"At a press conference on Monday evening, President Trump said his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was one of a handful of top advisers who convinced him to launch major combat operations in Iran.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Trump went to war with Iran because Jared Kushner is a fool. Donald Trump’s top two negotiators have no clue what they’re doing."

~ Edith Olmsted

#Trump #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Iran #war
/20

https://newrepublic.com/post/207554/donald-trump-iran-war-iran-jared-kushner-steve-witkoff

[kierkegaanks@beige.party]

@wdlindsy go easy on the moron. Bibi is probably the sith lord here

[eetschrijver@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Trump went to war because he's a fool running a government of fools that hires fools.
He's also utterly devoid of human qualities.

[grootinside@troet.cafe]

@wdlindsy
Sometimes some phrases bother me.
Call me picky but "Trump went" nowhere.
He "declared" war and is sending soldiers to die in an unlawful war.
He is relaxing on a golden sofa while others killing thousands of people because he loves to see himself powerful.

[su_liam@mas.to]

@wdlindsy To Trump and his advisors, other people(including us) are not really people, just assets or impediments. So, the human cost of war(whether it’s dead American soldiers or dead little Iranian girls) is not even a matter of interest unless it can be shown to affect their monetary or political interests. Even their loss of popularity is only of interest to the degree that it makes it harder to cheat.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"It should not surprise you that the same team which invited a reporter into a Signal chat about war plans a few months ago have been blindsided by the Iranian regime’s resilience.

After less than two weeks, regime change is off the table and even the Israeli military understands that the Islamic Republic isn’t going away anytime soon."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #Hegseth #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Netanyahu #Iran #war
/21

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dire-straits-the-iran-war-is-run

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Iran has so far achieved its two most important strategic objectives. The regime has passed its first continuity test, transferring power from one supreme leader to the next. And it has closed the strait, setting in motion a cascade of economic consequences which will sap America’s political will to continue fighting."

#Trump #Hegseth #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Netanyahu #Iran #war
/22

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Meanwhile, the American military is now telling the New York Times that, far from collapsing, the Iranian regime is adapting to the Israeli–American onslaught and finding our weaknesses."

#Trump #Hegseth #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Netanyahu #Iran #war
/23

[su_liam@mas.to]

@wdlindsy Why does Trump listen to Jared Kushner? The answer to that question tells you everything you need to know about whose foolishness got us into this war. Jared Kushner is a powerless nobody with inherited deep pockets.

[su_liam@mas.to]

@wdlindsy Hey! If the planet is reduced to a charred ember, the Islamic Republic is gone. So is the United States, but people die in war, things get destroyed. That’s a sacrifice your president is willing to make.

[su_liam@mas.to]

@wdlindsy And choosing that leader with absolutely no regard to Trump.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"A majority of likely American voters believe that Donald Trump launched the war on Iran at least in part to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that had engulfed his presidency, according to a new survey.

The survey found that a solid 52-40 majority of voters agreed with the statement, with the other 8% saying they were unsure as to his motivations."

~ Ryan Grim

#Trump #Epstein #Iran #war
/24

https://zeteo.com/p/new-poll-most-americans-believe-trump

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The survey of 1,272 likely voters, using a national web panel of respondents, was conducted from March 6 to March 8 by Data for Progress, and paid for by Drop Site News and Zeteo."

#Trump #Epstein #Iran #war
/25

[yora@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@wdlindsy Isn't he the new co-owner of EA, together with the regent of Saudi Arabia?

[yora@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Eetschrijver @wdlindsy A government elected and still supported by fools.

[eetschrijver@mastodon.social]

@yora
A coalition of the gullible. Or was it racist? Yeah, probably the latter.
@wdlindsy

[spdrnl@sigmoid.social]

@wdlindsy Wow, just wow.

And then to think that Jared's family is very close to Netanyahu's family.

The world is about to implode on this little gang of thugs.

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@wdlindsy fucken Damien.

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@wdlindsy That's the thing that surprises me: not the blundering U.S. leadership, but rather *Israel* thinking that this would somehow be easy? They have intelligence services and analysts. They can't kill their way to their goals unless they . . . oh, please tell me that they don't plan to try to nuke their way toward their goals. That is a frightening prospect with irreversible consequences.

[gimulnautti@mastodon.green]

@wdlindsy ”it’ll be good for business, yeah”