In testimony to Congress Hegseth he feels confident they are in a safe zone with a renewed war with Iran. I believe Hegseth's statement about renewing a war is in violation of the Rule of Law.
One report, not two. Sixty days, not every time Trump gets the itch to punitively use the USA military. It is NOT a mercenary force for any president to carry out racketeering on an international level.
...An authorization of the use of military force (AUMF) is subject to expedited consideration during the 60-day termination window that begins when the President reports or was required to report on the use of force. An authorizing bill or joint resolution must be introduced within the first 30 calendar days of this 60-day period....
July 23, 2026
There is no viable strategy for an attack on Iran. It's geography alone is prohibitive to any military invasion. Hegseth is not the man to lead the USA military if such a measure was ever tired by Trump.
If propaganda is the goal of Trump and the GOP then they will carry it out to allow for the enormous spending for the military. Trump is naive enough to believe a military draft after the Midterm elections will bring about an end to any future problems with Iran. He is wrong. Americans are already dead and haven't put a foot within the borders of Iran. Iran is not disarmed as Iraq was in that illegal war. Iran will never disarm now. Trump's administration is not trustworthy.
By Garrett Downs
Congress on Thursday (click here) split on advancing a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to abandon his war with Iran, as the conflict escalates into a deadly new phase and oil tops $100 a barrel.
The moves were the first vote since Trump informed Congress that he restarted the war with Iran following the breakdown of peace negotiations. The conflict’s revival after weeks of a shaky ceasefire comes just months before the U.S. midterm elections. It threatens to scramble the majority Republicans’ plan to maintain their razor-thin majorities.
The Senate on Thursday voted 47-49 to kill a joint resolution under the War Powers Act to force Trump to end hostilities in Iran. That chamber’s action follows a 214-208 House vote earlier in the day to approve a similar measure under the War Powers Act....
Congress on Thursday (click here) split on advancing a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to abandon his war with Iran, as the conflict escalates into a deadly new phase and oil tops $100 a barrel.
The moves were the first vote since Trump informed Congress that he restarted the war with Iran following the breakdown of peace negotiations. The conflict’s revival after weeks of a shaky ceasefire comes just months before the U.S. midterm elections. It threatens to scramble the majority Republicans’ plan to maintain their razor-thin majorities.
The Senate on Thursday voted 47-49 to kill a joint resolution under the War Powers Act to force Trump to end hostilities in Iran. That chamber’s action follows a 214-208 House vote earlier in the day to approve a similar measure under the War Powers Act....
Untrustworthy in that Trump does not follow the Rule of Law. He was never supposed to assassinate the leaders of another country.
The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (click here) (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace and stability....
...When the latest but probably (click here) not the last Iran war started on February 28, 2026, the first victims, for once, were not innocent bystanders but rather Iran’s rulers and executioners: the supreme dictator Ali Khamenei, Chief of the General Staff and head of Iran’s Armed Forces General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Minister of Defense General Aziz Nasirzadeh, Head of Military Research and Development Hossein Jabal Amelian, his predecessor Brigadier General Reza Mozaffari Nia, the Minister of Intelligence, his deputy for Israel affairs Yahya Hosseini Panjaki, other officials, and private citizen Mojtaba Khamenei—son of Ali Khamenei but utterly unqualified for the emphatically non-hereditary supreme leader position. Mojtaba has not been seen since the bombing and is likely mutilated if still alive....
End this thing before it gets out of hand and the entire Middle East is on fire. Israel has a plan in case of such escalation. Now, in anticipation of being able to continue his aggression Trump wants to give Saudi Arabia nuclear capacity. He cannot do that without the express consent of the USA Congress. He can negotiate an agreement, and sign it, but, the ultimate law must be passed by Congress.
Any nuclear capacity is not a government activity alone. The Congress has to provide for it and the private sector will receive the funding and financial benefits. Does anyone actually think the Saudis will actually see a nuclear reactor built yet alone any opportunity for centrifuges. Already the Saudis are daunted by the Houthis. It was not long ago the Saudis were involved in a war that did not go well. Who was it then, Yemen? It was. The return of such warring parties will not go well for Saudi Arabia. It nearly went well last time.
What is Hegseth going to do? There aren't enough American soldiers to go around. The Trump administration continues to widen the war theater. Trump alone and his faux ambitions is the biggest threat to the USA national security.
This aggression by the Houthis is directly Trump's fault. He is spawning more and more battle ready jihadists.
By David Brennan
The U.S. war with Iran could yet become a conflict (click here) defined by two maritime chokepoints, analysts have warned, with the under-fire regime in Tehran seeking to leverage its regional "Axis of Resistance" allies to throttle international trade and raise the economic costs of the American campaign.
This week, the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen -- who since 2014 have been locked in a conflict with the internationally-recognized Yemeni government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia -- announced the start of a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia, following weeks of escalating tensions over planned flights between Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa and Iran.
The embargo puts into focus Saudi Arabia's western coast along the Red Sea, which is bordered at its southern end by the Bab el-Mandeb Strait -- only around 18 miles wide at its narrowest point. On its eastern side is southwestern Yemen, parts of which are controlled by Houthi forces....
This week, the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen -- who since 2014 have been locked in a conflict with the internationally-recognized Yemeni government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia -- announced the start of a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia, following weeks of escalating tensions over planned flights between Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa and Iran.
The embargo puts into focus Saudi Arabia's western coast along the Red Sea, which is bordered at its southern end by the Bab el-Mandeb Strait -- only around 18 miles wide at its narrowest point. On its eastern side is southwestern Yemen, parts of which are controlled by Houthi forces....
Tehran has a population alone of 9.6 million people. End this mess with Trump. The USA never wins these wars. People die. The people of Iran will suffer and die in large numbers if Trump thinks nuclear ambitions is the way forward. The Iranians will not allow nuclear escalation.
Since the early 2000s, Tehran's construction of gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facilities has generated widespread concern in Congress that Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons. According to past U.S. intelligence assessments, Tehran had the capacity to produce nuclear weapons at some point but had halted its nuclear weapons program and had not mastered all of the necessary technologies for building such weapons....
Trump does nothing but lie. The IAEA has not been on the ground in Iran since Trump decided Iran was the best country in the Middle East to hate. Enough of this.
