President Donald Trump launched Saturday’s wide-ranging attack on Iran after a weeks-long lobbying effort by an unusual pair of U.S. allies in the Middle East — Israel and Saudi Arabia — according to four people familiar with the matter, as Israeli and U.S. forces teamed to topple Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei after nearly four decades in power.

U.S. intelligence assessments saw no imminent threat, but regional allies argued to strike.

 Proclivities wrote:

Well, that lie died pretty hard. Or maybe our resident Drumpfer will speak up and assure us that these attacks are really for peace. 

A pedophile, an adjudicated rapist, a convicted felon, a failed insurrecionist—and now a lying warmonger. 

At least 80 children dead as missile reportedly hits school in southern Iran

Okay, I hear ya. Yes, yes. Sure, this might very well spread beyond the current war into an unrestricted global conflict. It could even become nuclear. And yes, the global economy is teetering on the edge of implosion and we're probably looking at $10gal for gas. And, yes, our government is murdering Americans in the street with a secret police force and no due process. And, yes, Congress has deliberately abdicated its duty, Trump owns the Court, and there is no check on fascism. And, yes, our government is telling us to eat liver and a small piece of broccoli and be grateful while they jet around the world on our dime embarked on, and I quote, "a BBQ tour." And yes, our kids are dying of measles and whooping cough like something out of the Victorian era, and our president has nominated an anti-science Surgeon General who thinks we should treat disease with raw milk, sheep de-wormer, and magic crystals. And, yes, our national infrastructure is falling down and they bulldozed the White House and we can't afford electricity. Yes, yes, yes, all of it and more.

Sure, all of that is bad. It's bad.

But, hey! At least that one high school transgirl can't play soccer. Amiright?

~Jim Wright

 Steely_D wrote:
Or just another day in the endless corruption machine. Think of all the gifts and grafts bestowed on him by the Saudi's and Qatar. Do us a solid now and attack our closest enemy. We just hit send on another world financial bitcoin purchase. 

Wag the Dog not the Jeffrey

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Hypocrisy is our brand.

So, we're now in a war to force a change of government in a country where an authoritarian state uses violent military force to arrest, detain, disappear, imprison, and summarily kill its own citizens in the streets for protesting government, demanding its political and religious leaders be held accountable, and promoting liberty and justice for all. AND that government is hostile towards immigrants, intolerant of any religion but its own, believes women are less than men, and routinely threatens to invade its neighbors?

I got that right?

~Jim Wright