Timothy Snyder spoke briefly on Instagram. In sum, he said the war has no purpose.
It does distract attention from the Epstein Files.
Trump said on Twitter in 2012 that Obama would start a war to divert attention from his sagging poll numbers.
Will this war help Trump’s numbers?
Diane Ravitch's blog 
The war has indeed got purposes. The intents are to install Israel/USA as a military planetary hegemon by controlling the Strait of Hormuz, thus controlling the shipping of oil and trade; to install another puppet government in Iran; to thereby surround all of inner Asia militarily; to marginalize and trivialize NATO; and to impose a Christo-Judean fascist state on the planet.
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Martha and all the other nutcases on this blog hate the United States more than they dislike the Islamic theocrats in Iran. What a strange alliance: fundamentalist Islam and alleged liberals, especially feminists who prattle on about misogyny in America. The Islamists would throw Diane Ravitch off a high roof the first day she was in Iran.
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Hey Zach Sherrod troll: Here are 2 NON liberal Republicans who hate Trump’s war: Margie Taylor Greene said: “The Trump admin actually asked in a poll how many casualties voters were willing to accept in a war with Iran???,” the MAGA firebrand and former close Trump ally wrote. “How about ZERO you bunch of sick f***ing liars. We voted for America First and ZERO wars.”
Conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson also decried the attack, calling it “absolutely disgusting and evil,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl reports.
Rand Paul: “As with all war, my first and purest instinct is wish Americans soldiers safety and success in their mission,” Paul wrote. “But my oath of office is to the Constitution, so with studied care, I must oppose another Presidential war.”
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Zach,
I love the USA. I am a patriot.
I appreciate your concern for my well-being. I promise you I have no plans to visit Iran in the near future.
But I’m concerned about you. If you go to Iran and they find out you are a Trumper, they will put a bullet in your head.
Be careful!
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This is not a sports event requiring fans to choose one side or the other. Calling out an unprovoked military attack by our country does not = hate for our country, nor support for Islamic theocrats in Iran. I suspect most regular commenters—silent for the moment—are like me. Imbibing the available news, digesting it, trying to arrive at some sort of position, while hoping for more and better info on which to base a position.
For my part, I’d like much more intel on whether & how close Iran is to developing nuclear weapon capability. From what I could learn last June, there seems to be enough intel to suspect they’re working on developing it– perhaps even close. And too little intel on how far our joint attacks with Israel then set them back. I’d also like much more info to support the view of some experts that Iran is far from developing long-range missiles that could hit targets in US.
The outrage about prez taking unilateral action (i.e., without Congressional approval) is, well—I get it—but doesn’t hit me below belt. Yes GWB got Congressional approval for attacking Iraq. But both the wars in Korea and in Viet Nam were initiated by presidents without that approval. Clinton put boots on ground in Bosnia without it. As did Reagan in Grenada. We do not have a solid record on enforcing that law. What I expect from Congress at this point is to step in and provide firm boundaries for further aggression/ escalation.
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There is no reason for a war now except that it moves us closer to a world where great powers have only to exercise their judgment to act. They need not consider laws or morals. They need not consider allies.
We will see how this works out.
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