Seth Abramson

If Iran still has a functional enough air force that it can project force out-of country, is it possible the IDF and USAF are overstating their air superiority to make the invasion sound more successful than it has been?

PS: Iran isn't a country you can beat solely from the air.

Is anyone else as confused by this Pentagon statement as I am? We were told that the Israelis and [we] Americans had achieved air superiority over Iran, but *now* we are being told that the Kuwaitis shot down 3 F-15s over Kuwait that were...dogfighting with the Iranian Air Force?

In every way that counts, America is almost certain to lose the Second Iran War

We have no endgame, the public does not support this, our weapons stockpiles are depleting fast, we are not set up for a long war and we have virtually no understanding of our adversary or the region

How exactly are we supposed to respond to Pete Hegseth angrily snapping, "We didn't start this war!" when they *bloody well did* and and the whole world watched it happen on television?

Does he not actually know that by every conceivable standard America is the aggressor here?

The new Iranian leader just wrote:

“TRUMP HAS BETRAYED AMERICA FIRST TO ADOPT ISRAEL FIRST. It is indeed very sad that he is sacrificing American treasure and blood to advance Netanyahu’s illegitimate expansionist ambitions.”

Do any Americans—of any political stripe—disagree?

America is now going to see just how empty all the tough talk from Pete Hegseth was. Trump installed him because he knew Hegseth would be willing to execute martial law in the U.S. if asked. But now our troops are going to suffer for how *woefully unqualified* Hegseth always was.

3 U.S. Planes Are Shot Down in ‘Friendly Fire’ in Kuwait, U.S. Military Says

What an utter disaster Trump's War is.

And who would have guessed, with fourth-string former junior high school quarterback turned town wino Pete Kegstand at the helm.

May God protect our troops—God knows this White House doesn't give a shit about them.

3 U.S. Planes Are Shot Down in ‘Friendly Fire’ in Kuwait, U.S. Military Says

What an utter disaster Trump's War is.

And who would have guessed, with fourth-string former junior high school quarterback turned town wino Pete Kegstand at the helm.

May God protect our troops—God knows this White House doesn't give a shit about them.

JUST 3 DAYS IN

Nations whose citizens “Trump’s War” has killed so far (8): 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷🇦🇪🇧🇭🇰🇼🇸🇾🇱🇧

*Additional* nations now under attack in Trump’s War (6): 🇴🇲🇨🇾🇸🇦🇶🇦🇬🇧🇯🇴

*More* nations experiencing violent unrest (2): 🇮🇶🇵🇰

*Still more* nations expected to join the fray soon (1): 🇾🇪

I'm trying to imagine the American who watches this and feels comforted

Holy cow. *Multiple* U.S. fighters have crashed in Kuwait.

How it started How it’s going

@NikkiHaley edition

The weird part is I never owned one

Last night I dreamed about the Atari 7800

Really

Imagine the fucking *audacity* it takes to start a *war* in a *twenty-nation* region—MENA (the Middle East & North Africa)—you understand nothing about except that 3 of its nations are run by brutal autocrats who promise to help you get richer. So many will die for Trump’s greed.

That’s right, we’re 72 hours in and Trump’s greed has dragged *at least* 17 nations into his war. And that’s just a conservative list. Events are spiraling out of control—and if Trump weren’t a big dumb piece of shit he would’ve listened to those who told him this would happen.

JUST 3 DAYS IN

Nations whose citizens “Trump’s War” has killed so far (8): 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷🇦🇪🇧🇭🇰🇼🇸🇾🇱🇧

*Additional* nations now under attack in Trump’s War (6): 🇴🇲🇨🇾🇸🇦🇶🇦🇬🇧🇯🇴

*More* nations experiencing violent unrest (2): 🇮🇶🇵🇰

*Still more* nations expected to join the fray soon (1): 🇾🇪

If you watch a lot of Trump speeches, you know that "That's the way it is" was the moment Trump went off-script.

Everything else was bullshit written by someone whose goal was to try to make their boss—a war criminal and serial rapist—sound human.

But "that's the way it is" was pure, uncut Trump.

buzz lightyear from toy story is flying through the air with the words and beyond behind him ALT: buzz lightyear from toy story is flying through the air with the words and beyond behind him

Correction:

Oh, I got this one: they can go fuck themselves to infinity

If even a single Democrat makes even a single noise about finding this argument anything less than repulsive, they should be removed from office

The Memes You Need, Vol. 20: Hardcore Memes The fascist takeover of our democracy is now having a major global impact. Our nation is ruled by a pedophile-enabling authoritarian who plans to bring chaos to the world. These 100+ memes respond.

A popular RETRO series is back with Volume 20. Some real bangers in here.

Any man who believes he has a right to lead a nation he has not been in in half a century is a bona fide lunatic

Live updates: U.S. military says 1,000 targets hit in Iran, 3 American troops killed; Tehran retaliates Three U.S. service members were killed in action and five seriously wounded, Central Command said, the first reported U.S. casualties in the joint attack with Israel.

President Trump said that fighting with Iran could persist for four weeks.

“It’s always been a four-week process,” he told the Daily Mail. “It’s always been about a four-week process so — as strong as it is, it’s a big country, it’ll take four weeks — or less.”

Your kid gets killed fighting for this asshole and he responds with, "that's just the way it is"

Trump's Iran Attack Was Illegal, Former U.S. Military Officials Allege “This is an introduction of U.S. forces into hostilities. It absolutely triggers the 48-hour notice requirement.”

“This is an introduction of U.S. forces into hostilities. It absolutely triggers the 48-hour notice requirement.”

Whatever you think of her, and clearly the objectively right answer is not much, we can say this much about her: she knows him well

Today is a good day to take note of all those telling you how swimmingly this is going to work out so you can stop paying attention to them forever

We have illegally and under false pretenses launched a war that in no way benefits us and isn't going to ever truly end

A MISTAKE WE HAVE MADE BEFORE

These children died for Trump's greed and literally nothing else

In constrast with the Cheney "greeted as liberators" line about how everyone's cheering that the Times is pushing, this is the Indepedent and Guardian rn: