"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

"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

"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. …

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

"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
/5

"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
/5

"I don’t care about the breathless 24/7 news reel of carnage. I don’t need to hear every development, watch every mushroom cloud, or read every hot take to know that we’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
/6

https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/sleeping-in-one-world-and-awaking

"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."

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/7

"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

"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
/9

"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

"What is the ultimate authority of a king?

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

That’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