"Why has Trump launched a war against Iran on a whim, attacked other countries, and upended world trade, Rothkopf asked.

'Because he’s insane. Because he’s venal. Because he’s a malignant narcissist. Because he’s a sociopath. Because he has a fragile ego. Because those around him exacerbate and play to those traits to advance their own interests.'"

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"'Because CEOs and investors do likewise to fill their coffers. Because to some people, whether he is insane or malevolent or repugnant or not matters less than whether his actions will feather their nests, increase their power.'

'Because they, the billionaires…play their games and the consequences for the little people down below, the consequences for us, hardly matter a whit.'”

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"Earlier this week, we attacked a girls’ school. The Wall Street Journal reported that, 'U.S. military investigators think American forces likely were responsible for a strike that killed dozens of children at a girls elementary school in Iran, a U.S. official said. The investigation hasn’t reached a final conclusion.'”

~ Joyce Vance

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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/bloody-sunday

"The New York Times reported that the strike on the school in Minab 'appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were operating'.”

Today, Trump was asked about the attack and who was responsible. He answered with a lie. He said Iran was responsible."

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"Even Pete Hegseth couldn’t back that up. Standing next to the president, he said the attack was still 'under investigation.'

Where is the outrage? ...

We need the kind of national courage that took us from Selma to the Voting Rights Act in the space of five months."

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"When asked about reports that a strike killed about 175 people at an Iranian elementary school, Donald Trump claimed Iran was responsible due to inaccurate munitions, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the incident is still under investigation."

~ Aaron Parnas

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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-iran-threatens-trump-says-he

"This, despite the fact that the Administration told Congress that it was bombing near the region and analysis conducted by CNN, the New York Times, and others suggested that it was the United States that struck the school in Minab, Iran."

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"As the AP said, it’s 'Donald Trump’s war.' He chose to kill those schoolgirls.

And then lie about it."

~ John Stoehr

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https://www.editorialboard.com/trump-chose-to-kill-those-girls-in-iran/?ref=the-editorial-board-newsletter

"Trump’s insanity creates a real problem if you’re looking for ways to get him to call World War III off before it’s too late. …

When Trump lied yesterday about those school girls he killed, he lied not because he doesn’t have access to the after action reports that per Reuters, conclude the US probably did it. He lied because that’s what he does when he fucks up."

~ Marcy Wheeler

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https://emptywheel.net/how-to-capture-the-mad-kings-attention/

Donald Trump is a madman running the most powerful military in the history of the world. And he’s not going to think through any of this."

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"When the most bloodthirsty and immoral president in American history, Donald Trump, appointed a high-octane oil slick like Pete Hegseth to lead that shell-shocked department, it should have been dreadfully obvious that human beings, not soaring prices, would be under steady attack as long as this violent regime could hold onto power."

~ D. Earl Stephens

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https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/warmongers

"A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or 'federalize' the coming Congressional elections.

Self-terrorism might not have been the initial aim; but as time goes by, and failures and atrocities mount, its appeal will grow."

~ Timothy Snyder

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https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire-for-terror