3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (801+ words) Good thing the war will be over right after the mid-terms! I mean, who could have predicted that a protracted conflict in the Middle East would affect oil prices? And yet, CNBC reports: Brent crude oil tops $101 to close at…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (64+ words) Damn straight! The commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces, the sole decider on the unleashing of the world’s foremost nuclear arsenal, sent this out on his personal media account earlier today: 2 responses to “TRUMP STRAIT???” Makes Gen. Jack Ripper…...

2+ week, 7+ hour 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, 2+ 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, 1+ day 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   (1468+ words) A disturbing report from a somewhat sensationalist source, the New York Post (“Iran’s leaders turn on each other as hardliners push for wider conflict“): Iran’s leaders are fighting each other almost as much as they’re battling the West, with some…...

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…...