I don’t know how you’ve done it! How have all of you survived these many months without me - the center of your universe? My absence of presence on Substack and Rumble has indeed gone far beyond what I initially anticipated in March. I left you to seek new shelter. The exercise was a comedy of tragedies. Or is it the other way ‘round. Anyway, as you may remember, we had a number of deals fall through as we rapidly approached the vacate date at our place in Colonial Beach. To shorten the tale, we now live in Yorktown in a great 3 and 2, with a two-story, detached wood shop. Totally cool layout. But there are 1000 little things wrong that continue to eat away at my time. There’s more going on here. I’ll get to it later. For now - what the hell happened to the world in my absence?! The Donald continues to win the game while losing his marbles. I left the discussion telling you I was an agnostic on the Iran war issue. I have not a care that we are killing phony “religious” nut bags. But I strongly disapprove of the way the Donald went about it. I also told you that Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly had their heads squarely up their asses on the issue. I believe that even more so now. Let’s dispose of those two knuckleheads before we get to the big picture. Tucker, several weeks back declared, in a girly huff, that he could never vote Republican again. No fan of party politics, me - I still think this ranks as one of the dumbest things he’s ever said. And he is generally not a dumb person. He just believes his own press. In his taking-his-marbles-speech he said he had been a loyal supporter of the Republican cause for more than 30 years. Certainly there was nothing on the Left end he would get behind. And now he is turning his back on all this is because of the Iran war. To be against the war, even angry about it, is perfectly legitimate. To rant, as Carlson does, about how Israel stole our sovereignty by convincing Trump to attack Iran is a claim without an ounce of logic. This particular rant has been ongoing for a long time and is drenched in Jew-hatred he denies while spewing it. It’s not the Jews so much as all of Israel (a country he calls ugly), and all supporters of Israel and all of AIPAC Tucker hates. That’s pretty much all Jews. But the Republican Party is and will always be far more than a party that kills Iranians…as fun as that is. And here Tucker is foreswearing any care for borders, the free market, sane people on the bench, keeping people like the DSA out of office because no one listened to him about Iran. Tucker! You’re not that important, pal. You’re a podcaster. You’re often phony (one second cackles followed by scrunchy serious face - both theatrical, neither sincere). DJT is a fickle, inarticulate man who always wants to get his way. As POTUS he attacked Iran because he has always hated everything Iran and all Muslim lunatics stand for. That his actions actions Iran were in concert with Israel, even after Israel actually started the shooting this time, means nothing in terms of “our sovereignty”. It was fully within Trump’s authority as he understands it. And unfortunately, his understanding of his authority is all we legitimately have until he leaves office. I strongly believe, like Joe “Morning Blow” Scarborough, Tucker Carlson is still holding a grudge against the entire administration and the party behind it because he didn’t get a post. I believe Tucker REALLY believes he is that important. When I last heard Kelly talk about Iran, she was still saying we need to just stop. JUST STOP! And just “peace out” from there. There’s less hate in her attitude, but some staggering naiveté in the “just stop” nonsense. Okay, Megyn. You wish DJT didn’t take this particular route at this time. I agree with you. But he did. Once you attack another nation, even if a lot of people think you shouldn’t have done it, or that you are doing it wrong, “just stop” IS NOT an option. Blood has been spilled, dear. We have lit a fuse over there. If Trump were to walk away now two things would be certain. First, the people he has declared mortal enemies, proving his belief by killing a bunch of them, will be politically stronger than they ever have in their history. The temporary loss of wealth doesn’t phase the pretend “religious” leaders at all. If Trump pulls out, Iran is the victor. We will have zero friends left over there. Iran WILL dictate how oil flows for the foreseeable future. And they are f*****g bitter. Extrapolate, honey. How does that world look to you. Second, Iran and ALL their proxies get new life. Money from China and Russia will come pouring in. These scumbags WILL attack the West and the US with renewed vigor. That they did so for so long BEFORE Trump bumbled into this operation isn’t a criticism of Trump. It is an indictment of the stupid, vacillating, “sophisticated” administrations who let Iran run wild, and commit acts of war, since the peanut farmer was in office. No, babe. We don’t just “peace out” (what an outdated, immature term). Bitch as we might about whether we SHOULD be there. Bitch as I might about how we did so with no serious preparation, WE ARE THERE! I am not in favor of yet another exercise where people die and we leave the area as bad or worse than the way we found it. And that is what “JUST STOP” would facilitate. For DJT’s part, like his moronic tariff ideas, he has shown himself to be a lightweight in the deep decision-making department. He saw himself and Bibi as FDR and Churchill. He literally forgot his no more needless war talk from just a year before. He didn’t intentionally turn his back on it. He FORGOT. He and Bibi got hard ons about taking out the Iranian government. Trump’s cabinet obviously has no influence on him when he is in this state. The entrenched bureaucrats who hate the guy, in all likelihood, saw an opportunity here. Ya want a plan? SURE! Here’s a plan. Go get ‘em! They knew the operations they designed, what we’ve seen play out, would redound to DJT’s detriment. If they didn’t see that, then they are stupid - not nefarious. But I am opting for nefarious. And if Trump’s closest advisors saw the problems, mostly logistical, in the plans, no one in the administration was able to dissuade Trump from acting on those plans. From week one of the “war” Trump has been saying the same stupid thing over and over again, week in and week out. You can set your watch by it. The Iranians want a deal. The want a deal”very badly”. And if they don’t agree (surrender) this time we’ll… a. Annihilate them, b. Kill the whole government, c. Bomb this or that infrastructure. Take your pick. He’ll be saying it again next week. There are no real negotiations going on. Nobody, including Iranian mullahs or the IRGC have a clue who is really in charge over there. Even if some of them want to make a deal, they don’t have the authority to buy. If one party signs, the other will kill them, even though the other party would sign if they thought they would be be safe. It’s a shit show. We didn’t crank out the arms we needed (we could have done it quietly under the guise of arming Ukraine). Regardless of my criticism of the war as an idea, theater commanders should have been court-martialed for their handling of Navy assets and resupply. Nobody saw the most obvious issue, the straights, until the Iranians started targeting shipping. And Trump does himself no favors with the weekly threats. In my book I talk about the need for political winners to be teaching. Educating the public on the finer points of this pickle we’re in, and where we need to go from here, is the most important thing the administration should be doing as I write this. But that will NEVER happen. To do so would mean the Donald, or his people stating plainly that Trump f****d up. He’ll NEVER do that and anyone who even implies it will be gone in the blink of an eye - likely to write … This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.streetpolitics.us
