William Lindsey Mar 2

"No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump.

He's attacked 7 nations, three of which had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes. He authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than Biden did in four years."

~ Axios

#Trump #Iran #war
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https://bsky.app/profile/axios.com/post/3mg3a6sil422i

Axios (@axios.com)

šŸ’„ No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump. He's attacked 7 nations, three of which had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes. He authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than Biden did in four years. https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/trump-iran-war-military-strikes-maga

Bluesky Social
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"This is the ultimate war of choice to 'solve' a problem he created when he blew up the Iranian nuclear deal "

~ Garrett Graff

#Trump #Iran #war
/2

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/upheaval-in-iran-doesn-t-work-out-well

Upheaval in Iran Doesn't Work Out Well

Some thoughts and smart analysis about where we are ā€” and what comes next.

Doomsday Scenario
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"The misadventures on the high seas of the Western Hemisphere, in Venezuela, and now in Iran are just the beginning of what is likely to be more cowboying abroad, as his lame duck status becomes increasingly obvious and his political power at home begins to wane."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #Iran #war
/3

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/a-mad-king-who-enjoys-watching-things

A Mad King Who Enjoys Watching Things Go Boom

INSIDE: Ayatollah Khamenei ... Pete Hegseth ... LĆ³pez Belloza

Morning Memo
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"Lying is an art, and Trump is an artist. But he is an artist of diminishing capacity; and he has now chosen to apply his art to war, a subject he finds appealing but about which he knows nothing except that he likes it.

Trump seems lost as to which lie he wants to tell. ā€¦

American power is being used to destroy the order that America made.".

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #Iran #war
/4

https://snyder.substack.com/p/losing-the-war-on-truth

Losing the War on Truth

Iran and what to make of it

Thinking about...
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"There is a law of war and by violating it and laughing at it we make the world more dangerous and ourselves more vulnerable in it. The serial imagination of enemies, the ones that feel good to attack, weakens the ability of the United States to defend itself against actual enemies. ...

The net effect of this war will be to spread nuclear weapons around the world. Despite what CBS News is telling its viewers, Iran has no nuclear weapons."

#Trump #Iran #war
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"It agreed to give up its program under Obama, and then Trump tore up the agreement. It is the countries that are attacking Iran -- Israel and the United States -- that have a nuclear arsenal. This confirms a lesson that Russia taught in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022: countries that have nuclear weapons are free to start wars of aggression. The only conclusion that can be drawn by others is that nuclear weapons are needed to deter such attacks."

#Trump #Iran #war
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 

"I donā€™t care about the breathless 24/7 news reel of carnage. I donā€™t need to hear every development, watch every mushroom cloud, or read every hot take to know that weā€™re at war because:

The regime is enriching itself and its billionaire overlords.

They are desperate to divert attention from the Epstein files."

~ Andra Watkins

#Trump #Iran #war
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https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/sleeping-in-one-world-and-awaking

Sleeping in One World and Awaking in Another

How I'm processing the past 72 hours might help YOU process, too (Recording at the end)

For Such a Time as This
Mar 2 at 4:22pmWeb
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"They are weak and need a violent internal strike to postpone midterms that will otherwise be a bloodbath for them.

They want us distracted from ICE, the continued flouting of the Constitution, the paramilitary buildup of weapons, and the obscene warehouse concentration camp network."

#Trump #Iran #war
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"The only rational response for the rest of the world is to acquire nuclear weapons, as quickly as possible. I expect the next 20 years will see a great deal of nuclear proliferation as everyone from Canada, to Germany, to Poland, to Japan, to South Korea, to Australia goes nuclear."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #Iran #war
/8

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/everything-you-need-to-know-about-530

Everything You Need to Know About the Future of Iran

Time to look around some corners.

The Bulwark
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"Whether you are a dictator or a democratically-elected leader, possession of nuclear weapons is now your only shield against aggression from Russia, China, and/or the United States.

Maybe this, too, will turn out for the best.

Or maybe not."

#Trump #Iran #war
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"We are not safer; we are not better off; and our political rivals in Moscow and Beijing are left marveling at their good fortune over our grave, self-defeating folly."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #Iran #war
/10

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-fiasco-in-iran

The Fiasco In Iran

Trumpā€™s latest war is a disaster, from illegal start to uncertain end.

The Status Kuo
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"What is the ultimate authority of a king?

Itā€™s to decide whether people live or die, based on his personal preference, and allowing no challenge to his whims.

Thatā€™s the power that Donald Trump holds right now."

~ Mark Jacob

#Trump #Iran #war
/11

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/donald-trumps-license-to-kill

Donald Trumpā€™s license to kill

We must reject White House lawbreaking in Iran, on the high seas, and in U.S. cities

Stop the Presses
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"But the Trump regime only occasionally feels the need to explain itself. Laws have become quaint relics. Citizens sue over the law, judges rule on the law, and fascists ignore the law."

#Trump #Iran #war
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"People bet $529 million on Polymarket over whether and when the U.S. would strike Iran. And a few large bids placed just before the war began on Saturday are especially raising criticism. Six new accounts made a combined $1.2 million with last-minute bets on the conflict starting on Feb. 28, thus raising allegations that they were administration officials with inside information."

~ Brian Kaylor

#Trump #Iran #war
/13

https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/attacks-on-iran-draw-fire-from-mainline

Attacks on Iran Draw Fire From Mainline, Catholic, and Middle Eastern Christian Leaders

This issue of A Public Witness looks at mainline Protestant and Catholic criticism of the Trump administrationā€™s actions in Iran and the pleas for peace by Middle Eastern Christian leaders.

A Public Witness
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"He has already been asked about the first casualties of his war, and his answer was chilling in its indifference. 'Sadly, there will likely be more,' he said. 'Thatā€™s the way it is.' ...

The American troops fighting and dying today are doing so at Trumpā€™s behest ā€“ by skipping Congressional approval, he has no one to hide behind. Everyone knows this war is happening because Trump personally wanted it."

~ James Ball

#Trump #Iran #war
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https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-callous-sentence-that-will-damn-trump-4267741

The callous sentence that will damn Trump

The President's base will turn on him just as viciously as theyā€™ve turned on every other politician

The i Paper
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2

"Thatā€™s why Trumpā€™s 'the way it is' comment could easily be remembered. Trump is trying to shrug something off as just the way of the world, when instead itā€™s the direct consequence of his own actions.

Trumpā€™s base voted him in to fix the economy, close the borders and end foreign wars. They were willing to forgive him almost anything if he delivered on that. If the deal falls apart, they will turn on him just as viciously as theyā€™ve turned on every other politician."

#Trump #Iran #war
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Show threadGJ Groothedde šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ŗMar 2
@wdlindsy Well, rather frankly, I wish they'd get on with it!
Show threadJeffreySmith šŸŒ»šŸ‰šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦Mar 3

@wdlindsy

Yep. "It's only the way it is" when the President doesn't possess a conscience, and a majority of Congress members don't possess a spine.

Show threadRainbowFrogMar 3

@wdlindsy
Yep, "that's the way it is" when you elect a liar, criminal grifter, who only does what brings him something, and doesn't care a bit for anyone but himself šŸ˜¬

Not all US presidents since 1900 have been good ones, but at least, most of them where really *trying* to do what they believed...
This one only believes in one thing : his own interest, and is beginning to feel desperate šŸ¤”

Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackMar 2

ā¬†ļø @wdlindsy

>> "He has already been asked about the first casualties of his war, and his answer was chilling in its indifference. 'Sadly, there will likely be more,' he said. 'Thatā€™s the way it is.' ...

>> The callous sentence that will damn #Trump.

No, it won't because he got away with a similar one in his first term.

When increasing number of Americans were dying of #COVID because of his mismanagement of the #pandemic, he shrugged it off saying "It is what it is."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/it-what-it-trump-interview-covid-19-death-toll-u-n1235734

'It is what it is': Trump in interview on COVID-19 death toll in U.S.

President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that the coronavirus in the U.S. is "under control" and that the rising death toll "is what it is" as cases across the country are surging.

NBC News
Show threadPatrickMar 2
@rameshgupta @wdlindsy Yeah, it would be nice if any of those things would undo him but we don't live in a nice world. It's only cope to think that they'll matter.
Show threadskuaMar 2

@wdlindsy

'Sadly, there will likely be more,' he said. 'Thatā€™s the way it is.' - Donald Trump, March 2026

"Billy, look, you just tell them and they believe it. That's it: you just tell them and they believe. They just do." Donald Trump Trump to Billy Bush, perhaps c. 2014

Show threadMiha MarkičMar 2
@wdlindsy for whoever bets there - play stupid games, win stupid prices
Show threadf*cking b*tch clubMar 2

@wdlindsy When he said ā€œI could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Ave and not lose supportā€ā€”what he meant was that he WANTS the power to kill people, he CRAVES that power.

#monster

Show threadVeda DalsetteMar 2
@wdlindsy To be fair, Congress decides that, too, when they fund endless wars.
Show threadSharon McCarthyMar 2
@wdlindsy he also has a license to rape young girls.
Show threadNathan SalwenMar 2
@wdlindsy Oil prices rising and Patriot missile stocks being depleted --> Trump helping Putin again.
Show threadJackMexMar 2

@wdlindsy

Thatā€™s the inheritance of a single, very selfish, very greedy, very obstinate, very perverse rich white man.

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2
@JackMexa4 Well-stated.
Show threadTartanrootsMar 2
@wdlindsy and Gaza, Ukraineā€¦.