You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
Matthew, Chapter 24.
We shall not enter into any of the abstruse definitions of War used by publicists. We shall keep to the element of the thing itself, to a duel. War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale. If we would conceive as a unit the countless number of duels which make up a War, we shall do so best by supposing to ourselves two wrestlers. Each strives by physical force to compel the other to submit to his will: each endeavours to throw his adversary, and thus render him incapable of further resistance.
Carl von Clausewitz
The irony is that Trump could make a plausible case that this war is allowable under the Authorization to Use Military Force George W. Bush received in 2001. But symbolically that would mean Trump is continuing Bush’s “forever war.”
Regardless, Republicans aren’t just under a legal clock to get this thing over with, but a political one, too. Polling shows Americans, including many Republicans, have no thirst for a long conflict, which makes sense given that they were not asked to prepare for this war. Hence, the insistence that this war will be short and tidy.
The problem is that Iran knows this. That’s why they don’t have to win, they just have to ride out the bombings until the public or Trump loses patience with this very real war.
Jonah Goldberg, Republicans aren’t willing to call war in Iran what it is.
But they were very strongly involved and all of the people that died through the roadside bombs died and are right now walking around with no legs, no arms. A face that’s been so badly damaged.
Donald Trump, alleged commander in chief.
Unless otherwise noted, every item in this updated thread is on Mad King Donny's war on Iran. Or not a war if you ask Sycophant Mike Johnson, Toady of the House.
March 12, 2026
New Hampshire National Guard’s 157th Air Refueling Wing in connection with the war with Iran.
Up to 17 ships have been hit by the Iranians in the Gulf of Hormuz.
Iran hit refinery targets in Oman.
The first week of Trump's war cost the $11.3 B.
$11.3B and they can still hit ships.
The US is releasing 172M bbls of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Oil opened today at $90.75.
And, not only is the war nowhere near ending, Iran is dictating terms to the United States and Israel, those being acknowledging Iran's "legitimate rights" are acknowledged, compensation for damages and strong international guarantees to prevent future attacks.
Iran would not have made those if it was anywhere near "surrendering" in any form. Indeed, the last item strongly suggests that they've coordinated with China and Russia who would probably back that demand. If the US accepts any variant of this, we're surrendering, but given that the war is a unilateral action by demented Donald Trump, and that the GOP will start panicking soon about this still going on in November, of which there's an excellent chance it will be, and prices are going to skyrocket enormously, and that his mind wonders, there's a pretty good chance he'll do it and declare victory, which nobody except the most deluded MAGA will believe.
This has gotten next to no press and right now, the concept of the U.S. surrendering to Iran seems absurd, but Donald Trump surrendered to the Taliban in the Afghan War and is simply not a very intelligent man. As casualties mount and inflation ramps up, he'll look like a failure, which of course, he largely is. Because of that, he'll grow anxious. I don't put it past him at all to agree to some version of this, if not this.
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