“The president had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force because he could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest.”
The next liberal who complains about the Iran conflict, ask them if the above quote is an accurate description of Presidential powers. If it isn’t, what should happen to the President making this claim?
22 Comments
nones · March 10, 2026 at 5:57 am
Negro magique…
Canuck · March 10, 2026 at 10:48 am
the only “national interest” in attacking Iran is arguably Israel’s. Going after Iran is proving to be the biggest “shoot your dick off while pulling your gun outta your pants” moment in recent U.S. history. Gulf bases gone. 100s of US mil likely killed already. At least four $500M-$1bln radars poof. Billions in other US mil assets destroyed. Billion-dollar missile defense systems (Patriot/THAAD) revealed to be extremely ineffective. $13-billion aircraft carriers and their $5-billion escorts proven to be unusable against ballistics/drone-armed powers (so Iran, China, Russia and probably N Korea).
that’s just the military fucked-around-found-outery. Pile on the economic, domestic and international fallout still to come.
Divemedic · March 10, 2026 at 5:27 pm
I just dont think its quite that bad. Do you have sources for this information?
Michael · March 10, 2026 at 8:49 pm
https://voxday.net/2026/03/10/evidence-the-usa-is-losing/
I’ve been following various sites and researching their data.
Sonar 21 is pretty good. I look up his information as Trust but verify is a good idea. So far he’s been pretty much on target for more than 18 months so far.
That Planet Labs that offered real time Satellite data on the “war” has been forced first to 96 hour delay and NOW a 14 day delay is curious at best.
Military satellite information on BOTH SIDES isn’t affected just the civilian ability to see pretty high def views (Google Earth on steroids) of the area.
That and what the story line has gone from “Were going to hit Iran HARDER” to Mr. Putin can you intercede with Iran to shut this down.
Divemedic · March 11, 2026 at 6:44 am
Fair enough, but What those sites have isn’t data. Just like this blog and any other, what we all have is conjecture and opinion. Yes, it’s a fact that satellite data is being delayed. It’s conclusory to assume the delay in the releasing of that data means the US is losing.
Canuck · March 11, 2026 at 7:18 am
Our idea of “winning or losing” is probably outdated. Iran “wins” by surviving. If it outlasts US-Israel attacks by soaking up their offensive inventory, eliminates bases and warehoused military supplies and raises the economic costs by keeping the Strait closed (all objectively happening), it wins. What are the U.S. goals beyond regime change which clearly failed? The people are not rising up and an air war is not going to defeat Iran.
York · March 11, 2026 at 9:39 pm
FFS, you’re quoting Theodore, History’s Greatest Genius over at Vox? The guy is a geek and troll that has never been in a fight let alone in the military. How about the Iranians aren’t our friends… The Beirut Marine bombing was only one example. Sure, the Izzies aren’t our buds either, etc etc. But maybe the fact that China gets their oil from Iran at cut rates, and they certainly are not our friends, should get some recognition. If the chinks have to get Russkie oil at spot rates, so be it. But cutting off a vassal’s tribute will have much more effect than making Xi bow to market and political realities. Namely that the Russkies and Chinks are not friends and allies, but competitors with a common border. Xi and Co would love that sweet Ivan energy stock and Ivan knows it. Without nukes the Chink would have been on the move by now. In short, Iran has no such relationship. Xi calls the tune there and the Trump admin is doing their best to short Chinktopia’s oil networks. First Vezy and now Iran. Losing a handful of soldiers is a nothing burger.
Canuck · March 11, 2026 at 7:10 am
Hi, sure. the usual sources such as Larry Johnson, ex-CIA, state dept, Col. Doug Macgregor, Col. Danny Davis. but specifics? here’s some.
MIT missile expert Prof. Ted Postol on Iranian missile tech (Youtube interview). At least four US radars have been destroyed in the Middle East, effectively blinding US missile defense.
https://sonar21.com/choke-point-the-global-economic-consequences-of-the-persian-gulf-shutdown/
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/iranian-strikes-destroyed-antimissile-radars
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-withdrawing-thaad-skorea-replenish-iran
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-intelligence-support-iran-nato-ukraine
https://en.topwar.ru/278914-ssha-poterjali-uzhe-7-radarov-pro-i-rjer-na-svoih-bazah-blizhnego-vostoka.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMjMz8yL_kk
Postol on Iran’s response: “I did not expect they would be able to hit back so hard and so effectively in the early days of the war. My view was that as the war progressed, the balance of would would move in favor of Iran as the attrition war and they continue striking in particular Israel and also the military bases in in the Persian Gulf, the American military thought that would have an effect over time, but I didn’t expect it to be so sudden. And in fact, I think the drone capabilities and the lack of air defenses on the part of the US in terms of its ability to defend its own military bases in the in the Gulf have come together in a catastrophic way. I think the destruction of these of radars … has cost hundreds of billions of dollars hundreds of billions of dollars is collapsing right before our eyes. It’s just collapsing catastrophically.”
As of March 10, the following US bases and associated buildings have been struck by Iranian missiles and drones, often more than once.
Naval Support Activity, Bahrain (Headquarters of US Fifth Fleet); Manama, Bahrain (Multiple hotels housing US troops in the city); Erbil International Airport, Iraq (US base adjoining airport); Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan; Ali Al-Salem Air Base, Kuwait; Camp Buehring, Kuwait; Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; Mohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait; Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar; Al-Dhafra Air Base, UAE; Jebel Ali Port, UAE; Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia
https://www.rt.com/news/633541-iran-attacks-us-bases/
(yes it’s Russian news service but surprisingly balanced report)
Finally a 6000-word article that summarizes most of the above
https://www.unz.com/runz/is-america-winning-or-losing-the-war-with-iran/
York · March 11, 2026 at 9:54 pm
Journalists, Larry freaking Johnson’s out of touch ass, and an MIT egghead. And … drum roll please.. the Unz Report. In short nothing solid. Notice the actual effects of missiles in the Ukie conflict. Shit gets blown up, then back to work. Unless there are Iranian boots on the ground, or more likely shitstains in their trousers at the very thought of offensive action, then it is what it is. There will be losses. It won’t be cheap. But if you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Carpet bombing a la 8th Air Force couldn’t do what the Red Army and Patton did, namely bring down a determined foe. Neither will missle pot shots. Just look at the Kraine.. after 4 freaking years of day in day out. Man up boys, either support the cause or crawl into a hole somewhere.
EN2 SS · March 11, 2026 at 7:26 am
That has to be the largest load of dumbass in the shortest amount of time, that I’ve seen in a while. CNN anyone?
J J · March 10, 2026 at 8:53 am
Liberals embrace hypocrisy deeply, it’s embedded into their socialist ideology.
South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan knew how to deal with them.
Big Ruckus D · March 10, 2026 at 9:47 pm
I won’t argue the fact the HNIC said that. And probably believed it, too. But it remains that both he and Trump were wrong to have acted unilaterally. Just why the hell is it so difficult to get a congressional declaration of war, anyway? Black letter law says it’s required, and yet it is never done. Not for a hell of a long time now, anyway. My only real point being that if the constitution is null and void, they just need to come right out and admit it, instead of fucking around pretending it is still in effect. But, as with everything else, they talk out both sides of their mouths at once to try and maintain a legal fiction will acting in a manner that reveals they don’t believe any rules actually apply to their actions.
Divemedic · March 11, 2026 at 6:41 am
Whether we personally agree with it or not, the reality is the world is what it is, not what we wish it to be.
Trump spent his first term playing by the rules and trying to deal with people honorably. It got him impeached several times, he was deposed by a military coup, everyone close to him was prosecuted and put in the poor house with lawfare tactics, and he was even persecuted and prosecuted by the Obama/Biden administration.
I would be doing far more than he is.
Those of you on here who are clamoring for a Civil War:
Do you think that such a war will have rules? Do you think “fair” matters? What is “fair?”
bear in Indy · March 11, 2026 at 1:11 am
He has no proof. And yet here we are: the absolute immortality of Iran, cannot be seriously debated. They are evil, prove me wrong, Canuck.
As Aesop says, “show your work.”
Bear in Indy
Canuck · March 11, 2026 at 9:07 am
to simply state: “they are evil” is no argument.
Here’s a question for you. How many wars has Iran started in the last 100 years? I’ll wait.
if you need a hint, it’s zero.
How many military conflicts has the US been engaged in since just 1991 (the end of the cold war)?
According to the US Congressional Budget Office (a good source in my book):
251.
“These include any use of U.S. armed forces abroad—large wars, small conflicts, troop deployments, or limited combat operations.”
That’s up to 2022. So it doesn’t count the two latest US-Israel sneak attacks on Iran while pretending to be conducting negotiations with them. Evil, backstabbing behavior. Assassinating foreign leaders while pretending to be conducting negotiations. Pretty much unprecedented.
saying Iran is “evil” is simplistic and stupid, does not reflect well on your intelligence, and is not supported by the historical evidence.
I’ve shown my work and the facts prove you wrong.
Divemedic · March 11, 2026 at 4:12 pm
I would argue that the Iran-Iraq War, the Hezbollah attacks on the Khobar Towers, Houthi attacks, the USS Cole, and others are all military actions taken by Iran. Also, the First Battalion, 8th Marines would like a word.
It isn’t like I haven’t said before that US meddling has caused more problems than it has solved, but to make the claim Iran is an innocent victim here is laughable.
Canuck · March 12, 2026 at 8:00 am
you guys got to stop mainlining Fox news. If you’re ok being Israel’s bitch then fine. The US killed the one guy who said “no nukes.” Trump is in FAFO territory now. He can say the war is over as much as he would like but that’s Iran’s decision now. As for the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq started it at the urging and support of the US.
Divemedic · March 14, 2026 at 6:15 pm
I haven’t watched a news channel in years.
lynn · March 11, 2026 at 3:04 pm
“Trump envoy Steve Witkoff says Iran claimed it had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-steve-witkoff-iran-enriched-uranium-11-nuclear-bombs/
“President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said that Iran claimed it had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs before the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on the country over the weekend.”
“Witkoff told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Monday that Iran’s negotiators had said to him and Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, before the strikes that the country controlled roughly 460 kilograms of uranium at 60% enrichment. Witkoff said that the uranium could have been enriched to the weapons-grade level of 90% within a week to 10 days.”
“”Both the Iranian negotiators said to us, directly, with, you know, no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60%, and they’re aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of their negotiating stance,” Witkoff told Fox News.”
THIS is why Trump is bombing Iran back into the Stone Ages. The Iranians were two weeks away from having one or more nuclear weapons. 60% uranium to 98% uranium is just two weeks in a centrifuge and the Irans have thousands of centrifuges. They also have nuclear bomb experts.
And the Iranians have been threatening us, the USA, with a nuclear weapon. Trump had to take that threat seriously. The threat to Israel is secondary in this case, this is all about protecting the homeland of the USA or several of our foreign military bases.
Michael · March 12, 2026 at 6:45 am
Probably a Don Quixote quest but let’s apply Qui Bono to this opinion above.
The nation of Israel is back to the wall. Anybody who thinks overwise, we will discuss this in a month after the propaganda “WE ARE WINNING” fog clears.
Steve Witkoff a Jewish real estate agent is saying “BEWARE Iran’s going to NUKE the USA”.
Why? To keep our Navy defending Israel from the ongoing assault of ballistic missiles.
Trump himself said we had to go in BECAUSE Israel said they were going to go it Alone.
I can post links about that. Israel FORCED our Hand.
Only Israel has nukes today. Only Israel spent Mucho dollars to build Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles that can reach all of America. Jerico 3 nuke missile.
5 minutes you can research this truth also.
Guess Israel is prepared to nuke ENEMIES well away from the Middle East, eh?
Folks might want to LOOK up the Sampson Option aka “If we’re going down, Everybody is going down”.
NOTHING in Iran’s current missile supply can reach mainland America. Seems Trump and General Cain mentioned that they Currently don’t have that ability.
Per Trump Israel KILLED the only old Cleric (as evil as he was, whatever, glass houses and stones) that by FATWA prevented the HARDLINERS from actually building Nukes AND by His interpretation of Shia Islam that an surrendering enemy should be shown mercy and HE TRADED a few hit NOTHING Bunker Buster hits on empty mountains for a safe saving (for HIS people) a small strike on an EMPTY US BASE to STOP the FIRST Israel started asswhipping.
So here we are, SADDLED UP on a raging Tiger, with Trump yelling about Yesterday “Unconditional SURRENDER, we own your oil and WE pick your Leadership IRAN” and by financial research of Congress budgets and Raytheon reports we have BURNED UP well over a decade of missile production.
THAT is AFTER we burned up massive amounts of interceptors and weapons against the Hothi and the FIRST 12 day DEFEND Israel from the WAR THEY STARTED.
We had to run out of Hothi missile range when our vertical cell launchers ran dry of interceptors or risk a major international incident of a Carrier crippled or worse.
That’s why the Hothi-Navy Games is Hothi’s 2 navy 0.
SNIP Yes
Yes, the United States has moved THAAD assets from South Korea to the Middle East. This relocation is part of a broader adjustment in U.S. missile defense posture amid rising tensions with Iran. The move involves parts of the THAAD system, which has been deployed in South Korea since 2017, and reflects the need to strengthen defense capabilities in the region
We are stripping intercepters and weapons from other regions to continue this defence of Israel.
China must be amused. I’m sure Japan, Korea and so on are watching our American Sheild over them fading.
I don’t have the answers. I’m just concerned for my family on some of those navy ships defending Israel. Running out of defensive missiles will really suck.
Any bets a false flag nuke on America or maybe worse America will have to use nukes on Iran.
Divemedic · March 14, 2026 at 6:14 pm
Just can’t make that big of a leap. Sorry, but Occam’s razor and all that.
Michael · March 15, 2026 at 4:15 am
I honor your honesty.
I just pray we can disengage from this tar baby and learn the wisdom of our founding fathers about no entangling alliances and not seeking out monsters to slay.
We’re not just fighting Iran; we are in a proxy war with China. Trump took away Venezuela’s oil, forced Panama to take away China’s long-term business of running the Panama Canal and now let’s bust up China’s oil from Iran and MOST OF ALL STOP China’s economic development of the Belt and Road where Iran would become the hub of trade like it has been historically nearly forever.
Do you think our allies in Asia who are critically dependent on middle eastern oil and OUR Powerful Umbrella of defense against China are welcoming the facts we’ve stripped their area to fight here and seem to be crippling their economies and the fertilizers needed to feed them? Oil is critical to energy needs (Natural gas generators etc) is the basis of fertilizer (A JUST IN TIME Product and Spring Planting is near) and so on.
The Israel-Iran skirmish is just the cutting edge of this ongoing proxy war.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when far away, that you are to lure him; feign disorder and strike him. When he concentrates, prepare against him; where he is strong, avoid him. Anger his general and confuse him. Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Sun Tzu
(Encourage his arrogance….)
To … not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.
Sun Tzu
For example, China although has plenty of oil cheaply from Russian pipelines (unlike let’s shut them off Europe) diversified with economic development of Venezuela and Iran. Also, in 2024 even while almost swimming in cheap oil they invested in massive Coal to Liquid plants as to turn the decade’s worth of cheap brown coal inside China into even more Oil AND Fertilizer.
I’d not be surprised if China has set aside a rather large amount of fertilizer and spare oil to reward “friendly nations” to get, much like America stepped up with expensive American “FREEDOM GAS” after the Russian pipeline was destroyed.
Somebody has been honoring Sun Tzu as they prepared for America’s attempts to try to cripple their country and ring fence them like Proxy war of Ukraine against Russia.
Meanwhile the fog of propaganda continues, you and I know almost nothing about the real damages and probable lack of missile interceptors and such.
And as a side note my per-order of fertilizer I do every year for my hobby farm has been canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances” and I was encouraged to reorder at the new much higher cost and get in cue.
The same sort of message I got during the COVID supply chain disruptions. BTW that year I didn’t get my order filled so I just reduced my plantings.
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