Trump kills 40 children in illegal Iran war attack

An illegal war, launched under false pretenses

Early Saturday morning, President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Israel are going to war with Iran — a term he used specifically when warning that there would likely be American soldiers killed in the operation, which has already killed 40 young girls at an elementary school in Minab.

The wreckage can be seen below (via Middle East Eye).

Foreign policy is not my expertise, but nor is it this president’s, and it would be farcical to suggest that complex international relations have anything to do with this “preemptive strike,” a term used by sociopaths in government and media as a euphemism for unprovoked attacks.

It is clear that this is a desperate effort to prop up a failing and flailing presidency, and more specifically, a pretext to manufacture a national security “emergency” that he could use to “justify” an illegal federal takeover of elections, as he has been openly reported in recent days.

Such a declaration, if upheld by a mostly pliant Supreme Court, would allow the Trump administration to stifle democracy, stay in power, continue his associates’ plunder, and keep his pedophilia obscured. In other words, murdering schoolgirls to keep his history of sexually assaulting schoolgirls a secret.

None of this is unprecedented, but it is far more dangerous than it has ever been before. Democratic opponents of war are armed only with rhetoric, the result of a flaccid opposition leadership that does not oppose this war. Later today, I will be sending out a feature on one impressive progressive lawmaker and candidate who aims to topple that sclerotic leadership.

Note: The far-right’s fascist takeover of this country is being aided by the media’s total capitulation to Trump’s extortion. It’s never been more critical to have a bold independent media willing to speak up against the powerful. That’s what I’m trying to do here at Progress Report.

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