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The case for invading Iraq was based on lies. The Trump administration's case for war with Iran hardly exists at all.[image or embed]

-- The Intercept (@theintercept.com) Feb 28, 2026 at 11:52 AM

https://bsky.app/profile/andrewjweinstein.com/post/3mfwgp67oyk26

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It's all his doing!
andrewjweinstein (sic)

kaparot president. color me surprised.

#1 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-28 03:36 PM | Reply

If you look at this war as an isolated event it makes no sense.

If you understood the geopolitical ramifications it was inevitable.

Play stupid all you want, the US had to do this

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-28 04:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

I think his plan is:
Bomb Iran. Send Americans to die there.
Wait a few weeks for the protests to kick off, then seed them with violence ... send in the troops to American cities. Americans die here.
Try to stop the elections, because they're all toast if Congress switches with a big enough majority. He's so unpopular, there's no way he survives this politically unless he gets to stay as a dicktaster.

#3 | Posted by chuffy at 2026-02-28 04:52 PM | Reply

I'm pretty tired of being Israel's and the Saudi's bitches.

#4 | Posted by morris at 2026-02-28 05:44 PM | Reply

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

Salvor Hardin

#5 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-02-28 05:59 PM | Reply

"I'm pretty tired of being Israel's and the Saudi's bitches." No, you should care about a wasteland on the opposite side of the globe because of religion and democracy.. not because the same amount of money spent on americans would give you healthcare and free education.

#6 | Posted by Brennnn at 2026-02-28 06:52 PM | Reply

www.state.gov

After 5 years, nothing had changed.

Key Areas and Methods of Support
Terrorist Proxies: Iran funds, arms, and trains a network of militias and militant groups, including Hezbollah in LebanonHamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip, and the Houthis in Yemen.
Regional Destabilization: Iran utilizes these groups to fight in regional conflicts, such as in Syria and Iraq, and to attack U.S., Israeli, and Saudi Arabian interests.
International Operations: Iran has been implicated in assassination plots and bombings targeting opponents and dissidents in Europe, Turkey, and elsewhere.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC): The Quds Force, an elite unit of the IRGC, is primarily responsible for implementing this foreign policy by providing advanced weaponry, including drones and missiles, to these proxies.
U.S. Department of State (.gov)

Documented Activities
Support for Hezbollah: Iran has provided Hezbollah with significant funding, weapons, and training since its inception in the 1980s, enabling it to attack Israeli and Western targets.
Attacks on Shipping: Iran has supplied the Houthis with weaponry used to attack commercial and naval vessels in the Red Sea.
Assassination Plots: In 2021 and 2022, plots linked to Iranian intelligence were disrupted in the United States and Europe targeting journalists and former U.S. officials.
Kidnapping and Murder: Iran has been accused of targeting dissidents for kidnapping and assassination, including in plots in Albania, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Role in 9/11: The 9/11 Commission Report noted that some of the 9/11 hijackers passed through Iran, with their travel facilitated by Iranian border guards, though it found no evidence of direct Iranian foreknowledge of the attacks.
U.S. Department of State (.gov)

Iran has often denied these allegations, describing their support for these groups as "moral support" for liberation movements fighting against occupation. However, the international community, including the United States, the European Union, and several Arab nations, has continued to sanction Iran for its support of terrorism.
U.S. Department of State (.gov)

The Islamic Republic of Iran: A Dangerous Regime - State Department
Iran's Islamic regime also is the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. To counter the regime's destabilizing and malign behavior both at home and abroad,

U.S. Department of State (.gov)

#7 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-02-28 07:10 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#2 You like to play the Smartest person posting, so tell me,What EXACTLY are the Geopolitical Trends that made this inevitable?

In your own words please.

I'll wait.

#8 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-02-28 07:28 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Israel has killed more americans than Iran has in the past few years
---- trump
---- israel

#9 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-02-28 07:36 PM | Reply

Here's Trump telling 1Nut several times WHY he attacked Iran:

www.youtube.com

restart it to the first couple of minutes where Trump tell us how attacking Iran is a great idea for any President in trouble

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-28 07:56 PM | Reply

Well, most thinks he says is a lie so no surprise.

News should report when he tells the truth, but it would be a slow news day.

#11 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-02-28 09:14 PM | Reply

If you look at this war as an isolated event it makes no sense.
If you understood the geopolitical ramifications it was inevitable.
Play stupid all you want, the US had to do this

#2 | Posted by oneironaut

*slurp slurp slurp*
"Israel first!"
-OneIronPedo

#12 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-02-28 09:23 PM | Reply

#12 you're an idiot.

You have no concept of what's transpiring.

You think it's localized to the middle east.

Moron

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-28 09:46 PM | Reply | Funny: 3

If you look at something and it does not make sense, you should trust your intellect, that's what it's for.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-28 10:02 PM | Reply

We all know what's happening. It's not complex, you want to make Trump into effing Napoleon. You're as corrupt and crazy as he is.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-28 10:05 PM | Reply

"You have no concept of what's transpiring."

-Nastradumbass

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-01 10:33 AM | Reply

Just more European murder.

#17 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-03-02 05:56 AM | Reply

ABK

#18 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-02 05:58 AM | Reply

**** Warmonger US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC): "Dummkopf Trumpf Isn't Responsible For What Happens Next After Killing Of Ayatollah, It's Not His Job" ****

Link: bsky.app

#19 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-02 06:04 AM | Reply

#20 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-02 06:07 AM | Reply

You have no concept of what's transpiring.
You think it's localized to the middle east.
Moron

#13 | Posted by oneironaut

Of course it is not localized to the middle east. It is localized to the Epstein files.

#21 | Posted by gtbritishskull at 2026-03-02 08:05 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

MAGA triumphalism regarding a new war with Iran remains surprisingly muted. Not just here.

It's as if MAGA remembered that some Iraqis also danced in the streets when Saddam died.

That lasted about a day and a half, if memory serves.

#22 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-02 08:30 AM | Reply

"Argh! Stupid Muslim lovers! Blargh! The global jihad is everywhere! That's why we need ICE! Gargh! Keep bombing Muslims! Pflargh!"

#23 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-02 08:38 AM | Reply

Play stupid all you want ...

#2 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Looks like you have that handled.

#24 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-02 11:37 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#24 And you were slurping it up when Clinton, Obama and Biden said we needed to do the same thing to Iran when they were running for office. Now it's a major problem because Trump is actually doing what they didn't have the guts to do.

#25 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-03-02 11:51 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#25

see #10

#26 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-02 12:03 PM | Reply

Looks like you have that handled.

#24 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-02 11:37 AM | Reply | Flag

Can we talk about Libya? LMAO

#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-02 12:04 PM | Reply

you were slurping it up when Clinton, Obama and Biden said we needed to do the same thing to Iran when they were running for office.
#25 | POSTED BY FISHPAWN

Wow, this whataboutism sure helped distract from the fact Trump is a pedophile neocon.

Well done, stupid.

#28 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-02 12:11 PM | Reply

Can we talk about Libya? LMAO
#27 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Anything other than Trump being a pedophile and starting a war in the Middle East, right?

What I'm curious about is how will you blame this on Hillary Clinton?

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-02 12:13 PM | Reply

The daughter-boning orange child rapist pivots to his ballroom while talking about dead losers and suckers.

bsky.app

#30 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-02 12:17 PM | Reply

Anything other than Trump being a pedophile and starting a war in the Middle East, right?

What I'm curious about is how will you blame this on Hillary Clinton?

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-02 12:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're just a sad little hypocrite... If it's illegal to invader a country and kill their leader, who do you want on trial for what happened in Libya??

You don't get to pretend precious Obammy and Killary didn't do the same thing.

#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-02 12:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

@#28 ... Wow, this whataboutism sure helped distract from the fact Trump is a pedophile neocon. ...

My concern is what will Pres Trump try next when his unprovoked Iran war does not make concern about the Epstein files disappear?


#32 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-02 12:31 PM | Reply

You're just a sad little hypocrite...

Oh man, don't hurt my feelings, pedophile protector.

What happened? Trump started a war and you grunted into a NeoCon?

Not surprised.

You'll do anything in order to support Trump.

Even turn a blind eye to the fact he's looting America.

#33 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-02 12:53 PM | Reply

what will Pres Trump try next when his unprovoked Iran war does not make concern about the Epstein files disappear?

Go back to trying to start a civil war in America?

#34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-02 12:53 PM | Reply

#31

Libyans killed Ghaddafi, retard.

#35 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-02 01:19 PM | Reply

Libyans killed Ghaddafi, retard.

#35 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-02 01:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

Too bad your mom wasn't completely successful with that coat hanger.

#36 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-02 01:24 PM | Reply

*** IDF Airstrike Kills 31 People in Beirut ***

Lebanese Hezbollah (LH) resistance fighters in the south of the country fired rockets into Israel in support of Iran, so the IDF attacks the capital of Beirut, one hundred miles to the north of the LH rocket launchers.

Source: www.aljazeera.com

#37 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-02 01:42 PM | Reply

#36 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

You're still phoning it in. The lack of energy and conviction is palpable.

I don't blame you. Word is that Trump wages war in Iran to make himself feel more powerful.

To make himself feel better.

Which is completely in tune with what we know about that sad old man's mental state.

#38 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-02 01:59 PM | Reply

Trump started a war and you grunted into a NeoCon?

#33 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

Well, yeah.

#39 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-02 02:00 PM | Reply

"Argh! Stupid Muslim lovers! Blargh! The global jihad is everywhere! That's why we need ICE! Gargh! Keep bombing Muslims! Pflargh!"
#23 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-02 08:38 AM | Reply | Flag:
(Choose)

Tell the other Muslim countries in the region that now hate Iran that.

#40 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-03-02 02:32 PM | Reply

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