Iran War?

[Syt]

https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-03-17-2026#0000019c-fc83-de2d-addd-ffb3525d0000

In a lengthy statement on X, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Kent's letter contained "many false claims" and aggressively disputed his argument that Iran did not pose an imminent threat.

"As President Trump has clearly and explicitly stated, he had strong and compelling evidence that Iran was going to attack the United States first," Leavitt said. "This evidence was compiled from many sources and factors. President Trump would never make the decision to deploy military assets against a foreign adversary in a vacuum."

Leavitt also said the allegation that Trump acted against Iran under the influence from Israel is "both insulting and laughable."

Days after launching the war, Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S.

This administration makes Veep look like West Wing.

[Syt]

Also, Trump in 1980, saying he would have gone in with troops to free the hostages in Iran:

https://youtu.be/YKV0-EmtZG8?t=2276

[Zanza]

As Trump threatened invasions of two NATO members recently, I guess this rejection will not make a difference. He seemed fixated on ending NATO even before.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

As Trump threatened invasions of two NATO members recently, I guess this rejection will not make a difference. He seemed fixated on ending NATO even before.

indeed.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I think he's mainly upset that our NATO allies are not US vassals the way the tankie army keeps claiming they are.

[Bauer]

I thought NATO was a purely defensive alliance anyways.  Which always made Putins hysterics about it irreverent.

[Jacob]

Buddy told me about a twitter post he saw (rephrasing from memory):

"There'll be no World War III. The numbered release model isn't working for us, we've transitioned to a Seasonal DLC release model."

[DGuller]

I thought NATO was a purely defensive alliance anyways.  Which always made Putins hysterics about it irreverent.

Purely defensive alliances can still be very aggressive, if they keep you from regaining the territory that you consider yours.