by liberal japonicus
The title quotes John McCain, (and I am in no way endorsing the sentiment), and novakant just noted the attack. The BBC has live reporting, while France24 reports Iran firing missles at Israel.
One striking thing to me is the paucity of coverage. It is not unexpected, but I don’t see a lot out there. Anyway, a thread for discussing this.
My immediate reaction to Trump’s “invitation” was… Wait. Did you just invite China to bring their aircraft carrier in, and give them a chance to fly planes around measuring US carriers’ premier radar signals, and getting a chance to bounce radar off F-35s? The US very carefully did not deploy F-35s over much of Syria while the Russians were there, because they didn’t want the Russians to know what the returns were like.
Assumes facts definitely not in evidence.
wj: I did consider putting the word experts in quotes, but rather thought it wasn’t necessary!
We are the corpses unless we decide not to be. But it’s got to be soon. Time is short. Their only chance to survive, their final gambit, is savage, murderous violence against us.
And don’t tell me they don’t have the fascist, subhuman will to do it:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vga2stK5bBo
If you can get beyond the paywall, this Fintan O’Toole piece describes the coming worldwide freakshow authored by the Christian Republican Conservative movement.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/whose-hemisphere-venezuela-fintan-otoole/
It will be nuclear.