War. It's so de-vo.
We will never evolve as a species until we can stop murdering people and blowing shit up just because we have opposable thumbs, an aptitude for language, and a thirst for blood.
Ok, so ripping families apart and sending masked bandits to terrorize whole classes of our brethren just because you don't like the color of their skin, that's pretty bad too.
But now the Orange Menace has brought us into the War Zone.
This, a week or so after Israel had started a dust-up with Iran. There was no reason for the U.S. to get involved, except that maybe Toddler Man didn't want to get called TACO anymore (which is what his niece Mary surmises).
He’ll show them who is a TACO!!
On Saturday, TACO Don ordered bombing missions on nuclear facilities in Iran. It was impulsive; it was erratic; it was not needed. Diplomacy had in large part been working. Though Iran was continuing its nuclear program, no weapons had yet been developed and all signs were that they are not close. Bombing the shit out of their facilities should have been last resort, and only when it was obvious they had a weapon and were willing to use it.
That's what we get when we elect a small man with big toys and when his most important advisor is a (allegedly) drunken weekend news talking head.
He did it without the legally required Congressional approval and without most of the Congressional leadership even being briefed. He briefed some MAGAt-heads shortly before the attack, but no Lefties.
This is how we found out:
The Reality of the Strikes Themselves
The mission cost much moola, many millions.
The bombs used were specialized bombs, GBU-57 bombs, nicknamed "bunker busters" for their ability to burrow deep underground.
The massive bombs, which weigh 30,000 pounds, had never been used before, but were certainly known to the world as one of the arrows in the mighty United States's quiver. Seven amazing B-2 bombers (themselves a marvel of technology and engineering and cost about $2.1 billion each) dropped 14 bombs worth tens of millions of dollars each, with a cost of $500 million to develop. Besides the cost of the bombs, the B-2 costs $150,000 per flight hour to operate. Estimated cost per plane per mission (minus the bombs themselves): $3-$4 million.
Yeah, but we don't have money for Medicaid.
DONAKD (as in The Emperor Has No Clothes) sent this message out after the attack:
There was no imminent danger.
For three decades, Benjamin Netanyahu has been talking about "the imminence" of the readiness of Iran's nuclear weapons. It has never been borne out.
DONAKD's own Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, appeared before Congress in March and testified that the intelligence community "continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003."
When presented with this information, the underthinker said flatly, "She's wrong."
I'm convinced Netanyahu took advantage of a diminished baby man, days after his humiliating birthday parade and being called bad names. The Traitor Tot wanted to act like a big shot, so Netanyahu goaded him into attacking. Those words – that Iran was merely "months or weeks" away from being ready – were straight out of Bibi's mouth.
Now we are all going to pay.
Iran knew that U.S. strikes were a possibility.
There is evidence that Iran moved the nuclear material from the facilities in the days ahead of the attack. It would've been impossible for the administration to not know that there was movement.
Iran's suspicions of an imminent attack were due in large part to 🚼 not being able to keep his thumbs still and quiet. In fact, Shitler was called "the biggest threat to operational security."
In the days after Israel started aggressions, he not-tweeted on Monday, June 16 and Tuesday June 17:
- "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"
- "What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON."
- "We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran."
- "We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!"
- And of course his leaving the G7 summit meeting early and his "Nobody knows what I'm gonna do" statements in the day or two before the bombing.
Slowed down but not stopped.
Though details are still emerging, it appears that some of the sites may have damaged, but not "completely and totally obliterated" as Mr. Pants on Fire said in a statement afterwards.
Because some material was moved and because the facilities were not completely destroyed, the best case scenario was that the nuclear operation was slowed down but likely not stopped.
Retaliation? Wait –What? They can do that?
This act of war was incredibly short-sighted. True to form when a toddler is in charge, the consequences were not considered. They are potentially huge.
Retaliation could potentially take many forms:
Closing the Strait of Hormuz. This would send the price of oil up and hit the world in the pocketbook. Of course, he didn't think of that in advance. 20% of the world's oil flows through this strait. It's easy to shut down; at its narrowest, it is just 21 miles wide.
The afterthought about this possibility in the days after the U.S. attack? This "warning" from the Middle-Manager-in-Chief:
Oh no! If oil prices go up, will it be a mark on my annual performance review?!
Strikes against U.S. bases around the world. They have already started. As of this writing, Iran has targeted a U.S. base in Qatar. There were reportedly no injuries.
Calling up their buddies to wage terror. Iran is friends with Hamas, with the Houthis, with other militant groups. All of these groups specialize in terror. They have hated the U.S. forever, and now have a reason to organize some acts of terror.
Ramping up their nuclear program. The attack may spur Iran into accelerating their efforts rather than slowing them down.
In the end, hostilities may have cooled by the time I was finishing this post. SCROTUS announced a cease-fire, but it has not been confirmed. In any case, there still may be terrorist cells that are angered by The Felon's actions.
See this from CNN's Fareed Zakaria:
@cnn CNN's Fareed Zakaria reacts to President Donald Trump announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Iran which he says he hopes to become permanent. Neither Iran nor Israel has made any comments about a pending ceasefire.
♬ original sound - CNN
Now I'm wondering if this ego trip was an attempt to show how he brought about peace in the end as part of his bid for the Nobel Peace Prize. In his warped mind, this may have been it!
The Spin
Price Smarming and others went on the Sunday news circuit to say that of course this is a limited strike and of course the United States does not intend to force a regime change.
Until Dear Leader posted this:
The MAGAt Reaction
I was wrong in my last post that 47 would not strike but would use the situation to play the stock market. But I was not wrong that MAGAts, always staunchly anti-war and "America First," have tidily and efficiently snapped their neurons in place to support their Dear Leader in whatever war crap comes.
It's 👏 a 👏 cult 👏
It is still very much a developing situation. At time of publishing, there was chatter about a ceasefire. Reports were that the Twitiot and Iran had said there is a cease-fire in place, but hadn't been confirmed by Israel. As the "Publish" button was pushed, headlines said that Iran had launched dozens of missiles into Israel overnight.
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