I was just talking to one of my students who is from Iran.

Last week when Trump was threatening nuclear annihilation, she literally called her family back home to say goodbye.

This shit is not a game, this is not just another business deal with slightly higher stakes, this is not an Internet flamewar.

Never forget the people who are doing this to their fellow human beings on a massive scale. Never forget the pain, suffering, and death that they are willing to casually inflict. Never forget that many of them have tossed aside the morals they claim to have and shown themselves to be fundamentally amoral people in order to follow the whims of their amoral "leaders".

No one should have this kind of power, no one with regard for their fellow humans can cheer it on, and no one who does can ever be believed when they claim to follow a religion of peace.