Why the US is at War with Iran and Why the War Might Pause but Won’t End (The New Atlas 5.8.2026)

[kyzr]

MAGAts don't GAS about kids. Their mottos are "Might make Right" and "Screw you! I got mine!"
A few million American kids won't cause them to blink an eye...unless it's one of theirs, then they'll do a MAGA flip-flop.

We raised our kids, other people should do the same.

 

[Bad Bob]

We raised our kids, other people should do the same.

True, but some need help. Also, it's a national security interest.
After all, America isn't some Euro shithole, right? LOL

 

[dudmuck]

No, it contains some cuts to federal healthcare funding, but the states can increase funding to make up the difference.

 

[Bad Bob]

Funny because it's true. Sad.

Trump's begging China to help him with his Iran War is evidence he knows he's dug himself into a hole.

 

[Hafar1014]

Hitting civilian targets is both immoral and a war crime.

Time will tell if the Generalissimo's plans work even though they are contrary to the advice our top military and intelligence experts.

Iran thanks you for your service and your support for violent religious fanatics to obtain weapons a of mass destruction.

 

[Bad Bob]

Iran thanks you for your service and your support for violent religious fanatics to obtain weapons a of mass destruction.
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Your projection and dishonesty is typical of those both supporting Trump's Alt-Right and MAGAts living on Dunning-Kruger's Mt. Stupid.

I support killing terrorists but do not support stupid wars that end up blowing up the US economy. YMMV

 

[kyzr]

Your projection and dishonesty is typical of those both supporting Trump's Alt-Right and MAGAts living on Dunning-Kruger's Mt. Stupid.
I support killing terrorists but do not support stupid wars that end up blowing up the US economy. YMMV

So can you see how your "effect" really applies to democrats?
p.s. the US economy is just fine thank you.

 

[Bad Bob]

So can you see how your "effect" really applies to democrats?
p.s. the US economy is just fine thank you.

It applies to all political extremists and enemies of both our Constitution and our Republic.

Sure, the rich are getting richer. How do you explain Trump's falling poll numbers among all Americans? Mainly the Middle Class?

Even the Cato Institute sees the problem even if mammon worshippers in the Party of Trump do not.

https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-approval-inflation-now-worse-bidens-ever-was

President Trump’s Approval on Inflation Is Now Worse Than President Biden’s Ever Was​

President Trump’s approval on inflation is at a historic low. The Economist/YouGov’s May 1–4 poll shows 25 percent of Americans approve of the way Donald Trump is handling inflation/prices while 69 percent disapprove—a net of ‑44 percent, lower than any point in either Biden or Trump’s presidencies since the question was added in October 2022...

...Voters didn’t just want lower inflation, though; they wanted prices to fall. Trump promised exactly that before the 2024 election, telling a Pittsburgh rally, “A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.” Prices didn’t fall, and monthly inflation has yet to even hit the Fed’s target once under Trump (nor did it ever hit the target in the second half of Biden’s presidency). That alone explains much of the deteriorating approval across Trump’s first year.

More recently, inflation has accelerated again. The consumer price index increased 0.6 percent in April after rising 0.9 percent in March, meaning prices are up 3.8 percent in the past year. Energy prices led the pack, rising 3.8 percent in one month. The PCE price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation metric, rose 0.7 percent in March, too, also driven largely by energy prices.

Some of those price rises were to be expected. War in Iran has driven gasoline prices 28.4 percent above year-ago levels, and that mostly explains the 20.7 percent surge in the highly salient airline fares. But the concern with oil shocks is that they can pass through into virtually all other prices. This is because oil products are common inputs in several industries and significantly determine the cost of transporting goods and services. The evidence suggests that such price pressure is already broad-based: core goods are up 2.7 percent from a year ago, services 3.3 percent, and groceries are nearly 3 percent higher.

These numbers are particularly problematic for Trump given that this is an election year where affordability will be at the forefront of voters’ minds.

 

[kyzr]

It applies to all political extremists and enemies of both our Constitution and our Republic.
Sure, the rich are getting richer. How do you explain Trump's falling poll numbers among all Americans? Mainly the Middle Class?
Even the Cato Institute sees the problem even if mammon worshipers in the Party of Trump do not.

President Trump’s Approval on Inflation Is Now Worse Than President Biden’s Ever Was​

President Trump’s approval on inflation is at a historic low. The Economist/YouGov’s May 1–4 poll shows 25 percent of Americans approve of the way Donald Trump is handling inflation/prices while 69 percent disapprove—a net of ‑44 percent, lower than any point in either Biden or Trump’s presidencies since the question was added in October 2022...

...Voters didn’t just want lower inflation, though; they wanted prices to fall. Trump promised exactly that before the 2024 election, telling a Pittsburgh rally, “A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.” Prices didn’t fall, and monthly inflation has yet to even hit the Fed’s target once under Trump (nor did it ever hit the target in the second half of Biden’s presidency). That alone explains much of the deteriorating approval across Trump’s first year.

More recently, inflation has accelerated again. The consumer price index increased 0.6 percent in April after rising 0.9 percent in March, meaning prices are up 3.8 percent in the past year. Energy prices led the pack, rising 3.8 percent in one month. The PCE price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation metric, rose 0.7 percent in March, too, also driven largely by energy prices.

Some of those price rises were to be expected. War in Iran has driven gasoline prices 28.4 percent above year-ago levels, and that mostly explains the 20.7 percent surge in the highly salient airline fares. But the concern with oil shocks is that they can pass through into virtually all other prices. This is because oil products are common inputs in several industries and significantly determine the cost of transporting goods and services. The evidence suggests that such price pressure is already broad-based: core goods are up 2.7 percent from a year ago, services 3.3 percent, and groceries are nearly 3 percent higher.

These numbers are particularly problematic for Trump given that this is an election year where affordability will be at the forefront of voters’ minds.

You can point to Trump's numbers and we can point to the democrat's numbers.

 

[Bad Bob]

You can point to Trump's numbers and we can point to the democrat's numbers.

Thanks for admitting your tribalist division of these United States. Yes, you are 100% correct that people on both sides can point fingers and even...wait for it....lie about their opponents.

What American woman would swipe right on a person who was a serial adulterer, chronic liar and implicated in several crimes including rape? Just because he's rich? Doesn't that spell "greedy" or "materialistic" in the minds of all Christians?

There are those who follow Christ's word and those who don't. God gave each of us a choice. I choose my path of following Christ's words and you choose yours. I'm not judging you when I advise you follow Christ's path.

How low does our nation need to sink in the race to the bottom before we hit bottom? Another civil war? Burning neighborhoods? Brother against brother with a 2% fatality rate?

2% in 1865 was about 700,000 dead Americans. In 2028, 2% would be 6.8M. Hamas is a suicide cult. The Iranian leadership is an archaic highly conservative theocracy. MAGA/QAnon are in the same level of fanatacism. Complete nutjobs who must be shot down in self-defense once they become violent.

All Americans who have taken an oath to the Constitution of the United States have a duty to defend our Constitution against all enemies, foreign or domestic. To do otherwise is to betray their oaths like the attackers on 1/6.

If you disagree, please explain why. Also, please admit, as I have, to have taken the oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. TIA

 

[kyzr]

Thanks for admitting your tribalist division of these United States. Yes, you are 100% correct that people on both sides can point fingers and even...wait for it....lie about their opponents.

What American woman would swipe right on a person who was a serial adulterer, chronic liar and implicated in several crimes including rape? Just because he's rich? Doesn't that spell "greedy" or "materialistic" in the minds of all Christians?

There are those who follow Christ's word and those who don't. God gave each of us a choice. I choose my path of following Christ's words and you choose yours. I'm not judging you when I advise you follow Christ's path.

How low does our nation need to sink in the race to the bottom before we hit bottom? Another civil war? Burning neighborhoods? Brother against brother with a 2% fatality rate?

2% in 1865 was about 700,000 dead Americans. In 2028, 2% would be 6.8M. Hamas is a suicide cult. The Iranian leadership is an archaic highly conservative theocracy. MAGA/QAnon are in the same level of fanatacism. Complete nutjobs who must be shot down in self-defense once they become violent.

All Americans who have taken an oath to the Constitution of the United States have a duty to defend our Constitution against all enemies, foreign or domestic. To do otherwise is to betray their oaths like the attackers on 1/6.

If you disagree, please explain why. Also, please admit, as I have, to have taken the oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. TIA

The mid-terms will be here before we know it, what happens happens. Neither party will be able to mess up too badly.

Then our attention turns to 2028.
My money is on JD Vance or Marco Rubio, that primary will be a tough choice for me, they are both outstanding