Operation Epic Epstein Evasion
"Operation Epic Fury" sounds like a video Pete Hegseth plays in his office between Jell-O shots
The “Board of Peace” apparently meets right after the “Committee for Surprise Bombing.”
This weekend, America launched an illegal war and killed the leader of Iran; 73 years after the CIA and British intelligence orchestrated the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953.
In fact - and most media won’t be reminding us - that previous American-led coup led us directly to the abuses of the Shah, the rise of the extreme-conservative religious nutjobs running Iran, the 1979 hostage crisis, and all the abuse of the Iranian people we’ve witnessed for decades.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the last Republican president to balance the federal budget with a surplus, authorized Operation Ajax because Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, believed the oil beneath the ground belonged to all Iranians, rather than Western Oil Companies.
This led to America staging a coup against another democracy, and installing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who became so Hitlerian in cruelty that eventually, to a tormented populace, the fundamentalist lunatics would seem like the only way out.
And as we’ve learned, putting extreme religious conservatives in power always leads to the opposite of what their Holy Books preach.
No Vote. No Plan. No Endgame.
Nobody paid much attention when Trump moved two aircraft carriers into Iranian waters, along with twelve warships, hundreds of fighter jets, aerial refuelers, surveillance aircraft, and enough military hardware to distract the masses from inconvenient cover-ups of child rape.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford — the largest warship ever built, was sent to Iran for “diplomatic” reasons; because when I think “diplomacy” I think about a floating ZIP code full of missiles.
Apparently, while we were distracted by rising inflation, citizens murdered by masked government agents on the streets of America, and the aforementioned coverup of child rape, Trump was building the largest military armada in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
And next to making the rich richer, regime change is America’s favorite reboot.
If It Was Gone Last Year, Why Is It Urgent Now?
And the reason? Iran’s nuclear program. The one that Trump “obliterated,” a few months ago.
Can we still remember that?
Last year, after sending in B-2 bombers, Trump declared Iran’s nuclear program was “totally obliterated.”
Totally obliterated. Vaporized. Gone. Like his promises of infrastructure, or a health care plan.
So the question for your MAGA friends, family and coworkers is this: was he lying then — or is he lying now?
Because if it was obliterated, why did we mobilize half the Navy and attack?
And if it wasn’t obliterated, why was he strutting around like he personally Thanos-snapped Iran’s uranium?
Friends, we’ve gotten used to bullshit lies for war in the Middle East, but this is Schrödinger’s nuke program: It both exists and doesn’t exist, depending on what cable show he was watching that morning.
As Oklahoma’s Markwayne Mullin, a serious challenger to Ron Johnson for America’s Dimmest Senator, plainly stated on CNN, “totally obliterated” means “an urgent threat, right now.”
Article I Is Not a Suggestion
Fox News viewers might have forgotten that the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. It’s right there in Article I, not hidden in the bonus tracks.
But when has the Constitution ever stopped this man?
He hasn’t informed Congress.
He hasn’t explained the objective.
He hasn’t defined success.
He hasn’t told the American people what the plan is beyond “kill people, blow stuff up, and hope it all works out.”
George W. Bush at least pretended to propagandize us. This administration doesn’t even feel the need to lie convincingly.
Killing the Franchise to Remake the Original
Now, for the hypocrisy that our MAGA friends are immune to:
Trump tore up the Iran nuclear deal negotiated under Barack Obama — a multilateral agreement that took years to craft. Obama became the first person to earn a Nobel Peace Prize AFTER he’d already won it.
Trump called it the worst deal ever. The US Military insisted that Iran was complying with the deal, and it would open up economic opportunities between our two countries.
Now he’s threatening war unless Iran agrees to… basically the same deal.
Nine years later.
This truly is the dumbest timeline. We canceled the franchise, burned the script, and are now threatening to bomb the studio unless they remake the original movie.
Truly, the Dumbest Timeline
And who exactly is he “liberating”?
Donald Trump does not care about liberal democracy in Iran. He doesn’t like liberal democracy in Jersey.
He’s an authoritarian who admires strongmen. The ayatollahs don’t offend him because they’re oppressive. They’re useful to him.
You don’t defend democracy by ignoring Congress, blacking out any public explanation, killing people with no plan for what happens next, and letting FOX do the rest.
And why the Hell was Jared Kushner wandering around peace talks like he’s the assistant manager of Planet Earth?
A private citizen, with bllions in foreign investments, no official role, and no damn business pretending to negotiate with Iran or Ukraine. None. You don’t send the guy with sovereign wealth fund conflicts to handle Middle East nuclear diplomacy.
Projecting strength is easy; projecting coherence is harder.
Meanwhile, the justification from the bootlicking media corps:
“TRUMP PROJECTS STRENGTH.”
Strength?
Projecting strength is not unleashing an armada on a country that hasn’t attacked us, when it’s not in the national interest, because you’re mad about your poll numbers and jealous of Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize.
Projecting strength is not needing to project. It’s showing you’re man enough to not have to prove you’re man enough.
This is “gluttonous divorced dad in a sports car revving his engine at a red light because someone glanced at you.”
When presidential “strength” requires constant reminders, it’s usually micropenis energy with its own army.
Markets hate uncertainty. So do parents of deployed troops.
Iran is not Venezuela. It’s not a one-day strike. This is why Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine opposed this stupidity. Iran has missiles, allies & proxy militias; not to mention the ability to close the Strait of Hormuz and send oil prices into the stratosphere.
Now the markets are horrified, gas prices are climbing, and if Iran decides it has nothing to lose? If desperation kicks in? A massive attack can deter; but it can also provoke.
And a cornered regime with a sizable missile arsenal is not a reality show contestant. Trump can’t just fire them.
And now, US troops are dead, while people were still arguing about transgender kids playing sports.
With body bags coming home, how long does support last? What is the objective?
Kill more until you demand a Nobel Peace Prize?
Destroy the nuclear program that was already obliterated?
Assassinate more leadership and roll the dice on regime change?
Regime Change: Because It Worked So Well Before
And I’m losing track of how many countries this man has bombed, threatened, or destabilized.
Iran.
Venezuela.
Nigeria.
Afghanistan.
Iraq.
Libya.
Pakistan.
Somalia.
Syria.
Yemen.
Plus threatening to annex Greenland.
And Canada.
And invade Panama.
And he’ll grab your wife, but it’s ok - when you’re a star they let you do it. MAGA voters don’t mind that.
No clear doctrine.
No vote.
No defined end state.
War is the most serious decision a real president makes. It comes with obligation. Explanation. Consent of the governed.
But this president has never really focused on consent, if you know what i mean. That’s optional.
The scariest part is that almost nothing seems positioned to stop him. When a president stops believing he needs the consent of the governed, war becomes a personal accessory.
He’s broken the law every day since December 19, 20205, to protect child rapists. Are you distracted yet?
Make the Constitution trend again.
Isn’t this what Christian Nationalists want? There is a correlation here. The fact that Israel is part of this must have something to do with their desire to destroy Muslims. To take over the region so Jesus can come back. I’m not a Christian, so I’m just asking.🤷🏼♀️
So true... However, the ears/eyes that really need to see this are mostly deaf/blind to most of it...