The Schloss-Blog is not amused that the United States is once again participating in a war (Iran) that will result in many deaths around the Middle East. We were promised no more wars, we were promised the end of two wars, on "day one." How's that working out?
Also, we're a little ticked that the @WhiteHouse is using the Gold Medal-winning U.S. Men's Hockey Team as political props, promoting their presence at the State of the Union address and giving the goalie, Conner Hellybuyck, the Medal of Honor. Brady Tkachuk isn't happy the the president used his image in a video that appears to show him disparaging Canadians, who @Trump despises.
Bill Maher, the acerbic comic and talk-show host, has said repeatedly that he thinks @Trump despises war, an impression he took away from a dinner with Trump.
He's not so sure about it now.
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Trump said in June that we had obliberated Iran's nuclear capabilities. Now, with this weekend's attacks on Iran, are we obliberating them again, or attempting to?
Again?
Will this be a long-term campaign? Will Americans die? Will American boots be on the ground in Iran?
Nobody knows, or is saying.
Iran is no peaceful state: slaughtering protesters; financing and arming terrorists in the Middle East; vowing to destroy Israel, and already with many years of American blood on its hands, dating back to the embassy occupancy in 1979.
Trump wants Iranians to rise up against is dictatorial regime. Will they? They were slaughtered in the streets weeks ago. History says they'll be slaughtered again, as in: Hungary 1956; Bay of Pigs, 1961; and Tiananmen Square, 1989.
Yet, the president who professes to be the should've-been and next would-be Nobel Peace Prize winner, has launched eight - EIGHT - military operations in his first 13 months in office so far.
Nobel Peace Prize, my ass.
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If the battle persists, if the campaign goes on - days, weeks, months even - impact to oil prices is immeasurable. Estimates are that 20% to 40% of the world's crude oil passes through the Straits of Hormuz and with Irani-sympathetic terrorists prospectively targeting shipments there, impact to crude oil prices could jump as much as 70%, by some estimates, in the result of a protracted conflict.
Or just for revenge by Iranian-sympathetic Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas.
Oh boy!
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Also, back home, America is celebrating the U.S. Gold Medal in Hockey at the Olympics in a thrilling 2-1 overtime win over Canada.
Oh, that's the women's team, the one that won't go the White House because of @Trump's insults and disparagement of women.
The men's team did participate in White House misogyny by showing up at the State of the Union and receiving @Trump's blessing, little knowing that they were being used as political props by @Trump.
Heroic goalie Connor Hellebucyk will receive the Medal of Honor from @Trump for making 41 saves in the historic win over Canada, or about as many saves as wars @Trump claims to have stopped.
More significantly, American Brady Tkachuk, a star player, is miffed over his use in a White House video that appears to show him disparaging Canada.
In other words, he recognized that he and the team are being used as props by @Trump.
Congratulations.
SNL had its take on it as well.
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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Hilary Knight.
More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
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