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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 24 hours ago

"I do not protest this war on behalf of the Iranian regime. The Iranian regime deserves no sympathy and will receive none from me.

I protest it on behalf of the Constitution of the #UnitedStates.

Article I, Section 8 of the #Constitution vests the power to declare war in #Congress. Not the president. Congress. This was not an accident or an oversight. The Founders were explicit, deliberate, and emphatic about this."
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-this-illegal-war

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On this Illegal War
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by Mike Brock
Feb 28, 2026
Headline: On this Illegal War A statement of protest by Mike Brock Feb 28, 2026
Headline: On this Illegal War A statement of protest by Mike Brock Feb 28, 2026

On this Illegal War

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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

" #Iran on the one side and Gulf Arab states plus #Israel on the other... a far more durable element of #politics than the wavering & contradictory statements of the #Trump admn, it is a good place to start. And where does it lead?

It leads to personal #politics or rather personal gain. Given the 👉stupefyingly overt corruption 👈 of the Trump admn, one must ask whether the #UnitedStates armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis."
https://snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack-iran

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The claim that Iran was about to build a nuclear weapon has not been established. It is all the odder as a justification for war given that this administration has already claimed many times to have destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons program.

The second American propaganda point is that the regime must be changed. This too is very strange, since opposition to regime change wars was supposed to be a core tenet of MAGA.

But who might be directly interested in Iranian regime change? Who has given it more thought than Washington? Insofar as there was any sort of foreign policy involved here, I suspect that it was that of countries that the Trump administration considers to be its allies in the region.

The basic structural feature of regional politics is a rivalry between Iran on the one side and Gulf Arab states plus Israel on the other. Given that this structural feature is a far more durable element of politics than the wavering and contradictory statements of the Trump administration, it is a good place to start. And where does it lead?

It leads to personal politics or rather personal gain. Given the stupefyingly overt corruption of the Trump administration, one must ask whether the United States armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis.
Text from article: The claim that Iran was about to build a nuclear weapon has not been established. It is all the odder as a justification for war given that this administration has already claimed many times to have destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons program. The second American propaganda point is that the regime must be changed. This too is very strange, since opposition to regime change wars was supposed to be a core tenet of MAGA. But who might be directly interested in Iranian regime change? Who has given it more thought than Washington? Insofar as there was any sort of foreign policy involved here, I suspect that it was that of countries that the Trump administration considers to be its allies in the region. The basic structural feature of regional politics is a rivalry between Iran on the one side and Gulf Arab states plus Israel on the other. Given that this structural feature is a far more durable element of politics than the wavering and contradictory statements of the Trump administration, it is a good place to start. And where does it lead? It leads to personal politics or rather personal gain. Given the stupefyingly overt corruption of the Trump administration, one must ask whether the United States armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis.
Text from article: The claim that Iran was about to build a nuclear weapon has not been established. It is all the odder as a justification for war given that this administration has already claimed many times to have destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons program. The second American propaganda point is that the regime must be changed. This too is very strange, since opposition to regime change wars was supposed to be a core tenet of MAGA. But who might be directly interested in Iranian regime change? Who has given it more thought than Washington? Insofar as there was any sort of foreign policy involved here, I suspect that it was that of countries that the Trump administration considers to be its allies in the region. The basic structural feature of regional politics is a rivalry between Iran on the one side and Gulf Arab states plus Israel on the other. Given that this structural feature is a far more durable element of politics than the wavering and contradictory statements of the Trump administration, it is a good place to start. And where does it lead? It leads to personal politics or rather personal gain. Given the stupefyingly overt corruption of the Trump administration, one must ask whether the United States armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis.

Why Attack Iran?

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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

"Gulf Arab states who oppose Iranian power have generated extremely generous packages of compensation for companies associated with Trump personally & with members of his family. The United Arab Emirates... The Saudis... The Qataris... The list is very long.

And now — we are using #military force to take the side of precisely the countries who have enriched #Trump and his family."
https://snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack-iran

#DonaldTrump #Iran #Corruption #UAE #Saudi #Qatar #Politics #News #US #USA #UnitedStates

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It leads to personal politics or rather personal gain. Given the stupefyingly overt corruption of the Trump administration, one must ask whether the United States armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis.

Gulf Arab states who oppose Iranian power have generated extremely generous packages of compensation for companies associated with Trump personally and with members of his family. The United Arab Emirates invested in a family firm. The Saudis have provided numerous de facto gifts. And sometimes the gifts have been simply gifts. The Qataris gave Trump a jet. The list is very long.

And now — we are using military force to take the side of precisely the countries who have enriched Trump and his family. This backdrop must at the very least be stated in the reporting of the war. Along with the subversion of democracy, personal corruption provides a second interpretive framework.
Text from article: It leads to personal politics or rather personal gain. Given the stupefyingly overt corruption of the Trump administration, one must ask whether the United States armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis. Gulf Arab states who oppose Iranian power have generated extremely generous packages of compensation for companies associated with Trump personally and with members of his family. The United Arab Emirates invested in a family firm. The Saudis have provided numerous de facto gifts. And sometimes the gifts have been simply gifts. The Qataris gave Trump a jet. The list is very long. And now — we are using military force to take the side of precisely the countries who have enriched Trump and his family. This backdrop must at the very least be stated in the reporting of the war. Along with the subversion of democracy, personal corruption provides a second interpretive framework.
Text from article: It leads to personal politics or rather personal gain. Given the stupefyingly overt corruption of the Trump administration, one must ask whether the United States armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis. Gulf Arab states who oppose Iranian power have generated extremely generous packages of compensation for companies associated with Trump personally and with members of his family. The United Arab Emirates invested in a family firm. The Saudis have provided numerous de facto gifts. And sometimes the gifts have been simply gifts. The Qataris gave Trump a jet. The list is very long. And now — we are using military force to take the side of precisely the countries who have enriched Trump and his family. This backdrop must at the very least be stated in the reporting of the war. Along with the subversion of democracy, personal corruption provides a second interpretive framework.

Why Attack Iran?

Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

"A war is a time when we will be told not to ask questions. But a war is actually when questions must be asked....

War does not create a clean slate where suddenly we have to believe the absurd just because a leader says it. On the contrary, war provides the opportunity to see the core of the absurdity and the destruction that is being offered to us."
- Timothy Snyder
https://snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack-iran

#Trump #Corruption #War #Iran #Israel #UAE #SaudiArabia #Qatar #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates

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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

"I do not protest this war on behalf of the Iranian regime. The Iranian regime deserves no sympathy and will receive none from me.

I protest it on behalf of the Constitution of the #UnitedStates.

Article I, Section 8 of the #Constitution vests the power to declare war in #Congress. Not the president. Congress. This was not an accident or an oversight. The Founders were explicit, deliberate, and emphatic about this."
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-this-illegal-war

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Corruption #War #Iran #News #US

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On this Illegal War
A statement of protest

by Mike Brock
Feb 28, 2026
Headline: On this Illegal War A statement of protest by Mike Brock Feb 28, 2026
Headline: On this Illegal War A statement of protest by Mike Brock Feb 28, 2026

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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 24 hours ago

" #DonaldTrump did not consult #Congress. He did not seek a declaration of #war. He did not invoke the War Powers Resolution... He posted a video on Truth Social at two-thirty in the morning and announced that the #UnitedStates #military had begun major combat operations against a sovereign nation.

This is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is exactly what the Founders designed the #Constitution to prevent."
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-this-illegal-war

#Trump #Corruption #Iran #Politics #News #US #USA #America

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I do not protest this war on behalf of the Iranian regime. The Iranian regime deserves no sympathy and will receive none from me.

I protest it on behalf of the Constitution of the United States.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution vests the power to declare war in Congress. Not the president. Congress. This was not an accident or an oversight. The Founders were explicit, deliberate, and emphatic about this. They had watched what kings did with the power to make war unilaterally. They had read their history. They knew that the power to send men to die was too consequential, too irreversible, and too liable to abuse to be placed in a single pair of hands. So they placed it in the hands of the people’s representatives. That is what the document says. That is what it has always said.

Donald Trump did not consult Congress. He did not seek a declaration of war. He did not invoke the War Powers Resolution, which itself represents a decades-long erosion of congressional authority that we should have stopped long before now. He posted a video on Truth Social at two-thirty in the morning and announced that the United States military had begun major combat operations against a sovereign nation.

This is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is exactly what the Founders designed the Constitution to prevent.
Text from article: I do not protest this war on behalf of the Iranian regime. The Iranian regime deserves no sympathy and will receive none from me. I protest it on behalf of the Constitution of the United States. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution vests the power to declare war in Congress. Not the president. Congress. This was not an accident or an oversight. The Founders were explicit, deliberate, and emphatic about this. They had watched what kings did with the power to make war unilaterally. They had read their history. They knew that the power to send men to die was too consequential, too irreversible, and too liable to abuse to be placed in a single pair of hands. So they placed it in the hands of the people’s representatives. That is what the document says. That is what it has always said. Donald Trump did not consult Congress. He did not seek a declaration of war. He did not invoke the War Powers Resolution, which itself represents a decades-long erosion of congressional authority that we should have stopped long before now. He posted a video on Truth Social at two-thirty in the morning and announced that the United States military had begun major combat operations against a sovereign nation. This is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is exactly what the Founders designed the Constitution to prevent.
Text from article: I do not protest this war on behalf of the Iranian regime. The Iranian regime deserves no sympathy and will receive none from me. I protest it on behalf of the Constitution of the United States. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution vests the power to declare war in Congress. Not the president. Congress. This was not an accident or an oversight. The Founders were explicit, deliberate, and emphatic about this. They had watched what kings did with the power to make war unilaterally. They had read their history. They knew that the power to send men to die was too consequential, too irreversible, and too liable to abuse to be placed in a single pair of hands. So they placed it in the hands of the people’s representatives. That is what the document says. That is what it has always said. Donald Trump did not consult Congress. He did not seek a declaration of war. He did not invoke the War Powers Resolution, which itself represents a decades-long erosion of congressional authority that we should have stopped long before now. He posted a video on Truth Social at two-thirty in the morning and announced that the United States military had begun major combat operations against a sovereign nation. This is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is exactly what the Founders designed the Constitution to prevent.

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