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moniss

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Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:57 AM Monday

"Trump says US military considering 'very strong options' for Iran" [View all]

This is the headline from an article from "Al Jazeera" dated 01/12/26 with a byline from Zaheena Rasheed and News Agencies.
The article notes this quote from Crumb The 1st:

"We’re looking at it very seriously. The military is looking at it, and we’re looking at some very strong options. We’ll make a determination,” he told reporters on board Air Force One late on Sunday."

So that makes at least 5 sovereign nations and fellow UN members that he has expressed the right to unilaterally attack and dictate their politics and resources. He has said Denmark/Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Iran are all under consideration for US military attack. He has also offhandedly made aggressive remarks about Sudan and Yemen.

Meanwhile the JCOS shoots their mouth off about how it would be illegal to attack Greenland but they seem to have different rules for the sovereignty of other countries so much so that causing a mass death event in Venezuela was a cause for backslapping all around.

The article notes:

"Trump, who has previously said that US annexation of Greenland is necessary for Washington’s self-defence, said Russia and China will take Greenland if the US does not.

“I’m not letting that happen,” he told reporters. “I would love to make a deal with them. It’s easier, but one way or another we’re going to have Greenland.”

Every attack would be illegal under international law and the UN Charter.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/12/trump-says-us-military-considering-very-strong-options-for-iran

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