There’s plenty of news on the Iran war
You can find a good roundup at Ace’s. Plus, the Iranian president says that Iran is at “full-scale war” with the US.
Hasn’t that been the case for quite some time? Their approach at the moment continues to be to make passage through the Strait difficult and to bomb the Gulf States and other Arab countries in order to harm US military personnel based there and to get those states to pressure the US to stop.
None of this is new.
Two or three (two killed, one missing) US military members were killed over the weekend in Jordan:
The Pentagon said the soldiers were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the name for the U.S. mission against the Islamic State group.
One more military member died from a drone attack in Iraq. However, the article says that was a “controlled detonation” – so was it an accident in which an unexploded drone was being purposely detonated and something went wrong? Seems that way, but the articles I’ve found on the subject aren’t entirely clear.
RIP.
Stupid of the Iranians because that ends the clock on the unconstitutional war powers act.
Might help President Trump in this war with members of Congress other other side. Iran declares open war let’s go at em full bore.
Jeez, I do not understand why we have stood down the Israelis. Let them pick off the leaders again–negotiating with any of them is a waste of time, and turn on all Economic Fury measures again. We don’t win this until somebody topples the regime–that’s most likely something Israel can do. I wonder if Vance is lebbying Trump to hold the Israelis back so he can continue negotiating. If so, Trump should tell JD to sit down and shut up.
I like Rubio or DeSantis over Vance any day.
@ Bill (8:15 PM) I wholeheartedly agree. Hope GOP doesn’t do what Dems did last election feeling they had to go w/ VP.
Jeez, I do not understand why we have stood down the Israelis.
A – f-ing – men.
“Hope GOP doesn’t do what Dems did last election feeling they had to go w/ VP.”
I’m increasingly persuaded that Vance is another Pence. That’s been in the GOP’s playbook at least since Bush Sr. told Reagan he didn’t really mean it with his “Voodoo Economics” charge.
“Jeez, I do not understand why we have stood down the Israelis.”
Well, it’s what we always do… “Just War Doctrine” you know.
Once an enemy’s ability to directly threaten you is nullified, wiping out a mortal enemy would entail the use of ‘disproportionate force’. Think our ROEs when ‘pacifying’ Afghanistan.
The following analysis, astonishing in its breadth and for the way it pulls together global political, sociological and historical trends and movements, might be a bit OT…but just a little bit:
“Naming the Threat: Third-Worldism”—
https://www.zinebriboua.com/p/naming-the-threat-third-worldism
H/T Powerline blog.