It’s sad. Every president since 1979 has had this option, but when it was explained the cost and dangers involved, they all wisely decided to take another path. Until Donald.
Sounds about right
OVERLOOKED: Boasberg opinion nixing Powell subpoena relies on 2020 #SCOTUS ruling on NY demand for Trump tax info. He lost but court said judges can halt harassment by subpoena
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Calling Generals and Majors
Generals and Majors everywhere…
Calling Generals and Majors
World War Three is drawing near…
Sometimes I think about the Army War College prof, big COIN guy, who told me in 2011, “If your brilliant tactics are outside of the rules of engagement, they’re stupid tactics,” and I wonder how he’s doing.
The Gulf States, right now:
per washington post, this is the company that's been given a sudden, new no-bid contract to run the disastrous trump prison camp at fort bliss in texas ("camp east montana"), where at least three people have already died:
www.amentum.com/markets/civi...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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THIS IS NOT A PLAN.
There is no bottom ⤵️
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It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.
1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.
🙏 Please forgive my glibness; I’ve spent a lot of time in that region, and sometimes I forget that things that seem obvious to me are not common knowledge.
10/ All of this was totally foreseeable. Frankly, it’s why previous presidents weren’t so stupid to start a war like this.
Trump has lost control of the war. His best course now is to cut his losses and end it. That’s the only way to prevent an even bigger disaster.
Any person with a passing familiarity of the tactical picture in that area could have told you this 30 years ago 🤷🏼♂️
Who could have foreseen this disaster just a few months ago?
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Every word of this 🧵
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National Lampoon's Iran Vacation
Calling Generals and Majors
Generals and Majors everywhere…
Calling Generals and Majors
World War Three is drawing near…
I don’t see a way out of this. Taking the Strait of Hormuz or seizing Kharg island will result in considerable loss of life. We can’t exactly apologize because we killed the Ayatollah. I doubt anyone besides Israel is gonna help us. This is a disaster.
Trump Admin starts war.
Trump Admin shocked by consequences of war.
Trump Admin urgently (!) tells Americans caught by those consequences to get out! get out! and no there's no help coming from the Trump Admin, and good luck finding a land route out somewhere.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
Fuck that guy
It’s worse than that. We’re in a new era of multi-polar competition, all the powers are scrambling to establish regional spheres of influence, and most of us are still trying to understand this under a ruleset that increasingly no longer applies.
It’s gonna suck.
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Excellent point!
I like to tell people that World War Zero was started in 1754 in Pittsburgh by George Washington, but it usually results in blank stares.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
(Arguably, the War of Many Names from 1756-1763 was the first truly global war, but the current naming convention hadn’t been established yet).
What if World War III has already started, and we’re just not calling it that yet?