Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Stupid is as stupid does

The orange menace opts to attack another sovereign nation for reasons that make no sense. Iran didn't do anything to incite the US, but he attacked purportedly to make a regime change.  That's a war crime, something he should be held accountable for. Innocent people are dying at his hands. 

But what makes this so much worse is that there really is no plan here.  The objective and end game are unknown.  Heck, apparently many allies were caught off guard, too. That's a contributing factor to why Kuwait shot down some US planes; they had no idea what was happening. 

And there is this oddity too.  The US is making statements about how the Iranian military needs to surrender.  Except that this message is not getting through.  The internet was suppressed in Iran by their government. And the US made no effort to turn it back on or provide another means to get online.  Also, in all his cost cutting, T-rump cut funding for Air America and other propaganda tools.  Meaning that no one is relaying information to Iranians on our behalf.

Telling people to surrender has no effect if they can't hear you.

There's also the matter of people traveling anywhere in that region and getting stuck.  They are paying for an "extended vacation" with no end in sight,  missing work and their families, with no means to get home. Heck, there's not even a plan.  Often, the US government would alert people to leave or not travel, and / or have an evacuation plan for citizens (which the citizen must reimburse the government for).  

And because of this surprise war, the markets don't know how to react, and thus go down. And because it's a Middle East conflict, gas prices go up… which affects our economy.

It's all just nuts. 

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