The Eastern World, It Is Exploding ...

End of the beginning, or beginning of the end?Exactly how many tanks do the vicious villagers have?

Jack Goldsmith / Executive Functions:
Trump, Iran, Nuclear Weapons  —  A grim topic that Congress and the American people should be discussing  —  When asked in January by the New York Times “if there were any limits on his global powers,” President Trump responded: “Yeah, there is one thing.  My own morality.  My own mind.
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war  —  Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict  —  Brash and bellicose, he sounded more like a cartoon bully than a sombre statesman.
Aaron Parnas / The Parnas Perspective:   Important Sunday Update: Oil Prices Surge to Highest Point in Years, White House Does Not Rule Out Military Draft, Iran War Set to Expand

Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:   Trump's cable-news Cabinet tries to sell a war

CBS News:   Pete Hegseth: The 60 Minutes Interview

Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:   ‘It Was Done By Iran’: Trump Places Blame For Deadly Strike on Girls' School on Iran — And Gets Hegseth's Support

"My own morality. My own mind."We're in biiig trouble.