The warmongers in the Trump Administration are gearing up to attack Iran.
In many ways they are using the same script as was used in 2002-2003 for the invasion of Iraq.

President Trump has been banging the drums for war with Iran, but British Maj. Gen. Chris Ghika didn't get the memo.

The Trump Administration made it perfectly clear: no more waivers on Iranian sanctions. No exceptions.

Happy days are here again. Blackwater has returned to Iraq.

...at least I think so.

A Morning Consult/Politico poll from January showed that while a plurality of Americans supported the decision to withdraw from Syria, 59 percent of those who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 opposed it, with 26 percent supporting. Compare this to a whopping 76 percent of Trump voters who support withdrawal. Only 14 percent oppose.

This is an astounding role reversal regarding the stance of both major parties on war and peace.

This might be the most ominous essay that I've ever written.
It appears that the Trump Administration has decided to use the most ridiculous and transparent lie imaginable to justify a war of regime change with Iran.

When the U.S. finally pulls it's troops from Syria they will go through Iraq. In fact, that appears to already be happening.
Not factoring into the Pentagon's equation is the political reality that all the stars are aligned to expel the U.S. from Iraqi soil for the final time.

Last week the Trump Administration ranted against OPEC because the Iranian sanctions are driving up oil prices.
That's called blowback.

The nation that we've been bombing since 1990 is having problems again.

An essay

with respectful h/t to David Foster Wallace and wendy davis

The United States has been rapidly losing influence in Asia these past few months, but this past week really solidified that loss.

This election result wasn't what Washington was hoping for.

I didn't even know his name. I have no idea what his political platform is.
But I can say with absolute certainty that I support him.