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Look, we’re in deep with Iran. Today is only a couple days into this mess, and it’s ugly. Trump calls it “Operation Epic Fury,” like it’s some blockbuster movie.
We – us and Israel – hit Tehran hard. Their nukes are gone. Their navy’s sunk. We even took out Khamenei. Yet, Iran didn’t sit still. They’re lobbing missiles at Israel, and at our bases in Kuwait, and other Gulf spots. Hezbollah’s in it too.
People are dying. Iran’s saying 550-plus dead already including a death count of more than 100 kids in school – probably way more under the rubble.
Six of our guys are gone.
Trump’s talking four, five weeks of this, maybe even boots on the ground. All of this is not to mention our depletion of missiles and other weaponry meant to protect us from attack from other evil doers.
Smoke everywhere – Tehran looks like hell. Israel’s got craters. Check the pics all over the news. And yeah, they hit back. And if we don’t pull the plug? Oil’s already up nine percent. Gas prices are about to sting. Grocery prices will soar too. Markets are crashing.
If Iran shuts the Strait of Hormuz, we’re talking global recession. Worse, there will be more dead, more refugees, more radicals popping up. This ain’t “winning”. It’s us bombing a country that never attacked us first.
And honestly? It’s just wrong. We didn’t need this. Talks were there. Qatar and Oman could’ve stepped in. But nah, we went big, preemptive, like Iraq all over again.
Trump’s saying “last chance” to stop nukes – except Trump said he already destroyed them in a prior strike months ago. Besides, Iran wasn’t about to launch nuclear missiles any more than we were.
But now we’re killing civilians, risking our own, and for what? Regime change? Good luck – they’re tough, not folding.
The only way out for us is to yell louder to Congress, UN, the newspapers and other media. Ceasefire now. No more graves. No more “victory” speeches while families bury kids.
Enough already.
And honestly we do not need another world war to satisfy the whims of the President and those around him – and to move attention away from those who would molest (and worse) children.
Bill Gindlesperger is a central Pennsylvanian, Dickinson College graduate, Pennsylvania System Of Higher Education (PASSHE) Governor, former Shippensburg University Trustee, awarded numerous patents, as well as Founder and Chairman of eLynxx Solutions. eLynxx provides cloud-software for automated sourcing and managing of mail marketing, swag, packaging, and all things print. He is a board member, campaign advisor, successful entrepreneur, published author and commentator. He can be reached at Bill.Gindlesperger@eLynxx.com.
