It’s almost as if someone is trying to blow everything up so….he can impose martial law? I don’t put it past him. I don’t even rule out him using nukes on Iran. This has reached a point where he should be removed in a straitjacket and put in a rubber room. I can’t believe this unhinged behavior is being tolerated.
Yes, oh, please, get the straight jackets ready, they are urgently needed now! No time to waste! The Trump regime is not only destroying our democracy, but are a threat to the whole world!
There’s a dark irony how one war now helps finance another: the Iran war is driving oil prices up, sending more petro-dollars to Putin to fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine --while Moscow helps Iran with intelligence to target US bases in the region, the US is diverting expensive defensive missiles from Ukraine to defend our Middle East assets.
Bottom line: our sworn enemy Russia is the real winner with higher oil prices. Our supposed friend Ukraine is hung out to dry.
The ironic kicker: Zelensky is now offering its innovative and cheap anti-drone technology to the US to help defend U.S. interests against Iran’s drones:
Timothy Snyder today mulls the disturbing idea that trump (or his minions) WANT terrorist attacks on US soil to kill people, to give him the "ammo" to stop the elections. He doesn't seem to get the idea that if elections are stopped, there will be NO CONGRESS. Or maybe he does.
The Constitution is clear about the length of a Congressional Term. No way to change it. Of course, any state that chooses to simply IGNORE a "cancellation of elections" and hold them anyway will in fact have elected representatives and on January 3 can choose a speaker to swear them in. Shame if only the blue states told trump to fk off.
This has occurred to me as well. It’s a recognized tactic for aspiring tyrants. The oft-cited example: Nazis burned down the Reichstag, claimed it was the work of their enemies, and used the disaster to consolidate emergency powers.
Another scenario: Trump coup architects stage an attempted Trump assassination, blame Iran, and declare a national emergency to suspend elections. Nothing seems crazy anymore.
That wouldn’t surprise me. Wouldn’t it be fun if it actually succeeded in what it thought would be a staged effort. Somehow I don’t think Americans would find this as unifying as they did 9/11.
With unemployment increasing as seen in February’s layoffs of 92K* and estimated layoffs* before the initiation of “the war,” I wonder what the future job market will be like for the folks graduating in June or will it even be relevant if Trump et al activate the draft to supplement ground troops that would be sent in to capture uranium/materials. “Bombing the Hell” doesn’t accomplish that physical task but employment of soldiers would mask actual job employment stats.
Bibi, however, may consider those materials his spoils of war, I suppose. That scenario would also give Trump and Hegseth the opportunity to cosplay Douglas MacArthur gold braid included.
One’s brain is beginning to spend far too much time running down rabbit holes.
Can it get any worse? Yes, Virginia, it can and will until this monster administration is reined in by a feckless group of elected leaders in D.C. . Dexter Filkins wrote a book entitled The Forever War in 2008 which chronicles his work as a NY Times correspondent covering the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I think of it often in these days when so many in Congress refuse to use the word , war. It was then, it is now, and it will be forever until we rise to stop it and the waste of our tax dollars, human lives, and the dangers to our entire. world it represents.
Exactly Kelly! This Congress under Johnson and the Senate under Thune APPROVED The War Powers Act!!!! Allowing this debacle to continue!
When all of this is over; if we are still functioning as a Country, all of the GOP sans Rand Paul but including Fetterman MUST BE CHARGED for dereliction of duty or Treason what ever is appropriate.
WHY CANT HE BE IMPEACHED at the very least….The Orange Menace..
I have admiration for anyone who can read the news and not feel the existential threat that has just exploded out of control. If anyone 'representing' us is doing an end play that they have been exploring, or waiting for, keep in mind that your chance, hopefully not your only chance, to Get trompas into a Senate Hearing, under oath, and face up to ALL of the evidence against him. In short, summon him, impeach him, and FIRE him, followed by Trial, or Trials in any State which has a reason and Lock him up, as he so gleefully used to proclaim for others. More, it has to be followed by the constitution killers who supported and robbed our tax money, exploited their own racist beliefs and who are willing to poison earth to keep it stolen. T's firing should be retroactive due to his tampering of election results and all his appointees declared Null and Void of all appointments. We hopefully have a shadow administration ready to make this happen. In my dreams I see it as the 8. Along with one speaker who will hold all accountable until a New Set of Rules is established. This has gone far enough. Alternatively, I am waiting on the World Court to put him in the same category as bibi as a wanted criminal for Crimes against Humanity: Targeting an elementary girls school killing 170 +/-. I also know that like it or not, we will have to withdraw from Iran before this goes all the way to 'boots on the ground'. How much damage does it take to get our Constitutionally Elected Representatives to fire this Deranged, Demented, Depraved Destroyer Out? Now he wants Us to kill our Own children for his own vanity??? I'm not willing to give him another hour. Our Earth is not up for grabs! Neither are our children.
I suspect Trump and Bibi will leave much of Iran in rubble and declare victory. A failed state is likely good enough for Netanyahu. It’s all but certain Trump and his inner circle will again use American resources and power to enrich themselves from the ruins. The Iranian people? The survivors will suffer continued tyranny or the daily terror of a failed state.
Another likely outcome: hatred of the U.S. and Israel will increase among regional populations and their global sympathizers, adding to the risk of random acts of terror.
With unfathomable levels of U.S. national debt - even without a $1B a day war; an oligarchic ruling class opposed to democracy and scornful of the “common good”; federal government run by incompetents and criminals; and declining opportunities for incomes adequate to pay basic living expenses, many ordinary Americans are set up for a fall with no margin to avoid it.
Heck. I suppose global chaos is the motive. It don’t matter how or to whom. It does seem that T has it out for China. First by confiscating Venezuela (oil that China was invested in) then when China switched to Iranian oil, guess who was next in line? T and Israel want control of both the western and eastern hemispheres. At any cost. Sigh. Insanity has its own logic even if it means self destruction. I’m counting on evil doer’s incompetence and a global awakening of divine wokeism. Pray like a Hopi.
What I am reading is that we are not hearing the truth about how the war is going from nearly anybody. Things are much worse in the area than we are being told. Infrastructure, both military and civilian, takes a long time (and money) to build and very little to destroy. And can they even look at a map of Iran. Large country, difficult terrain. Death star and the drunk need to be in a padded cell with video games and let some responsible people run the world. I cannot even get my head around how awful this is and how much it will take to even start repairing anything.
It’s almost as if someone is trying to blow everything up so….he can impose martial law? I don’t put it past him. I don’t even rule out him using nukes on Iran. This has reached a point where he should be removed in a straitjacket and put in a rubber room. I can’t believe this unhinged behavior is being tolerated.
Yes, oh, please, get the straight jackets ready, they are urgently needed now! No time to waste! The Trump regime is not only destroying our democracy, but are a threat to the whole world!
There’s a dark irony how one war now helps finance another: the Iran war is driving oil prices up, sending more petro-dollars to Putin to fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine --while Moscow helps Iran with intelligence to target US bases in the region, the US is diverting expensive defensive missiles from Ukraine to defend our Middle East assets.
Bottom line: our sworn enemy Russia is the real winner with higher oil prices. Our supposed friend Ukraine is hung out to dry.
The ironic kicker: Zelensky is now offering its innovative and cheap anti-drone technology to the US to help defend U.S. interests against Iran’s drones:
https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/zelensky-and-flying-lawnmowers?r=10sd39
It’s like an M.C. Escher nightmare.
My god it would be funny if it weren’t.
Timothy Snyder today mulls the disturbing idea that trump (or his minions) WANT terrorist attacks on US soil to kill people, to give him the "ammo" to stop the elections. He doesn't seem to get the idea that if elections are stopped, there will be NO CONGRESS. Or maybe he does.
The Constitution is clear about the length of a Congressional Term. No way to change it. Of course, any state that chooses to simply IGNORE a "cancellation of elections" and hold them anyway will in fact have elected representatives and on January 3 can choose a speaker to swear them in. Shame if only the blue states told trump to fk off.
This has occurred to me as well. It’s a recognized tactic for aspiring tyrants. The oft-cited example: Nazis burned down the Reichstag, claimed it was the work of their enemies, and used the disaster to consolidate emergency powers.
Another scenario: Trump coup architects stage an attempted Trump assassination, blame Iran, and declare a national emergency to suspend elections. Nothing seems crazy anymore.
That wouldn’t surprise me. Wouldn’t it be fun if it actually succeeded in what it thought would be a staged effort. Somehow I don’t think Americans would find this as unifying as they did 9/11.
With unemployment increasing as seen in February’s layoffs of 92K* and estimated layoffs* before the initiation of “the war,” I wonder what the future job market will be like for the folks graduating in June or will it even be relevant if Trump et al activate the draft to supplement ground troops that would be sent in to capture uranium/materials. “Bombing the Hell” doesn’t accomplish that physical task but employment of soldiers would mask actual job employment stats.
Bibi, however, may consider those materials his spoils of war, I suppose. That scenario would also give Trump and Hegseth the opportunity to cosplay Douglas MacArthur gold braid included.
One’s brain is beginning to spend far too much time running down rabbit holes.
*Reuters
Can it get any worse? Yes, Virginia, it can and will until this monster administration is reined in by a feckless group of elected leaders in D.C. . Dexter Filkins wrote a book entitled The Forever War in 2008 which chronicles his work as a NY Times correspondent covering the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I think of it often in these days when so many in Congress refuse to use the word , war. It was then, it is now, and it will be forever until we rise to stop it and the waste of our tax dollars, human lives, and the dangers to our entire. world it represents.
Exactly Kelly! This Congress under Johnson and the Senate under Thune APPROVED The War Powers Act!!!! Allowing this debacle to continue!
When all of this is over; if we are still functioning as a Country, all of the GOP sans Rand Paul but including Fetterman MUST BE CHARGED for dereliction of duty or Treason what ever is appropriate.
WHY CANT HE BE IMPEACHED at the very least….The Orange Menace..
I have admiration for anyone who can read the news and not feel the existential threat that has just exploded out of control. If anyone 'representing' us is doing an end play that they have been exploring, or waiting for, keep in mind that your chance, hopefully not your only chance, to Get trompas into a Senate Hearing, under oath, and face up to ALL of the evidence against him. In short, summon him, impeach him, and FIRE him, followed by Trial, or Trials in any State which has a reason and Lock him up, as he so gleefully used to proclaim for others. More, it has to be followed by the constitution killers who supported and robbed our tax money, exploited their own racist beliefs and who are willing to poison earth to keep it stolen. T's firing should be retroactive due to his tampering of election results and all his appointees declared Null and Void of all appointments. We hopefully have a shadow administration ready to make this happen. In my dreams I see it as the 8. Along with one speaker who will hold all accountable until a New Set of Rules is established. This has gone far enough. Alternatively, I am waiting on the World Court to put him in the same category as bibi as a wanted criminal for Crimes against Humanity: Targeting an elementary girls school killing 170 +/-. I also know that like it or not, we will have to withdraw from Iran before this goes all the way to 'boots on the ground'. How much damage does it take to get our Constitutionally Elected Representatives to fire this Deranged, Demented, Depraved Destroyer Out? Now he wants Us to kill our Own children for his own vanity??? I'm not willing to give him another hour. Our Earth is not up for grabs! Neither are our children.
Well now Jesus can come back.
Can you say, "Appetitive Aggression" boys and girls?
I suspect Trump and Bibi will leave much of Iran in rubble and declare victory. A failed state is likely good enough for Netanyahu. It’s all but certain Trump and his inner circle will again use American resources and power to enrich themselves from the ruins. The Iranian people? The survivors will suffer continued tyranny or the daily terror of a failed state.
Another likely outcome: hatred of the U.S. and Israel will increase among regional populations and their global sympathizers, adding to the risk of random acts of terror.
With unfathomable levels of U.S. national debt - even without a $1B a day war; an oligarchic ruling class opposed to democracy and scornful of the “common good”; federal government run by incompetents and criminals; and declining opportunities for incomes adequate to pay basic living expenses, many ordinary Americans are set up for a fall with no margin to avoid it.
Heck. I suppose global chaos is the motive. It don’t matter how or to whom. It does seem that T has it out for China. First by confiscating Venezuela (oil that China was invested in) then when China switched to Iranian oil, guess who was next in line? T and Israel want control of both the western and eastern hemispheres. At any cost. Sigh. Insanity has its own logic even if it means self destruction. I’m counting on evil doer’s incompetence and a global awakening of divine wokeism. Pray like a Hopi.
What I am reading is that we are not hearing the truth about how the war is going from nearly anybody. Things are much worse in the area than we are being told. Infrastructure, both military and civilian, takes a long time (and money) to build and very little to destroy. And can they even look at a map of Iran. Large country, difficult terrain. Death star and the drunk need to be in a padded cell with video games and let some responsible people run the world. I cannot even get my head around how awful this is and how much it will take to even start repairing anything.
The price of diesel fuel has increased in my area from £1.43 per litre to £1.59 per litre in a week. And we Brits aren’t even in this stupid war.
Current price converts to $6.99 per gallon, up from $6.29.
Look what Israel did to Palestine. Now it’s Iran and Trump joins in. Why can’t he be impeached? Why do republicans think this okay?
Paul Krugman has been warning about the potential for stagflation for at least six months.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-economics-of-stagflation-part
I thought that Trumps ineptitude might enable WW3, but I didn't think he'd go out and start it himself. My bad.