Well, kids … the Donald John Trump clown show has crossed a key threshold that separates the ridiculous from the tragic.
American service personnel have died because the commander in chief decided to launch a war seemingly for no apparent reason. Families have been wounded permanently with a hole in their hearts that cannot be repaired and yet the POTUS still calls their mission an “excursion” that he’s conducting “for the fun of it.”
Iran has hit back hard against the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes aimed at military targets. The Iranians are firing rockets and drones at U.S. bases and Israeli neighborhoods. Trump says he’ll know when to stop bombing when he feels it “in my bones.” What the hell … ?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues to demonstrate an appalling lack of sobriety when talking to us about the war. He keeps yapping and yammering as if he’s still a weekend right-wing TV talk show host, which is what he was doing when Trump tapped him to lead the world’s premier military force.
The two of them, Trump and Hegseth, keep bellowing about the success of our military operation. Make no mistake, our warriors have performed magnificently. I join the POTUS and the defense boss in praising their work. However, the cost of success is becoming more grave every day. Men and women are dying. Families are grieving. The public has no stomach for this war, which Trump vowed he never would pursue were he elected POTUS in 2024.
Joe Kent once led the nation’s counterterrorism effort until he quit this week, citing the absence of any “imminent treat” from Iran. Trump’s response was to dismiss Kent as an afterthought. Good grief! Trump appointed this fellow to the critical office.
Here we are: We’ve gone to war against a sworn enemy of the United States; we have no stated reason for it; we have heard of no exit strategy; we don’t know what will happen when we stop the bombardment; and men and women have died while carrying out a mission with no end in sight.
Do you feel safer today than we were before we started this war? Neither do I.