As always I only support military action anywhere, in any context, if it directly serves the interests of American citizens. It’s troubling that the arguments we’re hearing for this war in Iran, including from Trump himself, seem to revolve primarily around “bringing freedom to the Iranian people.” As Americans, the freedom of Iranians is not our responsibility. If a single American life is lost in the service of that goal, it will be a travesty.
What nobody has even come close to sufficiently explaining is how this war will first and foremost directly benefit American citizens. That is a case that needed to have been made clearly and convincingly before this move, and it wasn’t. We’re also told how this will benefit Israel, and I’m sure it will. But Israel is not America. What does it do for America? How does it help us? That needs to be explained to us. And it isn’t “panicking” or demonstrating “disloyalty” to demand those very basic answers about how American tax money, and potentially American lives, are being spent.
We hear about the danger of a nuclear Iran, but that’s odd because we were told that Iran’s nuclear capabilities had already been set back decades. We hear that this war will be over quickly and easily because Iran is powerless, which I hope and pray is the case, and maybe it will be. But that’s odd, too, because if Iran is such a paper tiger then how were they a danger to us in the first place? It seems hard to argue both that Iran is an existential threat to the United States and that we can topple them in 20 minutes with no casualties or negative downstream effects.
Also the political calculation really matters here. A huge majority of American oppose this. That’s just a fact. If it costs Republicans in 26 and 28, then, no matter how things work out in Iran, it will not have been worth it. A free Iran at the cost of Democrat rule here at home is a bad deal. A free Iran for an unfree America would be just about the worst trade of the century.
I’m praying for our great country today.
Texas has more wins against ranked opponents than any school IN THE COUNTRY since joining the SEC.
The FALLACY that the Longhorns haven’t played anyone MUST end.
This team would have gone DEEP in the College Football Playoff.
Arch Manning will be the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy next year and favorite to be #1 pick in the 2027 draft. Huge huge improvement from week 1 to now.
41-27. Big Time Longhorn victory. Loved the steam and intent. ALOT to look forward to in ‘26. Arch Manning really looking special. happy New Year LonghornNation. #Hookem. MOC. @TexasLonghorns@TexasFootball
Notre Dame lost at home to Texas A&M.
Texas beat Texas A&M at home by 10.
Notre Dame’s best win is 3-loss USC.
Texas has 3 wins over Top 10 (or 15, Vandy viewpoint) teams.
Why is Notre Dame in over Texas? Why is the Florida loss is the only thing that matters?
Texas vs Notre Dame resume
SOS
8 - UT
42 - ND
SOR
12 - UT
13 - ND
Common Opponent
W 27-17 • Texas A&M
L 40-41 • Texas A&M
Record vs CFP top 15
3-2 • UT
0-2 • ND
Texas played 5 teams ranked in the top 14 of the current CFP rankings this year and there are teams going to the playoff who have played 0.
Yes, Texas should have beaten Florida, but going 9-3 against that schedule is significantly harder than 10-2 with a different schedule.