One of Donald's wars is, strangely enough, a direct war on the US military. Equally strangely, it may be the only one he will win.

Not feeding your deployed soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen is the ultimate career ender. Napoleon's ill-planned war with Russia, and poorly-timed retreat from Moscow over 200 years ago comes to mind. Starving men and women fighting to defend their own nation under attack is one thing. Not feeding the men and women we have sent halfway around the world to fight a stupid war for Israel, expecting a four day excursion, is something entirely different. And the coffee has run out too!

When we speak of Napoleon and Napoleonic tendencies, we sometimes use the pseudo-psychology of small men with something to prove. Trump is not a small man, but he has suffered all his life from believing he has something to prove. Unfortunately, his efforts to prove that he is good enough, even to be President of the Great United States, will be remembered as our late-stage imperial nightmare.

Fifty some days of hot war with Iran has not turned out as the brilliant minds in the White House and Pentagon expected, and the tactical scrambling extends beyond confused and contradictory Truth Social posts. Not long ago, a failed attempt to land special forces near Iran's nuclear energy facility at Isfahan and/or Natanz to "take the dust" blew up and – for public consumption – morphed into a daring rescue of two American airmen from a downed F-15 fighter. Wikipedia contains the exact government narrative, but the real story is more horrible. Many Americans are still waiting, weeks after the triumphant rescue for the names of these two airman, interviews with them and their excited and proud families back home, or a televised presidential or Secretary of War visit to these two recovering men in their hospital rooms. Trump may not even know who they are, to this day. A few days ago, he told a reporter, on the steps of the White House, "They're fine." No medals or visits to the White House for these guys are expected, or perhaps even possible.

The day before this failed military operation into Iranian territory, several important Army leaders were suddenly escorted out of their offices. The fired officers were Army Chief of Staff, General Randy George, head of Army Transformation and Training Command, General David Hodne, and the Chief of Army Chaplains, Major General William Green, Jr. Everyone knows why, but we don't know the weighting. My bet is 50% on refusing to support the Isfahan raid, 20% on these guys continuing to report unwelcome news about how well the Christian Nationalist indoctrination of the armed forces is going, and 30% on their persistent concerns about the US Army's general ability to fight a land war in Asia without trained bodies, beans and bullets.

One wonders where the US Navy floats in this debate – given they've been in the news for no flush commodes, fires in the laundry, and no food or coffee on board. And we can't forget the mis-use of the expensive Navy Tomahawks on Minab. Incidentally, the world knows the names of those responsible officers, as Americans wait patiently to hear from the ones we "rescued" two weeks ago. We also wait patiently to hear more from "suddenly retired" Naval Admiral Alvin Holsey.