Like a nasty boil, the war between Iran and Israel is coming to a head, and President Trump may be the surgeon asked to lance it. At PJM, VodkaPundit thinks The Mullahs Are Out of Cards — Except One: Operation Rising Lion. "So long as Fordow stands, the mullahs can bluff and bargain from a position of latent strength. If you want lasting peace, that card must be taken off the table. The path to peace runs through the destruction of Fordow." And, short of a manned invasion of Israeli special forces, the only way to destroy Fordo(w), is the US B2 Spirit Bomber, and the bunker buster that only it can carry. Big Badda-Boom: Why Only One Plane and One Bomb Can Crack Fordow. Bob Hoge at RedState, What You Need to Know About the 30,000-lb. Bomb That Could Crush Iran's Nuclear Weapons Dreams. Insty says WELL, THAT’S CONVENIENT: Open Source Intel @Osint613 "The air defense battery at the Fordow nuclear facility has been destroyed" I'm reluctant to get the US directly involved in the conflict, but if that's the only way . . . From the Free Bacon, Trump Tells Khamenei: We Know Where You're Hiding and 'Our Patience Is Wearing Thin'. Ace, Trump: "I'm In No Mood to Negotiate," Says He's Not Looking for a Ceasefire with Iran, But Rather "an End." ""An end" to the problem of Iran's nuclear program and, perhaps, an end to Iran's 70 year war on America. Not "an end" to Iran itself. (Though he does seem to now favor regime change.) Trump gave a 1am press conference last night to knock down claims that he's working to spare Iran and save the Ayatollah." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Trump to Iran: 'Unconditional Surrender'; Putin to Iran: [Crickets]; UPDATE: Iran Readying Attacks on US. NewsMax has a Report: Iran Preps for Retaliatory Strikes on US Bases. Ace, Iran Threatens a "Surprise the World Will Remember for Centuries" Tonight. "I don't want to be alarmist, but what they seem to be hinting at is dropping a nuke. Breaking911 @Breaking911, "IRANIAN STATE MEDIA: "There is a surprise tonight that the world will remember for centuries."" They also posted a video of a hand stroking a nuclear warhead. I think if it happened last night I would have heard about it by now. Jim Geraghty at NRO has a Report that Ayatollah Khamenei Is Not Making Decisions ‘Due to His Poor Mental State.’ So we have Joe Biden situation going on in Iran?
Kurt Schlichter@KurtSchlichter "Have any of them ever won a war?" Quote Mark Hemingway @Heminator "Hey everyone Michael Hayden and a handful of other liberal generals oppose the Trump administration! I know you’re as shocked as I am. x.com/gavinnewsom/st…" VodkaPundit at Insty uses the patented HEH: Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin "Joking aside, the reason the online isolationists are having such a meltdown is actually not even that they are "anti-war". Current events are shattering the illusion that their hot takes are representative or influential. This is why they're so upset. The reason they have been able to maintain this illusion in their minds despite the fact that President Trump has always been pro-Israel and a hawk on Iran is that the illusion was flattering to them. Thousands and thousands of likes on their posts about how Churchill was the chief villain of WWII and Israel is the root of all evil went to their head. They thought they had power. The thought they had influence. And now that they've realised they don't they're calling for Trump to be impeached. My thoughts and prayers are with them at this difficult time." Ace, Trump to Hyper-Isolationists: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, "Trump's rapid-response account is now posting Trump's many, many, many previous statements declaring that Iran must never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, ever, full stop no caveats. But apparently when Trump said this over and over and over again, the hyper-isolationists all heard him saying, "I promise I will pursue Barack Obama's Iran policy and help Iran get a nuclear bomb. And also, again like Barack Obama, when Iran's regime is fatally threatened, I will step in to save it." He ever said these things. You made them up. You wanted him to say them, but he never, ever did. He said the opposite." Let's be honest. They're not hyper-isolationists, they're globalists who favor Iran over Israel. WSJ worries If Iran’s Oil Is Cut Off, China Will Pay the Price "Chinese refineries have become hooked on cheap imports of sanctioned Iranian crude." Fill your car.
Althouse finds "Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a 'ease fire' between Israel and Iran. Wrong!" "He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned!" and wonders Did Trump drop those papers out on purpose to make Starmer bend over?. Ellie A @EllieGAnders "Victor Davis Hanson laying it out: -he halved the trade deficit from 160 billion to 80 -we have the lowest inflation in 4 years -personal income is up -personal savings is up -energy costs are down And it's because he's trying to think of ways to help the middle."Althouse, "Who would have thought that this island boy, growing up in Samoa in a hut, would design something that was in L.A, Fashion Week, Australian Fashion Week and in Buckingham Palace?" "Said Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, quoted in "'Project Runway' Designer Is Fatally Shot During Utah 'No Kings' Protest/Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, a Samoan-born fashion designer, was participating in an anti-Trump protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday when he was shot by a man working security, the police said" (NYT)." So the DNC hires Antifa to police their riots? Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo "A leftist supporter of the “No Kings” anti-Trump protest was arrested in West Chester, Pa. and found with multiple weapons. A search of his home revealed a homemade pipe bomb." Just getting ready for his security gig, I guess. Victory Girls, No Heart – Ann & Nancy Wilson Object To Army Using Barracuda. "So would it make a difference to the Wilson sisters if they knew that President Trump didn’t personally pick the playlist for the units as they moved through the District? It seems like each unit played their songs through their public address system. Would it make a difference to Ann and Nancy of Heart that it was 20 year old tank drivers who picked this song. This nearly 50 year old song. Did Ann and Nancy see those 25 year old tank drivers waving with pride to the kids in the crowds." Tony Lane @TonyLaneNV, "Caught on camera: NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani losing it as he tries to force his way to Tom Homan. If this is how he acts now, imagine the disaster if he ever held office. Unfit. Unhinged. Unbelievable. Thoughts?" Sarah Anderson at TownHall, Unhinged NYC Mayoral Candidate Melts Down, Screams at Tom Homan in Bizarre Resurfaced Stunt. Ace, Democrat NYC Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate Arrested for Attempting to Physically Block ICE from Arresting a Criminal Illegal, Update: Poll Shows Massive Support for ICE. "The Democrats are claiming this was a Mostly Peaceful Violent Obstruction of Federal Officials. The Democrats are engaging in a cynical, communist game of escalating violent confrontations with law enforcement." One of these days they're going to provoke one of their lunatics to kill ICE agents, or provoke ICE into beating the shit out of them. Abi Johnson at TownHall, Joy Behar Tried to Bait Arnold Schwarzenegger on the ICE Raids. His Answer Was Epic. ""When you come to America, you are a guest, and you have to behave like a guest," said Schwarzenegger. "Every single thing, if it's my body building career, if it's my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family I've created, all of this is because of America. That's why I'm so, so happy to see firsthand that this is the greatest country in the world, and this is the land of opportunity." "The key thing is also at the same time that we got to do things legal," said Schwarzenegger. His statement was met with audible gasps. As he continued to speak, one of the hosts put her hand on his arm, as if to stop him from speaking, but he was not dissuaded." Cathy Salgado reports DHS Secretary Noem Rushed to Hospital in DC. Fair enough, I'm allergic to D.C. too. I stay away, if possible.
From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.17.25 (Afternoon Edition), Louder With Crowder: Donald Trump vs. Tucker Carlson on whether Israel is Dragging the US into War Against Iran, Boomer freaks out on a Trump doll to reduce his anxiety, thinks he’s the normal one and Dude gets angry car in front of him at drive-thru is a Trump Supporter… so he calls the store to WARN them, CDR Salamander: Israel Buys Itself, The World, & Iranians More Time, Dana Loesch: Welp, The Socialist Movements Behind The LA Riots, EBL , Tim Walz’s Murderous Appointee Apprehended, Twitchy: Trump Says He Won’t Call “Whacked Out” Tim Walz,
Althouse finds "But during the transition Ramaswamy and Musk increasingly disagreed about how to make the government more efficient" at the New Yorker.
Matt Margolis at PJM hears Kash Patel Drop 2020 Election Interference Evidence Bombshell and The FBI Was Ordered to Destroy Evidence of China’s 2020 Election Plot to Help Biden. China mass produced fake IDs for Chinese immigrants in the US so they could register and vote. FBI hid/destroyed the evidence, and Chris Wray lied to Congress about it. At NewsMax, FBI Turns Over Intel on Alleged Chinese 2020 Election Interference Plot. Ace, FBI Finally Delivers Documents to Congress Alleging a Plot by the Chinese Communist Party to Give Fake IDs to Illegal Aliens to Vote Against Trump in 2020. So did it make the difference in the 2020 election? I don't know, but I'm pretty sure the Chinese wouldn't do it unless they thought it might.
Reagan Reese at Da Caller reports Trump Targets Blue Cities With Deportation Strategy. The Balmer Sun whines that the Trump plan to target deportations in Democratic-run cities like Baltimore raises legal issues. Why did Bonny and Clyde rob banks? Because that's where the money was. Ace, The Obama-Biden Policy of "Catch and Release" Is Over as Trump Does Not Release a Single Illegal Alien in May, "There have been a couple of illegals released here and there, but you can count them on two hands. And now: None. At Am Spec, Dave Catron looks at The Sanctuary State Confederacy "Democrat governors emulate the actions and incendiary rhetoric of their 19th Century forebears." At Campus Reform, Texas illegal alien students push to have in-state tuition reinstated.
At Chronic, What Really Happened to Pride Month. "If the Trump administration is using state power to tamp down this cultural incursion, it’s not a new phenomenon. They’re playing by the rules that the Obama and Biden administrations wrote. And after a quarter century of bullying by the left, a silent majority of Americans welcome the relief." At Althouse, "It reminds me of a line that I hear less now, but I used to see it a lot, which is: It’s not my job to educate you." ""I always thought about that line because on one level, I understood it. It’s probably not your job to educate anyone. But if you’re in politics, if what you’re trying to do is political change, I always found that line to be almost antipolitical. That if what you want to do is change a law, change a society, change a heart, and you’re the one who wants to do it — well then, whose job is it? And who are you expecting to do it?" Said Ezra Klein, interviewing Sarah McBride , in "How to Beat Back Trump on Trans Rights — and Much Else/Representative Sarah McBride reckons with the trans rights movement’s shortcomings and how to win hearts and minds through a politics of grace" (NYT)." John Sexton at Hat Hair, Ezra Klein: Why the Left is Losing on Trans Issues "we needed to recognize that we were talking to ourselves. We were fighting fights that felt viscerally comforting to our own base, or fighting fights in a way that felt viscerally comforting to our own base, rather than maintaining proximity to the public and being normal people."
The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Before The Deluge up on time and under budget at the Other McCain.
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