Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
The US is paying out 1.2 million dollars in a case it won. This is corruption by the Trump administration–subverting the rule of law for a political ally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ALTLcHufk
There is a lack of planning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er43oa4GXyM
Mission creep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E7NMEgPZ_Q
Trump is comically obsessed with his fancy ballroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJqYSNK-GWg
“Officials from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have conveyed in private conversations that they do not want the military operation to end until there are significant changes in the Iranian leadership or there’s a dramatic shift in Iranian behavior, according to the officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gulf-allies-privately-case-trump-213824075.html
An SEC director quit because her bosses wouldn’t let her investigate insider trading by people who include those with ties to Trump’s circle. They won’t even let the SEC investigate insider trading! The Trump administration has gutted the SEC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY0LZHyNlHg
John Bolton believes Trump made many mistakes in this war, although he is for war to change the Iranian regime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSR3HmI3z1E
The US, Gulf states, and Israel are quickly running out of missile and drone interceptors.
The US also used over 25% of their long-range Tomahawks, possibly 45% of their JASSMs, and over 25% of their ATACMS.
By mid-May, the US could be out of many of these weapons.
The US has failed to build sufficient manufacturing capability. It will take many years to replace these munitions.
The US will have to use dumber bombs and take more hits on the defense if the war goes on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0234zEi1AG4
Iran says that the reason they enriched uranium past the agreed upon amount was because Trump betrayed the deal Iran made with the United States. They only did it as retaliation for the United States backing out of an agreement both countries agreed to, not because they wanted a nuke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DepJ5PkKBSs
Multiple times, Trump has drawn a red line about attacking Iran’s energy facilities, and then backed off. Iran has been calling Trump’s bluff. Both economically and militarily, Trump likes to push around countries not willing to stand up to the US. But, when countries do, Trump gets his ass kicked. China won the trade war. Iran is winning this war. Trump is a classic bully who only wins when the victim doesn’t fight back.
Iranian pragmatic officials are being replaced with hardliners.
Trump’s choice may be: accept the L, or massively escalate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzRhv8NiHWA