David Durant

WOW. 19 people, all who were imprisoned and mistreated in a foreign prison at the direct command of the United States, are brave enough to say “We are innocent, and we will endure more time imprisoned to prove that.”

I can only admire the enormous courage such a move takes.

Democrats should promise that every refugee, asylum seeker, and green card holder illegally deported, arrested, sent to CECOT, or sent to a third country can come back to the U.S. with a fast track to citizenship.

I can’t believe the winner of the FIFA peace prize would do this

even CENTCOM isn't this lame, this is straight from pete and sean

The Iranians struck the US base of the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain

That's right, Urgent Fury, good catch. Still way better than this warrior bro stupidity, in my opinion.

In this case, it's MAGA warrior bro chuds cosplaying at World War II:

the US once again sending the message loud and clear: never negotiate, just get nukes. Never compromise, just get nukes. Never give in to sanctions, just get nukes.

what could go wrong

He's checking a box on his historical legacy bucket list. Everything else is unimportant.

Agreed. Only Temu Ernst Jünger and his band of cosplaying warrior bros could have come up with this.

As a library worker it truly astounds me how much knowledge i hold in my hands on a daily basis that I've never seen online, anywhere. We have ebook copies of many of these, but a lot of completely undigitized books and records too!!! And we're just one library system!!!

Needless to say, POTUS's airing of grievances on social media against Iran does not provide a predicate for using military force under either US or international law.

A lawless, unnecessary war of choice—waged on the whims of one man.

that top DOD officials spent the entire day feuding with a tech company and the boy scouts before launching a war in the middle of the night should probably inform your opinion about how well planned and executed this will be

This might seem like a petty critique. If so, I'll own it. But, on top of everything else, he's sending American service members to war, and he honestly couldn't bother to put on a tie and not wear that stupid hat?

Take it over how? With what? Will they kill Pezeshkian? Ghalibaf? Larijani?

This is no regime change promise, its abdication of responsibility to a people who were just mass butchered. "You go and do it. If you fail, well tough luck"

Definite Bush encouraging the Iraqis in 1991 vibe.

I still can't believe there were people dumb enough to buy into this:

A veritable grab-bag of grievances. Everything from the hostage crisis to EFPs in Iraq 15-20 years ago. A victorious war is just another checkmark on Trump's historical legacy bucket list.

“From unconfirmed reports, it appears that the initial strikes have targeted leadership (Office of the Supreme Leader, Presidency), repression (Judiciary), military (MODAFL, missiles), nuclear (AEOI, potentially residual facilities)”
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The "debate" in the run-up to this makes Iraq 2003 look like the Athenian polis.

Thanks for sharing. I'm not the first one to reach this conclusion, but it's apparently regime change or bust. Trump must be acutely conscious of his own mortality (ex: his hand) because he keeps looking for legacy accomplishments like some ambition-crazed Hellenistic tyrant.

Worth remembering ahead of inevitable claims that a US-Israeli strike will push Iran to make big concessions on nuclear enrichment, missiles, regional influence & more: the clear majority of experts on Iranian strategy say that is deeply unlikely. (Someone apparently convinced Trump otherwise.)

You almost have to admire the hubris of trying to frame this as a “preemptive attack” when the ENTIRE PURPOSE IS TO PROVOKE A RESPONSE FROM IRAN in order to justify ongoing and more extensive strikes.

What could go wrong????

DGI has long been renowned among intel specialists for its ability to punch above its weight. A gaggle of dudes in a speedboat definitely didn't have a chance:

As 'border czar' challenges Pope Leo, Archbishop Wester warns of 'Bonhoeffer moment' Two U.S. Catholics, 'border czar' Tom Homan and Archbishop John Wester, agree that immigration remains a challenge — but each has starkly different viewpoints about what their faith demands of them du...

Santa Fe’s Archbishop Wester: “We’re living in ‘a Dietrich Bonhoeffer moment,’ invoking the 20th-century Lutheran pastor killed for his anti-Nazi activism.”

www.ncronline.org/news/border-...

Just the overwhelming nature of the military buildup was such that it had to be used barring complete Iranian capitulation.

Yep, as much as the Omani Foreign Minister tried to speak a deal into existence, the negotiations really had the feel of a dog-and-pony show, done just for appearances sake.

The moral implications of anthropic trying to prevent the military from using its software for blatantly unamerican purposes-like spying on citizens or letting AI control weapons without human input

Versus a Trump government that won’t accept these safeguards

Is as terrifying as it is unsurprising

This simply turned out to be phase one of the operation: