Avaricious war profiteers run Congress. Article 1 of the Constitution, gives Congress the exclusive right to declare war. Trump is simply the latest president to ignore that and make war without so much as a by your leave. It has become BIPARTISAN practice.
Time for More than Just Rhetoric, Pope Leo XIV
Urgent challenge for Pope Leo XIV: Trump joined Netanyahu’s war of aggression on Iran. Unlikely to prevail without using nuclear weapons. Trump, pseudoprophets claim God’s support. Need more than pious rhetoric from you. Don’t shirk your duty a la Pius XII
No Guts Gabbard
NOTE to Tulsi Gabbard: Have you no sense of decency? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? Will you continue to snivel, or will you quit – if only to preserve what little is left of your honor?
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/06/21/tulsi-gabbard-is-a-warmongering-asshole/
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom
Challenging the conventional wisdom on whether Trump will fall for it when Netanyahu cries UNCLE, as in “Uncle Sam, bail me out!” Someone show some courage; tell Trump that Netanyahu cannot prevail over Iran and, in extremis, will be tempted to use nukes.
https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/LoiC5E02En
The Art of Not Thinking Ahead
Israelis short of missiles – like Ukrainians. US & Israel bad at planning ahead; now robbing Peter Zelinsky to pay Paul Netanyahu. US own stocks low; wants to save some to use against China. Like Russia in Ukraine, Iran will “attrit” w/hypersonic missiles.
Carriers Only Cost $13 Billion
“Putting your ducks in a row” usually means getting better organized, prepared. NOT THIS TIME. US Navy sending a 3rd sitting-duck aircraft carrier near Israel-Iran war. No prob! Carriers cost just $13 billion – a drop in the bucket, so to speak. And 5,000 sailors can be replaced.
The Latest in the Israel – Iran Conflict
Helmer-McGovern debate: What will Trump do, now that he has been told: “Oops; Iran’s air defenses are now back up; Iran can sustain this war far longer than Israel; and has BIG advantage – Patriot air defense missiles no defense against hypersonic missiles
Tulsi – Leave the Lying to Trump
MEMO to Tulsi Gabbard: RESIGN! Trump has trashed the last vestige of independent intel analysis. Don’t lie; you are NOT “on the same page”. Leave lying to Trump; he knows IRAN IS NOT WORKING ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON! Go public. Americans have right to know this
https://politico.com/news/2025/06/17/gabbard-trump-00411685
Mere Pious Rhetoric
“Woe to you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs beautiful on the outside, on inside full of dead men’s bones.” Mere pious rhetoric from Leo 14, Cardinal Dolan, et al aping Pius XII during WWII; ceding moral leadership to huckster Huckabee
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06/trump-shares-text-telling-him-god-will-direct-him-on-iran-and-folks-are-alarmed-we-have-mentally-ill-people-in-power.html
Iran is Not Working on a Nuclear Weapon
Just to be clear. Since 2007, US Intelligence high-confidence judgment: Iran NOT working on nuclear weapon. Wm Burns expressed “reasonable confidence the US would detect such work relatively early on.” Ergo, “unconditional surrender” is about REGIME CHANGE
https://nbcnews.com/investigations/no-evidence-iran-rushing-build-nuclear-weapon-cia-director-says-rcna174004