Nobody is telling the truth. Why did the war on Iran start? Was it because Israel had decided to launch a go-it-alone air war, as Marco Rubio said?

Was it because Pete Hegseth convinced Donald Trump to go to war? Was it because Binyamin Netanyahu persuaded the US president that an American-Israeli assault was risk-free and would topple the regime of the Ayatollahs?

The only truth is that most of the parties to the conflict are lying.

Did the US really believe that Iran would be a passive victim and not retaliate with attacks on energy facilities? If so, the court of the idiot king in Washington is populated almost completely by jesters.

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It now appears that US policy in the Middle East and in Ukraine is being decided by Trump and by two property developers, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, neither of whom has any experience or background in international affairs, but who are using the current world crisis to enrich themselves.

When Iran predictably choked........

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