Saturday, September 05, 2026

"Why is Trump threatening to strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain again, now?" An ambiguous AJ headline in that "again" may modify "threatening" or "strike."

 Since he's not struck it yet, again reflects back to the threat to do it.

The item opens

United States President Donald Trump says Washington may strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “very soon”, in just the latest in a series of threats he has made against the heavily fortified underground site located next to the bombed-out Natanz enrichment complex.

Later in the item

On Friday, Trump sought to downplay the war in Iran, calling it “small potatoes”, while a day earlier, at a White House news briefing, Vice President JD Vance appeared to suggest the conflict had cooled and to shrug off an alleged US strike on a wedding in southern Iran with “sometimes things happen“.

At a White House briefing this week, Vance said of the conflict with Iran that he “wouldn’t call it a war” and claimed there was “no active shooting right now”.

Since Congressional approval is needed for a war, call it less? That's dishonest. But it is what they are doing. There is more content, where readers can access the link and read. 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/5/why-is-trump-threatening-to-strike-irans-pickaxe-mountain-again-now