"It's astonishing that we're building up for a significant military clash, and Congress isn't involved, no real case is being made to the public, and the average American has no clue," wrote one columnist.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43392244

Feb. 18, 2026

Barak Ravid reported for Axios on Wednesday that, with a deal between the US and Iran appearing increasingly out of sight, “the Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize” and “It could begin very soon.”

Sources told the outlet that “A US military operation in Iran would likely be a massive, weeks-long campaign that would look more like full-fledged war than last month’s pinpoint operation in Venezuela.”

  • Asafum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    5 hours ago

    a draft on Monday.

    They can fuck right off with that shit. I’ll die before I let them send me off to kill other people. The millisecond they hand me a gun I’ll shoot the highest ranking person near me and then shoot myself.