The decision of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu to choose to provoke a war with Iran is leading to a widespread Middle East escalation affecting all of the neighboring nations of the area, including
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Qatar
Oman
Lebanon
Iraq
Jordan
This war came about without an “imminent threat” of Iran having enough potential for a nuclear weapon, and with negotiations going on between Iran’s Foreign Minister and Trump envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
This clearly was a war promoted by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has wanted this war for decades, but until now with Donald Trump, could not bring it about under earlier Presidents.
Barack Obama brought about a nuclear agreement in 2015, signed onto by the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, and China, and yet Trump destroyed the agreement in his first term, with Joe Biden reviving it in his term, but with Israel knowing how to stroke the ego of Trump, and accomplish what Netanyahu has wanted for a very long time.
So Netanyahu effectively manipulated Donald Trump, and now we have a Middle East War that is creating chaos and anarchy, and is causing economic instability, with higher oil prices on the way, and no certainty of how the US will resolve the war, including whether combat ground troops will engage, putting America in a major morass as Iraq and Afghanistan were for the previous two decades.
We thought “Goofy” W. Bush got us in a 20 year, bordering on an almost endless quagmire war and the ultimate withdraw without any accomplishments in Afghanistan; this country hasn’t seen anything like what the 5 times draft dodger “Treasonous Trump” has gotten us into with Iran.
Today our sons & daughters serving in the U. S. Armed Forces, are now nothing more than the mercenary forces for Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Trump’s Iran war message marked by exaggerated threats and shifting, contradictory goals
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/trump-iran-war-explanations-goals
Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran
No warning, no siren: Six US service members killed in Iranian strike that hit makeshift operations center in Kuwait
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/politics/six-soldiers-killed-in-iranian-strike-kuwait
The civilians dying in Trump’s new war
https://www.vox.com/politics/481245/us-israel-iran-war-civilian-death-toll-school-strike
Trump tells CNN the ‘big wave’ is yet to come in war with Iran
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/politics/trump-interview-iran-jake-tapper
Trump admin tiptoes around the word ‘war’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2026/03/02/trump-admin-tiptoes-around-the-word-war-00807301
Maybe they’ll start calling it a “Special Military Operation,” like Trump’s BFF Putin does?
When the media covers war, every other topic fades
“Trump will do anything to distract from the political damage of the Epstein files”
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/when-the-media-covers-war-every-other
‘Open betrayal’ or ‘just and imperative’? Trump’s Iran strikes divide conservative media
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/trump-iran-strikes-right-wing-conservative-media
Fox News correspondent says Pentagon briefing on Iran war was heavily controlled by the administration
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-correspondent-says-pentagon-briefing-iran-war-was-heavily-controlled
Trump Is Workshopping Iran War Plan in Weird Calls to Press
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-is-workshopping-iran-war-plan-in-weird-calls-to-press.html
Bizarre. Imagine if FDR had run WW2 like this???
Lebanon’s leaders turn on Hezbollah as airstrikes hit Beirut and thousands seek shelter
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-6c73ef0f5836632a2d2b34145900c28b
Bonkers.
They’re Hiring at U.S.A.I.D. Just Not Anyone Who Worked There.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/usaid-hiring.html
ICE training was slashed, records show, corroborating whistleblower claims
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/03/03/ice-training-cuts-graduation-rate/
Meeting on U.S. Measles Status Is Delayed Until November
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/well/measles-elimination-status-us.html
Trump administration drops suits against law firms after judges find president’s orders unconstitutional
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/doj-drops-suits-law-firms-judges-find-executive-orders-unconstitutiona-rcna261434
Latest Question on Trump’s Health: What Is That Neck Rash?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/trump-rash-neck.html