The Iran conflict has been going on for about 4 weeks and we have heard all sorts of crap and now more stuff to ponder.
Donny has made his offer for this war to end…..
US officials said late Tuesday that Iran had been sent a 15-point plan to end the war, and Pakistani officials confirmed on Wednesday that Iran got it. The plan was submitted to Iran by intermediaries from the government of Pakistan, which has offered to host renewed negotiations between Washington and Tehran, a source tells the AP. More:
What the US seeks: The Wall Street Journal reports the proposal would reportedly require Tehran to dismantle its three main nuclear facilities, halt all uranium enrichment at home, freeze ballistic-missile development, ease support for regional proxies, and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
What Iran would get: In exchange, Washington would lift nuclear-related sanctions and help oversee a civilian nuclear program.
Nothing new: The Journal reports the plan largely mirrors a prewar offer made by President Trump before the war began on Feb. 28. The Guardian’s sources paint it as even older, saying it’s based on a plan that was shared with Iran in late May 2025.
Tough prospects: In the AP’s view, any talks between the US and Iran would face monumental challenges. Many of Washington’s objectives, particularly over Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, remain difficult to achieve, and it is not clear who in Iran’s government has the authority or would be willing to negotiate.
Tough prospects II: Bloomberg sees a similarly uphill battle, reporting Tehran is “signaling little willingness to compromise.” Bloomberg flags a Wednesday comment from Iran’s armed forces to that end: “The level of your internal conflicts has reached the point where you are negotiating with yourselves,” the statement said, per state-run IRIB News.
Now Iran has given a response….
The Trump administration’s 15-point proposal for ending the war in Iran did not get a warm reception. The AP reports that Iran has rejected the plan, citing Iranian state television’s English-language broadcaster, which quoted an anonymous official. The Guardian reports the official characterized the asks as “excessive” and said “Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met.”
The Wall Street Journal offers a similar report, saying Iran’s information council—part of the government’s communications arm—dismissed the plan as a wish list of goals that hadn’t come to pass through the use of force. “Trump’s statements are false and should not be taken seriously,” it said.
But Reuters describes the door as not being fully shut; it quotes a senior Iranian official as saying the view on the proposal was “not positive” but that it is still being reviewed. Reuters separately reports that Pakistan, which delivered the proposal, is still waiting for a reply.
The Guardian adds that the senior political security official quoted on Press TV shared five conditions that Tehran seeks:
A stop to “aggression and assassinations.”
An end to the war on Iran and “all resistance groups” in the region.
“Concrete” guarantees of no future military action against Iran.
Reparations and war-damage payments.
Recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
Now the wait to see what late night BS Donny will send out over Truth Social (a name that sends shudders through my body).
Is this a place to start negotiations or just Donny whipping off some crap for the media?
Both Donny Do-Little and his lap dog Little Marco have been thumping their chest for months about Cuba.
After 60+ years of sanctions and embargoes the damage has starting effecting the island like never before and no that Donny smells blood in the water he has started circling with his usual bravado.
Amid reports that the US is pressuring Havana to remove its president from power, President Trump is renewing his talk of taking control of the island nation. “I do believe I’ll be … having the honor of taking Cuba,” Trump told reporters on Monday, reports the Guardian. “Whether I free it, take it—I think I could do anything I want with it. You want to know the truth. They’re a very weakened nation right now.” The comments came as Cuba grapples with a nationwide blackout amid tightened US oil restrictions, per the BBC.
On Monday evening, meanwhile, NBC News reported a notable shift in Cuban policy: The government will allow Cuban nationals living abroad, including in the US, to invest in the nation’s private sector and to own businesses. “Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with US companies” and “also with Cubans residing in the United States and their descendants,” Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, deputy prime minister, told the outlet.
Washington has ramped up pressure on Cuba since cutting off Venezuelan oil shipments and threatening penalties on other suppliers, moves that have strained the country’s outdated power system. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, 65, has said he is open to talks under terms of “equality and respect.” The Guardian describes him as a “key figurehead,” noting that the Communist regime that has run Cuba for decades would remain in place should he be ousted.
For me the terminology “Taking” Cuba has an ominous tone.
Then the statement of “commercial relationship with US companies” smacks of exploitation that they suffered in the 40s and 50s.
But what will be Donny’s plan for the expansion into Cuba?
An aspiring emperor needs an empire. Trump seems to have settled on the Western Hemisphere as his imperial domain, as laid out in his National Security Strategy. The liquidation of regimes that Trump regards as adversaries began with Venezuela, and now Cuba is in the crosshairs.
Trump’s brazen claim that he can do anything he wants with Cuba is typical of his audacious bluster, but this time it cannot be discounted. He has Cuba over the proverbial barrel… and literally barrels of oil. After cutting off Venezuelan oil shipments, Trump threatened to sanction any other country sending oil to Cuba, imposing a complete oil blockade on the petroleum-dependent island.
A few months back a small group of invaders tried to get into Cuba and try and start a counterrevolution….did not end well…..now an official has made it known that the island will prepare for US aggression.
Cuba’s deputy foreign minister said Saturday that the nation’s military is preparing for “the possibility of military aggression” from the U.S. and that it would be “naive” for Cuba’s leaders to ignore the possibility of conflict.
“We would be naive” not to consider the possibility of conflict, he added, “looking at what’s happening around the world.”
Fernández de Cossío said the country’s leaders “truly hope that it doesn’t occur. We don’t see why it would have to occur, and we find no justification whatsoever.”
Tensions between the U.S. and Cuba have been escalating following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of that nation’s president, Nicolás Maduro, who had a close relationship with Cuba’s leadership.
Dear Donny has said there will be a 5 day lull in the airstrikes on Iran…..why? He announced that the US and Iran are in talks….(personally I think this was to appease his buddies on Wall Street)….
President Trump on Monday extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying the US would hold off on strikes against Iranian power plants for five days, per the AP. Dow futures jumped 1,000 points, and crude prices fell on the news, reports CNBC. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social hours ahead of his self-imposed deadline later in the day. Writing in all-caps, he said the US and Iran have had “very good and productive conversations” that could yield “a complete and total resolution” in the war. Talks would continue “throughout the week,” he said.
Trump added that the suspension of his threat to attack power plants was “subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions.” Trump did not elaborate on the negotiations that had taken place. Iran did not immediately acknowledge any talks between the countries, but Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi did say he spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan. Turkey has been an intermediary before in negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
No details just Donny’s worthless word of talks….and the markets went berserk up 10000 points(go figure)
And then Iran weighed in…..
A cautious relief swept through financial markets Monday after President Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to the war. Oil prices eased, and stock prices rose on Wall Street following severe losses taken elsewhere in the world before Trump’s announcement.
The S&P 500 rose 74.52 points, or 1.1%, to 6,581.00.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 631 points, or 1.4%, to 46,208.47.
The Nasdaq composite rose 299.15 points, or 1.4%, to 21,946.76.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude fell 10.9% to settle at $99.94, down from nearly $120 at one point last week, after Trump said the United States and Iran held productive talks the last two days “regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East,” the AP reports. The market’s moves were tentative, though, after Iran denied such talks took place and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said in a post on X that fake news “is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets.”
The Dow went from a surge of nearly 1,135 points during the morning to a much more modest gain. Over the weekend, Trump had threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t open up the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Trump said Monday that he is postponing attacks on Iranian power plants for five days to allow talks to continue. Quickly afterward, though, came the denials from Iran about talks, while Iran’s semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies portrayed the American president as backing down. Turkey and Egypt, meanwhile, said they had spoken to the warring parties, the first sign of coordinated mediation, which could be an encouraging signal.
The price of Brent crude fell as low as $96 immediately after Trump announced the postponement but quickly recovered a chunk of that loss. Benchmark US crude had a similar reaction, immediately dropping toward $84 per barrel before yo-yoing back above $92 and then settling at $88.13, down 10.3% from Friday.
On Wall Street, companies with big fuel bills that will benefit from any easing of oil prices led the market. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings surged 6.2%, while United Airlines climbed 4.5%, and American Airlines rose 3.6%. All, though, are still down for the year so far. Stocks of smaller companies were also particularly strong, and the Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks jumped a market-leading 2.3%. It had dropped last week to 10% below its record, a sharp enough fall that professional investors have a name for it: a “correction.”
In Europe, stock indexes immediately flipped from losses to gains following Trump’s announcement. France’s CAC 40 rose 0.8%, and Germany’s DAX returned 1.2%. That compares with sharp drops for Asian stock markets, which finished trading before Trump made his announcement. South Korea’s Kospi careened 6.5% lower, Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 3.5%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 3.5%.
All this after Donny made the statement that if the Straight was not fully functioning in 48 hours there would be consequences….
Iran is warning it will choke off one of the world’s most important oil routes if the US follows through on a new threat, CNN reports. The country’s armed forces headquarters said Sunday it is prepared to shut the Strait of Hormuz “completely” and for an indefinite period if US President Trump orders strikes on Iranian power plants. The statement came a day after Trump said he would direct attacks on Iran’s power infrastructure if the narrow waterway—through which a significant share of global oil shipments passes—is not fully reopened to shipping within 48 hours
Iran’s military said the strait would remain closed until any damaged plants are restored, and broadened its warning beyond the US. It threatened to hit Israeli energy and communications networks, referring to Israel as an “occupying regime,” per the AP, as well as “similar companies in the region with US shareholders.” Power plants in countries that host American bases “will be legitimate targets for us,” the headquarters said. Early Monday, Israel launched new attacks against Iran, the AP reports, and the top leader of the US military’s Central Command described the joint campaign against Iran as “ahead or on plan.” Meanwhile, Trump spoke to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer about the need to see the Strait of Hormuz reopened in a late-night call Sunday, CNN reports.
Is Donny trying to dodge another bullet?
Meanwhile those talks that Donny pounced on……
World markets remained in an upbeat mood on Monday after President Trump postponed a major escalation of the Iran war and said the two sides were engaged in “productive” talks to end the conflict. Much uncertainty remained about those talks. Coverage:
Trump said son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff were leading the US negotiations with a “respected” Iranian leader, reports the AP. He did not say who that leader is, adding that it would be dangerous for the man to be identified, though he specified that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was not involved.
Axios, quoting an Israeli official, reports the Iranian figure might be the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. However, Ghalibaf wrote on X that “no negotiations have been held with the US, and fakenews is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped.”
The New York Times reports that Iran, “at least publicly,” is denying any progress. The nation’s Fars News Agency quotes an unnamed senior Iranian official who said much the same as Ghalibaf: “Trump backed down from attacking critical infrastructure as Iran’s military threats became credible,” he said, per the Hill. “Financial market pressure and the threat of bonds within the US and the West have increased, and this has been another important factor in this retreat.”
A ‘respected leader’……who would that be? Some rug salesman in Southern California?
Well Donny has gotten us into this war with little forethought….these are a couple of scenarios that explains several aspects of this conflict.
So many people have asked where and why did this begin.
A whole bunch of information but it is needed if one wants to try and understand the idiocy behind this war. Please read and educate yourself.
Donald Trump, in all his hubris and idiocy, and in response to Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu, launched an illegal and unconstitutional war on Iran beginning on February 28, 2026. It was not provoked by Iran, and it clearly was not well planned for by the United States or Israel.
Trump, who has suffered from delusions of adequacy throughout his political career, had certainly gotten full of himself. Thinking he had been elected “God,” not to the presidency, he has been asserting US power around the world blatantly; he’s not even lying about it. His attack on Venezuela went extremely well for him, capturing the president, Nicolas Maduro and his wife and political leader on her own account, Celia Flores, without any US casualties. (And obviously not worried about the Cuban and Venezuelans his invading force killed.) Hey, isn’t this fun!
Little Donny is losing control of the Persian Gulf, a major oil traffic area…..
Donald Trump’s demand for US allies to send warships to defend against Iranian attacks in the strategic Strait of Hormuz risks a catastrophic miscalculation that pulls in more countries to his already spiralling war.
Any naval deployment to escort ships through the Strait risks them being targeted by drone and missile launchers at very close range along the Iranian shore, experts have said.
The US President has threatened his Nato allies with a warning that the alliance faced a “very bad future” unless they helped in the “small endeavour” of sending warships to help open the vital shipping lane, where Iran has been targeting shipping, sending global oil markets into chaos.
Trump has called on nations, including Britain, France, China, Japan, and South Korea, in particular, to help the US secure the Strait, warning that he would “remember” if they did not.
What can be said about Trump’s war with Iran that isn’t already abundantly obvious? The answer: not much. It is not going well, and it probably won’t end well. But having spent time in the salt mines of Trump punditry, I can tell you that we’re going to endure a difficult round of think pieces purporting to explain How This Happened. So maybe this is the best time to assert the obvious, using my favored rubric of Trump analysis: Imagine if the dumbest person in the world and humanity’s biggest asshole were the same person, and that guy was president. Then imagine he started a war with Iran. Now check the news. One look, and here’s what you should be thinking: “Yep, that tracks.”
As with all of Trump’s presidential exploits, success is always constrained by two factors: The aforementioned sharp limitations of his intellectual capabilities and the fact that he is perpetually surrounded by an inner circle made up of clowns somewhere on the spectrum between “rampantly evil” and “thoroughgoing dipshit.”
This war is far from over…..Donny has sent more and more troops into the area….think back to the 1980s and the Iraq-Iran War…..this should give us an idea of what is to come…..
The United States and Israel’s war on Iran is about to escalate with no exit strategy in sight.
Several factors are pushing the combatants toward escalation:
US President Donald Trump cannot credibly declare victory and an end to the war as long as Iran controls passage through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Iran, determined to prolong the war in the belief that it has the longest breath and ability to absorb body blows, has vowed to retaliate for the Israeli actions in ways that inevitably will spark an escalation of the hostilities.
So many people are confused just why the US felt it necessary to engage with Iran…..the simple truth is…..
Trump administration’s solution, as explained by Rubio, was simply to acquiesce to Israel and join a deadly war of choice against Iran that is predictably sowing chaos in the region, killing Iranian civilians, and promising, much like George W. Bush’s ill-fated Iraq War, quick regime change to a US- and Israel-friendly democracy.
The real goals of Trump’s war cannot be found in his strategic vision, which is overshadowed, if it even exists, by a pinwheeling embrace of postures that serve his vanity and his short-term political interests. While most combat operations have been undertaken by the US military, at considerable risk to US service members and costs borne by American taxpayers, the war was born, planned, and insisted upon by Israel, and its long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I have tried to persuade successive American administrations to take firm action [against Iran], and President Trump did,” Netanyahu told Fox News, acknowledging his own efforts to push the US into yet another war in the Middle East. Netanyahu famously overpromises what US interventions will achieve. In 2002 he told Congress, “If you take out Saddam, Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region.”
Another week of silliness and absolute stupidity….
The war with Iran is still on-going….threats against Cuba are mounting….and the idiot cannot control his mouth.
As usual Donny had to embarrass himself in front of a foreign dignitary….
President Trump made a Pearl Harbor joke while hosting Japan’s prime minister at the White House on Thursday, reports the Hill. Asked by a Japanese reporter why he didn’t inform allies such as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in advance of the attack on Iran, Trump invoked the infamous attack of Dec. 7, 1941, per the Independent.
“We didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan?” said Trump, addressing the reporter. “Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” he added. “You believe in surprise, I think, much more so than us.”
Takaichi’s reaction:
“As Trump said that, Takaichi’s slight smile appeared to drop, and she raised her eyebrows,” per the AP.
“Takaichi widened her eyes and appeared to take a deep breath,” per the New York Times. “She kept her arms crossed in her lap and did not speak.” The Times story notes that US presidents have typically tread cautiously when discussing Pearl Harbor in public, given Japan’s status as a staunch ally.
Only our frail little Donny could be so stupid.
More antics from the ass kissers in his admin…..
A federal arts panel appointed by President Trump has endorsed a new 24-karat gold coin bearing the president’s image, deepening a dispute over whether a sitting president should appear on currency. The Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved a US Mint proposal for a commemorative coin for the nation’s 250th birthday showing Trump leaning on a desk with clenched fists, based on an official White House photograph now in the National Portrait Gallery. A Mint official told the commission that Trump personally signed off on the design, the Washington Post reports. Trump removed the previous panel members last year and appointed loyalists in their place. No commission members raised any objections at the meeting, per the AP, but there were concerns.
They want the image of Trump to be big, “as large as possible,” said architect James McCrery II—maybe 3 inches in diameter. “I think the larger the better,” said Trump aide Chamberlain Harris, adding that that would be the president’s preference, per CNN. “I think the president likes big things,” added McCrery, the original architect of Trump’s plans for a White House ballroom. Usually, new coin designs are reviewed by both the arts commission and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, but the latter panel declined last month to take up the Trump gold coin proposal. “It’s wrong. It goes against American culture and the traditions that drive what we put on our coinage,” said Michael Moran, a Republican who was appointed on the recommendation of then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Such coins typically sell for several thousand dollars.
Another moronic moment was when Donny pouts that Iran is retaliating….
While Donny is wasting money with an ill conceived war his main concern is how he can get a national holiday….
For the past year, President Donald Trump has been asking his advisors how he gets his own holiday.
Zeteo, the site founded by former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, was told that “on separate occasion over the past year, Trump has talked to longtime advisers about what it would take to officially make his birthday a national, federal holiday.”
It is bad enough that he wants his mug on Rushmore and he wants a huge arc, wants his mug on money, all in all this idiot is just plain insufferable….and some voted for this….
Speaking of the mental midgets that voted for this twat….
President Donald Trump has received unanimous backing from MAGA voters in a new poll — a result that left a television analyst stunned.
On Wednesday morning, CNN data analyst Harry Enten took stock of the president’s base of support as the war in Iran entered its third week, intensifying across the Middle East and fueling concerns about global economic fallout.
“Sometimes you look at the polling data and there are numbers that just jump off the screen at you and this is one of those,” Enten said on News Central.
He pointed to the results of a recent NBC News survey, which found that 100 percent of self-identified MAGA voters support the Republican president, while zero disapprove.
(yahoo.com)
Think about that and the4 upcoming elections.
Donny is always hawking some cheap merch from China and now in the middle of a war he is hawking ‘kicks’….
The ad was posted today (19 March) and shows a picture of the shoes, alongside the text, ‘Rare Trump sneakers listed for $180k at sneaker con in Riyadh’.
And of course they are gold material.
While Donny is hawking his newest junk our deficit hit $39 trillion…..
The gross national debt surpassed another milestone, reaching $39 trillion this week, according to the U.S. Treasury. It was just October 2025 that it reached $38 trillion.
Another way debt is measured is the debt held by the public, which is preferred by economists, according to Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
“Surpassing $39 trillion in gross debt is an embarrassing milestone that both parties have helped build over decades, and neither seems particularly interested in addressing it before we hit $40 trillion,” MacGuineas said in a statement Wednesday.
“No matter what metric one chooses to examine our fiscal trajectory, we are clearly headed in the wrong direction. Gross debt is now $39 trillion; debt held by the public recently surpassed $31 trillion for the first time; deficits are approaching $2 trillion; and deficits as a share of the economy are twice as large as the 3% goal many economists and bipartisan policymakers believe we ought to be targeting,” she added.
Finally I oppose the instituting of religion and the Speaker is a full blown idiot that thinks god talks to him….now he has thoughts on separation of church and state….
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday explained his long-held opinion that the concept of the separation of church and state is often misinterpreted.
“The separation of church and state is a misnomer,” Johnson said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
“People misunderstand it,” he continued. “Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in a letter that Jefferson wrote. It’s not in the Constitution. And what he was explaining is they did not want the government to encroach upon the church — not that they didn’t want principles of faith to have influence on our public life. It’s exactly the opposite.”
Johnson suggested Tuesday that the nation’s founders believed religion and morality were central to the government.
“They knew that it would be important to maintain our system,” he said. “And that’s why I think we need more of that — not an establishment of any national religion — but we need everybody’s vibrant expression of faith because it’s such an important part of who we are as a nation.”
I personally do not give a shit about his religious beliefs…..and he or anyone should be able to force those beliefs on others.
He is a religious twat.
Now that I have made your Sunday a little gloomy allow me to lighten the mood.
Huskies are the most vocal and dramatic of canines….I know I lived with one….these are not one off but rather typical behavior for all Huskies….they make life so damn interesting.
I hope there were a few smiles…..please enjoy your Sunday and as always…..Be Well and Be Safe….
Donny has been trying to get our attention away from his failed war that Israel conned him into fighting….but so far he has done a terrible job of doing so.
There have been many articles written about how the US could end this war and few are very pleasant…..but then I read an op-ed by Kristof…..
Nicholas Kristof sees the Iran war as a major miscalculation by President Trump, and he warns in a New York Times opinion piece that things could get far worse if Trump doubles down instead of finding a way out. What to do? “His least-bad option, I believe, is to do roughly what he did when he bungled policy toward China and Yemen last year,” writes Kristof. “In each case he boldly declared victory and then frantically negotiated. The United States ended up the loser, particularly vis-à-vis China, but at least the storms calmed.”
The same could happen here, he writes. After declaring that his war aims have been achieved, Trump should press Israel to stand down and quietly seek a negotiated pause in Iran’s nuclear work in exchange for some sanctions relief. “I don’t know if a deal is possible, and it would require immense finesse,” writes Kristof. “But Iran does need revenue and investment, and a reduction in sanctions would be very appealing.” Let everyone declare victory, he advises, because “intensifying and lengthening this war would leave everyone a loser.”
Have you ever noticed that every war in recent memory has always needed more money for it to continue?
Donny’s little war is no different…..
The Pentagon has drafted a funding request exceeding $200 billion for operations against Iran, setting up a clash with Congress over the scale and direction of the war, according to administration officials. The proposal, sent to the White House, would go well beyond paying for the air campaign to date and is aimed largely at ramping up production of precision weapons used by US and Israeli forces over the past three weeks, the Washington Post reports. The supplemental budget would be on top of President Trump’s push for the next defense budget to total $1.5 trillion.
White House officials have not decided how much to formally seek from Congress, and some doubt lawmakers would approve such a package, one senior administration official said. The Pentagon has circulated multiple versions of a supplemental request as the costs of the Iran attacks have mounted, surpassing $11 billion in the first week alone, according to officials. There could be other complications, per the Post. Former Pentagon budget official Elaine McCusker, now at the American Enterprise Institute, cautioned that industry limits on labor, facilities, and materials will constrain how fast production can rise. “Just throwing lots of money into the industrial base doesn’t necessarily get you things sooner,” she said.
There will be lots of banter from the Congress and in the end the cash will be forthcoming.
But when was the last time pressing needs of the people of this country demanded such loyalty?
Of course the Congress has to have it say….
“This should be an absolute nonstarter,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in response to the Post’s reporting. “The best way to end this war, protect our troops, save civilian lives, and rein in a lawless administration is to cut off funding. I’m a hell no.”
“If the Pentagon is asking for $200 billion they are asking for a long war,” Gallego added. “The answer is a simple no.”
Any funding package would need 60 votes to get through the US Senate, requiring some Democratic support. As of this writing, neither Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) nor House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has responded to reports of the Pentagon’s request.
The Post reported Wednesday that “it remains unclear how much the White House will ultimately ask congressional lawmakers to approve,” and that “some White House officials do not think the Pentagon’s request has a realistic shot of being approved in Congress.”
The rhetoric is wonderful but it is also a limp organ as it has been in the past.
Here is something to think about (if that capability is possible) the budget for the War Department is about $1.5 trillion and Pistol Pete recently spent $93 million on food baskets, seafood and furniture but yet they do not have enough money to carry out this dumbass war of Donny’s…..
Does anyone else see the stupidity and the waste yet?
We will see who caves and who stands by their guns (no pun intended).
First I would like to point out that interest in the war that is claiming American lives seems to be boring to some here on IST….that is disturbing since it is effecting everyone and few seem to have an opinion on why.
There have been many questions for Donny and his merry band of imbeciles about just why he started this war….The DNI just gave her testimony and it is still unclear.
Tulsi Gabbard told senators Wednesday that Iran’s rulers are battered but still standing, and her own words quickly put her in the crosshairs. The director of national intelligence testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee that Tehran’s regime “appears to be intact but largely degraded” after nearly three weeks of war, and said Iran is “trying to recover” from heavy US strikes on its nuclear facilities. That description clashed with her pre-released written remarks, which had asserted Iran made “no efforts” to rebuild its enrichment capacity—a point that would have undercut one of President Trump’s stated reasons for launching the conflict, the Washington Post reports.
When pressed by Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the committee, on the discrepancy, Gabbard said she skipped parts of the statement because “time was running long,” prompting Warner to accuse her of choosing to “omit the parts that contradict the president.”
In response to questions from Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, Gabbard acknowledged that “the assessment of the intelligence community is that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was obliterated by last summer’s air strikes” and there had been “no effort since then to try to rebuild their enrichment capability,” CBS News reports. Asked whether the intelligence community thought Iran was an imminent nuclear threat, Gabbard said only the president “can determine what is and is not an imminent threat.
Gabbard sidestepped the question when Warner asked if she had advised Trump that Iran would strike Gulf nations and shut down the Strait of Hormuz if it was attacked, the AP reports. “I have not and won’t divulge internal conversations,” she said. “I will say that those of us within the intelligence community continue to provide the president with all of the best objective intelligence available to inform his decisions.
The high-profile hearing, which also featured CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel, came a day after National Counterterrorism Center chief Joe Kent, one of Gabbard’s top aides, resigned in protest, arguing Iran posed “no imminent threat” and that Israel pushed Trump toward war.
Republicans, including Intelligence Committee chair Sen. Tom Cotton, rejected Kent’s view as “misguided.”
Warner used the session to question Gabbard’s past role in election-related investigations and warn of an alleged effort to politicize national security powers at home.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly asked Gabbard and Ratcliffe about a fundraising email from a pro-Trump political action committee that promised “private national security briefings,” for donors, CBS reports. “I assume these are briefings, Director Ratcliffe, that you provide to the president that is now going to be provided to somebody who makes a donation?” Kelly asked. Ratcliffe said no such briefings had happened and they would not be allowed under the Hatch Act. Gabbard said she wasn’t familiar with the email.
And still the question remains.
This is a paper written that could offer some clarification….
The second US war on Iran in less than a year has raised a burning question in popular media: What is the rationale for the war and why is it changing? Is it because negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program were not progressing? Is it because Iran was close to developing nuclear weapons? Is it because Iranian ballistic missiles were going to reach the US soon? Is it because Israel was going to attack Iran and the US took pre-emptive measures to ensure the safety of Americans? Is it because the Iranian government was violating human rights? Or is it something else? The press in the US has not been able to make sense of this changing justification. But this is curious. Was the media asleep over the past few decades?
A quarter of a century ago, I delivered a presentation on US foreign policy towards Iran at an economics conference. My presentation concluded by stating that US policy in the Persian Gulf region had been a series of “regrettably shortsighted policies,” borrowing a phrase from former US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. I argued that these policies had served to prolong the life of the theocratic government in Iran. I believed that without the constant threat of foreign enemies, this government would have had no one to blame for its social and economic problems but itself.
In my paper, I outlined how Israel and its lobbying groups in the US were the primary architects of US policy. I explained how they had developed three justifications, or “sins” as I referred to them, to justify punishing Iran:
Donny’s and BiBi’s war has driven the price of oil to over $110 per barrel and that means we all will be paying through the nose for transportation, food, etc….and does the mental midgets in DC think about the coming storm?
White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett caused a stir on Tuesday when he indicated that the prospect of US consumers getting hurt by a protracted conflict with Iran was not of particular concern to the administration.
During an interview on CNBC, Hassett dismissed concerns about the Iran war, which is now in its third week, dragging on indefinitely.
“The US economy is fundamentally sound,” Hassett claimed. “And if [the war] were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the US economy much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we’d have to think about, you know, if that continued, what we would have to do about that, but that’s, like, really the last of our concerns right now… because we’re very confident that this thing is going ahead of schedule.”
In fact, US consumers are already hurting financially from the effects of the Iran war, which has caused the price of both oil and gasoline to skyrocket. Petroleum industry analyst Patrick De Haan reported on Tuesday that the average price of gas in the US has reached $3.80 per gallon, while the average price for diesel fuel has reached $5.03 per gallon.
The war’s impact on oil and gas prices has been exacerbated by Iran closing down the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, and so far there is no indication that it will be reopening anytime soon.
Donny’s ill conceived policies have already put the American consumer in a hurt locker and now he wants to just keep adding to the woes of American families.
Someone please remind me why you voted for this piece of crap.
On second thought do not bother….the only answer is you are a fuc**ng moron.
The sooner this person leaves this plane of existence the better.
In case no one has noticed gas prices are shooting up thanks to our Little Donny and his stupid war.
He has demanded that allies come help protect the oil tankers from being attacked and so far not many of the allies have jumped at the chance to engage in this senseless war.
The reluctance by allies has Donny with knotted panties…..
After being largely rebuffed in his request for allies’ help against Iran, President Trump issued an all-caps retort on Truth Social Tuesday: “WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!” Trump amplified remarks he made on Monday, asserting that the US is just fine working only with Israel, and that he’s not surprised by the reluctance. “I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street—We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” Trump wrote. But he then added that the US-Israeli campaign has decimated Iran’s leadership and military, making any assistance unnecessary.
If we do not need help why ask in the first place?
Senseless war?
Yes even a person nominated by Donny thinks it is stupid and destructive….
President Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the decision to begin a war against Iran when “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation.”
Kent, nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate last year, posted his resignation letter on X Tuesday morning, saying he “cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.”
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Kent wrote. “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”
There you have it….Israel is to blame for this stupidity.
This war is getting out of control and Donny thi8nks it is some big fun….
The president made the comments a day after the US military struck the Persian Gulf island, where most of Iran’s oil exports move through. So far, the US has spared the oil infrastructure on the island as it fears Iranian retaliatory attacks against oil infrastructure across the Gulf.
“We totally demolished Kharg Island, but we may hit it a few more times just for fun,” Trump said. “We’ve totally decimated it. Except, as you know, I didn’t do anything having to do with the energy lines, because having to rebuild that would take years.”
(antiwar.com)
Fun? Is this some sort of entertainment for this d/bag?
WE were promised a short but decisive war with Iran….it is not looking so much like the scenario that Donny wants to project.
The notion of a short and decisive war has always been a temptation for politicians. This notion holds a promise of quick victories, low costs, and clear triumphs. However, the course of history over the last few decades has indicated that wars do not always follow this pattern. The current conflict between the United States and Iran seems to be a clear manifestation of this reality, as the early indications of a quick victory are not supported by the fundamental realities of the conflict.
The fundamental reason why a quick victory might not be possible in this conflict is not related to military capabilities. The military capabilities of the United States are overwhelming, as they are far ahead of Iran in terms of technology, logistics, and global reach. In the early phases of this conflict, the U.S. forces, along with the Israeli military, struck thousands of targets in Iran, targeting its missile capabilities, naval forces, and military installations. According to experts, the initial objective of this campaign was to destroy the Iranian naval capabilities, missile systems, and nuclear facilities, as well as weakening Iranian influence in the region.
However, military success does not automatically translate into a corresponding level of political achievement. As many a strategic analyst has noted, “destroying capabilities does not necessarily translate into regime collapse, political transformation, or stability.” While military instruments are effective at destroying capabilities, they are not as effective at creating alternatives.
There may be no winner in the war on Iran. But, although it is Iran that is under attack, they will not be the only losers. This war, fought without legal reason or political or security justification, will have myriad losers. Here are five.
The first loser of the war on Iran is the Iranians. Iran has an “inalienable right to a civilian program that uses nuclear energy for peaceful purposes” as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. They signed the JCPOA nuclear agreement that closed all roads to a military nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) repeatedly verified that they were in full compliance. They were currently negotiating further voluntary limitations on their civilian nuclear program, which would have assured the world of the impossibility of diverting their civilian nuclear program to a military one. Nothing was illegal or unusual about Iran’s nuclear or missile programs.
But bombs fell on Iranians. The people of Iran live in daily terror. Their cities are being bombed, and their infrastructure and water desalination plants have been devastated. Nearly 20,000 civilian buildings have been damaged, including dozens of hospitals and schools. Their leader has been assassinated. Over 1,300 civilians, hundreds of them children, have been killed.
The second country that will pay a price for the war on Iran is Ukraine. Just as Russia is thought to be massing for a large late spring offensive, its war economy is being pumped full by the rising cost of oil; which was caused by the effective closing of the Strait of Hormuz and the resultant easing of sanctions on Russian oil, while Ukraine’s supply of weapons is being threatened. Russia will have the money to continue launching missiles and drones, and Ukraine will lack the missiles to defend against them.
Another problem is that Donny keeps extending tours of duty for the troops at some point this will come back a bite him in the ass….or he will make another fatal political decision.
But not to worry for Donny is not afraid of an extended war…..
Donald Trump is openly entertaining the possibility of putting boots on the ground in Iran.
Speaking with reporters at the White House Tuesday beside Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Trump sluggishly claimed that he wouldn’t be afraid to put the lives of American soldiers at risk in order to continue his nonsensical war.
“The Iranian regime has told Sky News that if you put boots on the ground in Iran, it would be another Vietnam. Are you afraid of that?” asked a journalist.
“No, I’m not afraid of—I’m really not afraid of anything,” Trump said.
