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  • Aug 7, 2026, 4:24 AM

    Trump's forever war with Iran has already run out of missiles

    By Normal Island News

    President Trump is reportedly fuming with War Crimes Secretary Hegseth. It turns out the military campaign against Iran has hit a tiny snag: stockpiles of ATACMS, Tomahawks, and Patriot interceptors have plummeted harder than the president’s approval ratings.

    “We can just buy more, right?” Trump allegedly asked his team.

    “Oh, totally, sir,” his advisers replied. “It’ll just cost a few hundred billion dollars and take us about ten years. Until then, we’re completely defenceless and running out of strategic oil reserves. Plus, we have to bail out Japan.”

    Pete Hegseth was left scratching his head. He demanded to know why his approach of acting like the world’s manliest man and casually bragging about killing civilians didn’t translate into military victory. His generals pointed out they said war was a terrible idea from the start.

    As a man of integrity, Hegseth took full responsibility and put the blame on his deputy, Stephen Feinberg—a man who definitely isn’t working on behalf of Israel. Trump then held an emergency meeting with the least qualified people he could find. Thankfully, they’ve come up with a genius new strategy: scream about raining Armageddon on Tehran, then do absolutely nothing.

    Officials finally noticed that every launch cost the US way more than it cost Iran, making the war a form of national self-harm. If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of a billion people laughing in China.

    More here...

    open.substack.com/pub/normalis

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  • Aug 7, 2026, 11:08 PM

    @peterbrown
    I just looked up when I created that note:
    2026-04-24 19:44
    Donald Trump can't say he wasn't warned. Mind you, he head general told him not to go to war with Iran in the first place.
    I read a funny thing in CNN a bit ago. I'll see if I can find it...

    Trump’s top general is ‘looking for an off-ramp’ from Iran war as US military options remain limited, sources say

    I love this quote from the above headline story:

    Trump has consistently appeared averse to the idea of deploying ground troops in Iran, instead signaling he believes that air bombing can force them to agree to a deal on his terms.

    "... [Trump] believes that air bombing..."

    On what basis is he qualified to have any opinion whatsoever‽‽ WTAF? :-)
    No education and daddy bought him a free draft dodger ticket out of Vietnam! Absolutely the worst choice of person to go to for an opinion on a) entering the war (he was advised NOT to do it) or b) continuing it!
    What a maroon, as Bugs Bunny would say - but I believe 'The Donald' to be a true Loony Toon. Just a crazy psychopath.
    But half of the voting USA citizens and congress is just obediently being, well, obedient to his crazy prognostications and desires. Absolutely nuts.

    OK. I managed to remember an HN comment that I read this morning. This is where the USA is right now, today:

    zmmmmm 10 hours ago | prev | next [–]
    I read up recently on the history of the fall of the roman empire and it was fascinating how eerily similar it was to the current state of the US. Overwhelmed by corruption and wars they make stupider and stupider decisions on ever larger scales, ever more frequently. And the population grows ever more cynical, eventually opting for authoritarianism before eventually the center can't hold any more and it all collapses in on itself.
    Funnily enough, the most striking part was the pure stupidity of a lot of it - seems so strange, but every day it seems I hear another really stupid story and think ... huh, maybe it really can be like that.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208314

    Look well you, I'm not claiming to be the brightest candle on the cake, but I'm not the dullest knife in the drawer either - I've read the same analysis over and over from people with a lot more smarts and education than I have like Mearsheimer and Chomsky and Hedges and... it's not only me. I'm just recognizing the pattern that my betters keep pointing out to me.  This is the collapse of the USA's hegemony on the planet.
    It's simply a question of how long it will take and how painful it will be on people.
    Maybe India, but more likely China is next up. It won't be Russia for sure; too weak and damaged goods. Sure, there's the BRICs, but China is the leader. The axis of power is certainly shifting away from the USA and the EU.

    One man's opinion and I'm nobody! :-)

    @PabloMartini

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