Weekly Report: Stuck in Another Disastrous Middle East War
Trump’s surprise Iran strike—orchestrated with Netanyahu and neocons like Lindsey Graham—shattered talks where technical teams were set to meet, after Iran refused a nuclear demand U.S. intel already dismissed. The decapitation attack on Nayatollah and 40 leaders backfired, uniting Iranians like post-9/11 America, while Iraqi forces joined retaliation, crippling U.S. bases and embassies. With $6B+ spent and escalation risks spiraling, the Pentagon warns of weeks-long conflict, contradicting Trump’s anti-war campaign. The only "American first" move left? Pull out now—before billions more vanish in a war no one wanted. [Automatically generated summary]
Hello, everybody, and thank you for tuning in to the weekly report, Stuck in Another Disastrous Middle East War.
Unfortunately, President Trump listened to the neocons and Benjamin Netyahoo instead of his MAGA base and other voices of caution as he launched a surprise attack on Iran over the weekend.
For the second time in nine months, the U.S. administration used negotiations with Iran as a cover to launch a pre-planned attack.
Last week's talks produced progress, according to all sides, with technical teams set to meet this week to work out the details.
President Trump, however, suddenly announced that he was not happy with the talks because the Iranian side refused to say the magic words that they would not pursue a nuclear weapon.
But Iran has been insisting for decades that they have no interest in producing a nuclear weapon, and our own intelligence has confirmed that they are not doing so.
Shortly after President Trump's announcement, the U.S. and Israel launched their attack, killing Iran's religious leader along with some 40 other political and military leaders in a decapitation strike.
It was supposed to be like the Venezuela operation, quick and painless for the U.S. Kill the leadership and the long-suffering people would take to the streets and claim their country.
It may make a good plot for a Hollywood movie, but in real life, these regime changes operations have never worked.
Millions did take to the streets in Iran, but it was to mourn the slain Nayatolla and to reaffirm support for their government.
Just like we rallied around the flag after the attacks on 9-11.
Quickly, Iranian retaliation for the attacks began to take their toll on U.S. assets and Israel.
U.S. soldiers have been killed and U.S. fighter jets have been shot down.
U.S. bases in the region are either damaged or destroyed.
Likewise, U.S. embassies and consulates have come under attack, including by Iraqi, likely still furious over the U.S. destruction of their country 20 years ago.
And with the Pentagon warning that the operation may go weeks ahead of days, we are quickly running out of missiles.
Billions of dollars have already been spent on this unprovoked attack.
And when the smoke clears, if it does, we may see hundreds of billions or dollars, maybe much more, having been wasted on yet another Middle East war.
Just what President Trump promised he would not do.
The neocon cakewalk crowd, including Lindsey Graham and others, have been proven wrong again.
Tragically, more American service members may die while the neocons blame someone else for the fiasco they helped launch.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nanyahu said of the U.S.-Israeli attack that this combination of forces enables us to do what I have longed to do for 40 years.
But the purpose of the U.S. military is not to fulfill the decades-old wishes of foreign leaders.
There is a good reason we have a constitution that says only Congress can declare war.
Launching a military strike during negotiations will have lasting negative effects for the United States.
Who would ever trust the U.S. diplomacy again if talks are used as a distraction for the pre-planned attacks?
Best Spin on Disaster00:00:30
The administration is doing its best to spin this unfolding disaster as all going according to plan.
But what is the plan?
No one knows.
Do they know?
Here's a plan.
End this today.
Return the destroyed U.S. bases to the countries where they are located.
And just come home.
That is what a real American first movement looks like.