A Hop, Skip, and a Jump from WW III

Happy Wednesday, here we stand a mere hop, skip, and a jump from WW III as the 82nd Airborne heads to the Mid-East. The 82nd ships there because they will become the boots on the ground that Trump desires, and some in the “Clash of Civilizations” Christian Nationalist crowd also want to put then there. Many Christian Nationalists see the Mid-East as their wind-up “end of times” Armageddon / Ragnarok machine, and some try to accelerate us into conflict in that region at every opportunity.

We are bombing and attacking Iran, while Israel attacks both Lebanon, and Palestinian areas.

Russia is also already at War with a Western allied nation in Ukraine, and if we put boots on the ground in Iran this could tip the table into war on a scale not seen for generations, in which war isn’t something happening over there, but rather something that affects our security here and impacts almost every aspect of our lives.

To be clear, we must oppose any escalation in this war, and Congress needs to find a spine and enact legislation to stop it. They could start by repealing the AUMF.

From NPR:

Pentagon orders troops from 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to Middle East

Updated March 25, 20266:43 AM ET 

By 

NPR Staff

The Lebanese flag is waved amid the rubble of a Lebanese Civil Defence post destroyed in an IDF airstrike in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, on March 24, 2026.

Fabio Bucciarelli/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty

As the war approaches the one-month mark the Trump administration keeps its options open, submitting a ceasefire plan to Iran, while also deploying up to 3,000 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East.

Meanwhile nearly 2 out of 3 Americans also think we are teetering on the brink of World War, so I am not alone in this.

Nearly 2 in 3 Americans see next world war on horizon

An Emerson College poll found 63% of likely voters believe World War III is looming in the next four years, up 8% from the same time last year.