did it become acceptable for people to roll straight out of bed and come to the hotel dining room for breakfast in their pyjamas? #slippingstandards #thinEndOfTheWedge #EndOfEmpire #bahHumbug
JacobusMar 12

The Empire's Final Bullfight

#PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Trump #IranWar #Iran #EndOfEmpire #EmpireInDecline #USImperialism #ImperialCollapse #Gaza #Palestine #Resistance #FallOfEmpire #LastBullfight #Bull #StockMarket #Capitalism #HistoryRepeats #freepalestine #PoliticalArt #Comics

Show threadPeterJan 25

@DebErupts

Newsome is unsavoury, but he sure knows how to get under Trump's skin.

#USPol #EndOfEmpire

Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jan 25
The US came into existence after a revolt against British rule and the implementation of rules based upon decisions made in another land, which were not evenly applied and definitely not to the benefit of all. The US has now replaced the British Empire as a major power and abuses power in exactly the same way. We only have to look at the history books to see what happens next.
#USA
#EndOfEmpire
Stafford GregoireJan 6
When China snatches up somebody else
& the world wrings their hands & beats their chests
Our stupidity will’ve lost its stealth
(Colonialism’s greed’s the West’s)
#HeadlinePoem
#HeadlineSonnet?
#EndOfEmpire
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/asia/venezuela-china-trump-taiwan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.YuJm.kfrERcHKRulM&smid=url-share
Working Class GamesJan 4

There's this scene that lives rent-free in my head, with a character in the show The Diplomat saying "i still believe in international rules-based order". It's killing me lol. And it shows exactly the point of their jobs: cover-ups. Politely excusing horrible war crimes.

This is not just Trump. It's a long history of the US and other countries doing what they want, because who is going to stop them?

Just like West Wing, The Diplomat is a fantasy for liberals, and even then they can't make themselves look good.

Dozens of assassinations, kidnappings, regime changes, support for violent extreme-right groups... par for the course for the US. This won't stop until the US collapses.

#endOfEmpire #centuryOfAmericanHumiliation #collapse

MárciaW 🇸🇩Nov 12
Western media portray the 160th SOAR as an elite helicopter force for covert missions. But in 2005 an officer in the regiment blogged about joint operations with the Wolf Brigade as they swept Baghdad detaining civilians. On November 10, 2005, he described a “battalion-sized joint operation” in southern Baghdad and boasted, “As we passed vehicle after vehicle full of blindfolded detainees, my face stretched into a long wolfish smile.”
#uspol #EndOfEmpire #Venezuela #oil
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/12/regime-change-in-venezuela-is-a-euphemism-for-u-s-inflicted-carnage/
"Regime Change” in Venezuela is a Euphemism for U.S.-Inflicted Carnage

For decades, Washington has sold the world a deadly lie: that “regime change” brings freedom, that U.S. bombs and blockades can somehow deliver democracy. But every country that has lived through this euphemism knows the truth—it instead brings death, dismemberment, and despair. Now that the same playbook is being dusted off for Venezuela, the parallels with Iraq and other U.S. interventions are an ominous warning of what could follow.

CounterPunch.org
PeterNov 11

Waiting in the wings...

Conquest (in progress), along with War, Death, and Famine, just waiting for the word.

Yes, the deity is The King in Yellow; you know it makes sense.

#USPolitics #Apocalypse #EndOfEmpire #USPol #Trump #USA #America #AI

Show threadPaul HealeyAug 26, 2025
@Corb_The_Lesser @petergleick Once Trump has completed Putin’s plan; to turn the U.S. and U.K. into irreversible shit holes for lazy white stupid and extremely violent gammons, MAGA and Reform; MEGA, will be the first to burn their hats, just to stay warm or piss in I guess. Who will take responsibility for the cost of their corruption, and who will pay for it? To be sure not the Nations the U.S. and U.K. has turned into authoritarian shit holes! #PayBack #TheDogsOfWar #UltraRichHell #EndFascistTech #GenocideHydra #EndOfEmpire #BiosphereCollapse