"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.”

  • crusa187@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Precisely, there is video of Netanyahu from 25 years ago addressing US Congress claiming Iranian nukes are just around the corner. It has always been a lie. Israel has been trying to drag us into this war on their behalf forever. Iran has a real military, unlike the Palestinians. Israel would get walloped by them without US support, and they don’t need nukes to do it.

    This is why their terms are just as ludicrous for this conflict as they have always been for Palestinians. Full ballistic missile disarmament is a joke, no nation in their right mind would consider this.