The Most Insanely Idiotic Criticisms of the Iran Conflict
By Adam TurnerUnfortunately, we live in very stupid times.
With Trump Derangement Syndrome running amok — on both sides of the political aisle — I am constantly amazed by the amount of just sheer stupidity expressed by some Trump critics in their deranged attacks on the Trump administration. And the conflict with the Islamist Iranian regime is really bringing out the morons, let me tell ya.
A while back, a few Trump critics decided that TACO was a funny thing they would criticize President Donald Trump for. TACO stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” So, when the president recently chose to accept a ceasefire with Iran, those geniuses began to crow that this was just another example of Trump always chickening out.
The problem with that argument is, of course, the word “always.” Now, if you understand English, you would be aware that “always” means “at all times: invariably.” In other words, it must happen all the time. Here, however, Donald Trump has not “always” chickened out when it comes to the nation of Iran. I am old enough to remember when Donald Trump did not back down on June 21, 2025, and instead bombed the hell out of Iranian nuclear sites. I am also old enough to remember on February 28, 2026, when Donald Trump did not chicken out and killed the mad mullah-in-chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
English is tough, I know.
Opponents have also contended that President Trump is violating the U.S. Constitution by attacking the Iranian regime without appropriate Congressional input. This is absurd. The Constitution is quite clear in how our war-making powers are divided. The president is Commander-in-Chief. He has almost unfettered control over the armed forces. Congress has two major powers — it can declare war, a power now rarely used, and it holds the purse strings for the military. Donald Trump has done nothing to violate these constitutional requirements.
Granted, Congress has passed the War Powers Act, which supposedly puts limits on the president’s powers, but no president has recognized that law as constitutional, and it hasn’t been tested by the courts yet.
And Donald Trump hasn’t violated that law, anyway.
Critics have claimed that the president was wrong about the willingness of the Iranian people to rebel against the regime, because the “promised” insurrection hasn’t happened yet. But this argument is patently ridiculous. The president and the administration have been very clear that the Iranian people should not leave their homes yet, because there are bombs and missiles flying, and they might get accidentally killed or injured. Instead, they should wait until the air campaign is over. These Iranians have already shown their strong opposition to the Iranian regime and their bravery by taking to the streets before, and they have suffered tens of thousands of casualties as a result; we know they want the Iranian regime gone. Now, they are just being smart and following U.S. instructions.
Then there are the assertions that the U.S. is somehow losing the war. This is war propaganda originally made by a backup Iranian leader – whomever he is – to the backup leader – Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who is in a coma after an American-Israeli strike – to the backup leader – Ali Larijani, who was killed in an American-Israeli strike – to the original Iranian regime leader – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the first American-Israeli strike on the first day.
This argument has been relentlessly repeated by Trump critics in the U.S.
However, this argument ignores that the U.S. and Israel have:
- killed approximately 2,076 Iranians and injured another 26,500, mostly members of the regime and the Iranian military;
- destroyed more than 66 percent of Iran’s missile and drone production facilities, as well as its shipbuilding infrastructure;
- eliminated 160 to 190 Iranian ballistic missile launchers, with hundreds more rendered inoperable;
- struck Iran’s nuclear weapons program, including facilities in Natanz, Yazd, and Arak, which are believed to have set back development by an estimated 8 to 15 years;
- caused extensive economic losses to the Iranian regime, estimated between $140 billion and $145 billion;
- sunk the entire Iranian navy;
- demolished the Iranian air force;
- seized unchallenged control over the skies over Iran as the Americans and Israelis have neutralized all the Iranian air defenses; AND
- killed most of the Iranian regime’s leadership (see above, but also many more).
The U.S., meanwhile, has lost 13 troops – which is always heartrending – but far less than any military analyst would ever have predicted. The U.S. has also lost some aircraft, and the U.S. economy has also been slightly impacted in a negative fashion, although overall it is in good shape.
Of course, the pounding the U.S. has given the Iranian regime has cost billions of dollars in missiles, rockets, drones, bullets, etc., so some critics like to count that as part of U.S. losses. But including this against the U.S. strikes me as similar to maintaining that the heavyweight boxing champion who just knocked out his challenger in the first round suffered “injuries” to his hands, because he punched the other guy so hard.
That is not really the sign of a loser, is it?
Now, I understand that in our modern political system, presidents will be criticized, and sometimes this critique will be made up of silly partisan and personal attacks. But these critics, and these arguments, are truly some of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard, and indeed, everyone hearing them is dumber for having listened to them.
These people need to stop talking, immediately. They aren’t doing themselves any favors. Don’t they know that “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it?”
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