“Of Course You Realize…This Means War!”

Over dinner Saturday night, I saw the news that the United States had bombed 3 targets in Iran.

Andrea's reaction was "What? No!"  

And then she added, "Well, I guess we're at war now!" 

Well, maybe.

I'm pretty sure Iran is not going to let that slide. 

Which is kind of how wars get started. 

Country A slaps country B.

Country B slaps back at Country A.

Country A is all "How DARE you!" and slaps Country B again.

And so forth and so on.  

Which pretty much explains the recent conflict between Israel and Iran. 

But how does this explain the involvement of Country C, the United States.

Well, you're guess is as good as mine.

One guess is that it's simply because Li'l Donnie Trump is a whiny little bitch. See Bill Curry's piece at Salon.com.   

The whole mess started because Israel insists that Iran is going to have a nuclear bomb any second now. 

Which is what Benjamin Netanyahu has been saying for years. 

And for years, Iran has NOT produced a nuclear weapons any second now.

So what has changed NOW to suddenly make it true that Iran is going to have a nuclear bomb any second now?

Because Donald Trump said so.  

Israel's Netanyahu has a friend in Washington who is willing to believe the worst possible scenarios when it comes to people who are not us such as the Islamic government of Iran.  

Which is nothing new; see what I wrote in May 2018.  

Trump will act in defiance of any evidence to the contrary to his world view.  

Even Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's current US Director of National Intelligence, testified before Congress in March that Iran was NOT going to have a nuclear bomb any second now.

Gabbard like every other person selected for Trump 2.0 was chosen explicitly for her loyalty to Li'l Donnie and never say "no" to him. So her saying "no" to Trump's insistent worldview that Iran was to have a nuclear bomb any second now was significant.

Until it wasn't.  

Trump threw Gabbard under a bus, said her testimony to Congress was "Wrong!" and recently Gabbard threw herself back under that bus claiming her testimony to Congress was distorted by "dishonest media" and that (surprise! surprise!) Iran is going to have a nuclear bomb any second now.   

This plays into Trump's mindset that he can bring the world into line with his perspective with a big show of force. 

He's not going to idly sit by and let Israel have all the fun. 

So after the strikes on Iran Saturday, Donald Trump addressed the nation.  

“Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier. This cannot continue – there will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater than what we have witnessed.”

Ah, the old "the beatings will continue until morale improves" strategy. 

Which is not the effective tool Trump thinks it is. 

We can't expect Iran to just take the beatings without answering back in kind.

And guess who has Iran's back in all this? Russia! 

I'm pretty sure Iran is not going to let this slide. 

Of course you realize.... this means war.  

Or it could be a beautiful day.