It has often seemed like there is no limit to how much money congressional Republicans are willing to shove into the United States military. But, conditions in America are making it seem less a sure proposition that Senate Republicans will soon be following through on the big military spending demands coming from President Donald Trump.
Tag: Iran War
The Iran War started off at the end of February with a massive joint bombardment by the United States and Israel militaries of targets in Iran. War with Iran had been in planning in the US military since Iranians rose up nearly 50 years earlier to throw out the US lackeys who had been running things there since the US-supported overthrow of the Iranian elected government in 1953.
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The Especially Unpopular Iran War
According to analysis by Stephen Semler in a Friday Responsible Statecraft article, Americans’ opposition to the Iran War exceeds Americans’ previous polling-indicated opposition to other major United States wars of recent decades, from World War II through the Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Afghanistan War, and Iraq War.
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Secretary of War Crimes
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth likes to be referred to by the title secretary of war. Given his answer to a question at a Wednesday press conference at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, it may make sense for Hegseth to add a word to his preferred title so that he can referred to instead by the title secretary of war crimes.
On May 25, I wrote about how the Republican leadership of the United States House of Representatives had put off until the House would return from recess in June a vote on ending the Iran War. It had appeared that the war termination resolution would win a majority vote on the House floor
The Iran War has been unpopular among Americans since the beginning. Now it has reached the point where it appears it would be voted down in the Republican-majority United States House of Representatives — if House leadership would just allow a floor vote on the matter.
In his February 24 State of the Union Speech, United States President Donald Trump claimed gas prices in America were much lower than they actually were. This was part of Trump’s effort to claim credit for an asserted vastly improved economy. Several days later, the war against Iran, which Trump started along with the Israel government, resulted in gas prices shooting up further.
In his Wednesday evening speech to announce to the American people the continuation and potential intensification of his war against Iran, President Donald Trump conceded that as far as oil is concerned the war will bring no benefit for Americans. Instead, he said he is undertaking the war just to help “allies.”
Many of the often talked about potential Republican candidates to succeed Donald Trump in the presidency are supporters of Trump’s war against Iran. This includes two people at the top of many lists who are among the Trump administration’s most vocal Iran War advocates — Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.