they've had months to do this and all trump did was delay and delay and fuck around and fuck around and squander it and piss it all away and give them time to rebuild.

the media narrative is going to be that the military failed, but that's wrong. the military was extremely successful. what has failed is diplomacy, which should never have been attempted with an irrational state actor like the terrorist death cult of iran. the solution is to stop wasting time with diplomacy and use the military to get the job done, before the russians move nukes from kazakhstan in or something.

trump is asking congress for a trillion dollars. it's clear he's going to squander it on foolish attempts at deal-making and negotiating and other kinds of diplomacy with a terrorist death cult, rather than use it to force through immediate regime change.

congress should use the money as leverage to force trump to make a deal to step down, then release it when he's gone.

the united states had air dominance in iran for months. iran hasn't had any air defenses since last year. if something is shooting planes down, that something was recently moved into the country from outside of it.

instead of take advantage of that window of air dominance, which was created at some expense (it wasn't free) with the intent to take advantage of it, the president stupidly decided to use it as "leverage" in negotiations. this merely allowed iran time to rebuild it's air defenses.

bombing civilian infrastructure is not what i indicated support for. i indicated support for rapid regime change. even so, that was supposed to happen two weeks ago. what did trump think the iranians were going to do with that two week time window, if not scramble to defend themselves? the stupidity is baffling.

the united states will re-establish air dominance, but it's going to cost them money, time and possibly equipment and lives.

the country needs a better commander in chief that isn't going to continue to squander the positions it wins with it's military in a quixotic mission to sign an agreement, but is going to use the positions it wins to force through what it wants, whether the mullahs are in agreement or not.

i told you when the americans started bombing that they'd better get regime change done quick, because it won't be long before the chinese sneak in and start shooting things down. instead, they intentionally left the regime in place in order to try to negotiate a "deal", and the chinese are now shooting things done.

this strategic blunder of trying to negotiate a settlement instead of going in at full force may be remembered as one of the biggest tactical mistakes of all time, especially if it leads to rapid american losses at the hands of very capable chinese air defenses.

we know this mistake was predictable because i predicted it. but it's very frustrating, because i'm certain his generals were pushing him to go in fast, and he just completely ignored them.

that doesn't mean the americans can run away and it doesn't mean iran has a future. there remains no alternative to regime change in iran, and it's a matter of when, not of if. what it does mean is that it's going to require a lot more effort, and cause a lot more death. what might have been fast is not going to be fast, now. now, we're looking at a long war.

i might have opposed starting this war on these terms, but i don't support pulling out of it. the americans have to win this war.

the united states has a structural organizational defect in that it allows for civilian military oversight. there's a reason for this. but uneducated knowitalls should never again be allowed to lecture five star generals on how to win a war. the office of the presidency was clearly a bad idea. america is going to need to take a closer look at the wisdom of westminster, i think,

As gasoline prices keep ticking higher toward $2 a litre and diesel sits near $2.50, there is little relief for Canadian drivers as the global energy crisis grows with no end in sight to the Iran war.

that is great news!

stop destroying the planet, you fucking retards.

ride a bicycle, instead.

i've been arguing that the deep state should assassinate trump for refusing to enforce regime change in iran, but his persistently delusional and nonsensical comments suggest that s. 25 has real value and force.

it is increasingly obvious that his mental health is failing.

i don't have any kids. 

or, at least, i think i don't have any kids. 

there's one individual that's now a young woman, and...there's a 5% chance. i'm almost certain she's not mine, i'm just not completely sure. mom gave me very weird mixed signals, and was a hard woman to read correctly, but my interpretation was "she's not yours, but i will let you take over if you want", which i had no interest in doing. she never denied it or confirmed it and did weird things like send her to school with her own surname. mom wanted to maintain a level of strategic ambiguity to maximize her options. that was a general tactic, for mom.

i was so disinterested in the daughter that i largely cut off contact with mom and she never chased after me because she was disappointed but understood. i probably would have stayed friends with mom if it wasn't for the kid.

but i don't think i have kids.

if i did have kids, we would listen to heresy together on human sacrifice day. i may gave them some chocolate, depending on their temperament. i'd try to get across the importance of independent thought and individuality.

i generally don't remember easter at all, but i did remember it this year. so, i will post my yearly easter traditional music, which commemorates the moment that some people (usually not myself) stop for a minute and tell jesus to fuck off and die and go to hell.

it generally just doesn't cross my mind at all until i show up at the post office or something and realize it's closed, leaving me to try to figure out why.

"oh. right. it's human sacrifice day."

or, if you'd prefer: