Came across this the other day (https://substack.com/@canadianreturnee/note/c-225898094?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=cgren).

Sums it up extremely well – there are no “good” guys waging this war. The hatred, the misogyny, the incompetence, the arrogance, the corruption – there’s no side to choose – both are equally dreadful.

If anything, in my world, trump scores higher on all these (and many other) criteria I could add to the list.

I find myself in the bizarre situation of actually offering a small, private fist-pump (“yes”) when Iran manages to hit another US installation, when they decide to let Chinese and a few other country’s ships safely through the Strait of Hormuz as a way of thumbing their nose at trump.

Just surviving is winning for the Iranians.

There is NO WINNING in this conflict for trump.

trump may declare he’s won, but the fact that Iran still stands makes a lie out of his claims. In the end Iran will survive – likely badly damaged, but standing, nevertheless. In the end, Iran will rebuild – maybe not quite the Iran from before the bombing, but their nation will continue to exist and it will continue to oppose the US and Israel. trump has made that a certainty.

I find myself saying out loud to non-US NATO members – it’s trump’s mess, let him clean it up. He didn’t want “help” – now is not the time to enter the war, and certainly not on trump’s side!

God only knows how this mess ends. Who can be a reliable broker between these two crazy regimes? If all there is on offer are “trump’s terms” – this war will go on for much longer than trump can imagine!

And now is not the time to forget Ukraine! NATO (without the US) has to keep supporting Ukraine – we all need to help the Ukrainians survive! https://u24.gov.ua