Posted on 07/20/2026 1:16:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
For years, whether as president or candidate, he flayed electoral opponents and previous presidents with his signature barbs, calling their entanglements a “complete waste of time” (Afghanistan), “the worst single mistake ever made in the history of our country” (Iraq) and “stupid” (Ukraine).
Yet he now appears to be stumbling into a forever war of his own.
From the first days of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, Trump and his officials insisted their adventure abroad would be the exception, that the conflict would end in a matter of weeks.
Now, 4½ months later, after a torturous, start-stop vacillation between truce and war, the U.S. is pressing on with a fight that has no end in sight — or even a clear definition of what an acceptable end would be.
In the last week, the ceasefire collapsed, with the U.S. and Iran trading daily waves of strikes, leading to the deaths of two American servicemen on Friday when Iranian ballistic missiles struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, where U.S. assets and personnel are stationed.
On Sunday, as the U.S. and Iran launched more air assaults, the U.S. announced that a service member was killed Saturday in Iraq during the controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone.
The deaths in Jordan were the first combat fatalities since the U.S...
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Once the nuclear genie is out of the bottle, then what?
Russia could end the Ukraine war "in one day" too.
If it's OK for us to do it, why wouldn't it be OK for them?
I was thinking on this.
The “ceasefire” was probably all designed to allow our ships and planes to restock stores.
He should have dealt with Cuba first.
Which part are you disagreeing with?
Lol ive been here since the Iraq War. Sorry to disappoint. Get a grip.
This is more like Desert Storm than the Iraq War.
true or false. Two nights of firebombing Tokyo killed more people than either atomic bomb.
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Mostly true, with an important caveat — it depends on whether you count immediate deaths or the full cumulative toll.
The claim refers to the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo on the night of March 9–10, 1945 (Operation Meetinghouse), the deadliest air raid in history. Here’s how the numbers break down:
Tokyo firebombing (March 9–10, 1945): roughly 90,000–100,000 killed, most in a single night (
Wikipedia
, Britannica, Truman Library).
Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945): about 70,000–80,000 immediate deaths, rising to ~140,000 by the end of 1945 once radiation deaths were counted (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Hiroshima city).
Nagasaki (Aug. 9, 1945): about 40,000 immediate deaths, rising to ~70,000–74,000 by end of 1945 (BBC, ICAN).
So measured by immediate deaths, the Tokyo firebombing did kill more people than either atomic bomb — which is the way this claim is most commonly meant (CNN, BBC).
The caveat: if you count total deaths through the end of 1945, Hiroshima’s cumulative toll (~140,000) eventually surpassed Tokyo’s (~100,000) because radiation sickness kept killing survivors for months. Also, strictly speaking it was one devastating night rather than two — though Tokyo was hit by incendiary raids on several nights throughout the spring of 1945.
forever wars have high profit margins
Last time I had my total testosterone measured it was 953. Not bad for someone who’s 70.
Excellent 10 minute video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ggr3HvyS4
VDH is a brilliant man. Thank you for sharing.
If the 2024 presidential election was replayed tomorrow, Trump would lose to Kamala Harris -- in a landslide.
Nothing more needs to be said.
That the U.S. is fighting a "war with Islam" at all.
So we’ve “obliterated” their military....but they still have drones. *rolls eyes
This.
We’ve “obliterated” the Iranian military like four times now and they are still firing missiles. *derp* they still have drones *derp* Then they haven’t been obliterated yet, have they?
Iran is bigger than Texas + California combined!
Lots of places to hide drones.
Obliterating Iran’s economy is the best way to demolish IRGC.
We are 80% already there. Iran’s currency has lost all its value. 90% of Oil revenue is obliterated by the blockade. But they can fire drones for a few more weeks.
Kuwait just intercepted all drones fired at them this week.
Congressional authorization for Operation Desert Storm was established through House Joint Resolution 77 and Senate Joint Resolution 2, which were passed on January 12, 1991.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was enacted by Congress in October of that year.
This war is like Clinton's illegal NATO war against Serbia, or Obama's NATO war against Libya, or Biden's coalition of misfits against Yemen that Trump eventually pulled the plug on.
Trumo’s ceasefire MOU and the lifting of the blockade may be one of the most reckless incompetent actions he has taken on par with the disastrous Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan.
He should have finished the job he started and forced a surrender rather than a ceasefire that was so badly negotiated. Trump has shown that he is no Gnerneral Patton on war strategy.
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