7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Many of those details are irrefutable and difficult to argue with and I'm not. I despise the regime as much as you do.

My questions are this:

Was this the right time to do it? Does the world not have enough problems as it is right now?

Did Israel and the US prepare sufficiently?

What is the end game and do they have a plan for that?

End game? Planning for closure? IIRC the USA has not covered itself in glory exiting from anywhere. Why would anyone think this time will be different?

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Another legal rejection of Trump's toxic, corrupt and highly partial policies, and ability to limit press freedom and establish major censorship in America. Hopefully his continued erosion of democracy will stop soon.

US District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, DC, ruled that the Pentagon policy illegally restricts the press credentials of reporters who walked out of the building rather than agree to the new rules.

The Times sued the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, claiming the credentialing policy violates the journalists’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process.

The current Pentagon press corps is comprised mostly of conservative outlets that agreed to the policy. Reporters from outlets that refused to consent to the new rules, including those from The Associated Press, have continued reporting on the military.

Friedman, said the policy “fails to provide fair notice of what routine, lawful journalistic practices will result in the denial, suspension, or revocation” of Pentagon press credentials. He ruled that the Pentagon policy ultimately violates the First and Fifth Amendment rights to free speech and due process.

“Those who drafted the First Amendment believed that the nation’s security requires a free press and an informed people and that such security is endangered by governmental suppression of political speech. That principle has preserved the nation’s security for almost 250 years. It must not be abandoned now,” the judge wrote.

Americans deserve visibility into how their government is being run, and the actions the military is taking in their name and with their tax dollars,” Stadtlander said in a statement. “Today’s ruling reaffirms the right of The Times and other independent media to continue to ask questions on the public’s behalf.

Theodore Boutrous, a lawyer who represented the Times at a hearing earlier this month, said in a statement that the court ruling is “a powerful rejection of the Pentagon’s effort to impede freedom of the press and the reporting of vital information to the American people during a time of war”.

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2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

ability to limit press freedom

Come on now Spider , your side is much worse at it.

They spend >100 million just trying to shut down Infowars.

They did not succeed (yet).

Trying to shut down the right wing on (then) twitter.

And many more.

Trump pick the worst SEC DEF in American history, a man with absolutely no qualifications, a man who couldn't get hired to lead a county chapter of the Cub Scouts, and yet he somehow expected this war to go well. Hegseth is inept and a very poor cabinet secretary. Trump oftentimes will confuse a polished presentation with one of substance, and Hegseth embarrassed himself and his nation deeply with his ridiculous speech about being overly aggressive, and not following any aspect of the Geneva Convention, while pursuing the enemy. The military does not pay him any regard other than the fact that they are forced to obey the chain of command. My guess is that the man is an absolute laughing stock throughout all ranks and files, we witnessed the somber tone on the faces of the high ranking officers, Admirals and Generals, and the rather astonishing lack of applause for either Petie or Donnie. 

When it comes from a circus goombahs like Pete Hesgeth, or Donald Trump I'm guessing the military utterly despises them both, and has a great deal of contempt for the command structure at this point. 

 

They both like to play tough, they both like to act up, but they're both cowards and they are bordering on being traitors to their nation. 

There is no question that the re-election of Trump is a wet dream for both Putin, Xi, and all despots around the world. Having somebody so fabulously incompetent, so spectacularly ignorant, and so unable to negotiate anything even resembling a good deal for the US, is definitely a huge assist to adversaries areas around the world.