There are sections of this country that will not go into war under that piece of shit.

Enuff said.

Russia, 1917.

None of this is good. And none of this will end well for anyone and everyone involved.

encouraging him to use the nuclear option.

Then they will be actively encouraging violence.

Fox News?

Even McConnell cannot be sycophantic enough to allow this loon an outright war with Iran...McConnell is self serving for sure, but hes also not stupid.

At least, I hope this is the case...

He has long wanted Trump removed from office. He has said this countless times.

That's on me for not checking. Again, apologies.

Seems like our good Dem leaders are preparing us for coming times. I'm sick to my stomach.

I don't know what more I can do than I am doing.

Humans have the capacity for so much beauty and so much horror.

Max Boot at the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/20/war-with-iran-would-be-mother-all-quagmires/

I can see most of the kids telling the government to go fuck themselves.

It would take 1.6 million troops to occupy Iran, incidentally.

Iran is a nation of 80 million. The only nation that could effectively invade and occupy Iran is China.

But this could escalate to a bombing campaign and a lot more hell breaking loose in the Middle East.

As if it's not hellish enough already.

And terrorist attacks against American targets, including inside our borders.

In and out of government. We must hope that members of federal law enforcement and the military have a clear view of their constitutional duty and refuse unlawful orders.

You are right.

And the press, too.

The Orange Madman has the nuclear codes.

backed into a corner.

His criminal behavior caused his impeachment; now he's in a corner, desperate to get out and he knows no tactic better than distraction.

It doesn't matter to him how many lives are lost to achieve this distraction. It's all about saving his own sociopathic ass.

Scary as hell. Of course, the right wing's big point is 'oh, he wasn't a nice guy,' and 'oh, he's responsible for the deaths of 800 Americans in Iraq,' etc.

But you know what? I think Trump killed him to get pressure off himself after having been impeached.

And why in the HELL did the idiot tell his cronies at Mar-a-Lago and NOT brief senior members of Congress.

Congress needs to bring this shit to a screeching halt.

so could others. People should have been prepared for this eventuality.

Many DU members were in the street protesting.

Fake News from Hill & Knowlton:



The Kuwait ambassador's daughter, committing perjury in 1990 on behalf of the Bush 1 administration as she tells the US Congress she was a nurse at a Kuwaiti City hospital who saw the Iraqi soldiers take babies from their incubators and leave them on the cold, hard floor to die, just so they could steal the incubators for the cold babies in Baghdad.

https://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html

"If I wanted to lie, or if we wanted to lie, if we wanted to exaggerate, I wouldn't use my daughter to do so. I could easily buy other people to do it." -- Kuwait Ambassador

So. How much did it cost to buy Poppy?

I've been thinking about that event.

I'd like some news org to interview George W* today.

...it might mean there's no White House to put a POTUS in anymore.

Republicans can save themselves if they vote to remove Trump. At this point they could save their party and stand a reasonable chance with Pence. The wheels are coming off, crisis directly ahead. It will be a very different world within a few weeks if something is not donw to alter the course the country is on.

and accuse anyone who is against Trump of treason.

he's a cornered animal - and he's willing to do anything at this point
as you said - with a crew of idiot lackeys surrounding him

that they have prayed for and used fascist techniques for 40 years to bring about . May they
get their just reward in hell . " Blessed are the peace makers for they will be called
the children of God . "