The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2019

I honestly can’t believe we’re doing this again https://t.co/iLTRbdTSZI

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) March 7, 2026

America is an occupied nation. https://t.co/N8QZ20vviu

— Daniel McAdams (@DanielLMcAdams) March 7, 2026

BREAKING: The US military is preparing to deploy a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East, according to Fox News report.

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 7, 2026

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I honestly can’t believe we’re doing this again https://t.co/iLTRbdTSZI

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) March 7, 2026

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Senior White House official Jarrod Agen:

“What we want to do is to get such massive oil reserves in Iran out of the hands of terrorists… Ultimately, we’re not going to have to worry about these issues in the Strait of Hormuz, because we’re going to get all of the oil out of the… pic.twitter.com/23kgNr41C0

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) March 7, 2026

JUST IN 🇺🇸🇮🇷: U.S. Treasury Secretary Threatens Iran

Scott Bessent: “Tonight will be our biggest bombing campaign. We'll do the most damage to the Iranian missile launchers, the factories that build the missiles, and we are substantially degrading them.“ https://t.co/7kwFyaqz2i pic.twitter.com/6yjTPViwf2

— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) March 6, 2026

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I honestly can’t believe we’re doing this again https://t.co/iLTRbdTSZI

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) March 7, 2026

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If its a small number of special forces operators then Trump is fine.
Exactly

If he is really mutating into George W. Bush and is gonna put tens of thousands of American soldiers lives on the line in another nation building (nation occupying) quagmire in the Middle East…then his Presidency is over.

The GOP will lose Congress next election and Trump will be impeached, possibly removed from office, Democrats will start up their prosecutions & lawfare against him again…and he will be without a base to support himself this time.
All that stuff would likely have happened even if Trump DIDN'T attack Iran. At least he got the job done.

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If there are 10,000 troops on the ground in Tehran in 6 months I will be concerned. But when you get the chance to overthrow the world’s largest state sponsor of terror on the cheap and hit China, your biggest geopolitical foe, at the same time, you take it.

If you don’t you’re…

— The Drunk Republican (@DrunkRepub) March 7, 2026

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Who could have predicted Operation AIPAC Fury would be a total disaster?...

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Pretty much anyone with half a brain.

The interesting thing about the Lincoln's move is that it could be for good or bad reasons:

(1) Good reason: The DOD thinks that they have eliminated Iran's ability to strike it.
(2) Bad reason: We're starting to run short of stand off munitions.

Some people old enough to recall pictures of B-52s in action in Vietnam and operation Linebacker probably assume that when those jets went into action in Iran it meant the elimination of Iranian air defenses.



But that isn't what was going on. They were loaded with AMG-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles.

This was tested back in June 2024.

If you see B-52s entering Iranian airspace over the next few weeks, then #1 is the probably answer. But if you see B-52s disappear from the conversation it probably means #2 is the answer. These bombers are ancient; they entered service in 1955. They aren't stealth. They aren't supersonic. If you're familiar with civilian aircraft, think the Boeing 707, which entered service 5 years *later* and persists only as the KC-135 tanker in the USAF. Even the Vietnamese managed to shoot 16 of them down during operation Linebacker. It would be a turkey shoot with modern air defense systems.

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B52s have highly upgraded ECMs.

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You and I both know they should have been fully replaced 40 years ago.

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This is truly incredible to watch:

5 minutes ago, US crude oil prices surged above $91.50/barrel.

Now, we are above $92.50, adding +$1/barrel in 5 minutes.

This puts prices up +$12/barrel in 9 hours.

We are witnessing a historic short squeeze as we speak. pic.twitter.com/GbTOuSGFDI

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 6, 2026

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This isn't a "short squeeze". This is the market reacting to significant amounts of production being taken offline, possibly for months.

Over/under on it opening over $100 on Monday?

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over without some significant positive news this weekend

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The legacy media will never allow Trump to 'win' this war.

They will find something.....anything to freak out about.




But God help the Karen's in this country if and when these Iranian sleeper cells blow up a stadium full of basketball fans.

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I hope Trump doesn't gut the arms industry with this. We have to deliver on weapons already purchased.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/07/allies-fear-iran-war-will-leave-them-without-u-s-weapons-they-bought-00817204

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• Trump sticking to surrender demand, freshly telling Axios, but tweaking the messaging a bit compared to earlier: "Unconditional surrender could be that [the Iranians] announce it. But it could also be when they can't fight any longer because they don't have anyone or anything to fight with."
• Trump's expected timeline on Operation Epic Fury: WH Press Secretary Leavitt: "Four to six weeks." And Leavitt further tweaks Trump's message... ops to continue till "Iran can no longer pose a threat to the U.S. and our troops in the Middle East."
• Nation-building? More from Trump "...will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before."

• Wapo highlights Ft. Bragg (Ft Liberty) canceled exercises, troops on standby: The U.S. Army abruptly canceled a major training exercise for the 82nd Airborne Division's headquarters, fueling speculation that the rapid-response unit could deploy to the Middle East as the U.S. conflict with Iran expands.

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Ok...I'm confused. We are doing nation building?

I thought the last few days the message had been this was about destroying nuclear capacity and missile stocks.

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Who could have predicted Operation AIPAC Fury would be a total disaster?...

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Pretty much anyone with half a brain.

The interesting thing about the Lincoln's move is that it could be for good or bad reasons:

(1) Good reason: The DOD thinks that they have eliminated Iran's ability to strike it.
(2) Bad reason: We're starting to run short of stand off munitions.

Some people old enough to recall pictures of B-52s in action in Vietnam and operation Linebacker probably assume that when those jets went into action in Iran it meant the elimination of Iranian air defenses.



But that isn't what was going on. They were loaded with AMG-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles.

This was tested back in June 2024.

If you see B-52s entering Iranian airspace over the next few weeks, then #1 is the probably answer. But if you see B-52s disappear from the conversation it probably means #2 is the answer. These bombers are ancient; they entered service in 1955. They aren't stealth. They aren't supersonic. If you're familiar with civilian aircraft, think the Boeing 707, which entered service 5 years *later* and persists only as the KC-135 tanker in the USAF. Even the Vietnamese managed to shoot 16 of them down during operation Linebacker. It would be a turkey shoot with modern air defense systems.

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B52s have highly upgraded ECMs.

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You and I both know they should have been fully replaced 40 years ago.

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Maybe you should explain that to the USAF
https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/national-security-science/0325-sixty-years-in-the-sky

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