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senseandsensibility

(26,026 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:29 PM 20 hrs ago

I never thought I would see the day when the U.S. strikes another country during wartime and [View all]

the collective reaction is a yawn. Not the lead story on CNN. Not a huge topic here on DU.

This new attack happened just an hour or so ago. For days, the administration has declared that they gave concessions to open the strait of Hormuz. Now it looks like they gave all those concessions and Iranians have no intentions of opening the strait. So we attacked again.

The muted reaction makes me think that everyone is just numb. I know I am.

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