I quoted from it just six weeks ago in conjunction with the U.S. strikes against suspected Venezuelan drug boats: the 1997 film titled “Wag the Dog” — a political satire in which a Hollywood producer (played by Dustin Hoffman) and a spin doctor (Robert De Niro) are hired by the U.S. government to fabricate a war with Albania in order to distract the public from a presidential sex scandal expected to break just weeks before an election.

And now they’ve gone and done it. Only this time, it’s not a fabrication, and it’s not a country unlikely to strike back. This time it’s real, and it could set the entire Middle East on fire, with repercussions to be felt throughout the world.

This morning, Israel launched a “preemptive” attack on Iran, followed by the start of “major combat operations” by the United States — necessitated, according to Donald Trump, in order to”to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.” [RFE/RL, February 28, 2026.]

Calling the operation “Epic Fury,” Trump said in a video:

“I do not make this statement lightly. The Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties that often happens in war, but we’re doing this not for now. We’re doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission.” [Id.]

Personally, I’ve never seen anything “noble” about war. And I believe the people of Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — where retaliatory missile strikes have already been felt — would agree with me.

On February 21st, I wrote that “Iran is not Venezuela” . . . that they would not sit idly by while a foreign invader attempted to overthrow their regime. I’m not an expert on Middle East affairs; but it doesn’t take an expert to look at the unique history of that part of the world and realize the dangers inherent in fomenting yet another conflict.

But Trump doesn’t bother with history. Nor, apparently, do the few people to whom he actually listens: his cadre of self-serving yes-men, rather than those with actual historical, diplomatic, and military experience.

As former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich wrote today:

“Even if our president was a wise and judicious man, surrounded by thoughtful advisers with impeccable integrity and wisdom, this would be a highly dangerous move.” [Robert Reich, substack.com, February 28, 2026.]

Donald Trump, and the like-minded lunatics propping him up in the White House, will not be satisfied until they have destroyed us all. Are we — and in “we” I include the U.S. Congress and Supreme Court — going to allow that to happen?

When is it going to be enough?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
2/28/26