"From all appearances, neither Donald Trump nor any adviser knows the purpose of his strikes against Iran."
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"JD [Vance] has become a lurker. The greatest sycophant and word-twister alive has decided that his best move is to just shut up. He can’t admit 'No dumb wars,' his foundational excuse for backing Trump—after once comparing Trump to Hitler—was a lie. Vance, the posting machine, has essentially stopped; the cheer captain gone silent and is just watching the game."
~ Jason Sattler
https://thecause.substack.com/p/the-iran-war-is-so-bad-even-jd-vance
@wdlindsy JD Vance is ambitious and without principles. He sees which way the wind is blowing. He is just waiting for opportunity.
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"Satellite imagery shows an Iranian ballistic missile struck the AN/FPS-132 phased array radar at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. If the damage is as severe as the imagery suggests, Iran just destroyed a $1.1 billion piece of equipment that took years to build and cannot be replaced on any timeline relevant to this war."
~ Shanaka Anslem Perera quoted by Greg Dworkin
"It doesn’t appear that Donald Trump will be getting that Nobel Peace Prize anytime soon—at least not one he earned. The big story today is the growing global fallout as the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran enters its fourth day."
~ Adam Parkhomenko
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"It doesn’t appear that Donald Trump will be getting that Nobel Peace Prize anytime soon—at least not one he earned. The big story today is the growing global fallout as the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran enters its fourth day."
~ Adam Parkhomenko
"4 days after the Iran War started, the State Dept announced it was evacuating embassy personnel from 14 different countries in the Middle East and advised all Americans in those countries to leave immediately. However, due to DOGE cuts, the State Dept budget to evacuate Americans was slashed and the US govt has no ability to help anyone get out."
~ Ron Filipkowski
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-320-3326
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"4 days after the Iran War started, the State Dept announced it was evacuating embassy personnel from 14 different countries in the Middle East and advised all Americans in those countries to leave immediately. However, due to DOGE cuts, the State Dept budget to evacuate Americans was slashed and the US govt has no ability to help anyone get out."
~ Ron Filipkowski
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-320-3326
"Right now, amid Donald Trump’s war in Iran, the US government has left many Americans in the lurch across the Middle East."
~ Maria Kari
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"Right now, amid Donald Trump’s war in Iran, the US government has left many Americans in the lurch across the Middle East."
~ Maria Kari
"Iran has retaliated against the U.S. and Israeli strikes by targeting bases, infrastructure and certain civilian structures throughout the region with missiles and drones. The half million or so U.S. citizens in the region are now desperate to escape, but the U.S. State Department is offering no assistance whatsoever."
~ Jay Kuo
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"Iran has retaliated against the U.S. and Israeli strikes by targeting bases, infrastructure and certain civilian structures throughout the region with missiles and drones. The half million or so U.S. citizens in the region are now desperate to escape, but the U.S. State Department is offering no assistance whatsoever."
~ Jay Kuo
"You have to understand: Just like any wartime president, Trump has also been preoccupied with the intense planning and logistics of his beautiful new ballroom. As he noted Monday, it was a real shame that American soldiers died in a reprisal attack, but also, how about those drapes?"
~ Marty Kelley
/s alert
https://www.wonkette.com/p/fifa-peace-president-would-evacuate
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"'If anything,' he said, 'I might’ve forced Israel’s hand.' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth immediately chimed in: 'This is 100% correct.' This, of course, set the president and the secretary of defense 100 percent against the attack rationale laid out a day earlier by both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and House Speaker Mike Johnson…."
@wdlindsy Snork. His ego can't stand that they made him do it, but I"ll wager they "made" him do it.
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"JD [Vance] has become a lurker. The greatest sycophant and word-twister alive has decided that his best move is to just shut up. He can’t admit 'No dumb wars,' his foundational excuse for backing Trump—after once comparing Trump to Hitler—was a lie. Vance, the posting machine, has essentially stopped; the cheer captain gone silent and is just watching the game."
~ Jason Sattler
https://thecause.substack.com/p/the-iran-war-is-so-bad-even-jd-vance
@wdlindsy
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"Iran has retaliated against the U.S. and Israeli strikes by targeting bases, infrastructure and certain civilian structures throughout the region with missiles and drones. The half million or so U.S. citizens in the region are now desperate to escape, but the U.S. State Department is offering no assistance whatsoever."
~ Jay Kuo
they will have to use the yank version of "pay as you go" airlines...
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"Right now, amid Donald Trump’s war in Iran, the US government has left many Americans in the lurch across the Middle East."
~ Maria Kari
"THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOU!!!"
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OMFG !!!
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/the-most-dangerous-idiots-in-american
Trump probably hoped that Iran would fold, or the regime would fall in a few days...
He used the ammunitions at unsustainable rate... and Iran still has thousands of missiles
Did he never play video war games : the main rule is... stockpile ammunitions if you don't wanna die
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"Trump: 'I guess the worst case is we do this and then somebody takes over who is as bad as the previous person. That could happen.'"
~ Aaron Rupar
no stupid : the worst case is you do this, and the whole country unites, and the US are in a vietnam situation.... without ammunitions
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"You know who didn’t like all that talk on Monday of Israel pulling Donald Trump along for the bomb-Iran ride? Donald Trump. The president denied yesterday that Israel had 'forced his hand,' telling reporters that 'based on the way negotiation was going, I think [Iran] was going to attack first, and I didn’t want that to happen.'"
~ Andrew Egger, Benjamin Parker, and Jim Swift
I read on to the article below this one, also excellent, regarding penetrating the Gulf of Hormuz. Trump's wild promise.
The article makes the point of the strategic triumph, "If Iran manages to sink a tanker," but even little me, in an armchair in California, can see that the risk is if Iran were to sink a US battleship. Why take the risk?
Does Hegseth know enough about Iranian defense capability for the straits to risk a battleship group in defense of oil tankers?
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"Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied he said the U.S. had to strike Iran because Israel was about to attack, despite comments the previous day stating the U.S. acted preemptively because it knew Israel planned to strike Iran and expected Tehran would retaliate against American forces if the U.S. didn’t act first."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #MarcoRubio #Iran #war
/5https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-senators-sound-the-alarm-as
Can we just keep playing their own tape back at them at loud volume until they acknowledge that we are real people, and we can understand when we are being lied to, and that does not go away just because they steamroll over us and move on to the next lie.
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"Trump: 'Most of the people we had in mind [to succeed Khomeini] are dead [due to missile strikes]. We had some in mind from that group that is dead. And now we have another group. They may be dead also. Pretty soon we're not gonna know anybody. I mean, Venezuela was so incredible because we did the attack and we kept govt totally intact.'"
~ Aaron Rupar
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mg6alhgje52a
The President of the United States, ladies and gentlemen. Accept no substitutes.
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"Trump: 'I guess the worst case is we do this and then somebody takes over who is as bad as the previous person. That could happen.'"
~ Aaron Rupar
Why do they let him talk? Can they at least take the shovel away from him? People, many people, are dead, and all he can do is embarrass himself.
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"You have to understand: Just like any wartime president, Trump has also been preoccupied with the intense planning and logistics of his beautiful new ballroom. As he noted Monday, it was a real shame that American soldiers died in a reprisal attack, but also, how about those drapes?"
~ Marty Kelley
/s alert
https://www.wonkette.com/p/fifa-peace-president-would-evacuate
"NATO is now involved. It has shot down an Iranian missile heading into Turkish airspace. Turkey is a NATO member housing a major U.S. military base where the U.S. has nuclear weapons, including B-61 thermonuclear bombs. NATO’s Article 5 says an attack on one member of the alliance is considered an attack on all. ...
Trump and Netanyahu’s war is rapidly escalating into a global conflict."
~ Robert Reich
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"NATO is now involved. It has shot down an Iranian missile heading into Turkish airspace. Turkey is a NATO member housing a major U.S. military base where the U.S. has nuclear weapons, including B-61 thermonuclear bombs. NATO’s Article 5 says an attack on one member of the alliance is considered an attack on all. ...
Trump and Netanyahu’s war is rapidly escalating into a global conflict."
~ Robert Reich
"The Pentagon has announced that more U.S. forces are deploying to the Middle East as the war with Iran escalates. Let’s call it what it is: Donald’s war with Iran."
~ Mary Trump
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"The Pentagon has announced that more U.S. forces are deploying to the Middle East as the war with Iran escalates. Let’s call it what it is: Donald’s war with Iran."
~ Mary Trump
"The war continues to escalate. In one of the most significant developments so far, the U.S. Navy confirmed that an American submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian Navy frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka. More than 180 people were reportedly aboard the vessel, and dozens were killed.
It marks the first time since World War II that a U.S. submarine has sunk an enemy warship using a torpedo."
~ Ben Meiselas
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/wednesday-afternoon-updates-as-war?
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"The war continues to escalate. In one of the most significant developments so far, the U.S. Navy confirmed that an American submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian Navy frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka. More than 180 people were reportedly aboard the vessel, and dozens were killed.
It marks the first time since World War II that a U.S. submarine has sunk an enemy warship using a torpedo."
~ Ben Meiselas
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/wednesday-afternoon-updates-as-war?
"The war in Iran is costing taxpayers more than $1 billion everyday."
~ Aaron Parnas
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-republicans-break-and
