Here’s the opening lines to “I’m Tired”, sung by Madelyn Kahn in the immortal Mel Brooks’ film, Blazing Saddles:

I’m tired

Here I stand, the goddess of Desire

Set men on fire

I have this power

Morning noon and night it’s drink and dancing

Some quick romancing

And then a shower

So here’s Madelyn as Lili Von Shtupp, complaining about being exhausted from too much stimulation. Well, I think that’s the situation the Orange Lizard finds himself in at the moment. He’s tired of hearing about Iran, tired of thinking about how he got caught up in this mess because Bibi made it sound sooo easy. He’s begun to realize the king of the cons got conned. Bigly. Oh, boo hoo., Donald, get over it.

So I suppose that means he’ll just move on to the next catastrophe. That leaves Israel to continue pounding Tehran and surrounding environs. Why? Because they refused to commit to no nukes? Oh, please ..that’s just the cocktail party going on in Trump’s head, where every day he has to justify to himself why he pulled out of the JCPOA, only to increase the likelihood of nuclear war. That nuclear stuff is buried under tons of rubble, probably trashed. The Iranians can’t give it up because they’ve spent their entire existence working on it, investing billions in trying to equal what Israel has. What a fool’s errand. Who’s the biggest loser here? You tell me.

So what happens next? Not too much, apparently. The Navy cleared out the errant mines that Iran sort of lost, and Brad Cooper is telling everybody to come on in, the water’s fine. Insurers won’t lower premiums until they’re sure. The Saudis have a pipeline to the Red Sea that is making them even more than ever before. So what’s the rush, eh? It’s China. China tried cajoling the Iranians into a negotiation, only to find out the kids and the old dude who got sent had absolutely no authority to make a deal. Trump doesn’t want a deal, he just wanted to get off the hook of his own making. You remember the hook. I’ll destroy your civilization. Wow. That perked up the Union of Atomic Scientists’ collective ears!

But he’s way too much of a coward to even think about doing something like that. What he and Bibi have done in this “excursion” (no, Donald, it’s a war. An Excursion is a Ford SUV) is to destroy the civilization leadership of Iran, leaving the military hard liners. Great first effort. In addition, they will likely destroy themselves in the end. Bibi’s trial for corruption is coming up soon, and no pardon. Trump’s best friend Victor Orban of Hungary just lost his re-election bid. Bigly. So MAGA is beginning to fray around the edges somewhat. Oh, there’s still some mischief afoot I’m confident. More garbage will ooze out from around the edges of this miasma. But things will never be the same after this bridge too far. After November, his political power will have likely evaporated. Just like the Iranian Navy.

So what am I doing instead of thinking about all this? I’m going to paint and wax my kitchen cabinets. Doesn’t that sound like fun? My initial foray into it had mixed results. So it’s back to the drawing board. I’ll send pix when I think I’ve got it right.