The war in Iran (or whose war is it anyways?)

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Whose war is it anyway?



No One Wants to Fight For Israel?

Let's ask the question that Brian McGinnis screamed until they broke his arm to shut him up.

A former United States Marine. A man who wore the uniform, bled for the flag, swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. He walked into the United States Senate, stood before the Armed Services Committee, and shouted the truth that every lawmaker in that room already knew but refused to say:

"No one wants to fight for israel!"

They dragged him out. They twisted his arm until it snapped. A United States Senator, Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, personally joined the Capitol Police in assaulting a fellow veteran who dared to question why American blood must be spilled for a foreign flag .

And in that moment, the mask slipped. The empire revealed its face. And the question McGinnis asked echoes louder than any missile strike:

When did American soldiers pledge allegiance to Israel?

The Man Who Asked the Question

Let's name him. Brian McGinnis. Forty-four years old. Former Marine. Green Party candidate for ....


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Sec. Rubio said the U.S. (Trump) knew Israel was planning to strike Iran, and Rubio opined, that would have meant Iran would have attacked U.S. assets in the region,
and therefore caused fatalities among U.S. citizens in that region, therefore the current situation.



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President Donald Trump said in a new Truth Social Post on Friday that there will be no deal with Iran "except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!"

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-israel-war-latest-march-6​

"Oh woe is everything!" Grace06

 

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Russia is providing the Iranians with information to help attack U.S. forces and targets in the Middle East, The Washington Post first reported on Friday, citing three officials familiar with the intelligence.

Live Updates: Trump touts US action as CENTCOM says troops are working to destroy Iranian Navy

Operation Epic Fury enters a seventh day Friday as new video released by CENTCOM shows Iranian targets are being “decimated” by U.S. forces, who continue mission to “sink the entire Iranian Navy.”

www.foxnews.com

 

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‘No deal with Iran except unconditional surrender,’ Trump says​

US president stakes out maximalist war aims as conflict wreaks havoc across the region amid rising death toll.
By Faisal Ali / Published On 6 Mar 20266 Mar 2026
Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country’s “unconditional surrender”, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States.

The US president’s remarks on his Truth Social platform on Friday appear to reject the prospect of a compromise amid Iranian confirmation of diplomatic mediation to end the conflict.

‘No deal with Iran except unconditional surrender,’ Trump says

US president stakes out maximalist war aims as conflict wreaks havoc across the region amid rising death toll.

www.aljazeera.com

This is very bad news.
Whomever / whatever if anyone / anything ruling Iran right now would be foolish to blindly accept Trump's terms. Even Trump's own Supreme Court is not willing to do that.

The result?
The carnage the U.S. $Taxpayer is paying a $Billion a $Day for may continue for the foreseeable future. What's it like MAGAs, for your hands to match the color of your hats?

 

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And all that has been done is create an entire generation of future fighters who hate the US and Israel even more than before.

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal

As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes from popular action movies spliced with actual strike footage from their war on Iran. The clip was...

www.archchicago.org

 

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"You cannot defend women's rights by celebrating the death of 160 girls." A Spanish lawmaker just said this in parliament. The chamber erupted.

Manuela Bergerot, opposition leader in Madrid's regional parliament, delivered a viral speech condemning the bombing of a girls' school in Iran. She accused right-wing politicians of hypocrisy for invoking feminism while supporting strikes that killed children. "The first military objective was bombing a girls' school, killing 160 girls," she said. "This is how they defend the rights of Iranian women."

The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab was struck on February 28 during U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. Iranian authorities reported approximately 165 dead, most girls aged 7 to 12. The UN called it "a grave violation of humanitarian law." The U.S. said it is investigating. Israel denied involvement.

Madrid's regional president Ayuso responded by telling Bergerot to "go to Tehran alone and drunk." Bergerot replied: "The first condition for a woman to be free is that her country not be bombed."

 

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United States Constitution
"ARTICLE1. SECTION 8.
1: The Congress shall have Power: ...
11: To declare War, ... ."

Dandy.
That seems clear enough. But:

"ARTICLE2. SECTION 2.
1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, ...".

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Fine.
That is the basis for the "war powers" debate still unresolved after generations of squabble.

What's the news, in Daylight Savings Time?
The Democrat's leader in the house half of congress:

"Article One of the Constitution explicitly provides congress with the sole authority to declare war. There is nothing ambiguous ..." Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]

The Republican leader's position?

"The war powers resolution failed. That is the right result. uh We are not at war. We have no intention of being at war." Speaker Mike Johnson [R-LA]

Neither of these assertions is factually correct.

There's little virtue in squabbling over what word is used to characterize it.

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Death toll in Iran surpasses 1,000 as Israel-US strikes continue​

A funeral for the country’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been postponed amid explosions.
By Al Jazeera Staff / Published On 4 Mar 2026

Death toll in Iran surpasses 1,000 as Israel-US strikes continue

A funeral for the country's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been postponed amid explosions.

www.aljazeera.com

"uh We are not at war. We have no intention of being at war." Speaker Mike Johnson [R-LA]

What is a responsible $taxpaying citizen voter supposed to do?
If out of a long entrenched political duopoly one established party demonstates itself lead by liars,
then vote for candidates of the other long entrenched political party of the duopoly. Right?

And when the word of neither party's leader can be trusted? For whom shall the electorate vote then?
It's still Winter. BUT !
Next season (Spring) starts next week. Election day will be here soon enough. Which party will YOU support?

 

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"Article One of the Constitution explicitly provides congress with the sole authority to declare war. There is nothing ambiguous ..." Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
"The war powers resolution failed. That is the right result. uh We are not at war. We have no intention of being at war." Speaker Mike Johnson [R-LA] #8

Secretary of War Hegseth discussed "Operation Epic Fury" on CBS-TV 60 Minutes with Major Garrett. Secretary Hegseth stated "This is war, this is conflict, this is bringing the enemy to their knees", broadcast on CBS-TV 60 Minutes 26/03/08
Secretary Hegseth corroborates President Trump's comments (and Minority Leader Jeffries) regarding the U.S. / Israeli military attack on Iran.

It seems Speaker Johnson [R-LA] is the one in error in this case. Despite his campaign commitment explicitly to the contrary, President Trump has started a major, regime-changing War in the Middle East.

 

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“I'm sitting in the carpool line and I'm watching the world fall apart on my phone while "Sweet Home Alabama" plays on my radio and I swear to God I am going to lose my mind.

Brent crude just hit $90. The Strait of Hormuz is closed. The Dow dropped 900 points. 181 children are dead in Iran. And the President of the United States just posted "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" on Truth Social with a hashtag. MIGA. Make Iran Great Again. Like he's dropping a new merch line. And I'm
sitting here in a Chevy Suburban with goldfish crackers ground into the back seat waiting to pick up my kids from a school that looks exactly like the one he just bombed.

And I know, I know, that in about four minutes I'm going to have to stand next to Jennifer at the pickup gate. Jennifer with the "Ultra MAGA Mama Bear" bumper sticker and the Lululemon leggings and the iced coffee and the absolute audacity to call herself pro-life. Jennifer who told me last week that Trump is "finally showing strength in the Middle East." Jennifer who gets her foreign policy from a man who gets his foreign policy from whatever Fox News host he appointed to run the Pentagon this week. Jennifer who couldn't point to Iran on a map if her Botox depended on it but has very strong opinions about what should be bombed there.

And Jennifer is going to say something. She always says something. She can't help herself. She's going to flip her hair and do that little smile, that smug little "bless your heart" smile that Southern women use when they think they're smarter than you, and she's going to say "well at least he's keeping us safe" or "you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs" or some other bumper sticker bullshit she picked up from ....

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And "Operation Epstein Diversion" continues

 

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"And "Operation Epstein Diversion" continues" S2 #12

There's a variety of different interpretations for Trump / Iran.
Trump may not care if his countrymen have to pay half a buck more per gallon of gasoline. BUT !
Trump appears to care a great deal about how Republicans do in the upcoming mid-term elections.
The former may bear heavily on the latter.

Trump's rhetoric regarding his War in Iran thus is rapidly evolving. Take note of how Trump's presidential rhetoric reflects Trump's domestic political prospects.