1+ week, 6+ day ago   (589+ words) Service chiefs and combatant commanders issued strong warnings to Secretary Hegseth. WaPo Exclusive (“Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations“): Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1049+ words) He’s in a bind, because he’s way behind. WaPo (“Trump increasingly lashing out at allies as victory in Iran war proves elusive“): To kick off the week, President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman, a U.S. ally that has…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (505+ words) Vance on war aims. Via NBC News: Low oil prices now ‘goal No. 1’ in Iran war, Vance says, as U.S. threatens new economic pressure. Keeping gas prices low is now the United States’ “goal No. 1” in the Iran war,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1116+ words) The President has so ordered. Saturday evening, as I was getting out of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, President Trump posted the following message: Analysts have differing views as to what this portends. WSJ Washington bureau chief Damian Paletta (“Did Trump…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (371+ words) The Defense Department has issued revised figures. CNN (“Iran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting“): The Pentagon updated its war casualty database Saturday, recording more than 140 additionally wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due to Iranian…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (563+ words) Plus: to write about Trump, or to not write about Trump? That is the question. So, as James Joyner noted this morning, we are back in the middle of the Trump Iran War Rhetoric Cycle of rinse (threaten escalation), wash…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (776+ words) He’s running out of options. Eric Schmitt and Jonathan Swan, NYT (“Trump Holds Off on Major Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns“): President Trump has set aside, at least for now, plans to sharply escalate the American military assault…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (234+ words) Plus testimony from Bro of War Lethal T. McWarrior, Super Genius. CBS News reports: Pentagon identifies 4th service member killed in recent days as U.S. carries out more strikes. The U.S. military released the name of a third soldier who is believed to have…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (876+ words) The cost of the folly continues to rise. The AP reports: 17 US service members have died in the Iran war, reflecting a conflict fought largely in the air. The U.S. military said Sunday that another American service member was killed as…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (310+ words) Trump is at it again. So, this morning, there is this: Trump: "We're gonna keep the strait, and we'll probably run it. We'll become the guardian of the strait. We should be reimbursed for that. When we do that, we're…...