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"Either this nation shall kill racism, or racism shall kill this nation." (S. Jonas, August 2018)
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"How do you spell ICE in German? GESTAPO." (S. Jonas, July 2025)
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"First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist.
"Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.
"Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
"Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me." Pastor Martin Niemoller (c. 1946)
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In the history of mankind, by many order orders of magnitude the most warlike species that has ever existed on Earth, wars have gone by many names. For example, by the number of years during which they were fought: The Thirty years War, the Seven Years War; by religious intention, The Crusades; by the names of flowers: "The Wars of the Roses;" by the description of their focus: "The War of the Spanish Succession"; by the names of their direct combatants: "The French and Indian Wars;" by the place where they took place: the Peloponnesian Wars; by number, World Wars I & II; by purpose, the American and French Revolutions; and so on and so forth. But never, to my knowledge has one been named for its sole instigator (other than the very obscure King Phillip's and King William's War).
Trump has sought or assumed many credits, real or not, deserved or not. But this one is well-deserved and most unique: "Trump's War on Iran." In the long run, it will likely fail, like so many of his brands did, e.g.: casinos, airline, university, wine (a particularly odd one for a teetotaler). But unlike any of the others, if expanded as Trump has just threatened to do (see the quote below) it will cause many deaths, major disruptions to the economies of virtually all of the world's nations, the possible major destruction of a major Middle Eastern country, the rupture of a major world alliance, the major expansion (in percentage terms) of a major Middle Eastern country (that would be Israel), and so on and so forth.
For as is now widely known, on today's date Trump actually said (in print): "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran," he wrote a little after 8 a.m. "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell -- JUST WATCH. Praise be to Allah." The extensive (Post World-War II) definition of "war crime(s)" is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime. It includes the destruction of civilian infrastructure.
As for the Iranian response to Trump's latest threat, it was remarkably civilized, as in: "Iran's civilized response: 'In response to President Trump's crudely worded threat on social media, Mizan, an outlet affiliated with Iran's judiciary, said that 'Iran's steadfastness and resistance have driven Trump to the brink of madness.' As the escalating rhetoric between the sides portended a possible new phase in the conflict, Mizan expressed outrage over Trump's warning, which came in the form of a social media post laced with expletives, and said he had insulted the Iranians with "vile" language.' "
Trump knows, and even the Iranian leadership at some point has said, that the reason he started his war, while negotiations were going on with the Iranians (think "Pearl Harbor") can be summarized in one word: "Epstein." But now he is caught between a rock and a hard place (like, as, well, the two banks of the Strait of Hormuz). So, what to do now? He could indeed order the "bombing of [the civilian infrastructure of] Iran 'back into the Stone Age'." But that as noted, among other things, would be war crime (which means nothing to him but does to many of the military and some of the civilian advisers around him). And further, although he likely does not realize it (while certainly any of the qualified military advisors left in the Administration do [of course, not including Hegseth, a military amateur, in that group]), doing so does not guarantee the reopening of the Strait, which can be kept closed indefinitely by the repeated seeding of it with some mines of very simple design.
But further, doing "the bombing" would guarantee a world-wide recession/-depression of indeterminate intensity and duration. And that's where his controllers in the P2025/"Billionaires"/Fascist Engine come in. Trump is the one who has gotten TrumpRepubloFascism (Click Here) to where it is on the U.S. National and the World stages. But what Trump has been talking about in re Iran in a variety of venues definitely does not serve the TrumpRepubloP2025Fascists' purposes, either at home or abroad.
On those interests, very briefly for now. They know that they will lose the Mid-Terms to a greater or lesser extent (that is unless they can figure out a way to steal them, which is a project on which they are, of course, working, very hard --- both through Trump's yapping about them and, you can bet on it, secretly, with a variety of schemes). Further, they know that: Trump, with his approval ratings in the tank, is becoming less-and-less useful to them. The economic effects of "Trump's-War-on-Iran" are all too obvious, and will not be turned around anytime soon, regardless of what he does or does not do to Iran (that is unless he [well, any of his rational advisors who are left] is/are able to figure out a way to back off); they do not, at this time, have an obvious successor to Trump.
And so, I think that, unless Trump is completely out of the P2025/Billionaires' control, they will figure out a way to get Trump to declare victory over Iran and back down, "Epstein" or not. And in any event, unless someone or some organization has a complete unredacted copy of the original files hidden away somewhere, given that the DOJ has already "edited-them-to-irrelevance-in-terms-of-Trump" we may never know the full Truth-in-Regard-of-Trump anyway. (That one or more hidden-away copies do exist is a definite possibility, of course, which would change the whole equation.)
As to why he pursued the War in the first place, beyond the "Trump-Epstein TM" files (courtesy of Jimmy Fallon), there are several interested parties in that regard, one of whom, Vladimir Putin definitely has a bunch of "stuff" on Trump. And if Putin has "stuff" on Trump, it is a good bet that Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, does too. And under the Trump cover, Israel has been just pounding Iran (as well as continuing in its drive towards Palestinian Expulsion, and occupying, potentially permanently, territory in southern Lebanon).
I will of course have more commentary on Trump's War on Iran, just like every other political observer/historian of this era. Suffice it to say for now, that "The Strait" was closed physically by Iran, but, as is very known, that never would have happened had Trump not started his war on them. But further, suffice it to say also, while Trump can bomb Iran's power plants, roadways, and etc. to rubble, it would be relatively easy for small numbers of men in small boats, seeding the Strait with small, but powerful, mines, to keep it closed indefinitely. Of course, Hegseth, following Trump's orders, had apparently fired just about any of the high-ranking and mid-level officer corps who give him the truth on that one, because they don't want to hear the truth. (Ah yes. The reference to the movie "A Few Good Men" is going round and round.)
And so, that's it for now. But there are two topics here, Trump's War on Iran and Trump's War on Fair Elections, which will not be going away anytime soon. So, we shall be back with each one, more than once.
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Except for one post-note: Just who (if she is smart) will have copies of significant chunks of Trump Damning portions of the "Trump-Epstein Files tm"? Why a very sharp woman with a very significant grudge to bear, who goes by the nickname "Pam."
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