This discussion took place in the hours prior to the April 7th ultimatum.

The panel did initially joke about “large scale octopus attacks” before the host explained it further as being a sarcastic comment. They also play some interview footage over a period of time (showing this shifting/contradictory statements) that even many Japanese considered as being idiotic.

I nearly choked when he said that Japanese government officials are finding it difficult and confusing, understanding what he is trying to get at; the reason I write this is if government officials are thinking in keigo, none of this would make sane sense. Nothing can be interpreted literally when it comes to our POTUS because his vocabulary and ability to articulate anything beyond a 6th grade level is extremely difficult for him. The man child does not have the capability for using formal business English.

The host even put together a short list of remarks with dates (like the one I have here) to serve as an illustration.

Unsurprisingly, Japan’s ruling party (right leaning conservative similar to the U.S. but just a lot more competent) defended this by stating that “it’s just his speaking style”. My response to that is uh, no, He’s a real moron and grade A idiot. Even the panel guests don’t buy it because even they understand this constant flip flopping shows weakness where from the Iranian side, makes it difficult to trust whatever the U.S. has to say.

We’ve already been unreliable partners under more competent administrations and our untrustworthiness and unseriousness is magnified with this current group (which is why I refer to it as a kakistocracy).

Similarly (as most rational folks have been), the panel guests mentioned they are concerned that things could go in the wrong direction (I mean the veiled threat of nuclear weapons is a sensitive topic for Japanese).

気になる疑問やニュースのナゼを解き明かす「どうなの？」です。 事実上の封鎖が続くホルムズ海峡を巡って、トランプ大統領はイランとの交渉期限をこれまでの6日から7日の夜に延長しました。 このように日々、刻々と変わるトランプ氏の発言に、いま世界中が振り回されている状況です。 山崎夕貴キャスター： 世界経済がそれで大混乱していますから、やっぱり世界中が気が気でない。トランプ大統領��発言を見ている状況ですよね。 安宅晃樹キャスター： そんなトランプ氏の発言をアルファベット4文字で表現する言葉があるんです。それが「TACO」です。 ということで、今日のどうなの？は、「“TACO”で二転三転、大規模攻撃は？」について見ていきたいと思います。 まずはこの「TACO」がどんな意味なのかといいますと、「Trump Always Chickens Out」の頭文字をとって「TACO」です。意味としては「トランプはいつもビビッて逃げる」という皮肉を込めた造語で、どういうことかというと、トランプ氏が強硬な発言をしながらも結局は後退すると揶揄（やゆ）した言葉です。 遠藤玲子キャスター： アメリカでも友達同士で「おい、ビビるなよ」という時に「チキンアウトするなよ」と言うんですけど、なかなか大統領に対して使うスラングではないかなという印象ですけどね。 山崎夕貴キャスター： 日本だとタコって聞くとキャッチーですけど。 遠藤玲子キャスター： 英語では全然、オクトパスですからね、タコは。たまたま日本語のタコと重なりますけど。 安宅晃樹キャスター： もともとは相互関税を発表したあと、2025年の5月ごろに各国に対して交渉の猶予期間を設けたことを踏まえて、アメリカの金融関係者の間で広がった言葉とされているんです。当時、会見で実際に記者からTACOと呼ばれていますが、そう質問されたら「私が逃げ出した？そんな表現は聞いたことがない」と答えて不快感をあらわにする場面もあったわけなんです。 そして、今回のイランを巡る発言でもTACOと指摘される発言が多く見られました。 3月、イランに対して48時間以内にホルムズ海峡を開放しなければ発電所を攻撃すると警告したトランプ氏。 ところがその後、攻撃を5日間延期し、イランと対話を行ったと明らかにしました。 トランプ氏（3月24日）： 向こうが呼びかけてきたんだ。こちらじゃない、イランからだ。彼らは取引がしたい（と言っている）。そして我々は取引に前向きだ。 その場しのぎの発言を修正する様子に、SNSでは「トランプが“TACO”った」などと冷ややかな反応が見られたわけなんです。 安宅晃樹キャスター： ということで、今回のイラン攻撃を巡ってトランプ氏のTACO発言をまとめてみました。 まず、3月21日に自身のSNSで「48時間以内にホルムズ海峡の開放期限とする」とし、開放しなければ攻撃するとしたんですが、実際に48時間後、つまり2日後に期限が迫ってくると「5日間延長する」として、さらにその3日後には「10日間延長する」としたわけです。 そして実際に10日が近くなってくると、4月4日には「48時間後にあらゆる地獄が降り注ぐ」としたわけですが、その翌日にはまた発言が二転三転と変わっていき、6日には期限を日本時間の明日午前9時とし、これを過ぎれば「石器時代に戻る」と警告したわけなんです。 山崎夕貴キャスター： イラン側は一時停戦を拒否しているといいますし、トランプ大統領の二転三転する発言がいい影響を与えているとは思えないんですけどね。 三宅正治キャスター： この発言がトランプ大統領一流のディール、考えたうえでの発言だったらいいんだけども、どうもそうじゃない。苦しくなってついつい出てきたような発言にも聞こえるし。ただ大統領の発言なので、世界各国は振り回されますよね。 安宅晃樹キャスター： そういった発言を巡っていろんな反応が出ています。 2日にトランプ氏がイランに対して「今後2～3週間で攻撃を行う」と発言したことについて、フランスのマクロン大統領は「率直に発言が多すぎるし、あちこち話が飛びすぎている」と苦言を呈しました。 さらに日本の政府・与党内からも、「発言が毎日違って本当によく分からない」などという困惑の声も上がっています。 山崎夕貴キャスター： 日本政府も振り回されているんですね。 安宅晃樹キャスター： 他の政府・与党内からの声としては、トランプ氏の演説のスタイルであって、逆に言えばどう転んでも大丈夫なようにしているんではないか、そういうふうに見る声もあるんですが。 榎並大二郎キャスター： そのパターンが続くと、交渉のテーブルに乗せたい材料の価値がちょっと揺らいできてしまう。 三宅正治キャスター： 真実味がなくなるよね。イラン側も、またTACOで発言が変わってくるでしょと思っちゃうんじゃないかなと思うんですけど。発言の重みが違ってくるんですよね。 安宅晃樹キャスター： そのあたりについて、ワシントンの千田淳一支局長に聞きました。 まず、イラン側はTACO発言を見透かしていて、これによってトランプ氏はいらだっているのではないか。逆に言うとそのため、今回は宣言通り大規模攻撃を仕掛けて交渉のテーブルにつかせたいという狙いがあるのではないかということです。 榎並大二郎キャスター： ただでさえいま支持率も下がっていて焦っている状況だとは思いますが、今回これ本気なのか、悪い方向にいかないようにしてほしいなというところが1つですよね。 安宅晃樹キャスター： アメリカのニュースサイト・アクシオスによりますと、当局者の話として、合意がまとまりつつあるとトランプ氏が判断すれば攻撃の実行は見送る。ただ、国防当局者はこの延長には懐疑的だと報じています。 ということで、7日の“どうなの？”は「TACOで二転三転、大規模攻撃は？」。 交渉期限を迎える8日の動きと、そこまでの交渉結果をどう受け止めるのか、トランプ氏の心証次第ということになりそうです。 8日の交渉期限で一体どんな発言をするのか、注目されます。

T.A.C.O. in the context of April 7th’s insane “tonight a civilization will die” post, is not even the proper way to look at. Chickening out is the desired result and something you don’t want to see occur again; it’s a good thing that scenario did not happen, BUT those words cannot be undone. Unfortunately, we’re dealing with an intensely insecure narcissist who cannot be seen as a loser and would choose to burn everything down and take as much people down with him (which is why the calls to remove him from office are valid). Plus there are no guardrails because he is surrounded by “yes” loyalists.

None of the mechanisms for removal will work (25th amendment isn’t going to fly past his cabinet of loyalists, nor would they get 2/3rd’s in each chamber of Congress to vote yes in the final part of the process). While articles of impeachment have been filed (by a Democrat), it’s not going to have enough votes in the House (due to the Republican majority) to actually impeach him, where it would be sent over to the Senate (in order to have a trial — and even if he were impeached in the House, there wouldn’t be the 2/3rd’s in the Senate to convict and remove).

Which is why I mentioned we could be back at that existential threat level again (the whole ceasefire unsurprisingly fell apart in just hours); where eventually he may actually threaten the unthinkable again, and maybe not cry wolf this next time.

In spite of the ceasefire, a military official said a few hours ago that Israel was still conducting attacks against Iran (though Israel has since said it will honor the ceasefire in Iran but not in Lebanon). The U.S. needs to stop funding Israel and acting on its behalf going forward and elected politicians from any political affiliation in the U.S., need to be voted out if they support the government of Israel (I personally have my doubts this will happen because that institutional capture is so deep given the years of Israeli money pumped into campaign coffers).

The fact that POTUS was sold a lie of an easy victory by Netanyahu, is another additional reason (amongst many others) as to why he ought to be removed (but we know that isn’t going to happen). Bringing the world to a brink of a nuclear holocaust, is something which cannot be swept under the table (but we know this is what Republican’s in Congress will do; every single one that did not put out a statement previously condemning the president, should be considered traitors). This whole war has also only strengthened Iran’s theocratic regime to the detriment of its citizens looking for an actual free society.

The irony is also not lost on me that so many of those responsible for the divisive rhetoric that have torn apart this country, sounded like the reasonable ones once this threat of a holocaust level genocide was put out in such a deranged fashion earlier this morning. I’m not going to be one of those “purity test” folks on this; their vocal rejection and calls to have the 25th Amendment invoked (as previous close allies to the POTUS) of this insane notion of disappearing an entire civilization and it’s rich culture via an implied nuclear attack, is how you make cracks in that cycle of division.

The FOX News echo chamber is going to continue to distort/covering up the actual facts (it’s a propaganda machine which needs to be dismantled). It will take these former allies (people like Alex Jones, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, etc) to voice their condemnation of such threats in order for that to infiltrate the rightwing echo chamber. None of these folks will stop with wanting to “own the libs”, but at least there is common ground with not wanting to see weapons of mass destruction being used to end a civilization.

The United States as a whole has serious institutional issues which need to be fixed; it’s broken from the very top in each branch. Far too much of it relies on the equivalent of honorable people doing a handshake. The founders who are often times given far too much credit, were NAIVE in this area. It was written to protect the system from themselves because they as privileged people who wanted to get away from being ruled by a king, knew they would be tempted to do the same without a form of self-created checks and balances.

But none of the amendments that were added, solved the root cause issue with unscrupulous individuals capturing every part of that easily abused system (which is what happens when those who abused the system in the past, were never held accountable including Nixon, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc — the excuse always being “going after your political enemies” and “moving forwards to heal the country”). While this needs to be fixed, the damage has already been done with this genocidal threat by an American president. It’s a huge moral stain that we already know will attempt to be whitewashed like everything else.

While I could continue to “stream of consciously” core dump even more, I’ve already exceeded my self-imposed monthly time limits that I’ve tried to adhere to for posts of this type by several times now (it’s not something I enjoy focusing on but I also understand the significance in terms of current events and the historical record). Myself, I’m not confident this will last because POTUS is a narcissist with severe levels of cognitive decline who really needs to be removed from office. We could be right back at another nuclear threat level in two weeks.

BTW, China is the one pulling a lot of the diplomatic strings here. It’s China that many other countries that are turning to for trade and face it, stability. The U.S. has thrown away a lot of its standing because we have ignorant incompetent racist hacks making unqualified decisions. As a country, it needs to look itself in the mirror and face up to its history of being the one interfering in the business of other countries and creating conflicts in the process. Compared to these other countries, the U.S. is only 250 years old this summer. The last 8+ decades has been as a global empire and like all past empires, they eventually come to an end from arrogance, hubris, and self-created destruction.

UPDATE #1: T.A.C.O. at the last moment (which is better than the other alternative of a nuclear holocaust, global pariah, the global chaos). Iran called his bluff and reveals how weak POTUS is in the process. The “emperor has no clothes” and this boy crying wolf is damaging what little credibility the U.S. has. Two more weeks of abusive derangement is the only reprieve… will add more thoughts when I get home.

I wake up to what I would say is “5 alarm fire time” as we honestly are at the “lunatic has the nuclear codes” part of this war… and maybe TACO Tuesday may not be happening after all (we shall see). Regardless, this is a threat to an already weakened global economy (think major crash) and global security threat.

The President of the United States declared the potential genocide of the entire Iranian civilization in this vile posting of his. The following is the text in full.

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?

We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

Once again, the media in the U.S. fails to call things out with clear language (calling this out as a genocide). Iran has cut off direct communications with the U.S. after this threat. The U.S. began bombing Kharg Island shortly after. Kharg Island (satellite image above) is a key oil export hub and would require boots on the ground in order to secure those key assets. The problem of course is Iran has the literal high ground (with those mountain ranges where they can fire off rockets from) plus launch suicide boats hidden in the many caves lining that side of the strait.

That first part in his demented post (a whole civilization will die tonight) is also threatening nuclear annihilation without saying it. Who exactly are the terrorist nations in this war? Let me answer that one again; the governments of Israel and the United States (they started this). Israel has suckered the U.S. into funding most of the dirty work. So much for America first (many of us knew that was a lie except for his MAGA base).

Reminder that Israel is also terrorizing the people of Lebanon (alongside their continued genocidal campaign in Gaza). Folks in the U.S. mainstream media that label talk against Israel like this as anti-semitic, can go and shove it (because they are showing who owns them without saying it).

It doesn’t matter if it’s a tactical nuke (most of those are magnitudes more powerful than what was dropped on either Hiroshima or Nagasaki). Furthermore, Israel’s national security minister laughed on television the other day when the reporter asked about the possibility of using a neutron bomb over Iran (which leaves buildings intact). How evil must one be to even talk about something like this so on broadcast television? These are SICK people.

Let me go a step further. Exactly who are the UNCIVILIZED savages here musing about committing war crimes and wiping out an entire civilization (aka GENOCIDE) off the face of the planet? I will again answer that; the governments of Israel and the United States. Any official/person in power that fails to speak out against this threat, should not be treated kindly by history IF we don’t end up annihilating the planet first. If any nuke signature is detected, that is out on the street general strike time in the U.S. 14 million Iranians have declared they will die fighting for their country. If our military carries this out, we deserve global condemnation.

This veiled threat of using nukes is nothing to even muse about let alone, hint at possibly doing. In the U.S., this is enough for the 25th Amendment to be invoked… if we had a working Congress (which we don’t because the Republican majority has all but caved in complicity where most of them are silent in condemning this) and a cabinet that abides by the U.S. Constitution (which this regime does not). Real talk in the following:

Updates to be added as needed.

This writer for example completely leaves an important part of this tariff refund buried at the end (when stating that businesses could reap millions in refunds). Who ended up actually paying for this? The consumer because businesses passed on the tariffs to their customers. That should be right at the top of this article. Who is naive enough to believe that these companies will eagerly screaming about refunding their customers (without being subjected to litigation first) let alone, lower prices back to pre-tariff levels?

It’s also hard to take syndicate providers like Business Insider seriously when they treat ROI bets like financial spectator sport (seriously, like the NCAA basketball tournament with the brackets in comparing which companies could represent the better ROI opportunity). Investing isn’t a game, but this is the underlying mindset when you end up scanning the various aggregated headlines on Yahoo! Finance.

Then all of the stuff regarding the Iran war is garbage like this: LIKELY COMPLETELY WRONG. I’m wondering if this former ambassador (James Jeffrey who is part of the Washington Institute which is a pro-Israeli government organization) even understands the level of asymmetrical warfare that exists as a result of drones (especially the Shahed drones that Iran has been having greater success with) or the fact that both Israel and the United States, began this operation the way they did (where Iran presented NO immediate threat of attacking the U.S., nor were they anywhere close to having a nuclear bomb; the now assassinated grand leader of Iran even had a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons).

Has he taken into account that we (the U.S. alongside Israel) are the ones acting like the terrorists and that the response by Iran is a natural reaction that any sovereign country would take when being constantly assailed/being threatened with complete annihilation? Have these folks taken into account that this old worn out story (when a country is responding to the ongoing aggression where our government and complicit media, are labeling this defensive measure being taken by Iran as “increased aggression”) is being bought less and less by the public as they begin to see through this framing of propaganda by both governments (Israel and the U.S.) and their captured media.

Iran is inflicting a calculated economic toll in response. The messages in their trolling back of the U.S. spells out there is no intention of giving our incompetent regime a pass. Thus the constant T.A.C.O.ing out as Iran rejects every proposal including the most recent 45 day cease fire. Remember, the media rarely frames things the way it should be framed like when the U.S. was negotiating in bad faith when we proceeded with military action in late February (which kicked off this war). Why would anyone trust what this regime in the U.S. says when it is lie after lie after lie?

I won’t be surprised if the Felon-in-chief chickens out again on his Easter day threats now that the futures are heading south again (just another market manipulation scheme which has been happening even with the tariff situation prior). What’s obvious is how they are significantly underestimating the opposition because they believe that military might will be the thing that brings Iran to its knees (forgetting completely about Vietnam). When both Israel and the United States are stating the need to wipe Iran off the map completely, exactly who are the Nazi’s. It makes sense that the ones being threatened with extermination, are going to defend their homeland.

Again, I’m no fan of the Iranian regime/theocracy. But our American regime is not that much better and are similarly religious fanatics in terms of Christian Nationalism. Similarly, the Israeli government under Netanyahu is no better either acts more like a terrorist state in the region aided by the United States through multiple administrations (exemplifying how deep the capture of our politicians, media complex, and government is).

It doesn’t help that many of these recent aggregated articles on Yahoo! Finance (both in-house and syndicated) give too much credence to the unserious messaging coming out of the White House. Way too many publications like Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor Business Daily, and the Wall Street Journal are also sources on there which were bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (in short, a lot of propaganda and potential astroturfing material to be aware of).

P.S. The following is from the 79 year old toddler running the U.S. How many times must the boy cry wolf before no one believes anything this moron says? (obviously Wall Street just trades on this aided by a mostly complicit media including the financial ones, all to the actual detriment of regular people and bottomline, this country).

Mar 3: “We won the war.”

Mar 7: “We defeated Iran.”

Mar 9: “We must attack Iran.”

Mar 9: “The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully.”

Mar 11: “You never like to say too ⁠early you won. We won. In ​the first hour it was over.”

Mar 12: “We did win, but we haven’t won completely yet.”

Mar 13: “We won the war.”

Mar 14: “Please help us.”

Mar 15: “If you don’t help us, I will certainly remember it.”

Mar 16: “Actually, we don’t need any help at all.”

Mar 16: “I was just testing to see who’s listening to me.”

Mar 16: “If NATO doesn’t help, they will suffer something very bad.”

Mar 17: “We neither need nor want NATO’s help.”

Mar 17: “I don’t need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO.”

Mar 18: “Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.”

Mar 19: “US allies need to get a grip – step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz.”

Mar 20: “NATO are cowards.”

Mar 21: “The Strait of Hormuz must be protected by the countries that use it. We don’t use it, we don’t need to open it.”

Mar 22: “This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait”

Mar 22: “Iran is Dead”

Mar 23: “We had very good and productive talks with Iran.”

Mar 24: “We’re making progress.”

Mar 24: “[Iran] gave us a present and the ⁠present arrived today, and it was a very big present, ​worth a tremendous amount of money.”

Mar 25: “They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.” 

Mar 26: “Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away.”

Mar 27: “We don’t have to be there for NATO.”

Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing

Mar 30: “Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences.”

Mar 31: Claimed a deal was “very close” and that Iran would “do the right thing”

Apr 1: “We’ll see what happens very soon.”

Apr 2: Repeated that a deal was likely, while warning of continued strikes if not

Apr 2: “The straight will open up naturally”

Apr 3: “Something big is going to happen.”

Apr 4: Said Iran must comply “immediately” or face further consequences.

Apr 5: “Open the fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”

Apr 6: Said Tuesday deadline to make a deal with Iran is final.

Again, the open letter by Iran’s president highlights just how our own clowns AND media do not understand Iran (Persia) and its long history. And no, this isn’t Iranian propaganda which is exactly how our own regime and media in the U.S. wants to paint this. Iran knows they have POTUS by the balls and knows there are larger number of American citizens who understand all of the lies that we’ve been fed over decades.

Many of us know the aggressors who initiated this war are Israel and my own country, the United States. The uncivilized savages who have called for the erasure of Iran as a country, are the heads of both of these governments.

Iran is prepared. Our arrogant regime is not and they may just decide to drive the U.S. off the cliff.

Over 100 have filed complaints since this is unbecoming of any commanding officer (separation of church and state and that part of the Constitution regarding freedom of religion). This little anecdote highlights how the qualified officers have been purged and replaced by lunatic loyalists who are more than eager to follow illegal orders. Again, no sugarcoating should be done… these folks engaging in carrying out these illegal orders are war criminals.

The UN also released a statement regarding the bombing of a girls primary school located in southern Iran in Minab where over 150 school girls and teachers perished (over a hundred more are wounded) stating this “constituted a grave violation of humanitarian law”. This whole operation by Israel and the United States is also a violation of international law and the rules of engagement. This is also what happens when unqualified incompetent hacks that have been elevated to positions of power in this U.S. regime, are calling the shots.

Furthermore, the incompetence of the U.S. State Department not having any plan, has also left American’s in the region who have been told to evacuate, that the U.S. government may not be able to offer them any assistance. Remember that Musk and DOGE gutted the career serving part of the state department last year (and its budget reduced by the regime). Are people still willing to not seriously considering a mass general strike and shutting everything down in the U.S?

The action in Venezuela was the first and this one against Iran is another (again specifically about regime change). Pentagon officials speaking on the condition of anonymity confirmed there was no intelligence of an imminent threat by Iran against either Israel or the U.S. Israel (Netanyahu) has long wanted the U.S. assistance with bombing Iran; their dirty money is in the campaign coffers of many of our politicians (doesn’t matter which party). The Pedophile of the U.S. (POTUS) therefore authorized this action without the necessary Congressional approval. Six American service members are now also dead because of him.

The White House talking point to GOP loyalists is that this isn’t war; it’s a major combat operation called “Operation Epic Fury”… this shows how dumb they believe the public is and this is what happens when incompetents are in charge. Every single one of them are proving themselves to be war criminals.

While the elimination of the Ayatollah Khamenei is a good thing for the long suffering Iranian people (because his cruel regime oppressed the Iranian people and did pose a threat to the rest of the free world), there was also no legal justification for doing it this way (which is now pulling more countries into this regional conflict). Iran performing these retaliatory strikes at targets where U.S. military bases are located is an expected one when Israel and the U.S. jointly struck Iran without initial provocation. And the useless media is covering this conflict horribly in that regards (unsurprising).

This also now gives ANY nation (rogue or otherwise) justification for attempting to decapitate the leadership of a country they may not like. Our own regime is proving they aren’t any better as they turn the U.S. into a fascist dictatorship. Mango Mussolini here in the U.S. stopped abiding by the Constitution at the start of his 2nd term where our own regime has been trying to crackdown on dissent (murdering innocent people they labeled as domestic terrorists to justify those extrajudicial executions), rounding up people of color without due process and incarcerating them in detention facilities/concentration camps in a cruel/inhumane manner. Hypocrisy much?

The three F-15 Strike Eagles that went down in Kuwait and is being attributed to “friendly fire” by likely unqualified loyalists inside of central command… does anyone really believe that? At least $300 million in hardware went down (the six pilots were able to eject safely). But the tax payer money being burned up for this (versus helping actual American’s at home, is again contradictory to what these liars campaigned on). And that other Kremlin asset Tulsi Gabbard (DNI) had the nerve to constantly preach about ending “forever wars” and “regime change” (once again, highlighting that it is all projection with these traitors).

Additionally, the illusion that members of the military would not follow illegal orders and would obey their oath to the Constitution, should now be gone (because these are two separate actions where this has now happened, did so without the appropriate Congressional authorization; any member who took part in the Venezuelan and this Iran combat operation should face war crimes). This is yet another once proud institution of this country that I have sadly lost respect for (staining the reputation of veterans who served honorably prior to this).

The GOP controlled Congress is again allowing this to happen (only a few Republican’s like Representative Massie are standing up for the actual Constitution while the larger majority are proving themselves complicit to the willful destruction of the U.S. as a democratic republic). If the capture of most every single critical institution weren’t complete, this entire U.S. regime would be facing treason charges. Israel with the complicit U.S. regime’s help, stoked this conflict (trying to pin Iran’s retaliation, as if it were the initial provocation); a regional conflict that has the potential for spiraling out of control (especially considering the incompetence from the commander in chief, to the secretary of defense/war, to the unqualified idiots now comprising the joint chiefs).

The following unpacks it more to the point compared to any of the major news networks in the U.S. (which are effectively useless and/or state run media style lapdogs that are just passing along propaganda). Listening to former intelligence officers and/or going to media sources outside the U.S., is the only way to get the actual facts as to what is happening.

And no, everyone should have the ability to multitask and not let this detract from the Epstein Files (which this regime is hell bent on covering up). Anyway, my monthly rant time was used up once again by this kakistocracy.

P.S. we need more of NATO to do this (start showing the U.S. out the door and maybe permanently; it’s like having the enemy on your own soil): Spain barred the use of the jointly operated bases they run because those bases still remain under Spanish sovereignty and stressed they will not be used for operations outside previously agreed-upon terms or contrary to the United Nations Charter.