The discussion of "imminent" reminds me that an "emergency" can be anything a president says is an emergency. When truth doesn't matter then words mean whatever you say they mean.
There IS an imminent threat. But the threat here is to Israel (at least in Bibi's brain) and not to the USA. Bibi is the puppet master and Trump is his puppet.
You are looking at the war from the wrong angle Will. This is Israel's war being fought with American resources.
And the expert USA & IDF sharp shooters have already blasted 1 girls school and around 10-13 hospitals / health facilities. (The 'legal' justification that everyone present in the school and hospitals are terrorists will come after an 'investigation'.)
I don't understand this fetish with hospitals. It almost looks like they get much more kick out of seeing wounded people and children die in agony. How can they sleep peacefully at night?
"Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to help target US forces in the Middle East, according to a report, in a development likely to cause a rift between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin."
Well, Condi Rice is on Fox pushing the war; if you change the proper nouns in her message, its the same lies as Iraq. Bush Jr. should never have been president, and he's invisible now for a reason. No one cares what he thinks. People are going to have to learn on their own.
Just another example of Trump and his administration being egomaniacal when they didn’t need to be. He could’ve done a more simplistic statement just said Iran could strike our targets in the Middle East like the US embassy in Saudi they retaliatory struck. It would’ve been nonsensical but it would’ve been coherent and in line with previous presidents using force.
The Trump Amateur Hour, or, Clowns At War: Deadly clowns, but clowns nonetheless. It's all fun and games until you murder a couple hundred schoolgirls. Is it any surprise that mafia level corruption, and the replacement of intelligent, competent people with idiot sycophants and political and religious fanatics, results in dead schoolchildren and uncontrolled chaos, the destruction of any remaining shred of hegemony or respect for this country’s sphere of influence, and the diminution of the world’s largest and most capable military to mercenaries for Israel and petro client states? Everyone needs to watch very, very closely for the inevitable billion dollar payoffs from the Sauds, UAE, etc. to the Trump family coffers. Trump wants the Iranian people to “rise up”? You know what would be one of the primary tools for this? USAID, especially Radio Free America. Oops, they’re gone. Whoopsie. You know what would be incredibly important for any hope of long term regime change in Iran? The cooperation of the EU and its sphere of influence and power. D’oh, they don’t seem to be okay with being shit on in every imaginable way, and then being expected to fluff dear leader’s limp member.
Sure, the illegal, incompetent, and blatantly unConstitutional war in Iran is MAGA at its finest. This is what everyone who voted, supported, excused, rationalized, ignored, sympathized with; this is what the MAGAverse wants. Blow shit up, on video. The bigger the better. Kill the bad guy. “Rules of engagement?” Stupid. Dead schoolgirls? We kill our own, remember? We don’t give a f*** about dead brown people.
Clowns. Psychotic, deadly, clowns. And this includes every single one of the Republicans who support, excuse, rationalize, ignore this clownshow’s deadly incompetence.
Necessary addendum: Taking Khamenei out would have been a very, very good thing, in theory. Leaving his entire regime intact, especially the IRGC, in a highly unstable region thrown into complete chaos, is a disaster. But let’s be clear - Israel’s objectives are being met. The region’s petro states’ objectives are being met. The Trump/MAGA crime family’s objectives are being met. The only loser here is…the U.S. of A. Hooray for us.
In other words, to quote Humpty Dumpty, “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less”. So may we now call DJT "Trumpty Dumpty"?
The imminent threat was that the U.S. and Iran would agree on a deal to not build nukes before:
a) Bibi and the sheiks had their 'last best chance' to kill the mullahs, and
b) Hegseth got his God of Thunderbolts War.
The discussion of "imminent" reminds me that an "emergency" can be anything a president says is an emergency. When truth doesn't matter then words mean whatever you say they mean.
Operation "Epic Ego" is best translated as "I want to".
Do another nation's nuclear weapons potentially pose a possible eminent threat to the U.S. and our citizens?
Possibly.
Which nations possess nuclear weapons?
Russia. Israel, India. Pakistan. France, the United Kingdom. the People's Republic of China. North Korea.
Which of these will the U.S. next attack based on the vaguely defined charge of "imminent threat"?
https://youtu.be/2yfXgu37iyI?si=b819BaiUR36-Sk9y
Excellent article and I am also enjoying the comments. Grateful for this community. Certainly do see a straight line from Bush-Iraq to this nightmare.
There IS an imminent threat. But the threat here is to Israel (at least in Bibi's brain) and not to the USA. Bibi is the puppet master and Trump is his puppet.
You are looking at the war from the wrong angle Will. This is Israel's war being fought with American resources.
And the expert USA & IDF sharp shooters have already blasted 1 girls school and around 10-13 hospitals / health facilities. (The 'legal' justification that everyone present in the school and hospitals are terrorists will come after an 'investigation'.)
I don't understand this fetish with hospitals. It almost looks like they get much more kick out of seeing wounded people and children die in agony. How can they sleep peacefully at night?
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/03/minab-school-bombing-how-the-worst-mass-casualty-event-of-the-iran-war-unfolded-a-visual-guide
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/05/at-least-dozen-hospital-and-health-facilities-in-iran-hit-since-us-israel-attacks-began-who-says
> want to just . . . keep the country safe from an Iranian nuclear weapon for the first three, four years of his second term.
So he's worried about the fifth and sixth years of Trump's second term?
If you thought it couldn't get any worse
"Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to help target US forces in the Middle East, according to a report, in a development likely to cause a rift between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin."
I thought Vlad was Donnie's best bud?
Excellent article! The best analysis is always one that pulls the thread until the entire garment is unraveled, as this one did. Bravo!
We've seen this before.....
Excuses to ply American deadly weapons.....
Known unknowns
Unknown unknowns blah, blah, blah
America is the rogue state
America is the constant threat.
"Special Relationship" anyone? ??
Not ever a guarantee of ally-ship
Thank God Starmer told Trump to get lost, one American f*ck-up is enough, perhaps Bush minor might find the guts to criticise Trump?
Well, Condi Rice is on Fox pushing the war; if you change the proper nouns in her message, its the same lies as Iraq. Bush Jr. should never have been president, and he's invisible now for a reason. No one cares what he thinks. People are going to have to learn on their own.
Just another example of Trump and his administration being egomaniacal when they didn’t need to be. He could’ve done a more simplistic statement just said Iran could strike our targets in the Middle East like the US embassy in Saudi they retaliatory struck. It would’ve been nonsensical but it would’ve been coherent and in line with previous presidents using force.
Will,
Excellent breakdown of the "chop suey process" of the "Warrior" leaders.
If their process wasn't so ignorantly scary, it would seem to be straight out of an Evelyn Waugh satire, with Trump playing Birdy Wooster's "ancient."
It seems we have moved on to "thought crimes", where thinking makes you an imminent threat...
Yeah, this is going to work out just great.
The Trump Amateur Hour, or, Clowns At War: Deadly clowns, but clowns nonetheless. It's all fun and games until you murder a couple hundred schoolgirls. Is it any surprise that mafia level corruption, and the replacement of intelligent, competent people with idiot sycophants and political and religious fanatics, results in dead schoolchildren and uncontrolled chaos, the destruction of any remaining shred of hegemony or respect for this country’s sphere of influence, and the diminution of the world’s largest and most capable military to mercenaries for Israel and petro client states? Everyone needs to watch very, very closely for the inevitable billion dollar payoffs from the Sauds, UAE, etc. to the Trump family coffers. Trump wants the Iranian people to “rise up”? You know what would be one of the primary tools for this? USAID, especially Radio Free America. Oops, they’re gone. Whoopsie. You know what would be incredibly important for any hope of long term regime change in Iran? The cooperation of the EU and its sphere of influence and power. D’oh, they don’t seem to be okay with being shit on in every imaginable way, and then being expected to fluff dear leader’s limp member.
Sure, the illegal, incompetent, and blatantly unConstitutional war in Iran is MAGA at its finest. This is what everyone who voted, supported, excused, rationalized, ignored, sympathized with; this is what the MAGAverse wants. Blow shit up, on video. The bigger the better. Kill the bad guy. “Rules of engagement?” Stupid. Dead schoolgirls? We kill our own, remember? We don’t give a f*** about dead brown people.
Clowns. Psychotic, deadly, clowns. And this includes every single one of the Republicans who support, excuse, rationalize, ignore this clownshow’s deadly incompetence.
Necessary addendum: Taking Khamenei out would have been a very, very good thing, in theory. Leaving his entire regime intact, especially the IRGC, in a highly unstable region thrown into complete chaos, is a disaster. But let’s be clear - Israel’s objectives are being met. The region’s petro states’ objectives are being met. The Trump/MAGA crime family’s objectives are being met. The only loser here is…the U.S. of A. Hooray for us.
someone else is feeling my belligerence, rage and frustration.
174 female things ( they can be poached, so just objects ) female humans aged 6-14.
and the ' browns, reds, yellow and black and some white ' HERE, collateral.
Must read article from Philips O'Brien on the Trump deadly clownshow in Iran:
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-rot-is-real-and-there-is-more?publication_id=1176440&post_id=190083873&isFreemail=true&r=5itty2&triedRedirect=true
In other words, to quote Humpty Dumpty, “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less”. So may we now call DJT "Trumpty Dumpty"?
Trumpty Dumpty
Much better than what I wrote! Am editing my post now!
I refuse to capitalize trumpy, he has not only not earned it
he wipes his feet on the constitution, rule OF law, he prefers rule by law
he felt slighted, so we have to pay.