The LuLac Edition #5, 590 March 3rd, 2026

 

TRUMP IRAN WAR:

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UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS

On Saturday Donald Trump launched a war on Iran. That stoked the fires of a war that has all become too familiar to Americans in the 21rst Century.  Interference in foreign wars that literally don’t concern us. 

The MAGA voters bitched that Ukraine WASN’T THEIR CONCERN. AMERICA GREAT! Now the same whiners and losers support fully this action.

Iran and Iraq has always been a thorn in the side to U.S. Presidents. Let’s start with George Bush 41.

After the Gulf War Bush allowed Sadam Hussain to stay in power. His generals weren’t crazy about it, so too the public. But Bush with his long history of diplomacy as U.N. Ambassador, CIA director,  and Vice President gave him the inkling that getting rid of the dictator would only inflame Iraq.

Years later, his son George W. Bush would declare war on Iraq and Afghanistan after 911. Vice President Dick Cheney said that this new war was based on the fact that Hussein had “weapons of mass destruction”. Sadam was hunted down and executed. What followed was the Taliban and another 1500 soldiers killed in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

The relationship between the two countries is strong in part because both governments are dominated by Shi'ite Muslims. Increasing influence of Tehran in Iraqi politics has led to civilians protesting the foreign involvement and presence of Iran-backed militias harassing and attacking citizens.

When Barack Obama was President, it was evident that Iran was trying to build an atomic bomb. Nearly 10 years ago, the United States and other world powers reached a landmark nuclear agreement with Iran.

Known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, the deal followed two years of negotiations. Then-President Barack Obama, who campaigned on resolving the Iranian nuclear threat, called the issue the "most consequential foreign policy debate that our country has had since the invasion of Iraq."

There was blowback after the United States gave Iran billions of dollars to stay on the straight and narrow.  The GOP war hawks and ignorant people cried, “Why are we giving money to Iran? It’s our hard earned tax payer money!” UH NO IT WASN’T. It was THEIR own money from sanctions put on by the U.S.

The Obama administration and an independent entity kept tabs on the country and it appeared the government was keeping its promise.

 

THEN CAME THE GREAT

BLOVIATING BULLFIGHTER  

 Two years after the deal went into effect, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear accord, in one of the most significant foreign policy actions during his first term as president. I can’t believe that Trump would do this if a white person was President.

Since Trump backed out of that deal, In recent years, Iran has rapidly increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. As of mid-June 2025, shortly before the U.S.'s strikes that month, Iran had enriched some 972 pounds of uranium up to 60% purity, according to estimates from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

By comparison, Iran had 605.8 pounds of 60%-enriched uranium in February 2025, and 267.9 pounds a year before that, the IAEA has said. According to the U.N. watchdog's metrics, about 92.5 pounds of 60%-enriched uranium is enough to build a single nuclear weapon if enriched further.

With the Nuclear accord scotched by Trump, all guardrails were off. Trump  imposed a new round of harsh sanctions, dubbing it a "maximum pressure" campaign to force Iran to negotiate a new agreement.

 

Efforts by the Biden administration and European parties to the JCPOA to revive the deal were unsuccessful.

Since then, Iran has stopped abiding by the terms of that agreement, dramatically ramping up its uranium enrichment program, including by enriching uranium to 60% purity for the first time.

The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency estimated last May that it would take Iran "probably less than one week" to produce enough weapons-grade uranium to make its first bomb, if it decided to do so. Actually building a bomb could take somewhat longer. What's not clear, however, is whether Iran has made the decision to build a nuclear weapon. Iran is believed to have halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, and the U.S. intelligence community assessed last spring that the program hadn't restarted.

Asked on Feb. 18 whether the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency had seen any indication that Iran might currently be working to develop a nuclear weapon, the agency's director-general Rafael Grossi told a French television network it had not.

Trump bombed Itan in June of ’25 and said it “demolished” all capabilities. Iran and the United States had negotiations and on Thursday it seemed things were moving in a good direction. Then Trump invaded still another country.

Here’s why it’s not a good idea.

1.          This is the same guy who said “no more wars of regime change” America first. Well Americans FIRST need Health Care, Medicaid, Lower consumer prices, and a Presidency that is normal.

2.          There was no plan to contact allies. As an example Quatar that hit planes in friendly fire. To date there are only 3 allies in Trump’s corner.  Plus if I were in charge there, I'd repossess the plane they gifted hm. 

3.          Congress was not informed. The Constitution reads that Congress declares war. While Trump and his chest thumpers talk about how great America is at it’s  250^th birthday, maybe they should read the Constitution.

4.          I think this is a war of pique. Personal display of power. You didn’t give me the Peace prize? I’ll show you guys.

5.          Men and what is left of women in the military will be KILLED. Air strikes won’t kill whatever philosophy they have against the United States.

6.          Hedgehogg said today that this is an opportunity for the Iranian people take control of their government. Exactly how? They have no weapons and the temporary sugar high after the death of the Ayatollah isn’t going g to last. Hey I have an idea! Why not send all those $100,000 pick up truck driving loud mouth Trump flag bearing MAGA men over there to help them form the new government.

7.          Terrorism will be more prevalent now more than ever in the United States. There are sleeper cells that are constantly looking to take out OUR leaders.

8.          There WILL be higher gas prices which has been the rallying cry of Trump economics. The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic chokepoint for seaborne oil that Iran has long used as a geopolitical bargaining chip, with Tehran repeatedly threatening to close it during times of crisis.

9.          With tariffs, what is now fast becoming a failed Presidency and a group of Trumpanzees that will follow him to hell, there are cracks in the base which will only make this man child President mire unstable.

Give credit to Buhs 41 and 43, when they sent the country to war they had one message they stuck to. 41: get the hell out of Kuwait. Bush 43 weapons of mass destruction. Yesterday the administration had more than 3 different reasons and the President had the demeanor of "Holy shit, look what I've done!" 

10.      Then there’s Ukraine. Why isn’t Trump as gung ho about protecting Ukraine?  He has no idea that his butt boy Putin is an even bigger danger to the USA than the Iranians!!!

11.      Finally this. When they tell you that there will be no ground troops involved, no long term wars, remember this historical fact. In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Iraq’s Saddam Hussein launched an invasion of Iran over border disputes and a desire to gain control of oil-rich areas in Iran's territory.

The conflict lasted for eight years and ended in a stalemate.

Do we REALLY want that?

Iran later opposed the American-led coalition against Iraq in 1991.

We as a nation haven’t learned a thing, Sadly and perhaps tragically, the custodians of yesterday  and their failures haven’t made an impression on this woefully prepared administration. Repeating bad history can be summed up by Cicero. “Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.” (CBS News, ABC News, George H.W. Bush archives, AP, LuLac and Marcus Tullius Cicero)