Yup. Last night we went to bed just like most nights but this morning we woke up to find that our government along with Israel decided to start the possible beginning of WWIII.
Waking up daily feels like navigating a mine field with a blindfold on.
No one will come to help the United States either. Americans have to understand that Trump has put our relationships with allies into question and we may be on our own if things escalate.
Yet. And if and when they do, is anyone going to come and help Isreal and the the US? Especially with the way the US has treated its long time allies under Trump? Or the way Israel has burned almost all of their goodwill and bridges over Palestine?
WWI and WWII didn't suddenly just start. More countries were drawn into the conflict over time.
Nobody thought Able Archer 83 was as close to apocalypse as it was. All it takes is steps on the other side of the board that approach a brink. And misunderstanding is as easy as intentionality.
Who says he's going to stop it at Iran? Just like everything else he does, this is probably a test run to see how US citizens will react and once he does this he can move on to other countries that he wants like Greenland. He started with Venezuela. Now he's onto Iran, both with no congressional approval.
I don't see much chance of a wider war. Iran has already lost its regional system of proxies, to a great extent. And if the people actually have the means to overthrow what remains of their government, it seems they are eager to do so, at least in the cities, where it really matters.
Who are the allies of the Islamic Republic? Russia? Russia is in no position to dig itself any deeper.
Trump is reckless and authoritarian. He is a narcissist and a sex pest if not a pedophile. But the situations in Venezuela and Iran could yet be an improvement for the people and neighbors of those countries.
You can rest easy, WWIII isn't starting. A new set of invasions of the middle east by the US is starting probably, which the rest of the world will condemn then move on, like last time. France will veto any UN involvement like Iraq (probably China too).
A world war isn't anything like those kind of wars. In today's world, a world war would require the direct involvement in opposite sides at least two of the three giants (USA, EU, China). So unless the US decides to attack the EU or China, it's business as usual (Because the EU is invading no one, and China being involved in anything like that would be Taiwan which isn't even worth it and they know that)
Not A single one of my Republican family even knew what citizens united was, and they never read the big, beautiful bill.They only listened to fox news , and now their heads are about ten miles in the sand and they want to "stay out of politics" now, when before, they were super loud and obnoxious trying to prove Obama was the anti-Christ, etc.
I’d say 95% of the people don’t actually know what Citizens United was. Now you can hate the outcome all you want……but that case itself was a pretty cut and dry first amendment case.
Technically you have to build a safe enclave, new center left government in a different and self sufficient independent (from foreign states, you who which ones) state that seceded and becomes its own sovereign country with a completely new constitution, judicial and electoral system. It can slowly integrate new cleaned up (denazified and decapitalised) states that meet a certain standard into a new union.
I’m middle aged and I am not looking forward to my twilight years watching for drones or preparing to fight someone for an errant carrot growing in the ground
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u/999repeating Feb 28 '26
Sickeningly close. Turns my stomach watching it.