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‘Peace’ President Trump Launches another War, This time a Doozy that Could Rival Bush’s Iraq Nightmare

U.S. Central Command strike during Operation Epic Fury in Iran, 2 March 2026.

US President Donald Trump, who already shares the title of the 21st Century’s worst perpetrator of genocide along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, can now add the title of worst war criminal of the 21st Century for his completely unprovoked war on Iran, also shared with Netanyahu.

When President Roosevelt took to the radio in 1941 to notify the American people of Japan’s US surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii he called the blitz by carrier-based aircraft and mini-subs on December 7, “A date that will live in infamy.”

Roosevelt was referring to a Japan’s decision to attack the US without first declaring war, though later research shows that the Japanese government did send such a warning to be delivered to the White House by the Japanese Embassy in Washington, but because of difficulty there in translating the code, it arrived after the attack was already underway.

In Trump’s case, Pentagon planning for this joint attack on Iran by the US and Israel, which began early last November, from the start was meant to be a complete surprise.

As Iran was in no condition to attack the US, even as Trump had assembled the largest naval armada since........

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