I remember all too well growing up during the Cold War. There were pulp fiction books aplenty about WWIII. They all followed a basic scenario. Everything was business as usual, a lovely day in America with the sun shining and the birds singing. And then all Hell broke loose and life as we knew it ended. You’ve seen movies like The Day After or Fail Safe so you get my meaning. And long before those you saw The Day The Earth Stood Stlll, and This Island Earth, which brought home the reality of playing with nuclear fire back in the 50’s. We have had the ability to extinguish ourselves as a species for about 80 years now. This is a sobering thought to any thinking person but not to this doofus. It’s yet another talking point.
Multiple clips of Trump promising that he will prevent World War III. pic.twitter.com/1O2lPTGpR1
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 13, 2025
Stack those up next to the multiple clips of Trump promising to end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. Both claims have equal value in the real world.
Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran today, per the Washington Post. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz told the Israel Defense Forces General Staff Forum before the strikes began that he had “defined the thwarting of Iran’s nuclear program as my top priority” since taking office late last year. “Over the past year and a half, we’ve dealt with Iran’s proxies,” he said, a reference to militant groups Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. “Now, we are dealing with the snake’s head itself.”
And Dum Dum will convene his top security officials for a meeting of the U.S. National Security Council in the Situation Room at 11 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, the White House said late Thursday. There, don’t you feel safer already? The likes of Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard are looking out for your interests.
Here’s another clip from the Post: “Iran’s Press TV aired initial reports that the Israeli strikes in and around Tehran have resulted in civilian casualties. The state-run broadcaster said the Israeli attacks also struck sites in Natanz, where Iran has a nuclear site, and in Khorramabad, in western Iran, home to a large missile base.”
In the pulp fiction books, this is how it goes. Somebody does something stupid. Things escalate. Hopes are that things will calm down but then somebody does something really stupid and the missiles start flying.
I can only stay sane by invoking black humor. If I worry about the full import of what could happen, I will go bonkers. So here’s a little ditty from the 1950’s when the bomb testing was going on about 65 miles northwest from where I live, in the Nevada desert. (And the radiation created The Amazing Colossal Man, a soldier working on the tests, who then walked down to the Vegas strip and trashed it when he got to be 50 feet tall overnight.)
If the entire shithouse goes up in flames, as Jim Morrison put it, it’s been an honor and a privilege working with all of you. JFC. To even feel the need to say such a thing. :((
Thank you
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Please, as you put it “… stay sane by invoking black humor…” because it’ll be a complete waste and a shame if “… the entire shithouse goes up in flames …” Maintain your grip on reality, because you are to many a rational beacon of light to set a stable course, so as to plough through contemporary waters that bedevil many a bow of today.
If trump fires some nukes at Iran I can’t think of any nuclear country that would see fit to retaliate. so, no wwiii. the retaliation would be in the form of being cut off from the free world and having sanctions imposed on us, maybe. but then maybe not. despite the stupidity and clear movement toward authoritarianism the rest of the free world still, incredibly, looks to the US for leadership. of course don’t forget that Israel has their own nuclear weapons but their use would probably have the same result.
As loose as Mr. Magoo has been with national defense top secret info, then add in his drunk rapist defense secretary’s buffoonery, God only knows what the Saudis bought, what Putin or Bibi obtained, who rummaged through boxes while taking a shit at Mara lago, what has been discussed on cell phones, etc. No telling how it has altered what war plans will be actually carried out.
Too bad we don’t have an agreement with Iran to not develop nuclear capabilities…
Oh wait, we did under Barack Obama until doofus pulled out of it.
Nuclear war, MAGA=Make America Glow At night
Okay, so that’s technically MAGAN, but you get my drift.