Siri, show me how to end the war in Iran immediately
02.03.2026 18:41 โ ๐ 437 ๐ 141 ๐ฌ 34 ๐ 10@sethabramson.bsky.social
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Siri, show me how to end the war in Iran immediately
02.03.2026 18:41 โ ๐ 437 ๐ 141 ๐ฌ 34 ๐ 10
TRUMP (2/28): this will take 2 weeks
TRUMP (3/1): this will take 4 weeks
TRUMP (3/2): this will take 5 weeks
TRUMP (4/1): April fools, it's actually a forever war like I promised never to do
At some point even American corporate media needs to just bite the bullet and publish an accurate headline noting that this guy absolutely loves war crimes and is looking forward to doing some war crimes in Iran
Because that is exactly the translation of what he's saying here
Food for thought for American troops
02.03.2026 16:30 โ ๐ 341 ๐ 92 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3Only one in four Americans approve of the US strikes that killed Iran's leader, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. About half of respondents โ including one in four Republicans โ said they believe Trump is too willing to use military force to advance US interests reut.rs/4aSiAoF
02.03.2026 15:42 โ ๐ 132 ๐ 52 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 2Is 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?
02.03.2026 15:29 โ ๐ 1017 ๐ 364 ๐ฌ 113 ๐ 20
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?
02.03.2026 15:29 โ ๐ 1017 ๐ 364 ๐ฌ 113 ๐ 20
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:
โTRUMP HAS BETRAYED AMERICA FIRST TO ADOPT ISRAEL FIRST. It is indeed very sad that he is sacrificing American treasure and blood to advance Netanyahuโs illegitimate expansionist ambitions.โ
Do any Americansโof any political stripeโdisagree?
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.
02.03.2026 14:28 โ ๐ 489 ๐ 115 ๐ฌ 14 ๐ 2
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 troopsโGod knows this White House doesn't give a shit about them.
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 troopsโGod knows this White House doesn't give a shit about them.
JUST 3 DAYS IN
Nations whose citizens โTrumpโs Warโ has killed so far (8): ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฆ๐ช๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ฑ๐ง
*Additional* nations now under attack in Trumpโs War (6): ๐ด๐ฒ๐จ๐พ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฏ๐ด
*More* nations experiencing violent unrest (2): ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ
*Still more* nations expected to join the fray soon (1): ๐พ๐ช
I'm trying to imagine the American who watches this and feels comforted
02.03.2026 14:03 โ ๐ 287 ๐ 69 ๐ฌ 31 ๐ 5Holy cow. *Multiple* U.S. fighters have crashed in Kuwait.
02.03.2026 08:03 โ ๐ 1067 ๐ 405 ๐ฌ 125 ๐ 45
How it started How itโs going
@NikkiHaley edition
The weird part is I never owned one
02.03.2026 06:47 โ ๐ 60 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 0
Last night I dreamed about the Atari 7800
Really
Imagine the fucking *audacity* it takes to start a *war* in a *twenty-nation* regionโMENA (the Middle East & North Africa)โyou 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 Trumpโs greed.
02.03.2026 06:41 โ ๐ 474 ๐ 123 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 4Thatโs right, weโre 72 hours in and Trumpโs greed has dragged *at least* 17 nations into his war. And thatโs just a conservative list. Events are spiraling out of controlโand if Trump werenโt a big dumb piece of shit he wouldโve listened to those who told him this would happen.
02.03.2026 06:32 โ ๐ 469 ๐ 118 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 2
JUST 3 DAYS IN
Nations whose citizens โTrumpโs Warโ has killed so far (8): ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฆ๐ช๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ฑ๐ง
*Additional* nations now under attack in Trumpโs War (6): ๐ด๐ฒ๐จ๐พ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฏ๐ด
*More* nations experiencing violent unrest (2): ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ
*Still more* nations expected to join the fray soon (1): ๐พ๐ช
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 bossโa war criminal and serial rapistโsound human.
But "that's the way it is" was pure, uncut Trump.
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
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01.03.2026 23:13 โ ๐ 90 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Any 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
01.03.2026 22:48 โ ๐ 419 ๐ 104 ๐ฌ 36 ๐ 3