Fox News talking heads are now trumpeting the accuracy of US intelligence that Trump claims to have used to justify the killing of the second most powerful member of the Iranian government, and all reference to the “Deep State” has ceased.  The reversal can cause serious whiplash if you’re not careful.  Even Sean Hannity got into the act, saying, “But I will say the big headline is, this is a huge victory for American intelligence, a huge victory for our military, a huge victory for the State Department, and a huge victory and total leadership by the president.”  Hannity has been railing about US intelligence for 3 years calling it the anti-Trump “Deep State”.

NY Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi tweeted earlier today that her sources call the evidence of imminent attacks was “razor thin” and leaves many questions.  Now that Congress is being finally briefed, the truth will come out, and I’ll lay odds that Trump and his enablers are lying about this, too.

Wag the Dog.

Look who is ten pounds of gall in a five pound sack!

Yeah, and soon he will be telling us that we will be welcomed with open arms and that the war will pay for itself and that we should go shopping.

Damn Republican wars.

US manufacturing is now at a ten year low, as reported by the The Institute for Supply Management, with its index dropping to 47.2 in December.  Anything below an index of 50 signals a manufacturing segment contraction.  So with the trade wars that have destroyed thousands of jobs, wrecked export markets for many industries, and saddled the manufacturing industries with dozens of tariffs, Trump’s “winning ” strategy is actually…not.

Last Spring, Senator Tom Udall introduced an amendment to the defense appropriation bill that would have prevented Trump from taking any military action against Iran or its leaders without congressional approval.  McConnell poo-pood it and all but 4 Repubs voted against it.  McConnell even said that Trump had assured him he had no intention of taking action against Iran.

How wrong he was, and now Trump is taking us UNILATERALLY into a war with no congressional oversight.  Huge mistake.

In a pre-dawn raid, the US just conducted a missile strike at the airport in Baghdad that killed General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force and the head of the Iraqi militia, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.  Internatonal crude prices are up sharply in the last hour on rumors of war with Iran.

Strap in.  Trump’s trying to start a war with Iran to distract from his problems at home.

And no, it’s not Trump.  It’s Obama.  Shocking.