Sounds a lot like the crap we heard during Iraq and Afghanistan.
from The Jerusalem Post
Don’t miss the moment: Iran war a historic opportunity to reshape the Middle East - opinion
3.20.2026
Misinformation
From CNN:
How the Trump administration could be hurting Israel’s already damaged brand
A better, more realistic headline for a US news media outlet would have been.
How the Netanyahu administration could be hurting the US's already damaged brand.
Also, from the wildly pro-Israel Bret Stephens: Opinion: For once, America fights with an equal ally by its side
Israel is the rare U.S. ally that pulls its weight, shares the risk and contributes to victory.
I would add to that list: "hurts the US reputation around the world"
3.19.2026
Trump's War
MAGA...
Things Go Haywire as Israeli Escalation Throws Iran Conflict into Dangerous New Phase
One thing’s for sure, the US has never before looked so vindictive, weak, and embarrassing all at the same time on the world stage. Trump has truly opened up Pandora’s box, and his attempts to bluff-and-bravado his way out of the ensuing consequences are unlikely to work.
And from The Guardian.
How ignorance, misunderstanding and obfuscation ended Iran nuclear talks
Trump as ...
... the bullshitter at the end of the bar.
The most entertaining two minutes I've watched today. pic.twitter.com/5Yzm2rcaO9
— Community Notes & Violations (@CNviolations) March 17, 2026
3.18.2026
Trump's Folly and US Media.
From the NYT
Trump Can’t Spin His Way Out of This War
They call out Trump's Folly pretty well but fall into the same US Media BS we hear all the time. Basically, Iran is terrible and needed to go but Trump just did it wrong. Covering for years of US media lying to the American people. Here's the paragraph.
Despite all this, the war has had some tactical successes, and we believe it is important to acknowledge them even if they remain untethered to a strategy. Mr. Trump’s instincts about Iran were correct in a few ways. Its government is distinctly dangerous, having spent decades oppressing its own people, sponsoring terrorism, trying to destroy Israel, turning Lebanon into a failed state, protecting a horrific regime in Syria and pursuing a nuclear program. Mr. Trump also recognized that Iran’s regime was weaker than it pretended and could be weakened further through confrontation.
In my adult lifetime the Iranian government has been far less dangerous to the people around it than the US and Israeli governments. The paragraph above lists Iran's faults ...
- Its government is distinctly dangerous - Dangerous to whom? Israel and the US have killed many more Middle Easterners than the Iranian regime.
- spent decades oppressing its own people - Maybe but ICE agents are killing people in our streets. Gazans and Palestinians in the West Bank are effectively under Israeli control do their deaths count?
- sponsoring terrorism - I remember Israel killing Iranian scientists in Iran. The US killing a general. Terrorism vs sponsoring terrorism?
- trying to destroy Israel - Israel and US have bombed Iran many times. I don't remember Iran ever sending the first missile.
- turning Lebanon into a failed state - Israel has bombed and invaded Lebanon on-and-off for years. I don't remember Iran ever doing it.
- protecting a horrific regime in Syria - OK. Maybe here but is a stable state really any more horrific than no state at all and constant civil war. Also, the US protected a horrific regime in Iran for years.
- and pursuing a nuclear program - Israel and the US both have nukes.
Why doesn't US media ever say Maybe we could try getting along with these people. Support their economies. I don't know maybe just being friendly or at least not dicks.
They are just people like we have here in the US.
Yes, Trump is an idiot.
Yes, he's fucked this up just like everything he's ever done.
but still ... Fuck the NYT too.
US and the World
Skyrocketing Gas Prices Threaten Political Order Across the Globe
I can see why Europe, Middle Easterners, and maybe the rest of the world, might hate US Republicans. Bush blew-up the middle east with his war and created a European refugee crisis that they are still struggling with. Now Trump blows up the Middle East and creates an energy crisis, for now, that the whole world must struggle with.
Two generations of dead or displaced Middle Easterners, Europe flooded with refugees, the whole world in an energy crisis, the US reputation shredded.
Heck of a job Republicans!
Also, Netanyahu played a huge part in all of this.
Trump bombing US-Arab relations back to the 70s
Two weeks of escalation have all but eliminated the possibility of a detente in the Persian Gulf
The US Seems to Be Deliberately Weakening its Global Position
Alliances Win Wars, Great Powers Do Not
3.17.2026
Trump's War
Everyone knows Trump and his lackeys can open the strait by simply stopping the attack on Iran.
‘Not our war’: How the world has reacted to Trump’s call to patrol the Hormuz Strait
Trump - The Destroyer
Trump is destroying the US's reputation around the world.
I'm sure the MAGA response would be "Fuck your feelings"
The reviews are in. It's not looking good, America.
Allies are giving the U.S. one-star and two-star ratings on its efforts to protect democracy and dependability in a crisis.
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