My heart weeps. This is the umpteenth unjust, costly, immoral and idiotic war I've been forced to watch during my lifetime. When will enough of us stand up and refuse to cooperate with all this?
I share the pain, grief of others, and a constant feeling of nausea over the unending pounding of the atrocities propelled daily by the creature in our White House or what’s left of it.
Half the time I feel dazed from it all; Drifting mentally while voraciously absorbing facts and seeking solutions. Dazed not numb and writing provides a pathway for trying to access to stay courageous and accept remaining acutely aware and not allowing normalization to triumph.
We need journalists like you and Steven to fixate the light on the issues, to know we are gifted with strong inspiratory voices and community dedicated to work to hold firm to our ideals and love of our Democracy.
One thing nobody discusses is the creation of a huge distraction by T…p. What of the Epstein files? What about the rising prices of food and now oil? And ICE raids? And if T…p will amazingly end the “war” to add to his record of ending wars in time for the November elections? Killing the Ayatollah might be a good thing for Iran, but what about the wide-ranging implications for World peace? That we’ve partnered with Netanyahu who’s of the same ilk as T…p should be a clue as to just how insane this all is.
Djt and his administration sound like kids 🧑🦱👩🦱 answering their parents' question ~ why did you endanger the family and its residence doing what you knew wasn't permitted? Blah, blah, blah .......
And as Dean Blundell reminds us : JD Vance wrote a 2023 Wall Street Journal op-ed endorsing Trump for president. The headline? “Trump’s Best Foreign Policy? 🔻Not Starting Any Wars.”
Tulsi Gabbard sold 🔹 “No War with Iran” t-shirts in 2020.
She told voters in 2024: “A vote for Donald Trump is a vote to 🔹end wars, not start them.”
The Iran Fiasco will continue to provide plenty of reasons to protest. Neither the US nor Israel have a history of bombing countries into democracy. They both do have a history of bombing civilian targets followed by denial and excuses. Neither trump nor Netanyahu have concern for anyone but themselves. No concern for Americans either, military or civilian. The war was entered into without a plan for civilian evacuations. Perhaps they really thought it would be 2-3 days & didn’t worry about depleting the US stockpile. Then the time table went to 2-3 weeks or so, 4-5 weeks and who knows. Now there are some plans in the works for getting civilians out. Probably a better idea than the embassy referring Americans to their Israeli travel agency. Many places have to embassy. Others have been evacuated. A couple have been hit by drones or debris.
The administration quickly left behind the unbelievable fiction that the war is about helping the people of Iran. That line has expired. Today the president noted that all options — 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices - he had in mind for a new government are dead. The result of successful bombings. He’s open to armed militias coming in from outside. No decision on whether our tax dollars will provide weapons to them. This sounds like another disaster in the making.
The leading candidate for this endeavor is the Kurds. Yes, the same group that in T1, trump abandoned without notice to the dismay of our troops and the anger of the Kurds left to be slaughtered. (No picnic for the troops who’d had no warning or plan for their immediate exit.)
My heart weeps. This is the umpteenth unjust, costly, immoral and idiotic war I've been forced to watch during my lifetime. When will enough of us stand up and refuse to cooperate with all this?
This! On top of everything else! It has to stop! RELEASE ALL OF THE EPSTEIN FILES, and let’s get this over with!!!!
Best thing I've seen posted so far: Good thing Congress is not alive to see this!
Welcome Kenneth,
This is the first of your writings I have read.
I share the pain, grief of others, and a constant feeling of nausea over the unending pounding of the atrocities propelled daily by the creature in our White House or what’s left of it.
Half the time I feel dazed from it all; Drifting mentally while voraciously absorbing facts and seeking solutions. Dazed not numb and writing provides a pathway for trying to access to stay courageous and accept remaining acutely aware and not allowing normalization to triumph.
We need journalists like you and Steven to fixate the light on the issues, to know we are gifted with strong inspiratory voices and community dedicated to work to hold firm to our ideals and love of our Democracy.
So I thank you both.
Thank you for reading and for the kind words, Alexia.
Great news alert! It needs to be on the wire services and sent directly to the congress. Maybe it will resuscitate them. 👏👏👏
One thing nobody discusses is the creation of a huge distraction by T…p. What of the Epstein files? What about the rising prices of food and now oil? And ICE raids? And if T…p will amazingly end the “war” to add to his record of ending wars in time for the November elections? Killing the Ayatollah might be a good thing for Iran, but what about the wide-ranging implications for World peace? That we’ve partnered with Netanyahu who’s of the same ilk as T…p should be a clue as to just how insane this all is.
You branched put into a news service
And the level of fear and anxiety has spiked. Plus feeling of doom.
Now my internet compulsion to news services expands. Its an addiction.
Djt and his administration sound like kids 🧑🦱👩🦱 answering their parents' question ~ why did you endanger the family and its residence doing what you knew wasn't permitted? Blah, blah, blah .......
🤞🙏❤️🩹🇺🇸🌎🌍🌏
And as Dean Blundell reminds us : JD Vance wrote a 2023 Wall Street Journal op-ed endorsing Trump for president. The headline? “Trump’s Best Foreign Policy? 🔻Not Starting Any Wars.”
Tulsi Gabbard sold 🔹 “No War with Iran” t-shirts in 2020.
She told voters in 2024: “A vote for Donald Trump is a vote to 🔹end wars, not start them.”
The Iran Fiasco will continue to provide plenty of reasons to protest. Neither the US nor Israel have a history of bombing countries into democracy. They both do have a history of bombing civilian targets followed by denial and excuses. Neither trump nor Netanyahu have concern for anyone but themselves. No concern for Americans either, military or civilian. The war was entered into without a plan for civilian evacuations. Perhaps they really thought it would be 2-3 days & didn’t worry about depleting the US stockpile. Then the time table went to 2-3 weeks or so, 4-5 weeks and who knows. Now there are some plans in the works for getting civilians out. Probably a better idea than the embassy referring Americans to their Israeli travel agency. Many places have to embassy. Others have been evacuated. A couple have been hit by drones or debris.
The administration quickly left behind the unbelievable fiction that the war is about helping the people of Iran. That line has expired. Today the president noted that all options — 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices - he had in mind for a new government are dead. The result of successful bombings. He’s open to armed militias coming in from outside. No decision on whether our tax dollars will provide weapons to them. This sounds like another disaster in the making.
The leading candidate for this endeavor is the Kurds. Yes, the same group that in T1, trump abandoned without notice to the dismay of our troops and the anger of the Kurds left to be slaughtered. (No picnic for the troops who’d had no warning or plan for their immediate exit.)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-in-talks-with-kurds-on-potential-military-operation-in-iran-sources/