#quagmire — Public Fediverse posts

Saudi Arabia's leader wants the U.S. military "to strike targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis." Trump said no to widening the #IranWar in this way because the United States lacks enough military strength to defeat Iran, and widening the war by attacking the Houthis would make our military situation even worse:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/politics/trump-yemen-houthis-red-sea-iran.html
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #politics

Saudi Arabia's leader wants the U.S. military "to strike targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis." Trump said no to widening the #IranWar in this way because the United States lacks enough military strength to defeat Iran, and widening the war by attacking the Houthis would make our military situation even worse:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/politics/trump-yemen-houthis-red-sea-iran.html
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #politics

Saudi Arabia's leader wants the U.S. military "to strike targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis." Trump said no to widening the #IranWar in this way because the United States lacks enough military strength to defeat Iran, and widening the war by attacking the Houthis would make our military situation even worse:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/politics/trump-yemen-houthis-red-sea-iran.html
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #politics

Saudi Arabia's leader wants the U.S. military "to strike targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis." Trump said no to widening the #IranWar in this way because the United States lacks enough military strength to defeat Iran, and widening the war by attacking the Houthis would make our military situation even worse:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/politics/trump-yemen-houthis-red-sea-iran.html
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #politics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/117305723425972981

The #IranWar was always an illegal war and an unpopular war. It would be even less popular if the Trump Administration was honest about its cost in lives and in dollars. Trump repeatedly tried to win this war, but this war has been hopelessly lost.
#OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #PartOfTrumpsLegacy #politics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/117305723425972981

The #IranWar was always an illegal war and an unpopular war. It would be even less popular if the Trump Administration was honest about its cost in lives and in dollars. Trump repeatedly tried to win this war, but this war has been hopelessly lost.
#OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #PartOfTrumpsLegacy #politics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/117305723425972981

The #IranWar was always an illegal war and an unpopular war. It would be even less popular if the Trump Administration was honest about its cost in lives and in dollars. Trump repeatedly tried to win this war, but this war has been hopelessly lost.
#OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #PartOfTrumpsLegacy #politics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/117305723425972981

The #IranWar was always an illegal war and an unpopular war. It would be even less popular if the Trump Administration was honest about its cost in lives and in dollars. Trump repeatedly tried to win this war, but this war has been hopelessly lost.
#OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #PartOfTrumpsLegacy #politics

"Pres. Lee Jae​ Myung of South Korea pushed back against pressure from the Trump administration on Friday, declaring that his country would not deploy troops or military assets to support the U.S.-led war against Iran":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/world/asia/south-korea-president-lee-jae-myung-trump-iran.html
#TrumpLosesAgain #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

"Pres. Lee Jae​ Myung of South Korea pushed back against pressure from the Trump administration on Friday, declaring that his country would not deploy troops or military assets to support the U.S.-led war against Iran":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/world/asia/south-korea-president-lee-jae-myung-trump-iran.html
#TrumpLosesAgain #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

"Pres. Lee Jae​ Myung of South Korea pushed back against pressure from the Trump administration on Friday, declaring that his country would not deploy troops or military assets to support the U.S.-led war against Iran":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/world/asia/south-korea-president-lee-jae-myung-trump-iran.html
#TrumpLosesAgain #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

"Pres. Lee Jae​ Myung of South Korea pushed back against pressure from the Trump administration on Friday, declaring that his country would not deploy troops or military assets to support the U.S.-led war against Iran":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/world/asia/south-korea-president-lee-jae-myung-trump-iran.html
#TrumpLosesAgain #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

"The House on Tuesday voted for a third time to direct Pres. Trump to end the war in Iran or seek explicit authorization to continue it, delivering another bipartisan rebuke to his handling of the conflict as fighting in the region continues and American voters increasingly disapprove":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/elections/congress-trump-iran-war-approval.html
The expensive #IranWar is illegal, unpopular, and hopelessly lost but Trump continues it.
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #VoteBlue

"The House on Tuesday voted for a third time to direct Pres. Trump to end the war in Iran or seek explicit authorization to continue it, delivering another bipartisan rebuke to his handling of the conflict as fighting in the region continues and American voters increasingly disapprove":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/elections/congress-trump-iran-war-approval.html
The expensive #IranWar is illegal, unpopular, and hopelessly lost but Trump continues it.
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #VoteBlue

"The House on Tuesday voted for a third time to direct Pres. Trump to end the war in Iran or seek explicit authorization to continue it, delivering another bipartisan rebuke to his handling of the conflict as fighting in the region continues and American voters increasingly disapprove":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/elections/congress-trump-iran-war-approval.html
The expensive #IranWar is illegal, unpopular, and hopelessly lost but Trump continues it.
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #VoteBlue

"The House on Tuesday voted for a third time to direct Pres. Trump to end the war in Iran or seek explicit authorization to continue it, delivering another bipartisan rebuke to his handling of the conflict as fighting in the region continues and American voters increasingly disapprove":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/elections/congress-trump-iran-war-approval.html
The expensive #IranWar is illegal, unpopular, and hopelessly lost but Trump continues it.
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #VoteBlue

Jay Kuo: "Trump wants Ukraine to stop hitting Russian oil facilities because it drives up diesel prices. But you know what really drives those prices up? A war with Iran that keeps spreading."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Jay Kuo: "Trump wants Ukraine to stop hitting Russian oil facilities because it drives up diesel prices. But you know what really drives those prices up? A war with Iran that keeps spreading."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Jay Kuo: "Trump wants Ukraine to stop hitting Russian oil facilities because it drives up diesel prices. But you know what really drives those prices up? A war with Iran that keeps spreading."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Jay Kuo: "Trump wants Ukraine to stop hitting Russian oil facilities because it drives up diesel prices. But you know what really drives those prices up? A war with Iran that keeps spreading."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

"Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao reportedly admitted that the Iranian military “blew the hell” out of the United States naval base in Bahrain—a shocking claim that contradicts the Trump administration’s narrative of total destruction of Iran’s attack capabilities":
https://newrepublic.com/post/215288/navy-secretary-admits-iran-blew-hell-us-base?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WasteOfLives #WasteOfMoney #politics #military

"Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao reportedly admitted that the Iranian military “blew the hell” out of the United States naval base in Bahrain—a shocking claim that contradicts the Trump administration’s narrative of total destruction of Iran’s attack capabilities":
https://newrepublic.com/post/215288/navy-secretary-admits-iran-blew-hell-us-base?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WasteOfLives #WasteOfMoney #politics #military

"Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao reportedly admitted that the Iranian military “blew the hell” out of the United States naval base in Bahrain—a shocking claim that contradicts the Trump administration’s narrative of total destruction of Iran’s attack capabilities":
https://newrepublic.com/post/215288/navy-secretary-admits-iran-blew-hell-us-base?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WasteOfLives #WasteOfMoney #politics #military

"Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao reportedly admitted that the Iranian military “blew the hell” out of the United States naval base in Bahrain—a shocking claim that contradicts the Trump administration’s narrative of total destruction of Iran’s attack capabilities":
https://newrepublic.com/post/215288/navy-secretary-admits-iran-blew-hell-us-base?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WasteOfLives #WasteOfMoney #politics #military

Mary Peltola (candidate for the Senate): "$26.82 a gallon for gas. That’s what some Alaskans are facing right now, and it’s only getting worse. We need a senator solving the problem, not one still voting for a war that keeps driving prices up."
#AKsen #VoteBlue #politics #affordability #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Mary Peltola (candidate for the Senate): "$26.82 a gallon for gas. That’s what some Alaskans are facing right now, and it’s only getting worse. We need a senator solving the problem, not one still voting for a war that keeps driving prices up."
#AKsen #VoteBlue #politics #affordability #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Mary Peltola (candidate for the Senate): "$26.82 a gallon for gas. That’s what some Alaskans are facing right now, and it’s only getting worse. We need a senator solving the problem, not one still voting for a war that keeps driving prices up."
#AKsen #VoteBlue #politics #affordability #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Mary Peltola (candidate for the Senate): "$26.82 a gallon for gas. That’s what some Alaskans are facing right now, and it’s only getting worse. We need a senator solving the problem, not one still voting for a war that keeps driving prices up."
#AKsen #VoteBlue #politics #affordability #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Davis Winkie: "Another 26 wounded US troops were just reported via the Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System, raising the total number of US military casualties since the war's start to 838 — 18 killed and 820 wounded."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #IllegalWar

Davis Winkie: "Another 26 wounded US troops were just reported via the Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System, raising the total number of US military casualties since the war's start to 838 — 18 killed and 820 wounded."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #IllegalWar

Davis Winkie: "Another 26 wounded US troops were just reported via the Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System, raising the total number of US military casualties since the war's start to 838 — 18 killed and 820 wounded."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #IllegalWar

Davis Winkie: "Another 26 wounded US troops were just reported via the Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System, raising the total number of US military casualties since the war's start to 838 — 18 killed and 820 wounded."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #IllegalWar

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is also risking the health of Americans by diverting money from medical research to the hopelessly lost #IranWar: the Defense Department signed an interagency agreement that could give it access to billions of dollars in funding intended to go toward studies on influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and Ebola":
https://newrepublic.com/post/215117/pentagon-trying-take-nih-funds-democrats-say
#OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WorstCabinetEver #politics copy: @renewedresistance #health

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is also risking the health of Americans by diverting money from medical research to the hopelessly lost #IranWar: the Defense Department signed an interagency agreement that could give it access to billions of dollars in funding intended to go toward studies on influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and Ebola":
https://newrepublic.com/post/215117/pentagon-trying-take-nih-funds-democrats-say
#OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WorstCabinetEver #politics copy: @renewedresistance #health

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is also risking the health of Americans by diverting money from medical research to the hopelessly lost #IranWar: the Defense Department signed an interagency agreement that could give it access to billions of dollars in funding intended to go toward studies on influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and Ebola":
https://newrepublic.com/post/215117/pentagon-trying-take-nih-funds-democrats-say
#OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WorstCabinetEver #politics copy: @renewedresistance #health

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is also risking the health of Americans by diverting money from medical research to the hopelessly lost #IranWar: the Defense Department signed an interagency agreement that could give it access to billions of dollars in funding intended to go toward studies on influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and Ebola":
https://newrepublic.com/post/215117/pentagon-trying-take-nih-funds-democrats-say
#OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WorstCabinetEver #politics copy: @renewedresistance #health

Someone who knows Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth well said this to #VanityFair about him:
“He has spent his entire tenure on self-promotion and culture-war theatrics. The damage he has inflicted on our military will take years to repair, and the sooner he goes, the better it will be for the country and for President Trump’s legacy.”
#WorstCabinetEver #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #mismanagement #politics

Someone who knows Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth well said this to #VanityFair about him:
“He has spent his entire tenure on self-promotion and culture-war theatrics. The damage he has inflicted on our military will take years to repair, and the sooner he goes, the better it will be for the country and for President Trump’s legacy.”
#WorstCabinetEver #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #mismanagement #politics

Someone who knows Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth well said this to #VanityFair about him:
“He has spent his entire tenure on self-promotion and culture-war theatrics. The damage he has inflicted on our military will take years to repair, and the sooner he goes, the better it will be for the country and for President Trump’s legacy.”
#WorstCabinetEver #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #mismanagement #politics

Someone who knows Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth well said this to #VanityFair about him:
“He has spent his entire tenure on self-promotion and culture-war theatrics. The damage he has inflicted on our military will take years to repair, and the sooner he goes, the better it will be for the country and for President Trump’s legacy.”
#WorstCabinetEver #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #mismanagement #politics

Caolan Robertson: "Trump's special delegation (Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff) is bursting with excitement to meet the man who has been helping Iran bomb US bases all year."
#Ukraine #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #politics

Caolan Robertson: "Trump's special delegation (Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff) is bursting with excitement to meet the man who has been helping Iran bomb US bases all year."
#Ukraine #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #politics

Caolan Robertson: "Trump's special delegation (Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff) is bursting with excitement to meet the man who has been helping Iran bomb US bases all year."
#Ukraine #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #politics

Caolan Robertson: "Trump's special delegation (Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff) is bursting with excitement to meet the man who has been helping Iran bomb US bases all year."
#Ukraine #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #politics

"And if journalists get in the way
By exposing the facts from the fray?
The dismissals accrue;
Pete will fire them too—
To keep truth of his failings at bay."
by @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
#military #media #coverup #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

"And if journalists get in the way
By exposing the facts from the fray?
The dismissals accrue;
Pete will fire them too—
To keep truth of his failings at bay."
by @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
#military #media #coverup #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

"And if journalists get in the way
By exposing the facts from the fray?
The dismissals accrue;
Pete will fire them too—
To keep truth of his failings at bay."
by @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
#military #media #coverup #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

"And if journalists get in the way
By exposing the facts from the fray?
The dismissals accrue;
Pete will fire them too—
To keep truth of his failings at bay."
by @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
#military #media #coverup #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick lied or spoke ignorantly when he said:
"The way the president is playing Iran, there haven’t been American deaths."
Trump later corrected him with these words:
“Sec. Lutnick had Venezuela on his mind when he said nobody was killed.
18 people (Americans) were killed in Iran!”
#NutlickLied #PeopleDied #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick lied or spoke ignorantly when he said:
"The way the president is playing Iran, there haven’t been American deaths."
Trump later corrected him with these words:
“Sec. Lutnick had Venezuela on his mind when he said nobody was killed.
18 people (Americans) were killed in Iran!”
#NutlickLied #PeopleDied #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick lied or spoke ignorantly when he said:
"The way the president is playing Iran, there haven’t been American deaths."
Trump later corrected him with these words:
“Sec. Lutnick had Venezuela on his mind when he said nobody was killed.
18 people (Americans) were killed in Iran!”
#NutlickLied #PeopleDied #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick lied or spoke ignorantly when he said:
"The way the president is playing Iran, there haven’t been American deaths."
Trump later corrected him with these words:
“Sec. Lutnick had Venezuela on his mind when he said nobody was killed.
18 people (Americans) were killed in Iran!”
#NutlickLied #PeopleDied #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire

You, @jmcrookston, asked: "How many does he have to fire to leave only the white supremacists behind? 2/3 maybe?"

I would not boost what you wrote because you did not mention who "he" is.
I guess you mean Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a racist and sexist who specializes in fighting culture wars instead of managing the #IranWar which he is managing to lose. #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WorstCabinetEver

You, @jmcrookston, asked: "How many does he have to fire to leave only the white supremacists behind? 2/3 maybe?"

I would not boost what you wrote because you did not mention who "he" is.
I guess you mean Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a racist and sexist who specializes in fighting culture wars instead of managing the #IranWar which he is managing to lose. #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WorstCabinetEver

You, @jmcrookston, asked: "How many does he have to fire to leave only the white supremacists behind? 2/3 maybe?"

I would not boost what you wrote because you did not mention who "he" is.
I guess you mean Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a racist and sexist who specializes in fighting culture wars instead of managing the #IranWar which he is managing to lose. #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WorstCabinetEver

You, @jmcrookston, asked: "How many does he have to fire to leave only the white supremacists behind? 2/3 maybe?"

I would not boost what you wrote because you did not mention who "he" is.
I guess you mean Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a racist and sexist who specializes in fighting culture wars instead of managing the #IranWar which he is managing to lose. #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #WorstCabinetEver

India and Pakistan are democracies, @BackFromTheDud, and in a limited way* Iran is a democracy. Especially during a war, it is important to have allies, whether or not they are democracies. With stupid mistakes such as his #TradeWar with Canada, Trump is pushing away allies of the United States. At this Asian conference of ten nations, Iran is getting additional support despite the war that Trump foolishly continues.
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire
*Limit: getting permission to run.

India and Pakistan are democracies, @BackFromTheDud, and in a limited way* Iran is a democracy. Especially during a war, it is important to have allies, whether or not they are democracies. With stupid mistakes such as his #TradeWar with Canada, Trump is pushing away allies of the United States. At this Asian conference of ten nations, Iran is getting additional support despite the war that Trump foolishly continues.
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire
*Limit: getting permission to run.

India and Pakistan are democracies, @BackFromTheDud, and in a limited way* Iran is a democracy. Especially during a war, it is important to have allies, whether or not they are democracies. With stupid mistakes such as his #TradeWar with Canada, Trump is pushing away allies of the United States. At this Asian conference of ten nations, Iran is getting additional support despite the war that Trump foolishly continues.
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire
*Limit: getting permission to run.

India and Pakistan are democracies, @BackFromTheDud, and in a limited way* Iran is a democracy. Especially during a war, it is important to have allies, whether or not they are democracies. With stupid mistakes such as his #TradeWar with Canada, Trump is pushing away allies of the United States. At this Asian conference of ten nations, Iran is getting additional support despite the war that Trump foolishly continues.
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire
*Limit: getting permission to run.