Iran's supreme leader, Ayatolla Ali Khamenei, age 86, was assassinated in a totally unprovoked US/Israeli airstrike, while other family members, including his wife and children, were injured or killed. As far as is known, no demands were made of the Iran leadership before the completely surprise strike, apparently urged by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and carried out in secret without Congressional approval as is required by law. If Israel wants to be fully accepted into the world community of nations, this is not a good way to go about it. Criticizing Israel is not anti-semitism, but rightful condemnation of that nation, which can no longer rely on the holocaust to justify its role in the attack on Iran, which had nothing at all to do with the holocaust in any case.
The ayatolla's son Mojtaba, age 56, was reportedly seriously injured and may even have lost a leg, but is now said to be the leader still in charge. He also is thought to have lost his wife and teenage son in the attack. If he feels even more vengeful now, that is certainly understandable.
A school in Tehran was reportedly hit by a US Tomahawk missile that killed at least 175, mostly young girls. World sympathy is now almost totally with Iran, while Trump and Netanyahu are being condemned as war criminals. Now it looks like Netanyahu's corruption trial will not go forward in the forseeable future, so he's off the hook on that. Was inciting a mentally befuddled Donald Trump into attacking Iran the very high price that the world has had to pay just to save Bibi Netanyahu from prison? How can Trump and Netanyahu ever be trusted again? Certainly most Americans are not supportive of this war, just launched against Iran. The rising price of gas and everything else is the least of it.
Here is a US Tomahawk missile, made in the USA, just like the ones targetting Iran.
This is the interior of a historic Iranian palace that may or may not have survived.
Iran war live updates: 6 U.S. service members confirmed dead in military plane crash; Hegseth says Iran's new supreme leader is 'wounded and likely disfigured'
A large blast rocked Tehran last week, while Donald Trump referred to Iran's leaders as "deranged scumbags." Neither Trump nor Hegseth has any credibility left. We need to get them both out of office ASAP. And Israel should also jettison Netanyahu. Let's start out all over with a clean slate.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres forcefully condemned the strikes, as did Amnesty International.
The world's sympathy is now fully with Iran, while leaders all around the globe are denouncing the US and Israel.
Christians here should remember the Commandment: "Thou shalt not kill."
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that while state officials are aware of an FBI alert regarding potential Iranian drone strikes, there is "no imminent threat" to California residents. But what about Hawaii, where I have family members? Newsom has also described Israel quite correctly as "sort of an apartheid state".
Trump, in turn, has accused Newsom of having "mental problems." Who actually is the guy with "mental problems"?
It's hard to imagine a worse US president that Donald Trump. Maybe Ulysses S. Grant? Harry S. Truman? Or even Richard Nixon? Will this war end like Vietnam, with no winners, just when everyone gets tired of it? Now Iran has even more grievances against both the United States and Israel after this attack, as the current leader was seriously wounded and lost his father, wife, and son.
Here's a new message now from congressional candidate George Conway:
