{"id":21721,"date":"2025-06-22T20:17:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=21721"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:55:13","slug":"trump-bombs-iran-my-first-penalty-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/22\/trump-bombs-iran-my-first-penalty-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Bombs Iran, My First Penalty Flags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/train-wrecktrumpiran.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/train-wrecktrumpiran-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/train-wrecktrumpiran-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/train-wrecktrumpiran-800x536.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/train-wrecktrumpiran-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/train-wrecktrumpiran-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/train-wrecktrumpiran.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iran flag-map image via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Kamran.nef\">Kamran.nef<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are my initial carpings on Trump&#8217;s bombing of Iran:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If only the Japanese had issued a &quot;time for peace&quot; statement after bombing Pearl Harbor like Trump did tonight.  Shakespeare wrote: &quot;Cry havoc and loose the dogs of war.&quot; Trump had his 4 minute victory lap statement tonight. Will he still be strutting on Independence Day? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gfBDrkaeeW\">pic.twitter.com\/gfBDrkaeeW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936614093257130164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is the MAGA flip-flop embracing Trump&#39;s warmongering on Iran as dramatic as the Communist Party&#39;s 1939 flip-flop on Hitler after the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was announced? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtracey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mtracey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paleoliberal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@paleoliberal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielLMcAdams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanielLMcAdams<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJHRETjZFZ\">pic.twitter.com\/aJHRETjZFZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936813893604508013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VP Vance explains that it is fine &amp; good for the US to launch bombing attacks on foreign nations because we no longer have a &quot;dumb president.&quot;  Is this the best the White House spin docs can offer? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EX1L3nhvyR\">https:\/\/t.co\/EX1L3nhvyR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936888575515078943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> Hegseth press conference offered mindless adulation of Trump in lieu of a clear explanation &amp; justification for a preemptive attack on Iran.<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936765117296767448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exaltation here and elsewhere on social media over last night&#39;s carnage. But bombing a foreign nation is not a mere theological affirmation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/496WanQpYi\">pic.twitter.com\/496WanQpYi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936810753131937859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All these Trump team &amp; MAGA victory laps after Trump&#39;s attack on Iran. But there is not a 24 hour time limit for vast evils to fly out of Pandora&#39;s Box after it is bombed open.<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936806159505395829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump babbles &quot;now is the time for peace.&quot;  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a> headline far better captures the chaos and carnage that Trump may have unleashed. Far easier to &quot;enter&quot; a war than end it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZZYA7Mp0D\">pic.twitter.com\/iZZYA7Mp0D<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936588174459080792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Trump have better luck fighting Iran than the U.S. Navy had fighting the Houthis? WSJ blows the whistle on stunning fight-to-a-draw  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KcWJ0GoaWI\">https:\/\/t.co\/KcWJ0GoaWI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936995327514468402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lucky that Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> Hegseth finished their post-bombing victory laps before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a> revealed that Trump missed perhaps most important target. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UYHhBIWdxU\">pic.twitter.com\/UYHhBIWdxU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936937118523179324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a few hours before Trump formally entered the war against Iran&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">D.C.&#39;s National Cathedral looking radiant &amp; almost hallowed. Picture from a hike I led today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N2SwnL4HXq\">pic.twitter.com\/N2SwnL4HXq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936535862487273867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump bombs Iran to prove his devotion to peace. 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