Messing with the God of War is dangerous business
The American Congress is impotent, led by cowardly men who will not defend the institution’s Constitutional prerogatives, including that of declaring war and committing our troops to battle. This complete abrogation of solemn responsibility is something the founders never, to my knowledge, foresaw. Christian Mike Johnson in the House, and John Thune in the Senate, are poster boys for political and moral cowardice.
Our risible Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, attempted to articulate a justification for the decision to attack Iran, one of many floated by Trump and various Regime apologists. Rubio said that Israel was preparing an attack that would prompt Iran to launch retaliatory strikes against US forces or allies in the region, and therefore, since such strikes were a certainty, the US felt compelled to join Israel in launching a War of Choice.
What a load of crap. This Regime, from top to bottom, tortures logic and language. Unless I’m mistaken, Israel is a client of the US, utterly dependent on our military, economic, and diplomatic largesse for its survival. Is Rubio telling the nation that we are obligated to follow Israel to the Gates of Hades Town? Why didn’t Rubio — or Trump — tell Bibi Netanyahu that a unilateral Israeli attack on Iran would result in an immediate cessation of all forms of American assistance. No endless supply of munitions for its genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank, no cash, and no more automatic support in the UN. Netanyahu would have folded like a pup tent in a hurricane; Bibi may be one the most murderous men of this bloody century, but he’s not stupid.
As mentioned, the Regime is tossing out reasons and justifications left and right to see what sticks. Regime change. Destroying Iran’s nuclear potential, even though that was supposedly accomplished in June 2025. Supporting the long suffering Iranian people. Retaliating for Iran’s alleged interference in the 2020 election. (At this point, what country on earth didn’t have a hand in denying Trump reelection? Trump rolls out one suspect after another, from the long deceased Hugo Chavez to the Chinese and now Iran. Who’s next, Fiji?) The truth is that Trump launched this war because he could, and because no one could stay his hand, and yes, it’s possible he sought to distract from the constant drip, drip, drip of the Epstein Files, but he got a taste of martial adrenaline after the kidnapping of Maduro and his wife in Venezuela, and that made him feel big and strong, a titan astride the world, unstoppable. Like every addict, he wanted more, a stronger hit on the biggest crack pipe available.
The pathetic Secretary of Defense, Pete “Whiskey & Jesus” Hegseth makes George W. Bush’s monkey sneer and cowboy tough talk seem mild. I don’t know how Hegseth got into Princeton, or how he managed to graduate, but my respect for Ivy League schools is at an all-time low. Look how many Ivy graduates have gone on to participate in the greatest financial and military fuck-ups in modern history, which begs the question — what do they teach at Harvard, Yale and Princeton? Sociopathy? Immorality? Hubris? They sure as hell no longer bother teaching ethics, morality, judgment or critical thinking. Hegseth may have tipped the bottle a few times when he said the US didn’t start this war. Then who did, Pete? Joe and Hunter Biden from their secret layer in Delaware?
In one of his rambling, incoherent responses to a reporter’s question, Trump claimed the US could wage war on Iran for weeks, months — as long as it takes to win bigly. Our leaders thought the same way when we stormed into Iraq, but let’s not forget some important differences between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2026. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, the New York Times, CNN, and other networks spent months preparing the public, ginning up an existential threat, making the case to the UN and our allies. Bush put together his Coalition of the Willing. Trump is lazy and never bothers with prep work or messy details, such as, how will the US extricate American citizens in the region if Iran retaliates and our action sparks a regional war? Trump could give a shit. What he better worry about is how much ordnance the US has on hand, in the supply chain, and the logistics pipeline. Stockpiles have been depleted because we’ve shipped so much to Israel to kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza. And now Israel is bombing southern Lebanon, too.
Iran can’t defeat the US and Israel militarily, but if it can survive several rounds of bombing, its retaliatory strikes may prove to be more potent — and deadly. Iran isn’t Iraq. It’s a very different country, much larger, more organized and there’s no indication that its million strong army will cut and run as happened with the Iraqi army.
Details. Details. That’s where you find the devil. If Trump and Hegseth are arrogant enough to introduce US ground troops, those men and women will see the face of Ares, and many will come home in flag-draped coffins. And neither Trump or “Whiskey & Jesus” Hegseth will lose a moment’s sleep.
