So what happens when Trump decides the quickest way to get out of Iran is to just drop a few nukes?
We're counting on the people around him to stop him?
Sanity will suddenly blossom in the wasteland that is our government?
Think it's a paranoid fear?
Eh?
WE ARE CARPET BOMBING TEHRAN
still not angry? still just "well, it'll get figured out at some point"?
Holy shit we are fucked in the head in this country
We are NOT a meritocracy, or an enlightened republic of democratic values and practices.
We are a body of people who are continually abused and taken advantage of and played for fools and now our sons and daughters are going to die in a foreign land for the rich men.
Again. And AGAIN. AND AGAIN.
Who in their godamn right mind honestly thought Trump, the moron with a third grade reading level who was handed unlimited power and authority would NOT do this?
And now the Senate just said, "yeah, ok, we're good with this."
FUCK OUR COUNTRY.
Stop believing the lies. Start seeing the truth.
/12
Look, I'll get to the fucking point.
We are now in a world fucking war. It may not seem so just yet - but its happening. The ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST is at war. We're sending more troops and weapons.
And what does our System do? Justify it. Scramble the airwaves.
We didn't get here by chance.
/11
To convince us that we have CHOICE.
Choice? What choice? The car we drive? The phone we carry? The idiot box that keeps us entertained and educated and enthralled?
It used to be that we turned the damn thing off at 10pm. We had a life outside of Wise Teacher Television.
Not anymore.
/10
The GOP knew anybody BUT a literal avatar of the system would win. And they put a racist, rapist, piece of shit pig up and of course he fucking won.
When Trump won in 2016 - was I surprised? No. Because that's how the System works. It bounces us between two seemingly opposite poles -
/9
They forced Hilary on us again. “it’s her TURN” and “we HAVE to because it’s ONLY FAIR”
This power mad bitch who KNEW the Iraq Invasion was based on lies but voted YES anyway because “we have to trust the administration on this.”
So of course Trump won.
We’d been fucked for a decade plus.
/8
But we learned the lesson. Shut up. Be quiet. Do as you’re told or you’re fired and you can pray for another miracle that you get that job against the 10,000 others.
And so we have. The economy did improve. We started pulling our shit together.
But the System wasn’t done. Nope.
/7
Families suddenly dispossessed of everything while government services crashed.
But we bailed the banks out. Again - with our taxes.
2009 bled into 2010 then 2011 and 12.
10,000 applicants for one job.
And we got Obamacare.
Not universal coverage. No. We still had to pay.
/6
Then - the mortgage industry got creative. Give everyone a mortgage.
Then when they’re games finally came due - we went bankrupt.
2008 I watched as families were thrown out of those homes.
The homeless encamped on the Verde River grew from 100 yard stretch to two miles.
/5
If you don’t employ full time.
So my clients - they’d work 39 hours and earn just barely enough to qualify for Section 8, Food Stamps and Medicaid.
This was a conscious policy.
We subsidize these fuckers who snort coke off strippers tits with the taxes we pay.
/4
Turned out I was right.
So I stepped away. I became a social worker. I decided to focus on helping my community.
And I learned that the Big Corporations - WalMart, Target, Amazon, etc consciously inflicted poverty on their workers.
They did. They still do.
You don’t have to pay benefits
/3
My life was threatened.
I learned de-escalation one pissed off red blooded American at a time, usually over a beer where they would finish by saying, “I still don’t agree with you, but I no longer want to kick your ass.”
And the System told its lies and the System invaded Iraq.
/2
Fuck our country. Yes I mean that.
In 2002 I believed we could have a voice in the decisions of our government.
I joined the Anti-War Movement.
I wrote editorials. I marched. I stood in front of the federal buildings with my posters.
I was called traitor. I was called terrorist.
/1
Anyone know what happens when you start a war without a plan for how to end it?
Guess we're about to find out. Just a hint - it doesn't end quick. Ask Ukraine.
If we and the Israelis are so dominating the Iranian airspace - how the fuck do the Iranian's keep launching their missiles?
And how is it that suddenly all 16 MidEast states that Americans are staying in are suddenly evacuating?
Me thinks there was a lack of planning...
Ain't it funny how little coverage there is of Israel's INVASION of Lebanon?
Wonder how the Lebanese are feeling about now. Curious if the Lebanese military sits on the sidelines for this one.
Everybody get ready for Iran literally whipping our asses over in the MidEast. I know the info space is garbled and the system per usual is proudly proclaiming our dominance and martial vigor but Israel sure is doing a bangup job keeping footage of the non-stop bombardment of Tel Aviv to a minimum.
Ain't it about time we faced the truth that "American Exceptionalism" has never been what we were raised to believe it is?
We are the bad guys. We've been the bad guys.
How else do you think we got here today?
Here's how you know that our government is lost to the corporations, billionaires and foreign interests -
Congress does NOTHING about bringing a stop to this war with Iran.
There you go. Try to deny the reality.
Yeah, that whole "peaceful protest" and "we'll take the high road" to "peaceful change of power in the US" - are you starting to realize how fucking stupid it always has sounded? Trump just started a world war. You think the GOP plans to go peacefully? Wake up people. Denial doesn't work.
Congratulations everyone - we are now at war with the entire fucking Middle East. This is not going to be some short series of bombing runs. By the end of next week - don't be surprised if Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan declare war on Iran.
I’m not asking for it. I just think it’s foolish to hope and pray as a intentional way of averting the crisis.
I think it’s cute how so many think this is all going to be resolved in a civilized and respectful manner.
If we don’t devolve into a world war to resolve this shit, I will be amazed.
Still think the 1% are NOT our enemies?
Still think our tolerance in allowing them to exist is going to work out for us?
Trump is just the Puppet.
Ain't it about time they discovered what we all feel on a daily basis - fear?
Wanting to deny these stories as real is a normal reaction to this horror.
I assure you - these types of stories are very real. They happen. They ARE happening in your community.
And it was always the rich, powerful, educated fuckers who did this - in my direct experience.
Just putting this out there -
I spent the first 10 years of my career as a social worker in CPS and child welfare.
Don’t assume the horror stories in the latest Epstein Files are bullshit just because they’re so fucking horrifying.
Yes there are “human beings” who do these things.
/1
Has it started to dawn on you that the reason this is all happening is because we were ALREADY a POLICE STATE?
Yes, ICE must be abolished but that’s just a first step.
Undoing the police state is the long term task.
