Sorry I have been gone a couple days, but I was somehow locked out of this page.
While everyone is debating the good and bad of Trump’s attack on Iran (spoiler: it is bad for reasons I will get into), very few people are looking at a bigger problem. Trump has now attacked another country without Congressional approval. This is a problem. It is another sign that he has no problem wiping his substantial ass with the Constitution.
Now, back to the attack itself. Trump telegraphed this when Israel first attacked. He posted (truthed, as he puts it) about how “we” (US armaments) did a great job destroying Iranian targets. Before I continue, I have long believed that the Iranian government needs to be toppled, but this was not it.
Trump federalized National Guard troops in LA. He is allowing ICE to hire contractors (read: bounty hunters) to grab immigrants off the streets. Mango Mussolini has stated that he wants to expand that by putting troops on the streets in large cities in Democratic states.
This attack on Iran is likely going to raise the chances of terrorist actions on US soil. It would not be a far stretch for him to claim troops are needed for “added security.” It is a pretext for him to use.
Considering his decision to attack is very likely based on his need for a win. Given his declining poll numbers, and the nationwide protests against him and his racist policies, I am sure his lizard brain saw this attack as a way to boost his political capital. It might even work to a limited extent and for a brief period of time.
We are living in one of the oldest curses of all time: interesting times.