Couldn't an agreement have been worked out with Iran to have avoided this war?
The answer certainly is "yes." Donald Trump was the aggressor, ordering the strike for no apparent reason while keeping Congress deliberately in the dark. Now the whole world has turned against our country and against President Trump as the Hitler of our times. Lady Liberty is shedding bitter tears. A rapidly mentally declining Donald Trump was guided step-by-step by a crafty Netanyahu, urgently trying to escape prison. Trump kept his plans under wraps, especially from Congress, which, by law, must approve any war.
Yahoo News: The president, who has come under scrutiny for offering shifting explanations on the war's endgame, said that if he was asked to scale the American military operation from one to 10, he would rate it a 15.
‘MAGA is Trump’: President fires back at right-wing mutiny over Iran
Trump doesn't care a fig about the Constitution, Congress, snd the Supreme Court--or even about MAGA, which until now has always stood steadfastly by him. He has anointed himself king of the world, a global sovereign, superceding all other powers and human laws.
The man is also losing his mind via rapidly advancing senile dementia. He needs to be impeached and locked up without his phone before he can do any more damage--before any more people are injured or killed.
Google says: According to the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8), Congress has the
sole power to formally declare war and authorize military force.
Vox, The Trump administration still can’t decide why it’s doing this
NY Times, Trump Says Strikes Killed Iranians U.S. Saw as New Leaders
That may have been Trump's intent, to totally decimate Iran's leadership from top to bottom.
NY Times, Thousands in Iran Attend Burial of Children Killed in Bombing of School Students were attending classes at the time that the school was destroyed. Some 175 people were killed by the attack on a girls’ elementary school.
NY Times, Frantic Effort to Evacuate as War Widens Across Mideast
‘Trump Got the Last Laugh’ After U.S. ‘Hunted Down and Killed’ Iranian Accused of Plotting to Assassinate President, Says Pete Hegseth
Trump's woefully incompetent and unqualified Secretary of Defense has made an indefensible statement. There is no evidence that Iran was planning to assassinate Trump, as Hegseth alleges, but he has never been a reliable authority. (You or I could actually do much better in that job..)
In the latest mark of how much the conversation among Democratic leaders around Israel is shifting, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday night blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for pushing the US into war with Iran and said the United States must reconsider future military aid to its longtime ally. The governor cited those whom he has said are “talking about it [Israel] appropriately as sort of an apartheid state.”
Newsom likens Israel to ‘apartheid state,’ questions future military support
Spain's government denies cooperating with US operations in Mideast, contradicting White House
The Trump Admin's Most Consistent Reason for Attacking Iran: We Did It
For Israel
Senate Republicans warn Trump about expanding Iran mission as death toll rises
Iran : U.S. shutters embassies; 6 American service members killed
President Trump said he "might have forced Israel's hand" in deciding to launch strikes
against Tehran.
Iran updates: 6 U.S. service members killed; Trump says 'Operation Epic Fury' to
last 4 to 5 weeks
The president defended ordering the assault against Tehran, which has launched
retaliatory strikes across the Middle East.
Stock market today: Dow plummets, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fall as oil surges to highest
levels since 2024
The president declared that he had ordered the strikes on Iran in "self-defense." He launched the attack in secret, deliberately avoiding Congress and the Supreme Court. He assassinated the Ayatolla without any provocation. Outrage has swept throughout the world.
Trump has thanked himself profusely on social media, as no one else is thanking him, not even his base.
Trump's war of choice is one that most Americans actually oppose. But, so far, Netanyahu has stayed out of prison. Though I oppose the death penalty, it would be hard to argue against applying it to Netanyahu, responsible for leading a very gullible, mentally befuddled Donald Trump into recklessly attacking Iran, leading to the deaths of so many civilians, including children.
‘MAGA is Trump’: President fires back at right-wing mutiny over Iran
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asks: "What is the endgame?"
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) issued a pointed reminder on Sunday that Trump's starting a war won’t distract from his push to force the Department of Justice to release all documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein. “PSA: Bombing a country on the other side of the globe won’t make the Epstein files go away," he declared.
Reportedly, those same files include accusations that Trump, along with Epstein, sexually abused girls as young as 13. Was this a "Lolita" situation or what?
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary
ABC, Woman, 94, goes up against Elgin officials over giant Trump yard sign
She definitely does not support Donald Trump and she wants all her neighbors to know it..
One of my readers declares: Trump is absolutely insane!! We are entering WWIII with an idiot at the helm.
Let's see if Trump admirers survive the midterms. Probably they won't do so very well.
Another correspondent advises:
Congress is voting this week on a series of War Powers resolutions that can
constrain President Trump from continuing his war against Iran.
Click here to ask your Representative and Senators to support these
resolutions and to urge them to reject any additional funding for this war.*
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This conflict is already spreading all around the region. American soldiers
have died. Civilians in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran have also been
killed. Congress can act. The Constitutional authority to declare war lies only
with Congress. So too does the power to commit resources for military
action.
*Write Congress now. Send the message that Trump doesn’t get a blank check
on war.*
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Here's still another recent message:
This is a scary moment. But I will not let that keep me from speaking out.
You and I know that the military action now underway will not make us – or
our Israeli friends and family – any safer. At best, there’ll be
short-term, tactical gains. Military force cannot dismantle Iran’s nuclear
knowledge, eliminate the threat posed by its ballistic missile
capabilities, or stop Iranian-sponsored terrorism.
We need a comprehensive strategy grounded in diplomacy and de-escalation,
not impulsive military action that spirals into another prolonged war.
*Let’s get Congress to stop this chaos. *
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Wash. Post, Thousands of public comments slam Trump’s ballroom: ‘I did not vote for this’
My good friend Susan back in DC is a really fabulous cook. Here is her latest, Apple Galette. I can almost smell and taste it, wishing I could actually take a bite.
