War Isn't Supposed To Be Fun

During a 30-minute phone interview with NBC News, President Trump declared that while U.S. airstrikes on Iran's oil facilities on Kharg Island had rendered them "totally demolished" he added that "we may hit it a few more times for fun."

Someone ought to tell Trump that war isn't supposed to be fun.

Not that he would listen, mind you. But someone should tell him just the same.

While I firmly believe that both Iran and the world would be better off without its current murderous regime, to achieve such a goal through military actions requires seriousness and sobriety among the leaders who launched this campaign into effect.

Alas, President Trump possesses neither seriousness nor sobriety. 

I'm sure Trump's apologists will say that he was only joking.

Well, this isn't a time for jokes.

Not when U.S. soldiers are losing their lives in this endeavor. To date, 13 U.S. soldiers have lost their lives. Six soldiers lost their lives in an Iranian airstrike while a seventh soldier died following an Iranian attack in Saudi Arabia. More recently, six more soldiers died when a refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq.

Should Trump see fit to bomb Kharg Island "for fun" and more U.S. soldiers die in the process then who will tell their families that their loved ones died for President Trump's amusement?

Such callousness on Trump's part makes him little different from those in the Iranian regime he purportedly decries. For their gratification, both Trump and the Iranian mullahs consider life cheap and expendable.

It wasn't so long ago that Trump blasted previous administrations for starting "stupid wars" and claimed he would start any of his own.

Of course, this turned out to be yet another lie.

While removing Iran's regime by military force is not stupid in principle, it has become stupid in practice.

That's because this stupid war was started by a stupid man.