Congress is just for show at this point, and that goes for Bernie Sanders as well. Plus, they don't want it on their permanent record like the Iraq War, which came back to bite them in the ass.
I'd like to see this regime (and the few to follow, if that many, before this country collapses) get more aligned with their Mafia similarities and use terms like "So-and-so sleeps with the fishes"; "Oh, Paulie, you won't see him anymore"; "He got rubbed out"; "We 'offed' him"; "Give 'im the 2-4-5 solution - two .45 cal. slugs to the head"; "You know, senator, I was a 'button' man, I'd push the button on a guy"; and stuff like that. More colorful and entertaining than all the strained talking points.
I have always thought of Trump and his administration as a bunch of gangsters. The way that they conduct warfare seals the deal. Wars now do not resemble Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, or Platoon. They resemble the Godfather series of movies, and movies like Goodfellas. Our gangster nation states are now led by Capos who wack each other. It is international relations conducted by cartels waging war on each other for "spheres of influence."
Aggressive war (bombing, cyber warfare, illegal sanctions, coups, color revolutions, etc.) will continue as long as capitalism does, because capitalism needs ever increasing "natural resources" that can only be obtained via treachery of some (or multiple) kinds. Despite what he calls himself, Bernie Sanders is capitalist through-and-through, therefore he's as dangerous a war whore in reality as anyone, including Lindsey Graham.
For Lindsay Graham and anyone else to say this is not a war and label it something else is double-speak Orwellian bullshit propaganda. It’s also incredibly insulting to all the military and civilians and their families who have already lost their lives in this WAR!
We are rolling faster and faster down the slippery slope of state-sponsored and media-echoed propaganda. Which way is up?
It doesn't matter what this attack on Iran is called, it has altered the political situation in that the influence of Israel on the US is irreparably damaged as it is fully exposed, Republican control of Congress will time out at the midterm elections and Trump or Vance will have no chance of continuing on beyond 2028 when the entire gang will be retired if not put on trial. There is not a single member of the cabinet/administration that has not shown aggression toward we the people and our representatives in Congress.
The US poured everything, men and material, into Vietnam but could not overcome the determination of the Vietnamese not to allow the foreigner to determine its future by force, even at the cost of 2 million lives (the US lost 2.5% of that in American lives) The lesson was clear but was not learned. All Washington learned was to get rid of the draft.
Then the lesson was repeated and still not learned. Iran is about to repeat the lesson only this time we the people, primed by the disaster of the Iraq War, are paying attention and will make sure Washington learns the lesson at last by way of the ballot box.
Can I just point out how insane it is that congress is voluntarily ceding its own authority here
Like what do they even get out of this??
Plausible deniability is the only thing I can think of lol
Campaign funds, of course. Citizens United opened these floodgates for congressional…instead of corruption, let’s say regrettable incentives.
The uniparty strikes again!
I know what we can call what the U.S. and Israel did over the weekend: assassination and murder.
It's a fucking war- And Congress is full of mealy mouthed dipshits.
Congress is just for show at this point, and that goes for Bernie Sanders as well. Plus, they don't want it on their permanent record like the Iraq War, which came back to bite them in the ass.
This graham guy lost any sense of backbone about 16 years ago. What a slippery eel.
Heard tell Lovely Linsey checks whether he has a banana in his pocket or the United States is at war. Banana?
Calling it Murder Inc has the right ring to it.
I'd like to see this regime (and the few to follow, if that many, before this country collapses) get more aligned with their Mafia similarities and use terms like "So-and-so sleeps with the fishes"; "Oh, Paulie, you won't see him anymore"; "He got rubbed out"; "We 'offed' him"; "Give 'im the 2-4-5 solution - two .45 cal. slugs to the head"; "You know, senator, I was a 'button' man, I'd push the button on a guy"; and stuff like that. More colorful and entertaining than all the strained talking points.
I have always thought of Trump and his administration as a bunch of gangsters. The way that they conduct warfare seals the deal. Wars now do not resemble Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, or Platoon. They resemble the Godfather series of movies, and movies like Goodfellas. Our gangster nation states are now led by Capos who wack each other. It is international relations conducted by cartels waging war on each other for "spheres of influence."
Aggressive war (bombing, cyber warfare, illegal sanctions, coups, color revolutions, etc.) will continue as long as capitalism does, because capitalism needs ever increasing "natural resources" that can only be obtained via treachery of some (or multiple) kinds. Despite what he calls himself, Bernie Sanders is capitalist through-and-through, therefore he's as dangerous a war whore in reality as anyone, including Lindsey Graham.
For Lindsay Graham and anyone else to say this is not a war and label it something else is double-speak Orwellian bullshit propaganda. It’s also incredibly insulting to all the military and civilians and their families who have already lost their lives in this WAR!
We are rolling faster and faster down the slippery slope of state-sponsored and media-echoed propaganda. Which way is up?
It doesn't matter what this attack on Iran is called, it has altered the political situation in that the influence of Israel on the US is irreparably damaged as it is fully exposed, Republican control of Congress will time out at the midterm elections and Trump or Vance will have no chance of continuing on beyond 2028 when the entire gang will be retired if not put on trial. There is not a single member of the cabinet/administration that has not shown aggression toward we the people and our representatives in Congress.
The US poured everything, men and material, into Vietnam but could not overcome the determination of the Vietnamese not to allow the foreigner to determine its future by force, even at the cost of 2 million lives (the US lost 2.5% of that in American lives) The lesson was clear but was not learned. All Washington learned was to get rid of the draft.
Then the lesson was repeated and still not learned. Iran is about to repeat the lesson only this time we the people, primed by the disaster of the Iraq War, are paying attention and will make sure Washington learns the lesson at last by way of the ballot box.