War? Or Just Trump Performing in Another Reality Show?

 I just got up to see YouTube littered with news of us sending missiles into Iran. I then checked the news feeds. Yep, Trump did it.

Well, no more nuclear treaty with Iran. I guess that is what you call Art of the Deal. Is this Sarajevo 1914? I really do not know. Trump has annoyed our allies, so I doubt they will be all that happy with Trump declaring war on Iran. It is not like Iran can do us any harm. We will see the future in the next few days.

US to give Pentagon briefing after bombing Iran nuclear sites - live updates  (BBC News)

What we know about US air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities  (BBC News)

Steve Schmidt has this to say this morning, America is at war in the Middle East. Again.:

Donald Trump has started something that can’t be ended by bluster or nonsensical declarations by Secretary Champagne Pete, his wife Jenny, or Secretary Little Marco.

Donald Trump, the last leader under which any nation would want to be at war, has made himself a wartime president with a push of a button. If there is one thing that every American with an IQ above a rose bush should appreciate is that it is much easier to start a war than end one.

Yeah, that's all true, but I am not so sure that they will not just walk away in the way they are walking away from Ukraine.

I agree with most of the following video, except for his thinking that Iran will negotiate with Trump. They feel screwed by us.

And yesterday was such a good day. I got to do some good work on revising "Love Stinks" (everyone has a rock to roll up a hill; everyone has a cross to carry). MW took me to lunch at The Downtown Farmstand, and we had a good time conversing; the heat did not really bother me until I came back from lunch; I did not get much done before Vespers, but I did afterward. 

During Vespers, it came to me that I will stay in Muncie, never getting to live in Bloomington, because it feels like the right thing to do. It gave me a feeling of peace. I would like growing old with St. Barnabas of Indiana.

Time to clean up for Liturgy.

Oh, I did learn something new (war is not something new, Trump's blustering ways are not too predictable) this morning - Indianapolis has the largest Burmese population in the country. In Indianapolis, with largest U.S. Burmese population, tariffs and travel ban hit hard (NBC News)

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