Air superiority over Iran in 48 hours; SCOTUS backs parents' rights, blocks NY racial gerrymander; Venezuelan 'quagmire' looks like historic triumph; the body count grift returns; and much more.
Well, if war must be waged, it is certainly better that it is done with superiority and precision. Unlike the flailing missile strikes by Iran into targets that are not involved, just pissing off their Arab neighbors.
What really makes me happy is the thought of Obama whimpering in a corner somewhere, knowing everything he did is being undone.
Obama and Biden got the world into Ukraine over "democracy". The quotes are there because they know turning a democracy ("two wolves and a sheep deciding on the lunch menu") into socialism communism is easy. Overcoming the individual liberty of God given rights written into the constitution is not.
Russia is not quickly establishing complete air superiority over Ukraine for two primary reasons. One is because Ukraine has something Iran does not, hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid from NATO, and also Russia likes the war of attrition, hundreds of billions of dollars in military equipment spent on Ukraine, by EU nations and the US that have depleted NATO. To Russia this is a SMO, as Iran is to the US. The goal from their perspective, repeated for decades, was not to conquer and rule all of Ukraine, but to stop NATO's illegal expansion and protect those Russian supporting regions of Ukraine.
The fifth year has started and there is a question about what an SMO is? Special Military Operation. Russia has never declared war on Ukraine...why it is conducted under different rules and methodology...David A is correct in what he says.
Indeed. Islamo-fascist aggression against Americans goes back to at least Carter. It crept into South and Central America, it owns Minnesota and NYC, and it’s spreading domestically.
Pro-war positions set a high bar, but anti-war MTG, Megyn Kelly, and Tucker Carlson sound like irrational toddlers. Obviously, domestic policy is priority one, but domestic and foreign policy are inseparable in the 21st century. It seems pretty clear that Trump’s multi-tasking is solving domestic problems caused by global issues. I say let the man cook, especially if that means killing some snakes in their nest.
God's justice came swiftly in our lifetime and it is rewarding to see it. Trust in God and He will answer our prayers, if it be His Will. God's Will be done.
That former AN/FPS-132 radar might disagree with the flaming missile hypothesis.
The fact the US military learned nothing from the drone war in Ukraine is beyond comprehension. We are in a new era of warfare. A $55k drone destroyed a 1.1 billion $ radar. Insane
And Ukraine isn’t going to be getting any more AD missiles
China is watching the US expend it entire stock. Though the Patriots are doing about as we as expected. Which is 💩. The THAAD batteries are being moved out from Korea and potentially Taiwan if the war continues.
And blast me all you want about being part of an effeminate country. I like the USA. As Steve Bannon said “the mideast is a sideshow to a sideshow”. CHINA is the problem. But TelAvivLevin and Bibi got their war. Wars which i might add have sent tens of millions of muslim refugees to our shores. (Syria, iraq and Lybia)
The thing is, we AREN’T expending our entire stock. Lmao. We are just fine and have stock the world didn’t know about.
But that’s what you’ve been fed and you’re regurgitating it with foolish arrogance, and a gushing anticipation that is taped back behind a false calm, but everyone’s spirits end up revealing themselves through their chosen words.
Truthfully you’re not representative of a true Canadian. You’re one of the citizens that willingly let the liberal pod people take over your mind.
Lemme guess, you think “experts” are really experts in this day and age.
“Former CIA Analyst”. Those are a dime a dozen. 🤣 I care what “current” CIA analysts would say, the ones actively exposed to current data and intel, and the current administration in charge with the data at their fingertips, and the intel not just on NEW production but OLD storage locations around the world that weren’t known about before. There’s a LOT that other countries never knew about America and their capabilities and stock but they all thought they did, and swine traitors that used to be inside our walls spilling their frivolous beans can’t possibly believe they weren’t privy to all the intel. But they obviously weren’t. Their egos won’t handle that well.
You can read more here about how this attack on Iran actually also helps the USA vs China:
OIL DISRUPTION HITS KEY BRICS MEMBERS HARD;
OPEC WILL INCREASE PRODUCTION;
ZELENSKY/UKRAINE "PIPELINE DAMAGE" CLAIM IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY
[...“OPEC+ countries affirmed on Sunday that they would boost oil production starting in April by 206,000 barrels daily — a modest increase intended to dampen the war’s effect on prices down the road. The majority of the increase would come from Saudi Arabia and Russia.” {SOURCE}
All of a sudden, this happens: Zelenskyy not to be trusted?
“Ukraine is under pressure to let the EU inspect a damaged pipeline carrying Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, as the two pro-Kremlin countries accuse Kyiv of overstating the impact of an attack by Moscow — despite what Ukrainian officials say is evidence of extensive destruction,” the report said.
According to five diplomats and EU officials who spoke to the FT, even pro‑Ukrainian governments within the European Union and the European Commission have also asked Ukraine to permit a delegation to inspect the pipeline. Two sources told the newspaper that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen requested access for EU experts during her visit to Kyiv on Feb. 24, the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The request, according to the sources, was refused.
As tensions escalated, the EU’s ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova, reportedly asked through the presidential office for permission to inspect the damaged pipeline herself or to allow visits by other EU diplomats. Those requests were denied for security reasons, the sources said.”..]
"Buh buh buh baby you just ain't seen nothin' yet. Here's somethin' here's somthin' that you're never gonna forget. Buh buh buh baby you just ain't seen nothin' yet. Nothin' yet. You ain't been around."
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hi everyone, Judge Andrew Napolitano here for Judging Freedom. Today is Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026. Professor John Mearsheimer joins us now. Professor Mearsheimer, welcome here, my dear friend. We have not spoken since the onset of the war in Iran and I and the viewers have longed to hear your views and here we are. Before we get into anything granular about the causes and justifications, what's your view big picture of the US/Israeli attack on Iran that commenced on Saturday morning?
Prof. John Mearsheimer: Well, when I think about this war, I almost quickly go to the big picture. And the question you have to ask yourself is what are our goals? And what do we have to do to achieve those goals? In other words, what does winning mean for us? Us meaning the United States and Israel. And then what does winning mean for the Iranians? What's their ultimate goal here and what's the likelihood that they will achieve it? And my sense is just looking at this that we have unachievable goals here. There's no way we can win this war in any meaningful way. And all the Iranians have to do is survive and they win. And I think they will survive. So, all of that's a way of saying I think we're in deep trouble.
"Professor Mearsheimer" is controlled opposition, and the tell is obvious black & white statements like "There's no way we can win this war in any meaningful way". He probably said the same thing about Venezuela, and it's not just that he lacks imagination and perspective. He's playing his role, spreading the FUD....
Perhaps you are the one with bad information, Will. For example:
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hi everyone, Judge Andrew Napolitano here for Judging Freedom. Today is Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026. Professor John Mearsheimer joins us now. Professor Mearsheimer, welcome here, my dear friend. We have not spoken since the onset of the war in Iran and I and the viewers have longed to hear your views and here we are. Before we get into anything granular about the causes and justifications, what's your view big picture of the US/Israeli attack on Iran that commenced on Saturday morning?
Prof. John Mearsheimer: Well, when I think about this war, I almost quickly go to the big picture. And the question you have to ask yourself is what are our goals? And what do we have to do to achieve those goals? In other words, what does winning mean for us? Us meaning the United States and Israel. And then what does winning mean for the Iranians? What's their ultimate goal here and what's the likelihood that they will achieve it? And my sense is just looking at this that we have unachievable goals here. There's no way we can win this war in any meaningful way. And all the Iranians have to do is survive and they win. And I think they will survive. So, all of that's a way of saying I think we're in deep trouble.
The Expert Professor says: "And all the Iranians have to do is survive and they win." The White House says "49 top Iranian leaders were eliminated in opening phase of military campaign." So, the question is really what Iranians is this "Expert Professor" talking about? The Israelis and the Trump Administration have proposed an alternative winning formula. By eliminating the leadership, the decent people of Iran survive and both sides win. This seems like a reasonable alternative to permitting the status quo until the "Fanatical Religious Iran Leaders" (My non-expert term) reach their stated objective of killing everyone else that they possibly can.
excellent article in American Thinker about how AI will change the nature of war equalizing smaller and larger country capabilities - so all the more reason to get Iran out of the picture
Really? That's what you read here and elsewhere....they have reverse engineered Iranian designed drones....there are other sources which give more information, as well. Try Don Surber's latest....he compliments C&C.
The US reverse-engineered Iranian military technology. Now there's a thought I did not expect to have today!
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The concern, of course, is how to mass produce them while Iran has a massive stock-pile and can pump them out until there are no more $1.1B targets left to destroy.
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Trump Adoration Syndrome chronics are about to discover what many of us knew since at least 'The Apprentice': your hero is compromised, corrupt pos. Sad but true.
Buddy....you're too obvious, and easily ignored. You're going to lose whatever you're getting paid in, whether it's sheckles or priceless virtue bucks, unless you smarten up and get a bit more believable.
I'm a geopolitical analyst, CT. "I calls 'em as I sees 'em."
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I wrote this a year ago. Every day it looks less "crazy" and more just plain accurate:
Trump's WEF mandates are to smash Greenland, Canada and the USA into the Club of Rome's New World Order Region 1 - North American Union (NAU), instigate then manage the bankruptcy of US Inc. and its phoney-bologna US$ and facilitate the transition from the prosperous corporatocracy that we knew (and loved) to their new thousand-times-worse-than-Orwellian technocracy.
Trump brokering and providing Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison & Sam Altman with a half a TRILLION[!] dollars falls into that last mandate. Those 3 amigos are developing our Super-AI (the biblical Beast System) to, among other things, custom build, in 48 hours, an mRNA jab to "cure" you of cancer(s) that you don't even have!
I was going to reply with a pithy zinger like "I suspect you're overpaid", but then I'd be as useless to the discussion as Albino Dude below....never go full a-hole, I try to remind myself.
I admit that on the surface, the dots can easily be connected in ways that support that dark future prediction, but there's one simple fact that does not align with that pessimistic view: NONE OF THIS WAS NECESSARY.
Everything was headed straight to hell before Trump arrived on the scene. We'd have just finished 8 years of killshots from Clinton after Obama teed things up with his double-term. It seems QUITE obvious that things did not go the way TPTB had intended, so how do you reconcile these two things?
That's the unifying theory I am seeking - until I have something plausible along those lines to consider, I choose to believe the analysts are falling for Fog of War distractions and misdirections.
Trump interfered in Canada's April 2025 federal election AGAINST the Conservative, Pierre Poilievre, and FOR the benefit of the Harvard, Oxford, Goldman Sachs, Governor of the Bank of Canada, Governor of the Bank of England, WEF-scumbag Mark Carney. Makes ya think ... 🤔
Trump brags that he hurt MAGA ally Pierre Poilievre in Canada election — as Liberals grab win
Canada’s incumbent Liberal Party is staying in power thanks to a wave of anti-American feeling catalyzed by Donald Trump’s policies
Trump and Regan were different. Keep in mind, we live in a nation where Government power is limited by the nature of our individual liberty rights and laws, with 3 branches of Government. Pure cynicism is not only unhealthy, it is irrational at times.
I'm starting to think the only war Trump is fighting is against the bloated, slimy tentacles of the CIA soft terror organization infecting the world.
Maybe Democrats cry about Iran but not Ukraine because they aren't able to launder money this time.
The don't care about the casualties of that war.
In Iran's case, there is no proxy ponzi scheme they get to siphon taxpayer dollars from.
While the MSM is busy regurgitating each other's excrescence, the people of Iran are celebrating their new freedom. Unlike the poor Ukrainians who are caught in the real quagmire. 🤡
The first part of your first sentence "If war must be waged".....is the premise. Logically, an accurate premise provides an accurate conclusion (superority and percision ) is a must.
However, if war need not be waged, the entire point of your statment loses me. WHY does war need to be waged? I think this war is wrong and we are doing BiBi's bidding.
Consider to ask yourself why the Arab nations support what the US and Israel is doing here. There are many enlightening reasons hidden in the answers to this question.
The simple fact is that war doesn't have to be waged. The only reason we have war in the first place is that the populace is brainwashed enough to follow lying murderous leaders. They are the immoral order followers that make all wars possible.
Was bombing a girls school done with precision?. Did the US or Israel commit ghis precision bombing? Who bombed ARAMCO in Saudi? Israel? Another precision bombing of an Arab/Ametican oil company.
Just barely, as they continue to be targeted for violence and pushed into traditional gender roles, including early marriage. This, from neighbors who have recently arrived....
Yes they do. ( oh wait, that is not reasonable debate.) At least 6 Middle Eastern nations (primarily Gulf Arab states plus Jordan) have shown clear support through statements, defensive actions, and logistical backing for US actions against Iran
Dave these countries have lived side by side for years. Until Israel and the USA intervened(Iraq, Syria. The Lebanon, Kuwait) it all worked. This will not turn out well I am not the only one who believes this.
I understand but do not agree. Iran has been a bully to it ME neighbors for a long time, and it support of disparate terrorist groups is real. Jihadist dark age ideology has been a bane on the ME for centuries.
Trump's visits there have brought a business alliance that is trillions deep. These college educated ME leaders are done with radical Islam and centuries of war. The support for the US Israel action against Iran is real and a matter of public record. Jihadist Islamist ideology is undergoing a forced reformation. Iran has very little ME support, almost none.
SCOTUS says, “Parents have sincere religious beliefs about sex and gender, and they feel a religious obligation to raise their children in accordance with those beliefs.”
Umm, it's not just "sincere religious beliefs". Many parents, if not a majority, also hold sincere biological beliefs, understanding the different physiognomies created before birth for the possessors of XX and XY chromosomes.
Couldn’t help but notice the phrase “fit parents”. It’s time we took a hard look at the power some state-level agencies wield over parents. Sure, there is such a thing as an unfit parent, but removing all parental rights should be considered an extreme option re both the parent and the child, especially in light of how trans-ideology has wormed its way into CPS, teacher’s unions, and especially certain court system judges.
That stood out for me too!!! “…fit parents…” Why not just say “parents?” That’s scary to me and a bit dishonest, leaving such an open end.
Who defines what fit is? There are people who truly believe it is an unfit parent that raises a child with Christian principles, or teaches them what God says about homosexuality.
As for parents that truly are unfit in the real sense of the word, for actual universally agreed upon factors such as sexual or physical abuse, we have laws to cover that already. Using “fit” in this application was a violation of parental rights and our freedoms imho, but hidden behind concurrence with the prosecutions arguments, almost like they wanted to agree with the defense so left them a back door. That single word was a red flag, and will create future confusion, messes, and unnecessary cases.
That definitely stood out to me as well, as a very dangerous qualifier. The state needs to get their wicked noses out of our personally held beliefs, religious or not. Children are a gift from God Almighty (though they may not always seem so! 😁), and we alone, as parents will answer for how we nurtured & protected His children, on loan to us.
@Gym+Fritz-I noted that as well. Who gets to determine a fit parent in a world where children have been taken from parents who would not agree to their delusions?
Yes. CA is/was able to remove a child from parents if the parents didn’t support “gender affirming care” OF THE CHILD! Yes, my 7 year old wants to be a girl because he is so knowledgeable in life. 🤦♀️
Right? My 4-5 yr old wanted to be a “piwate” (pirate) for maybe 2 years! I mean, he was “sewwious about it”. He ran around with an eyepatch, a pirate 🏴☠️ hat, a sword, “hook” hand— all the things. Gwamma bought him a really elaborate pirate get up. He looked like a real swashbuckler, and ran around drawing his sword on his older sisters, shouting, “Would you rather WALK the PWANK or CWIMB ABOARD the PIWATE SHIP and LEARN the PIWATE WAYS?”
His dad and I elected not to put out his eye, or make him a peg-leg. We didn’t even stop him from eating citrus so he could get scurvy. Not did we buy him a parrot for his shoulder. I did get him a bunch of chocolate doubloon coins, which were a huge hit.
Eventually, he outgrew his obsession with pirates.
I’m sure glad we didn’t chop off his hand to make the Captain Hook 🪝 thing more realistic.
I’d hate to have made
a permanent decision based on a temporary fixation.
Gym, retired public school teacher here. For decades we witnessed actually "unfit" parents: severe drug addicts, clear cases of abuse (usually verbal since physical would get them called out) BUT we were essentially powerless to do anything! But NOW? A Christian (or any other) parent can object to their child secretly confiding with staff at school probably things they gleaned from the Internet and that is WRONG? People really need to start thinking critically. This is actually insane.
Speaking of SCOTUS the past week has made clear why the birthright citizenship case needs to be decided correctly ( meaning limited application). The college campus Death To America crowd together w the Chinese baby deliveries plus the dem quest for another open borders period ( is there any doubt) makes all this crystal clear
parents are THE PARENTS....period, there's no arguing about that. No school, city, state or country should run cover for children that need mental help.
Unfortunately - the children need mental help BECAUSE the schools are teaching beyond Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic!
Ie: "mental health" - Psyche and sexuality based on some kind of agenda - where normal and sane children became unstable! Truly this was unnecessary and completely immoral!
Roger, not to quibble, but those biological beliefs sort of come under the heading of…”God created”. I’m just saying that most people with common sense beliefs which follow the natural order are acting upon an entire belief system which flows from having a Creator view.
The problem with that, which was made clear to me during the mRNA death jab mandates, is that "science" is firmly in the hands of far-left extremists who assert that mentally ill men are women.
The person who runs https://avoiceforchoiceadvocacy.org/ explained to me that you simply cannot ever win in court on the basis of facts, because facts are defined by "experts" and the court sides with "experts" over sane people every time.
But you CAN win by claiming a violation of your religious beliefs, because the "experts" cannot prove what your beliefs are.
So our daughter faced the mRNA death jab mandates at her college, and she wrote a letter stating that the mandates violated her religious beliefs, and she was exempted. It is certain that her objection on the basis of facts would not have worked, because "facts" about Pfizer products are defined by Pfizer-funded "experts" as whatever is most profitable for Pfizer.
Yep. Kinda like religious exemption for the jabs. My religious exemption is I don’t want untested who knows what jabs in my body. My body, my choice is all the religion I need. My kids, what my eyes tell me, common sense, my choice is all I need for the transgender issue.
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or understand, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
— Ephesians 3:20-21
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Dear Lord,
Intervene supernaturally, triumph mightily, deliver powerfully, transform miraculously, save mercifully. Vanquish the evil ones, uphold the righteous ones, and protect the innocent ones in Jesus’ name. Thank you for acting according to Your goodness and absolute grasp of time and eternity.
I used to hate pre-written prayers. My mother-in-law never spoke to God with her own mind or words and always recited routine Catholic prayers every morning. (However I deeply admired her spiritual self-discipline.) But I’m starting to understand the usefulness of prewritten prayers. Sometimes I can’t find the words, and then I see well written ones like this that capture the yearning of my spirit and it helps to kickstart the dirt bike of my heart. There is a beauty to them. Maybe I just never saw any deep authenticity in the ones she used because they appeared rote and unconnected to my heart?
We should have a combination of both kind in our morning prayers. This is now the fourth one I have screenshot from various places this past month. ❤️
The Our Father was given to us by Jesus. The Hail Mary comes from Luke 1:28 and 1:42. Two routine Catholic prayers that make the Rosary the most powerful set of prayers. In times of crisis, a routine prayer gives comfort. What people say in their heart to God may not be said out loud so who knows what is in others hearts.
Is there any greater taming of man’s ‘heart of darkness’ in human history than the sacrament of Confession?
We begin Lent w/ ashes applied to forehead from palms (Palm Sunday) of previous years. This symbolic act is to remind us of our mortality (from ashes you come, from ashes you shall return).
We go to confession to be reminded that we cannot live a just life on this temporary home, on bread alone.
What would our world be like if more people activity went to confession? Hardly anyone does anymore. In my current thinking, we are all the morally poorer as a result.
Juju, the Catholic ‘Confiteor’ is said corporately at start of every Mass together by all parishioners. It is one of my favorites, as it places me instantly in the correct fallen human to perfect Creator, relationship.
“I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done,
and in what I have failed to do;
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints,
Running, I 'returned' to weekly Mass after my Mom took ill and then quite quickly passed early last year. I had gone from time to time when visiting my Mom but was for the most part, a wayward Catholic. I had not been taking Communion. I asked Monsignor if I could resume taking Communion during my Mom's funeral mass. This 93-year-old man told me 'once a Catholic, always a Catholic'. That is all it took. Anyway, Mass is a way for me to be close to her. It's now very emotional for me during service, especially during certain songs. I'm okay with that tearful emotion though as it makes me feel grateful, and alive. I also had the opportunity in 2025 to walk 1/2 of a Camino (France into Spain). That was a walk of lamentation and super energizing, spiritually. I can't wait to go back and finish it. Northern Spain is beautiful, both the land and its people. There is something very powerful about walking in the very same footsteps that Christian pilgrims have tread since the 5th century.
That is wonderful 🙏❤️ Love that you got to walk part of a Camino! I was at Montserrat in Spain recently and something about that place really moved me like nothing has in a while 🙏
As a former catholic / current Christian from a strict religious family I have the same knee jerk reaction. It’s hard to resist it. 😊 my pastor this past Sunday said that Jesus didn’t come to invent Christianity ( or other denominations of the Christian faith) but to save us from our sins and reunite us with our creator. I like that.
I attend both Mass (my origin faith from Mom) and a Protestant/Evangelical service with my wife (she was raised Lutheran) where we go through Bible verse by verse. I gain much from both services.
Amazing analysis again. Beautiful to see progress Venezuela! My family lived their and it was heartbreaking to see the decline and destruction of such a beautiful country with such talented and lovely people
Same story with my relatives in Venezuela who had to give up their shirts factory to the communist regime. Jeff may have discovered the Trump’s way of a regime change. Yes, every pattern may differ but the style is defined.
My dad started going there on business in the mid '60's and loved it. Totally different place then. Co worker Cuban exile bought a big estate in downtown nowhere hours west of Caracas and planned to retire and ranch there. Have not seen him in decades, but almost a certainty they took his land.
Maduro ‘fire sale’ of oil to China was actually in exchange for $ massive Beijing Belt & Road funds. In ten year period (2007 - 2017) China gave over $60 billion in oil-backed loans to Venezuela, marking it as a premier recipient of Chinese finance in Latin America. In 2025, Nigeria was the largest single recipient of China Belt Road $ ($24B) in the world. Oil is China’s ROI there. We already know Iran provides a large share of China crude (as does Canada).
My dad was an airline pilot and flew trips to Caracas in the 70s. Loved it. Said it was a great layover, good food, fun city, great people. Although his very favorite city in the world was Rome, he enjoyed Caracas too.
Iran's Arsenal Exposes the Gap Between Netanyahu's Bravado and Reality
The opening 48 hours of the current U.S.-Israeli campaign suggest that Iran has nearly replenished its missile stockpile since the 12-day war in June and refined its capabilities for this round of fighting.
US and Israel does not have the technology on these intermediate missile that can change direction and not be shot down. Iran is holding back. Will not be a short war.
Yeah, I have a very close friend who is an engineer, designs weapons, and is a consultant for both the Navy and the Air Force. He literally works in the Blackhole. If he were to tell me anything, he’d have to kill me. When I spoke to him about this, he laughed and said, “We have nothing to worry about.”
“let’s wait until they get tired of kicking our ass,and then will hit them with our super duper weapons! They will never see it coming” ! Sometimes you’re just stupid.
Given how poorly Russia and Iran have fared so far I think it's a good idea we skip it.
So far people with hypersonics are stuck in a "SMO" that lasted longer than the "Great patriotic war" and are losing around 1000-1500 men daily and operating 60 year old tanks as front line vehicles.
If they have them, they really should use them now. Why save them? Seems more like its just an empty threat to play upon those too fearful to ever try and make a positive change.
They are waiting for Israel to run out of defensive missiles.
This from Haaretz today:
"Iran's Arsenal Exposes the Gap Between Netanyahu's Bravado and Reality
The opening 48 hours of the current U.S.-Israeli campaign suggest that Iran has nearly replenished its missile stockpile since the 12-day war in June and refined its capabilities for this round of fighting"
With all this talk about glysophate permeating the food supply, I start to cringe everytime I see the term "roundup." How about "rundown,” “summary,” “recap,” or “this morning’s briefing?”😁
At first glance in that 2nd pic I could have sworn that birds had joined the fray and were dropping bombs. Angry Birds Air Force. (Note: I fully recognize the gravity of the situation. Seems as though I've been using humor as a defense/coping mechanism since I can remember.)
Yes, it could precede the sentence, or an entire realm of extrapolated thought. What comes next?… Draw your own conclusion….Enough said…or a popular idiom of recent times…I’m just saying…so.
Minimalist with endless possibility in those two letters.
And the finest point is that Jeff is an extremely talented writer, and we enjoy his writing techniques and use of words immensely. 😊
He really needs to stay in his lane. He's great at legal takes on our fight to get the Constitution followed.
Geopolitics not so much.
Main stream Western media and the administration cannot be your only source if you're really wanting to know geopolitics. You have to see the other side, too.
Recommend Alexander Mercurous, Alex Christoforo, Brian Berletic, and others who report from outside the country. Simplicius on substack, and others.
“What makes the Venezuelan recovery historically unique is its self-funding mechanism. Every other major post-regime recovery —Germany, Japan, South Korea, Iraq— required massive external capital infusion. Once again, Trump saw potential that nobody else did: use Venezuelan assets.”
And that was the goal of the other wars. Capital infusion was the goal enabling more monetary capture by the dark forces.
If true, im doubtful that missile would’ve been fired if not for being attacked by Israel-US. By the way, there is a weapons facility close to that school - the actual target.
It’s hilarious to me that all of these people (the mullahs and the anti Iran strike people in the West) suddenly care so much about girls in Iran though they never said or did anything to support all of the girls and women abused, tortured and killed by the regime before now 🙄 Or at best, indulged in a little hand wringing about it. But now when women and girls are finally getting a chance to be freed from all that, these people are dead set against it 😑
re: "Afghanistan? Iraq? HOW ABOUT UKRAINE?? It’s funny, I don’t remember the Times describing Biden’s $175+ billion Ukraine adventure as “embracing military power.”
Do not read, listen too, or watch the media sell their BS narrative, instead support our Great @POTUS, that's all you need to do. LTMW. You, and I, and the country, in fact the world, will be in a much better place for it.
Come on Phil, dont be a NY Times - the toilet paper of record. Yes, you have a choice, you can be supportive or you can not.
If you are going to ask "challenging questions" simply be prepared for challenging answers.
Is it your position that the world was in a better place with Iran's murderous terrorist in chief still alive, along with his band of demons? Here, wait, breaking from the Babylon Bee:
Oh... thanks for the straw man! And if I ever find myself in alignment with the NYT, I will have to get an enema to cure myself.
OK... let me ask this question. Is it your position that the world, and especially the American people, are in a better place after the last 100 years of endless forever wars perpetuated by the USG reigning death and destruction upon millions and millions of people in foreign lands? What "right" does the USG have in getting involved in every endless conflict around the globe? Seriously.
oh boy, Im glad you will at least have an enema at the ready. Strawman? No, a comparison that no matter how good Trump's efforts are for us and the world, you will have unreasonable questions, just like the damned NY Times and the rest of the lying media. LTMW!
What right? How about forgetting about the endless wars, normally started by someone else who we then had to go and finish. This is not that. Do not lump this with them. Go back and read again what this type engagement will allow, while seriously safeguarding the world from Iran's terrorist dictators.
Are you serious? Trump has not, and is not "getting involved in every endless conflict around the globe". He has ended a lot of conflicts and is still working hard to end the bloodshed in Ukraine. When the Iranians last attempted to internally get a regime change of the murderous Khamanei (sp? I dont care), at least 32k were murdered in the streets for their efforts (probably many more and who knows how many stuck in gulags). He and his regime have been working for years to undermine the USA and destroy a good ally in the ME, and their primary chant of the devil is death to the USA. They have said purposefully they intend to destroy the USA. What the hell else do you want? Do you want them to launch first? This should have been done decades ago when we had limpdick carter and his failed "rescue attempt". Think of all the lives which would have been saved had we a President who understands the use of military power.
Wow, I guess questions aren't allowed. My mistake.
Well, in a round-about way, I guess you did attempt to answer my question. I'll give you that. Apparently, it IS our job to rule the planet. You clearly think you "understand the use of military power". I am reminded of the bully in grade school who also understood the use of power by ruling the school yard... until he got bushwhacked by someone who wouldn't take it anymore and caught him by surprise in the school hallway.
"Death to the USA." Sticks and stones. "They are going to launch tomorrow!" Sure. Iran is going to launch a nuclear missile (which they don't have) at America who has the capability to turn all of Iran into a radioactive crater with the press of a button. Sure. So... why haven't we just nuked North Korea, based on your "understanding of the use of military power"?
Proper use of military power? First to safeguard and protect the USA from global threats. Second to achieve the objectives of the NCA in accomplishing the first.
Trump said he will not let Iran gain nuclear weapons, you would prefer they launch first and call later? They have ballistic missiles, they are launching them 360 degrees. They had a nuclear weapons program which we are preventing them from achieving functionality. That makes perfect sense to me if not to you.
Its not necessary to kill millions of Iranians who want freedom, it is necessary to kill the regime dictators and help the Iranians achieve freedom. To say we should nuke Iran is just plain stupid. It is surprising you can't figure that all out, Phil.
Your use of a school yard bully as a comparison utterly lacks merit. We are talking about a very dangerous world, not a school yard.
I lived in South Korea for four years, went to the DMZ between the two many times. If you saw what I saw and knew what I know, you would know why it is completely unnecessary to nuke the NK.
Additional info: Steve Witkoff said the Iranians proudly and openly admitted that they had evaded Obama’s oversight protocols, they already had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs.
Wow, he gives you an incredibly thorough and thoughtful disagreement, (hint: that’s the clearest sign of allowing someone to have an alternate opinion,) and your first comeback is “wow, I guess questions aren’t allowed”?
Just because you didn’t like his reply??
Phil? What on earth is going on with you? He’s willingly engaging with you. You just don’t like what his perspectives are and that he shares them! So in THAT sense YOU are the one not allowing others to have questions or responses.
I respect you, I always have, and no I have not always agreed with what you post but I read and consider and appreciate. But your replies this week are really unlike your typical interactions. Has some flaming liberal hijacked your account???
Ask away…I always appreciate your insights. I don’t always agree, but I always appreciate. You are thoughtful, measured, and respectful. And for that, I thank you🙏💗.
Questions are not the same as statements or opinions made to sound like facts. I am not accusing you of such tactics, but there are many out there, if the shoe fits……
We don't really have any choice in letting the man work, true enough.
I don't have any problem with calm questions, and I think most people don't either. I'm not sure this was the best move, I'm concerned that Israel is leading the US around by the nose, and I wish we could have incapacitated all or some of those Iranian ships instead of sinking them.
I think people like Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are doing harm by condemning the operation when it's already committed to action. It risks dividing the Republican base, adds ammunition to Democrats and assorted enemies of the state, to what purpose?
I'll tell you one of my concerns. If the USG gets bogged down in another ground war in the ME, I think that alone might be enough to split MAGA apart. People are fed up with the forever wars. If that happens, then I would be worried that Trump has outlived his usefulness to the oligarchs the same way Kirk outlived his usefulness and became a liability. At that point, a full-on NeoCon could be installed as POTUS to carry forward their agenda without missing a beat. Of course, they would need a Casus Belli to accelerate the Iranian War. All it would take is for one missile to sink one of our aircraft carriers with 5,000 sailors on board and the war drums would beat just as loud as 9/11.
Turn your brain off and trust politicians blindly! If one politician started a useless war that wasted hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of dollars, that means it's fine when my favorite politician does it too!
That's such bullshit. No, Trump is not a politician, and his purposes are in our/your interests, unlike the rest of them. I'm not saying at all turn your brain off, I'm saying recognize what he is doing, how it is completely different from past bullshit interventions which got nothing done... and be supportive of the efforts. There are plenty of liars, who dont want their grifts to end, who will be un-supportive, perhaps you are one?
Sorry to burst your bubble but he is literally a politician lol. And suuurrree, maybe he's totally not like the other politicians and he's playing 4 billion D chess by backing out of what many people felt was his most important campaign promise, to not start new wars, but it sure doesn't look like it from the cheap seats. I see absolutely no reason to trust the man who did his very best to cover up the Epstein files and who continued to fund the Gaza genocide for a year and still to this day continues to prop up the Ukraine meat grinder while paying lip service to ending wars.
You are so full of shit. He is an American and a businessman first who came into power because we the people are sick of the bullshit from the criminal conman politicians. Covered up the Epstein files? Fuck you man, biden's autopen had four years to release and didnt do a fucking thing - why not talk about that. Trump signed the legislation to release it all. He ended GAZA you pathetic gas lit dip.
Triggered much? Lol. No one expected Biden to release the Epstein files, and we agree that he was terrible. Yes, the Gaza genocide has stopped now, but Trump spent an entire year funding the slaughter, so we can't allow the fact that it's stopped now to erase that from memory, because it's still relevant, and it could start again any day, and Trump would be giving Israel anything it asked for if history is any guide. Yes Americans are sick of criminal conman politicians, sadly it seems they have elected another one. I know it's hard to admit when you've been fooled, but maybe it's time.
Oh boy, triggered much, no, just responding to a retard, lol. No one expected biden's autopen to release? Then why now? Why didnt the media care until now? For four years no one gave a good damn. Oh it must really suck that Trump is not in the files in any way which shows he was part of the sickness which all the liberals were a part of.
Trump funded Israel to go and destroy Hamas, that's a good thing which you cant fathom. Could start again any day??? Has it? No! Its even less likely now with the removal of the terrorists in Iran.
I haven't been fooled, you have. You watch too damn much MSNBC, oh wait they were so bad they had to change their name but they still lie, about everything. You should really just STFU and LTMW. That would be far better use of your limited brain power.
I think every parent has the right to know what schools are doing with their child, regardless of religion. So I find the Court’s packaging of this as a matter of protecting the rights of (only?) religious parents unfortunate.
The Court did not single out only religious parents in this decision. In fact, it includes ALL parents. Religious parents were specifically addressed because that's who brought the suit.
I'm not an anti-Trump republican and I disagree with this war. I voted for Trump 3 times. But I did not vote to enter a war that most likely will be protracted. This is hubris and folly. The Gulf States are in chaos and feeling totally betrayed by the USA as they are attacked. There will be massive unintended consequences to this foolish action.
I have to agree with Tucker Carlson on this one. Tucker is not anti-Trump either:
And for those cheering this war on - ask yourself if you are willing to send your children or grandchildren to fight Benjamin Netanyahu's war for geopolitical expansion. Netanyahyu is thrilled to utilize American taxpayer money and the US military to achieve his goals. And now, emboldened, Israel has turned their sights on Turkey. Trump was rolled on this issue just like he was in the first term with the MRNA vaccines. We are being lied to about the reasons we have entered into this action. This is an unforced giant error on the part of this administration. And for the record, I despise Adam Schiff - so don't lump me in with that idiot.
Actually why don't you understand this is not a war..it is a military operation just as Venezuela and possibly Mexico. We the US has been suffering from the mullahs as has the Iranian people for nearly 50 yrs. The regime was being used by the deep state/swamp whatever you want to call the shadow government to fund the cartel called the world banks. So much more to this..so be patient, trust GOD. HE is fulfilling HIS promises of exposing things done in the dark to the light which is truth. Let HIM do HIS works.
You can call it whatever you want. When thousands of US servicemen die and trillions are added to the debt, while war profiteers and banks make billions, who the hell cares what you call it? Cue the rhetoric about what a terrible regime they have, EVERY DAMN TIME the war hawks come calling. Do NOT learn from history. We were told the Taliban was evil and after spending 8 trillion, tens of thousands of soldiers killed, hundreds of thousands of civilians killed, they're not only back in power, but we're now giving them millions in support. When you keep falling for the same script time after time, it's called willful ignorance.
Yes. So silly to expect mere humans to grapple with all possible outcomes in the spirit realm and the kingdom of earth. Human govts are composed of humans.
I read a Glenn Beck analysis of this. He used the acronym, CRINK. It stands for China, Russia, Iran, North Korea. They are all intertwined. As Glenn stated, Trump pulled the thread that is Iran. The rest start unraveling. It’s a good analysis. As is Michael McCune’s.
The words of PM Netanyahu are quite uncompromisingly clear, I think. Well worth the watch.
Do you believe Iran is and was the threat he describes? The consequences of doing nothing became untenable. Iran is unwavering in its resolve to destroy the United States and Israel, and hold the world through terror. It’s not a stretch to see that this is true. They’ve been acting on this resolve for decades, and train up their kids to hold to the resolve as well. After Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities were destroyed, they moved to different locations to start them up again. Complete destruction of their ability to destroy the west, and anyone else they don’t like, is required.
We were told by Trump that in the 12 day war the US and Israel destroyed Iran's nuclear weapons. Was that a lie? Netanyahu is on record for years telling congress that Iran was mere months away from a nuclear weapon. Of course, just like climate change, he has to keep extending the timeline. We're being lied to. Don't be naive. Netanyahu is not your friend and has convinced the administration that fighting this war for them is in our best interest.
Patricia you may be right and you may be wrong. What amazes me is that you have chosen with a high level of confidence to claim Trumpie is allowing the USA military to be a virtual proxy for Israel(Bibi) and is doing as he's told-- basically. Very doubtful.
Secondly, you have concluded and stated with a high level of confidence that this WILL be a prolonged war. Also, based on previous Trumpie managed escalations, very doubtful; also based on previous Trumpie public statements about "war" -- very doubtful.
Third, you proclaim that Trump is like all the other swamp creatures you revile and is LYING to all the citizens of the USA and that WE are ALL naive.
How is that YOU are the only one with this higher level of discernment?
How can you be so SURE it is we the majority of commenters who are naive and not yourself?
I hope you are wrong and will someday learn to eat some humble pie.
I don't form my opinions by following "the majority of commenters" on this substack or any other blog. I think for myself and having a different opinion does not require me to "eat humble pie". But to your point - I hope I am wrong and if so, I will be very happy to eat some humble pie.
Colonel MacGregor shared in an interview yesterday that a source told him Israel initiated these strikes, and we decided to aid. Assuming this is accurate, who is calling the shots?
Didn't Rubio say as much? Israel was going to go at it alone but "we" couldn't let that happen and miss out on the gang-bang. So of course he suckered us in.
We weren’t lied to after the 12-day war. 🙄 I’m sure you have read up on how uranium is enriched so you know you’re being misleading here.
We crippled their nuclear program, and the capabilities that they had last summer WAS destroyed. The “capabilities.” But we left enough enrichment necessary for electricity/industry needs, etc. That takes a much lower level of enriched uranium. However, they can go from 60% to 90% enriched in just a few weeks. We left them with way less than that. But they can go from 10% to 90% in several months.
Trump told us they could easily start it up again, and if they focused on that they would regret it, and that’s why he worked on the diplomacy side all year.
But Iran was never interested in diplomacy. They want the bombs.
Not everything was destroy. Read thru this and look for the info re Tehran Nuclear Research Center where they are talking about the IR-6 centrifuges. It's towards the end of this thread. Marc Caputo is a reporter for Axios.
You mean the same guy who has told us for literally decades that Iran is "days away" from developing a nuclear weapon? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me 2, 3, 4, 5 (how many times must one be fooled???)
So Iran is not an existential threat to America and Israel? Iran is only acting like they hate us, but don’t really, and if they acquired nuclear weapons, they would not use them? Did the Iranian regime not really kill tens of thousands of its own citizens? Basically, Iran is harmless and should be left alone?
We all need to be very careful what ‘facts’ we believe. Just because something is reported as true, doesn’t make it so. All one has to do is look to history.
They love us to death. Remember too, including their own citizens, Iran was one of if not the main contributor of the IEDs that killed and maimed thousands of our soldiers during Bushy's war.
You can get to the article without subscribing. This is the first one I found.
Iran IS an existential threat to Israel. Iran IS NOT an existential threat to the United States. USA is there (mostly) to control the oil. The nuclear threat however is the pretext, which may have some truth. But it’s overwhelming about the Texas Tea, IMO.
LOL I can't believe anyone is actually using this psychopathic war criminal's words as a justification for the US getting involved in another foreign war.
If the threat from Iran was so dire as Trump and Rubio have portrayed, then getting a declaration of war from Congress should have been easy. They didn’t even try. The only threat from Iran was on our troops who are stationed in foreign countries where they should not be deployed. The whole strategy is similar in respects to a false flag operation. We place troops in harms way so they can be attacked which then requires a massive retaliatory response. “Remember the Maine!” I voted for Trump three times, but there wasn’t really any other sensible choice.
Republicans have a majority in Congress. I suspect many Democrats are supportive of Israel and would also vote for a declaration of war. As you point out TDS may overrule. The Democrats may gamble they will regain a majority in Congress. If they do, they will undoubtedly justifiably impeach Trump for violating the Constitution by waging war without a declaration. It won’t matter Congress has a history of failing to uphold the Constitution.
The Constitution gives the respective state legislatures the sole authority to determine the choosing of Presidential electors. States also individually determine how representatives to Congress are to be elected with the number of representatives determined by the requirements set forth in the Constitution. There is no doubt that the election process in numerous states has been corrupted, with the result we have a Congress populated with numerous corrupt and/or incompetent individuals. How do we eliminate the corruption? The answer appears elusive. Back before the revolutionary war, pamphleteers exposed and railed against the tyranny and the corruption of their British overlords. Britain was the most powerful country at that time. Change for the better seemed improbable to achieve. Over time the reaction against the tyranny and corruption motivated people to act. The same is slowly happening here as a result of the freedom to write and interchange thought.
They followed the War Powers Act just like they were required to do. Notified the gang of 8 [actually 7]
"The War Powers Act, officially known as the War Powers Resolution, was enacted on November 7, 1973, to limit the president's authority to commit U.S. forces to military action abroad without congressional approval. It requires the president to consult with Congress before deploying troops and to notify them within 48 hours of military action. The act also sets a 60-day limit for military operations without congressional authorization, with a 30-day withdrawal period thereafter. This legislation was enacted in response to concerns over the Vietnam War and aims to ensure that both the executive and legislative branches share responsibility for military engagements."
Congress should have impeached President Johnson for waging war in Vietnam without a declaration of war from Congress. Johnson committed a high crime, an impeachable offense, for waging war without the declaration from Congress. The Constitution is the Supreme law of our Republic and it requires the declaration from Congress to wage war. That is how the checks and balances among the three branches of our federal government is supposed to work. Congress rather than upholding their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution watered down the Constitutional requirement with the War Powers Act. It’s constitutionality is debatable. IMHO the Constitution is clear and the War Powers Act is unconstitutional. The Preamble to the Constitution states one of its purposes is for “the common DEFENSE.” What Trump did with Iran, is spite of what he claims, is an offensive action.
Agreed. The US got into wars after WW2 without Congress declaring war, which is their Constitutional duty.
Instead of stopping them, Congress passed a law watering down the Constitution.
Just like when US anthrax was released upon the American public in 2001, against the 1972 Bioweapons treaty the US signed, instead of forcing the bioweapons labs to be closed, Congress passed the PREP Act, saying that the next time they released a bioweapon, American citizens could be forced to take experimental drugs and could not sue.
James Madison, one of our Founding Fathers, on why the Constitution doesn't give the president power to make war. I think we can now see how very wise he was.....
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. Beside the objection to such a mixture of heterogeneous powers: the trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man: not such as nature may offer as the prodigy of many centuries, but such as may be expected in the ordinary successions of magistracy. War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement. In war a physical force is to be created, and it is the executive will which is to direct it. In war the public treasures are to be unlocked, and it is the executive hand which is to dispense them. In war the honors and emoluments of office are to be multiplied; and it is the executive patronage under which they are to be enjoyed. It is in war, finally, that laurels are to be gathered, and it is the executive brow they are to encircle. The strongest passions, and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venial love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace."
I saw a very good commentary on articles in the Constitution which allow that POTUS to make military strike decisions. Sorry I can’t recall the numbers of the 2 separate articles, each legally explained how they can be utilized. Had to laugh just now, I s’pose this isn’t my most helpful comment since I can’t recall the Article numbers. 🤪😄
Well and attacking another country unprovoked is a war crime, as is bombing them when under the guise of negotiations for peace. Nobody is going to trust the US when they come to "negotiate" anymore. But hey, I'm sure its some mind blowing 3D chess that I simply can't understand - just like all of this is to weaken China, but now we may be moving missile defense systems out of the pacific to the Middle EAst - which again, I maybe just don't understand the 3D chess being played.....we are totally obliterating them and have basically won the war, but we need precious and expensive reinforcements under these skies we have total control over.
Here are some of my thoughts that are not meant to disregard your thoughts.
Perhaps we are being misdirected. I get that sense from most of what we are being told.
Generally, things unravel and I gain a better understanding. Sometimes I agree, sometimes I don’t.
Regarding mRNA, Trump was ignorant and convinced by his experts. Does that ket him off the hook? In my opinion, “no”. This is basic biology. Everyone should have known (assuming it is still taught in school). There are millions of folks who bought into to it and still do.
You can say they were forced to do so. I won’t disagree.
You’re assuming it will be protracted. Why? So far nothing Trump has done is conventional why assume that? I would have preferred we not get involved and let Isreal fight its own war but I’d also prefer that AIPAC was out of DC and no one in Co Gresham dual citizenship. We can’t always get what we want. But so far, Trump is not leading to protracted anything
Sorry, but the Jew hate just doesn’t fly here. “ look kids, in the closet, a Nazi Jew hater! If we could kill all 17 million of THEM, we could have peace. The 2.2 billion muzzie pigs will go away!” Sorry Margaret, but your slip is showing.
and like clockwhere there is the baseless accusation
Ya, there are good faith actors who have good faith disagreements with the government of israel its just that everyone who does speak up and especially especially those who are prominent and effective communicators, well they aren't good faith actors, they are anti-semites
I notice there is extreme “BB”DS, and if anything were to become necessary to do and it was righteous, but BB spoke out in support of it too, these people so radically hate him they will immediately assume he has ulterior motives and is directing it all and therefore it must be prevented at all costs no matter how good of a mission it is. It’s insane.
I get the skepticism over BB, and for many things I believe we should stay out of it and let him deal with his issues on his own, but not everything is an evil hatched plan by BB. Some things are worth doing regardless if he steps eagerly beside us. So what if there’s any benefit to him. I’m not focusing on what’s good for him I’m focusing on what’s good for America, and so is Trump.
How can these people see how deranged the left is with their hate for Trump causing them to object over everything he wants to do that’s an 80-20 issue and then do the exact same thing themselves over BB?
You can say this isn’t a 80-20 issue, but from my seat it looks awfully like it is but the propaganda is convincing a lot of gullible idiots it’s not.
So if someone kills your chosen leader that you dislike and then starts bombing your country, you automatically cheer on their bellicosity? Looks like they're rallying behind their country no matter who the leader is. Gosh, who would have ever thought?
And we aren’t “bombing their country” we are strategically targeting their regime. BIG difference. But flippantly using “bombing their country” gives the radical perspective and feewings they want you to have.
So you've been led to believe. And I agree, many Persians are happy - some I know personally. But not all. Many are also, now radicalized because the Ayatollah has been martyred. Keep in mind Israeli propaganda has been deeply imbedded for decades.
30,000 in just the last few weeks - all the other protests can easily get to 100,000 then there are the women stoned to death because they didn't wear the right burka or went outside without a male etc -
Yes, if you believe the mainstream media propaganda they spoon feed people, then sure. Also, if that many people were killed just in the past few weeks, you think it would be enough for the people to rise up - which they are not doing. Because those numbers are total bullshit, is my guess.
right the same MSM that loves all tyrants and communists - if anything the MSM has reported no deaths - the 100k comes from the people - you should read something besides Mother Jones
The mainstream media is parroting the same shit you are - so maybe you should take your own advice and go elsewhere for your info. What is mother jones?
Again, why are the people not rising up? Because you have been repeatedly fed the lie that they are ready to. If 30k died in recent weeks, the environment would be more than ripe for revolution, yet that is not happening. Connect the dots (or the lies)
Do you believe in the God of the Bible? If not, enough said! If you said you do , then you might want to look at Jeremiah 49:34-39. Elam in the ancient world is today’s Iran. Prophecy fulfilled?….I don’t know but IMHO it certainly looks like a duck and quacks like a duck. Argue with God and let HIM work His plan and don’t be so quick to join the deceived elect. 🙏
Tucker has become unreliable journalistically. He is not detached, and no longer pretends to be.
True journalism, as contrasted with political commentary and opinion based coverage, is completely detached and examines all sides.
It's more clicky to seem to know it all, forget a lot, obscure uncomfortable comparisons and pronounce moral superiority for your followers to bask in. It's been the problem with leftist media culture, and a difficult model for many new media voices to resist.
In political commentary, I prefer Jeff's humility and wait-and-see practicality.
Have they really? Want to follow the money? Here ya go - Leah has done a deep dive on the money all right. All that is publicly available. That Sheridan woman is neck deep in whatever is going on, and she is not the only one.
They’re following that miserable Nazi midget Fuentes, as they are paid by muzzie pigs. Remember how Adolf hooked up with the muzzie pigs 80 years ago? No?
Did you see the meme of the 72 virgins after Khomeini got busted up. It was head shots of Fuentes. Maybe not 72 total in the pic but you get the idea. lol
Have they really? Want to follow the money? Here ya go - Leah has done a deep dive on the money all right. All that is publicly available. That Sheridan woman is neck deep in whatever is going on, and she is not the only one.
Unreliable is a good description. When he first started his online show, i was struck and elated to experience his interviewing method of asking a question and letting the interviewee answer as long as it took. After decades of msm slanted, gotcha questions and cutting off answers, it was refreshing to hear a full answer. I even enjoyed his monologues/speeches, though his laugh was jarring :) . I even thought his interviewing the oddballs was useful so we could actually hear what they had to say and make our own decisions about them. Recently, however, instead of interviewing them he seems to be joining some and promoting them. That loses my interest and viewership.
It’s sad to see. I still love Tucker, but I admit that he has lost his journalistic neutrality that I always loved, that he held right up until last year. That neutrality helped open MANY eyes, put fantastic arguments into words for us, and got Trump elected, and for that I’m eternally grateful to him. I won’t throw the baby out with the bath water because of that.
But something made him dirty his bath water, stray from neutrality, and it’s sad to watch. I remember all the heat he got for letting voices of some we deeply disagree or had been taught to dislike (Putin) have air time, and I did not think that was a bad thing. Don’t shield me from ideas and opinions you think are dangerous to hold, that’s suspicious. Let me make up my own mind, and that’s what he did. He gave us both sides of a story. That angered a LOT of people.
But this year? The past several months? I’m confused by his choices. 😕
I don’t mind if he has controversial guests but personally I appreciate that if he lets them talk, he should also ask them tough questions and not just sit there nodding. And that applies to people whose views I agree with as well as those whose views I disagree with. Make them explain and defend their ideas.
Yes! And he used to do that. I mean he would nod and patiently let them speak as long as needed, but then he would come back with obvious challenging questions. It seems like he phased that out lately.
I just came across a wad of Phil Denter comments back to back in the last few minutes, either on this stack or another one, I can’t remember. I had sorted the comments by “new,” so he must have commented later in the day.
I recently started a (fast-growing) list of trolls/tools/wonks to remind myself who I should just ignore instead of engaging. (A literal list btw) I don’t want to give up reading the C&C comment section — I used to get so much enjoyment and great info from so many thoughtful and well-reasoned commenters here — but the increasing number of trolls may force that decision.
Nah…just someone who joins a serious discussion thread and posts an outrageous comment just to start arguments rather than contribute meaningfully. A troll isn’t just someone who disagrees — it’s someone trying to stir chaos on purpose. If the giant shoe fits…
Agreed. I have disagreed many times. Never intending to start an argument. But to state my point of view. AND maybe learn something.
I respect an honest discussion.
I will say though, that commenting has taught me to use my words more carefully. Sometimes what’s in my head as a knee jerk reaction doesn’t belong in a comment, simply for my own sanity.
Same. I welcome disagreement and honest discussion. Two Ns and I have gotten into it a few times, but always respectfully. Political Phil and I have also had some reasonable and interesting conversations. It’s always good to hear other perspectives and learn. Thanks for your comments, Dr. Linda! I always appreciate you.
I finally blocked B2Ns. “He” was trying to aggravate me. I did not more aggravation. Maybe I should unblock but my world is a little easier without those comments.
I enjoy your thoughts as well. I have learned & thought
Sometimes it’s also good to show the weaknesses of their assertions for people who are reading but not participating in the discussion too. But usually I don’t have the time or patience to get into it with bad faith commenters.
Right it’s so painful when anyone challenges an idea or presents a different POV. Censor everything that disagrees with your POV. Wait, wasn’t that Biden?
AD, You sure have a deep and abiding love for MacGregor. What is that, about the 6th time you have posted him - just today? Nah, get a different source, maybe try some Promethean Action for a change up? https://www.youtube.com/@PrometheanAction
The analysts I most respect are explaining this war in Iran is really about China -and so was the surgical action in Venezuela. It is driven by America, not Israel. Of course it also addresses many other issues and the timing was optimal with the massive slaughter of Iranians in January (something many commenters seem to have forgotten about). This 36 minute analysis by a former Israeli journalist with a deep knowledge of the history of the region, is worth watching: https://youtu.be/24ryHuOLVmQ?si=h8MkwpwzkG1T_Vw-
I agree. What’s frustrating are those wrongly reading into Johnson’s statement yesterday when he said Israel was going to do it with or without us. People’s brains just explode! “Omg the sky is falling ISRAEL IS MAKING US DO THIS! Trump is a puppet!” 🤦🏼♀️ Just because their timing coincided with ours doesn’t mean they were the sole driver of the decisions. It’s possible, yes, but so are many other circumstances. It’s not the sole possibility. Sometimes that happens, you end up on the same square on the game board anyway and so team up because it is advantageous. I do believe they have been working together side by side all along, but why shouldn’t they? They are our greatest ally in the region. We will be far more successful in our missions with their troops and resources. So what if they get something out of it too. And yea, they will be MUCH more successful than they would have been without us as well. Sometimes timing works - that’s true in business dealings every day, and the stars just align.
Yeah, and it is now being reported (despite apparently winning this current battle - which nearly everyone here is repeating and saying) - the US may need to pull missile defense systems from S Korea and Japan. Strange we are kicking so much ass, but need to pull critical defense systems away from our biggest adversary. Wake up folks, this is NOT going as you are being told.
While some analysts warn that "capacity dispersion" to other regions (such as the Middle East) might reduce available assets for East Asia, the 2026 NDS highlights a transition toward a "denial defense" where allies are expected to invest more heavily in their own security.
My main point is it discredits the narrative that we are kicking so much ass and in total control then why would we need to bring in more highly expensive equipment that may be destroyed?
"Fortunately, the Court disagreed with the State of California. Parents, it said, have “primary authority with respect to the upbringing and education of children,” including “the right not to be shut out of participation in decisions regarding their children’s mental health.”
Glad to hear about this decision, but "...the right not to be shut out of participation in decisions..." sounds a little backwards. Shouldn't the decision be along the lines of "parents have sole authority...unless the State believes abuse is occurring in which case, the State must prove such abuse in court before any action can be taken against parents".
I'm purposely over-stating this as such a strong parent-rights position would probably endanger kids who are in abusive households. But I'm struggling with this wording by the Court as being a little weak-kneed.
I was told I had the right to not be shut out of participation in decisions about how my children received special education, and that I should be considered a member of the “team”. They continually tried to take sole control and overrule everything I knew my children needed. I waited too long to protect my daughter by I eventually moved both my sons to private schools who truly understood that meaning of “team” and saw the parent as the real leader.
When they use words like “participation”, they are still giving the school wayyyyy too much authority over the rearing of the child.
Well, if war must be waged, it is certainly better that it is done with superiority and precision. Unlike the flailing missile strikes by Iran into targets that are not involved, just pissing off their Arab neighbors.
What really makes me happy is the thought of Obama whimpering in a corner somewhere, knowing everything he did is being undone.
In order for Obama to whimper at his failure that would require integrity and intelligence two things Obama does not possess.
True, add compassion & self reflection, also missing from Obama’s psyche. : )
He’s a communist. Neither of those two traits fit in with that belief system.
And we both forgot honesty.
You forgot humility, a trait Obama does not possess.
: )
Clearly this is a community project
I love it!!!
"Obama whimpering in a corner" hahahahahahahaha!!!! YES!
Obama and Biden got the world into Ukraine over "democracy". The quotes are there because they know turning a democracy ("two wolves and a sheep deciding on the lunch menu") into socialism communism is easy. Overcoming the individual liberty of God given rights written into the constitution is not.
Russia is not quickly establishing complete air superiority over Ukraine for two primary reasons. One is because Ukraine has something Iran does not, hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid from NATO, and also Russia likes the war of attrition, hundreds of billions of dollars in military equipment spent on Ukraine, by EU nations and the US that have depleted NATO. To Russia this is a SMO, as Iran is to the US. The goal from their perspective, repeated for decades, was not to conquer and rule all of Ukraine, but to stop NATO's illegal expansion and protect those Russian supporting regions of Ukraine.
SMO?
The fifth year has started and there is a question about what an SMO is? Special Military Operation. Russia has never declared war on Ukraine...why it is conducted under different rules and methodology...David A is correct in what he says.
Special Military Operation, like Venezuela.
Exactly.
Sad thing is that Iranian terrorists are here in the U.S. thanks to Democrats’ open border policies. Now they won't fund DHS, who side are they on?
Indeed. Islamo-fascist aggression against Americans goes back to at least Carter. It crept into South and Central America, it owns Minnesota and NYC, and it’s spreading domestically.
Pro-war positions set a high bar, but anti-war MTG, Megyn Kelly, and Tucker Carlson sound like irrational toddlers. Obviously, domestic policy is priority one, but domestic and foreign policy are inseparable in the 21st century. It seems pretty clear that Trump’s multi-tasking is solving domestic problems caused by global issues. I say let the man cook, especially if that means killing some snakes in their nest.
Reasonable, Yes! The USA is clearly demonstrating willingness and ability to kill any/all snakes in their nest, wherever they may be!
Not just Iranian terrorists....
Point taken.
By now, you should know.
No. Iranians have been in the USA since the shah was deposed. Most living the life in California. Many of them highly successful.
We should not be in Iran right now fighting Israel’s war. A very big mistake.
You already know the answer…
God's justice came swiftly in our lifetime and it is rewarding to see it. Trust in God and He will answer our prayers, if it be His Will. God's Will be done.
That former AN/FPS-132 radar might disagree with the flaming missile hypothesis.
The fact the US military learned nothing from the drone war in Ukraine is beyond comprehension. We are in a new era of warfare. A $55k drone destroyed a 1.1 billion $ radar. Insane
That’s all you got
lol
The desperation to find the spin that sticks … 😆
I'd give them a little more credibility if they at least subscribed to C&C- but noooooooo.
Lurking attacks are free. They’re mindful of Soros’ money. Which actually seems to come from us taxpayers. Maybe we should be grateful for that.
So I see posts like that and I say, “there goes my money!” 🤣👍
Hes unvexxed, not un vaxxed
The geopolitical reality is
Russia no longer has a budget deficit
And Ukraine isn’t going to be getting any more AD missiles
China is watching the US expend it entire stock. Though the Patriots are doing about as we as expected. Which is 💩. The THAAD batteries are being moved out from Korea and potentially Taiwan if the war continues.
And blast me all you want about being part of an effeminate country. I like the USA. As Steve Bannon said “the mideast is a sideshow to a sideshow”. CHINA is the problem. But TelAvivLevin and Bibi got their war. Wars which i might add have sent tens of millions of muslim refugees to our shores. (Syria, iraq and Lybia)
The thing is, we AREN’T expending our entire stock. Lmao. We are just fine and have stock the world didn’t know about.
But that’s what you’ve been fed and you’re regurgitating it with foolish arrogance, and a gushing anticipation that is taped back behind a false calm, but everyone’s spirits end up revealing themselves through their chosen words.
Truthfully you’re not representative of a true Canadian. You’re one of the citizens that willingly let the liberal pod people take over your mind.
Larry Johnson a former CIA analyst would disagree. The production runs of THAAD missiles are 36 PER YEAR.
Lemme guess, you think “experts” are really experts in this day and age.
“Former CIA Analyst”. Those are a dime a dozen. 🤣 I care what “current” CIA analysts would say, the ones actively exposed to current data and intel, and the current administration in charge with the data at their fingertips, and the intel not just on NEW production but OLD storage locations around the world that weren’t known about before. There’s a LOT that other countries never knew about America and their capabilities and stock but they all thought they did, and swine traitors that used to be inside our walls spilling their frivolous beans can’t possibly believe they weren’t privy to all the intel. But they obviously weren’t. Their egos won’t handle that well.
Larry Johnson? I stopped listening to him a couple years ago...him and that overweight buffoon....
You can read more here about how this attack on Iran actually also helps the USA vs China:
OIL DISRUPTION HITS KEY BRICS MEMBERS HARD;
OPEC WILL INCREASE PRODUCTION;
ZELENSKY/UKRAINE "PIPELINE DAMAGE" CLAIM IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY
[...“OPEC+ countries affirmed on Sunday that they would boost oil production starting in April by 206,000 barrels daily — a modest increase intended to dampen the war’s effect on prices down the road. The majority of the increase would come from Saudi Arabia and Russia.” {SOURCE}
All of a sudden, this happens: Zelenskyy not to be trusted?
“Ukraine is under pressure to let the EU inspect a damaged pipeline carrying Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, as the two pro-Kremlin countries accuse Kyiv of overstating the impact of an attack by Moscow — despite what Ukrainian officials say is evidence of extensive destruction,” the report said.
According to five diplomats and EU officials who spoke to the FT, even pro‑Ukrainian governments within the European Union and the European Commission have also asked Ukraine to permit a delegation to inspect the pipeline. Two sources told the newspaper that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen requested access for EU experts during her visit to Kyiv on Feb. 24, the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The request, according to the sources, was refused.
As tensions escalated, the EU’s ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova, reportedly asked through the presidential office for permission to inspect the damaged pipeline herself or to allow visits by other EU diplomats. Those requests were denied for security reasons, the sources said.”..]
See more:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/03/03/iran-conflict-oil-disruption-hits-key-brics-members-hard/
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"Buh buh buh baby you just ain't seen nothin' yet. Here's somethin' here's somthin' that you're never gonna forget. Buh buh buh baby you just ain't seen nothin' yet. Nothin' yet. You ain't been around."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cia_v4vxfE
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The UnjabbedCanuck is, of course, correct. It does indeed appear that the USA is waging a 20th century war in the 21st century.
Mullahs waged war four decades ago
POTUS just cleaning up everyone else’s mess
Trump sending missiles not pallets of cash
It’s not complicated
Don't be so sure as hubris is deadly.
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Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hi everyone, Judge Andrew Napolitano here for Judging Freedom. Today is Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026. Professor John Mearsheimer joins us now. Professor Mearsheimer, welcome here, my dear friend. We have not spoken since the onset of the war in Iran and I and the viewers have longed to hear your views and here we are. Before we get into anything granular about the causes and justifications, what's your view big picture of the US/Israeli attack on Iran that commenced on Saturday morning?
Prof. John Mearsheimer: Well, when I think about this war, I almost quickly go to the big picture. And the question you have to ask yourself is what are our goals? And what do we have to do to achieve those goals? In other words, what does winning mean for us? Us meaning the United States and Israel. And then what does winning mean for the Iranians? What's their ultimate goal here and what's the likelihood that they will achieve it? And my sense is just looking at this that we have unachievable goals here. There's no way we can win this war in any meaningful way. And all the Iranians have to do is survive and they win. And I think they will survive. So, all of that's a way of saying I think we're in deep trouble.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7u5fibEiE&t=1m2s
"Professor Mearsheimer" is controlled opposition, and the tell is obvious black & white statements like "There's no way we can win this war in any meaningful way". He probably said the same thing about Venezuela, and it's not just that he lacks imagination and perspective. He's playing his role, spreading the FUD....
It’s not complicated
Btw TL/DR you blabbering 👆
Stop the mullahs from exporting terror
Only radical leftys like some here don’t understand this simple issue.
Good vs Evil
Agree 100%. Why are we fighting Israel’s wars? Israel is not our friend.
Stopped listening to those two years ago, as well.....
Phill, thanks for the foot tappin' memory of my college days.
And yet we’re winning. Maybe you have bad information.
"Winning!" - Charlie Sheen
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Perhaps you are the one with bad information, Will. For example:
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hi everyone, Judge Andrew Napolitano here for Judging Freedom. Today is Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026. Professor John Mearsheimer joins us now. Professor Mearsheimer, welcome here, my dear friend. We have not spoken since the onset of the war in Iran and I and the viewers have longed to hear your views and here we are. Before we get into anything granular about the causes and justifications, what's your view big picture of the US/Israeli attack on Iran that commenced on Saturday morning?
Prof. John Mearsheimer: Well, when I think about this war, I almost quickly go to the big picture. And the question you have to ask yourself is what are our goals? And what do we have to do to achieve those goals? In other words, what does winning mean for us? Us meaning the United States and Israel. And then what does winning mean for the Iranians? What's their ultimate goal here and what's the likelihood that they will achieve it? And my sense is just looking at this that we have unachievable goals here. There's no way we can win this war in any meaningful way. And all the Iranians have to do is survive and they win. And I think they will survive. So, all of that's a way of saying I think we're in deep trouble.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7u5fibEiE&t=1m2s
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You're "in deep trouble" indeed. Sad but true.
The Expert Professor says: "And all the Iranians have to do is survive and they win." The White House says "49 top Iranian leaders were eliminated in opening phase of military campaign." So, the question is really what Iranians is this "Expert Professor" talking about? The Israelis and the Trump Administration have proposed an alternative winning formula. By eliminating the leadership, the decent people of Iran survive and both sides win. This seems like a reasonable alternative to permitting the status quo until the "Fanatical Religious Iran Leaders" (My non-expert term) reach their stated objective of killing everyone else that they possibly can.
excellent article in American Thinker about how AI will change the nature of war equalizing smaller and larger country capabilities - so all the more reason to get Iran out of the picture
Good thinking.
If Iran broke it, they can pay to replace it. Fair is fair.
LOL!~ Dream on
I am with you. This could get very messy.
Really? That's what you read here and elsewhere....they have reverse engineered Iranian designed drones....there are other sources which give more information, as well. Try Don Surber's latest....he compliments C&C.
True, yet a 4 dollar blast from an expensive to build 100 kw nickel wide laser can take out both drones and bilistics. (new Israeli developed tech)
Read up on the LUCAS. The US learned, at least the regime under Trump. Ironic who developed the system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-cost_Uncrewed_Combat_Attack_System
The US reverse-engineered Iranian military technology. Now there's a thought I did not expect to have today!
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The concern, of course, is how to mass produce them while Iran has a massive stock-pile and can pump them out until there are no more $1.1B targets left to destroy.
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Trump Adoration Syndrome chronics are about to discover what many of us knew since at least 'The Apprentice': your hero is compromised, corrupt pos. Sad but true.
Buddy....you're too obvious, and easily ignored. You're going to lose whatever you're getting paid in, whether it's sheckles or priceless virtue bucks, unless you smarten up and get a bit more believable.
I'm a geopolitical analyst, CT. "I calls 'em as I sees 'em."
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I wrote this a year ago. Every day it looks less "crazy" and more just plain accurate:
Trump's WEF mandates are to smash Greenland, Canada and the USA into the Club of Rome's New World Order Region 1 - North American Union (NAU), instigate then manage the bankruptcy of US Inc. and its phoney-bologna US$ and facilitate the transition from the prosperous corporatocracy that we knew (and loved) to their new thousand-times-worse-than-Orwellian technocracy.
Trump brokering and providing Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison & Sam Altman with a half a TRILLION[!] dollars falls into that last mandate. Those 3 amigos are developing our Super-AI (the biblical Beast System) to, among other things, custom build, in 48 hours, an mRNA jab to "cure" you of cancer(s) that you don't even have!
I shit you not.
I was going to reply with a pithy zinger like "I suspect you're overpaid", but then I'd be as useless to the discussion as Albino Dude below....never go full a-hole, I try to remind myself.
I admit that on the surface, the dots can easily be connected in ways that support that dark future prediction, but there's one simple fact that does not align with that pessimistic view: NONE OF THIS WAS NECESSARY.
Everything was headed straight to hell before Trump arrived on the scene. We'd have just finished 8 years of killshots from Clinton after Obama teed things up with his double-term. It seems QUITE obvious that things did not go the way TPTB had intended, so how do you reconcile these two things?
That's the unifying theory I am seeking - until I have something plausible along those lines to consider, I choose to believe the analysts are falling for Fog of War distractions and misdirections.
Imbecile eunuchs like "Critical Thinker" abound... eh? sad. small wonder this once great country is foundering.
Try not to be such a craven moron.
Critical thinker? More like a uninformed cretin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JsOPcKoOig
Such a strong rebuttal...you were captain of the debate team, surely.
A bot troll styled after a flaming homosexual liberal smartass?
Of course. Counter reality-based facts with simple, tiresome ad homs. The refuge of children.
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When in Rome ... "I know you are but what am I?"
He's not my hero, his clot shot killed 3 of my best friends.
I am very sorry to hear that. God bless. 🙏🏻
Hey UnCanada, how's giving up territory going for you folks? Is it Nunavut? Or is it Ottawa, or Vancouver, or all of BC this week?
Yeah ... thanks, Donnie!
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Trump interfered in Canada's April 2025 federal election AGAINST the Conservative, Pierre Poilievre, and FOR the benefit of the Harvard, Oxford, Goldman Sachs, Governor of the Bank of Canada, Governor of the Bank of England, WEF-scumbag Mark Carney. Makes ya think ... 🤔
Trump brags that he hurt MAGA ally Pierre Poilievre in Canada election — as Liberals grab win
Canada’s incumbent Liberal Party is staying in power thanks to a wave of anti-American feeling catalyzed by Donald Trump’s policies
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-pierre-poilievre-canada-eletions-b2741230.html
You still talking about Obama?
All presidents are tools.
Trump and Regan were different. Keep in mind, we live in a nation where Government power is limited by the nature of our individual liberty rights and laws, with 3 branches of Government. Pure cynicism is not only unhealthy, it is irrational at times.
BINGO!
Some realities to consider = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7L1JIrR0g
Nice to see some truth.
This too... from really good man Col Mac:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_uJiRcl0Q&t=2s
Thanks, more truth indeed.
I'm starting to think the only war Trump is fighting is against the bloated, slimy tentacles of the CIA soft terror organization infecting the world.
Maybe Democrats cry about Iran but not Ukraine because they aren't able to launder money this time.
The don't care about the casualties of that war.
In Iran's case, there is no proxy ponzi scheme they get to siphon taxpayer dollars from.
While the MSM is busy regurgitating each other's excrescence, the people of Iran are celebrating their new freedom. Unlike the poor Ukrainians who are caught in the real quagmire. 🤡
The first part of your first sentence "If war must be waged".....is the premise. Logically, an accurate premise provides an accurate conclusion (superority and percision ) is a must.
However, if war need not be waged, the entire point of your statment loses me. WHY does war need to be waged? I think this war is wrong and we are doing BiBi's bidding.
Another name for my Israel Hater list.
Of course you think that.
That statement has zero truth in it. But you are allowed your opinion.
Consider to ask yourself why the Arab nations support what the US and Israel is doing here. There are many enlightening reasons hidden in the answers to this question.
The simple fact is that war doesn't have to be waged. The only reason we have war in the first place is that the populace is brainwashed enough to follow lying murderous leaders. They are the immoral order followers that make all wars possible.
not to worry - I'm sure Valerie is providing comfort
Was bombing a girls school done with precision?. Did the US or Israel commit ghis precision bombing? Who bombed ARAMCO in Saudi? Israel? Another precision bombing of an Arab/Ametican oil company.
The school bombing was caused by an errant Iranian missile
I'm a bit confused.... I thought Iran did not allow their girls to attend school... ????
The brainwashing about Iran goes on. Women become lawyers, doctors, scientists in Iran.
very few now. This was common before Carter, and is why so many Persians around the world are celebrating.
Just barely, as they continue to be targeted for violence and pushed into traditional gender roles, including early marriage. This, from neighbors who have recently arrived....
Missing the point , hitting the GCC states could destroy the petrodollar
The Arab nations support this US Israel action against dark age Islamists.
No they do not!
Yes they do. ( oh wait, that is not reasonable debate.) At least 6 Middle Eastern nations (primarily Gulf Arab states plus Jordan) have shown clear support through statements, defensive actions, and logistical backing for US actions against Iran
Egypt and others are there as well.
Dave these countries have lived side by side for years. Until Israel and the USA intervened(Iraq, Syria. The Lebanon, Kuwait) it all worked. This will not turn out well I am not the only one who believes this.
I understand but do not agree. Iran has been a bully to it ME neighbors for a long time, and it support of disparate terrorist groups is real. Jihadist dark age ideology has been a bane on the ME for centuries.
Trump's visits there have brought a business alliance that is trillions deep. These college educated ME leaders are done with radical Islam and centuries of war. The support for the US Israel action against Iran is real and a matter of public record. Jihadist Islamist ideology is undergoing a forced reformation. Iran has very little ME support, almost none.
The Petro dollar has many other issues.
Dave, you are smarter than to buy into that horsecrap.
SCOTUS says, “Parents have sincere religious beliefs about sex and gender, and they feel a religious obligation to raise their children in accordance with those beliefs.”
Umm, it's not just "sincere religious beliefs". Many parents, if not a majority, also hold sincere biological beliefs, understanding the different physiognomies created before birth for the possessors of XX and XY chromosomes.
💯. ALL beliefs. Religious. Biological. Commonsensical. All of them.
And there’s always, “This is MY kid, with MY DNA, and he/she is MY responsibility. YOU parent your kids. I’ll
parent mine.”
I remember the days when I as a teacher couldn’t give a kid 2 baby aspirin or tylenol without a permission slip.
If I were a teacher now, I could help them change their sex and obtain an abortion. Holy COW.
LOL!! You are one of the most uninformed ass-clowns here... and that says a LOT.
Try this truth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JsOPcKoOig
“When the debate is lost, insults become the losers tools.”
-Socrates
Couldn’t help but notice the phrase “fit parents”. It’s time we took a hard look at the power some state-level agencies wield over parents. Sure, there is such a thing as an unfit parent, but removing all parental rights should be considered an extreme option re both the parent and the child, especially in light of how trans-ideology has wormed its way into CPS, teacher’s unions, and especially certain court system judges.
That stood out for me too!!! “…fit parents…” Why not just say “parents?” That’s scary to me and a bit dishonest, leaving such an open end.
Who defines what fit is? There are people who truly believe it is an unfit parent that raises a child with Christian principles, or teaches them what God says about homosexuality.
As for parents that truly are unfit in the real sense of the word, for actual universally agreed upon factors such as sexual or physical abuse, we have laws to cover that already. Using “fit” in this application was a violation of parental rights and our freedoms imho, but hidden behind concurrence with the prosecutions arguments, almost like they wanted to agree with the defense so left them a back door. That single word was a red flag, and will create future confusion, messes, and unnecessary cases.
There’s always a loophole….in this case, define “fit”….you mean like Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr? 😂
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Agree. I had similar thoughts upon reading that phrasing 😕
That definitely stood out to me as well, as a very dangerous qualifier. The state needs to get their wicked noses out of our personally held beliefs, religious or not. Children are a gift from God Almighty (though they may not always seem so! 😁), and we alone, as parents will answer for how we nurtured & protected His children, on loan to us.
Good point, apparently parents do not get 'due process', just label them unfit!
@Gym+Fritz-I noted that as well. Who gets to determine a fit parent in a world where children have been taken from parents who would not agree to their delusions?
Yes. CA is/was able to remove a child from parents if the parents didn’t support “gender affirming care” OF THE CHILD! Yes, my 7 year old wants to be a girl because he is so knowledgeable in life. 🤦♀️
Right? My 4-5 yr old wanted to be a “piwate” (pirate) for maybe 2 years! I mean, he was “sewwious about it”. He ran around with an eyepatch, a pirate 🏴☠️ hat, a sword, “hook” hand— all the things. Gwamma bought him a really elaborate pirate get up. He looked like a real swashbuckler, and ran around drawing his sword on his older sisters, shouting, “Would you rather WALK the PWANK or CWIMB ABOARD the PIWATE SHIP and LEARN the PIWATE WAYS?”
His dad and I elected not to put out his eye, or make him a peg-leg. We didn’t even stop him from eating citrus so he could get scurvy. Not did we buy him a parrot for his shoulder. I did get him a bunch of chocolate doubloon coins, which were a huge hit.
Eventually, he outgrew his obsession with pirates.
I’m sure glad we didn’t chop off his hand to make the Captain Hook 🪝 thing more realistic.
I’d hate to have made
a permanent decision based on a temporary fixation.
As has been often lamented, “don’t make a permanent solution to a temporary problem” Good going, grandma 😁
KC, but do you work out? Are you fit?
Gym, retired public school teacher here. For decades we witnessed actually "unfit" parents: severe drug addicts, clear cases of abuse (usually verbal since physical would get them called out) BUT we were essentially powerless to do anything! But NOW? A Christian (or any other) parent can object to their child secretly confiding with staff at school probably things they gleaned from the Internet and that is WRONG? People really need to start thinking critically. This is actually insane.
Never forget Sarah Ybarra Johnson:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGOJf5-a3k
Speaking of SCOTUS the past week has made clear why the birthright citizenship case needs to be decided correctly ( meaning limited application). The college campus Death To America crowd together w the Chinese baby deliveries plus the dem quest for another open borders period ( is there any doubt) makes all this crystal clear
parents are THE PARENTS....period, there's no arguing about that. No school, city, state or country should run cover for children that need mental help.
Unfortunately - the children need mental help BECAUSE the schools are teaching beyond Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic!
Ie: "mental health" - Psyche and sexuality based on some kind of agenda - where normal and sane children became unstable! Truly this was unnecessary and completely immoral!
Most parents, even many progressives, don’t agree with transgenderism, but they won’t admit it for fear of the backlash, at least here in CA, that is.
Roger, not to quibble, but those biological beliefs sort of come under the heading of…”God created”. I’m just saying that most people with common sense beliefs which follow the natural order are acting upon an entire belief system which flows from having a Creator view.
God created pronouns. I saw them in the bible.
The problem with that, which was made clear to me during the mRNA death jab mandates, is that "science" is firmly in the hands of far-left extremists who assert that mentally ill men are women.
The person who runs https://avoiceforchoiceadvocacy.org/ explained to me that you simply cannot ever win in court on the basis of facts, because facts are defined by "experts" and the court sides with "experts" over sane people every time.
But you CAN win by claiming a violation of your religious beliefs, because the "experts" cannot prove what your beliefs are.
So our daughter faced the mRNA death jab mandates at her college, and she wrote a letter stating that the mandates violated her religious beliefs, and she was exempted. It is certain that her objection on the basis of facts would not have worked, because "facts" about Pfizer products are defined by Pfizer-funded "experts" as whatever is most profitable for Pfizer.
I was thinking the same
Yep. Kinda like religious exemption for the jabs. My religious exemption is I don’t want untested who knows what jabs in my body. My body, my choice is all the religion I need. My kids, what my eyes tell me, common sense, my choice is all I need for the transgender issue.
🎯!
It’s really sad that what you said had to be pointed out. The common sense department of the Democratic Party closed a long time ago. SMH.
YES, exactly this.
Precisely the point.
Yes 🤣it’s so common it’s uncommon
Thank you. That was my response too.
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Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or understand, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
— Ephesians 3:20-21
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Dear Lord,
Intervene supernaturally, triumph mightily, deliver powerfully, transform miraculously, save mercifully. Vanquish the evil ones, uphold the righteous ones, and protect the innocent ones in Jesus’ name. Thank you for acting according to Your goodness and absolute grasp of time and eternity.
Amen.
Don’t be mad, but at the end of the prayer (I was reading it aloud) in my mind I almost went to “thank you for your attention to this matter”) 🙏😇🙃☕️🍪
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I Love that ending Carol! ☺️
Thanks, Carol, your comments are my biggest laugh of the day so far!!!
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Do you think Trump ends his prayers that way? 😂😂😂
Oh my gosh🤣I think not😇
Do you really think he prays??? hmmm....
Why not? 🤷♀️
Love this! ❤️😁
I used to hate pre-written prayers. My mother-in-law never spoke to God with her own mind or words and always recited routine Catholic prayers every morning. (However I deeply admired her spiritual self-discipline.) But I’m starting to understand the usefulness of prewritten prayers. Sometimes I can’t find the words, and then I see well written ones like this that capture the yearning of my spirit and it helps to kickstart the dirt bike of my heart. There is a beauty to them. Maybe I just never saw any deep authenticity in the ones she used because they appeared rote and unconnected to my heart?
We should have a combination of both kind in our morning prayers. This is now the fourth one I have screenshot from various places this past month. ❤️
The Our Father was given to us by Jesus. The Hail Mary comes from Luke 1:28 and 1:42. Two routine Catholic prayers that make the Rosary the most powerful set of prayers. In times of crisis, a routine prayer gives comfort. What people say in their heart to God may not be said out loud so who knows what is in others hearts.
You are correct. I hope we don't see a barrage of anti-Catholic nonsense.
Is there any greater taming of man’s ‘heart of darkness’ in human history than the sacrament of Confession?
We begin Lent w/ ashes applied to forehead from palms (Palm Sunday) of previous years. This symbolic act is to remind us of our mortality (from ashes you come, from ashes you shall return).
We go to confession to be reminded that we cannot live a just life on this temporary home, on bread alone.
What would our world be like if more people activity went to confession? Hardly anyone does anymore. In my current thinking, we are all the morally poorer as a result.
Juju, the Catholic ‘Confiteor’ is said corporately at start of every Mass together by all parishioners. It is one of my favorites, as it places me instantly in the correct fallen human to perfect Creator, relationship.
“I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done,
and in what I have failed to do;
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God”
I grew up Catholic and always felt the power of that prayer too 🙏
Running, I 'returned' to weekly Mass after my Mom took ill and then quite quickly passed early last year. I had gone from time to time when visiting my Mom but was for the most part, a wayward Catholic. I had not been taking Communion. I asked Monsignor if I could resume taking Communion during my Mom's funeral mass. This 93-year-old man told me 'once a Catholic, always a Catholic'. That is all it took. Anyway, Mass is a way for me to be close to her. It's now very emotional for me during service, especially during certain songs. I'm okay with that tearful emotion though as it makes me feel grateful, and alive. I also had the opportunity in 2025 to walk 1/2 of a Camino (France into Spain). That was a walk of lamentation and super energizing, spiritually. I can't wait to go back and finish it. Northern Spain is beautiful, both the land and its people. There is something very powerful about walking in the very same footsteps that Christian pilgrims have tread since the 5th century.
That is wonderful 🙏❤️ Love that you got to walk part of a Camino! I was at Montserrat in Spain recently and something about that place really moved me like nothing has in a while 🙏
As a former catholic / current Christian from a strict religious family I have the same knee jerk reaction. It’s hard to resist it. 😊 my pastor this past Sunday said that Jesus didn’t come to invent Christianity ( or other denominations of the Christian faith) but to save us from our sins and reunite us with our creator. I like that.
I attend both Mass (my origin faith from Mom) and a Protestant/Evangelical service with my wife (she was raised Lutheran) where we go through Bible verse by verse. I gain much from both services.
Amen.
Maybe it’s different if the Holy Spirit was the author.
Beautiful! Amen and Amen!
Amen. Amen.
Thank you, Janice, for that magnificent prayer! I will copy that and place it in my Bible for daily (+) use! Bless you!
That is a beautiful mental image for me. Thank you for telling me that.
I absolutely love that prayer!
From our hearts to God's ears.
Amen!
A moment ago I 🙏🏼prayed this beautiful prayer. Thanks for finding the right words for us, Janice!
I am glad my heart’s plea is yours as well, Susie.
Amen🙏
Amen
Amen!
Amen
Amazing analysis again. Beautiful to see progress Venezuela! My family lived their and it was heartbreaking to see the decline and destruction of such a beautiful country with such talented and lovely people
Same story with my relatives in Venezuela who had to give up their shirts factory to the communist regime. Jeff may have discovered the Trump’s way of a regime change. Yes, every pattern may differ but the style is defined.
My dad started going there on business in the mid '60's and loved it. Totally different place then. Co worker Cuban exile bought a big estate in downtown nowhere hours west of Caracas and planned to retire and ranch there. Have not seen him in decades, but almost a certainty they took his land.
A very itneresting analysis from Jeff. I hope that we get folks living in Venezuela now, commenting and telling us more of what's happening there.
Jeff is the optimist. as ever. but some of us think that looting is not stopped by removing one big looter. But I am hoping he is more right than not.
Maduro ‘fire sale’ of oil to China was actually in exchange for $ massive Beijing Belt & Road funds. In ten year period (2007 - 2017) China gave over $60 billion in oil-backed loans to Venezuela, marking it as a premier recipient of Chinese finance in Latin America. In 2025, Nigeria was the largest single recipient of China Belt Road $ ($24B) in the world. Oil is China’s ROI there. We already know Iran provides a large share of China crude (as does Canada).
let's hope they have some DOGE like oversite to make sure the fraud doesn't ruin the objectives
My dad was an airline pilot and flew trips to Caracas in the 70s. Loved it. Said it was a great layover, good food, fun city, great people. Although his very favorite city in the world was Rome, he enjoyed Caracas too.
“The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?”
Psalms 27:1 NKJV
Supersonic missiles that have yet to be used by Iran.
Every ballistic missiles is supersonic.
Posted today from Haaretz:
Iran's Arsenal Exposes the Gap Between Netanyahu's Bravado and Reality
The opening 48 hours of the current U.S.-Israeli campaign suggest that Iran has nearly replenished its missile stockpile since the 12-day war in June and refined its capabilities for this round of fighting.
Haaretz is to Israel what MSNBC was to the United States
More stupid.
How and where is this Iranian arsenal? American and Israeli jets are flying over Iran without loss.
US and Israel does not have the technology on these intermediate missile that can change direction and not be shot down. Iran is holding back. Will not be a short war.
Yeah, I have a very close friend who is an engineer, designs weapons, and is a consultant for both the Navy and the Air Force. He literally works in the Blackhole. If he were to tell me anything, he’d have to kill me. When I spoke to him about this, he laughed and said, “We have nothing to worry about.”
Hypersonic missiles have a very limited ability to change direction.
Iran isn't holding back, they're simply not capable.
They may have thousands of missiles but they do not have thousands of launchers. Liquid fueled means they can't be fired quickly, either.
Too bad all their launchers are hyperdust.
not all of them but a good number.
The launches per day are dropping. It's not because they're holding back, it's because they have no ability to counter the death from the air.
“let’s wait until they get tired of kicking our ass,and then will hit them with our super duper weapons! They will never see it coming” ! Sometimes you’re just stupid.
Perhaps Bard meant hypersonic.
Every ballistic missile is hypersonic. It's not some wonder weapon.
The Ukrainians intercept them on the regular-Zircon, Kinzhal, and Iskanders.
Do we have an effective defense against the Oreshnik missile? Consider your answer carefully.
No we do not.
Yes, we do.
THAAD and Arrow would like a word.
What's even more effective is the Peacekeeper MX3.
No, the US does not yet have hypersonics, we have supersonics.
‘make the jump to hyperspace!’ - Han Solo
Given how poorly Russia and Iran have fared so far I think it's a good idea we skip it.
So far people with hypersonics are stuck in a "SMO" that lasted longer than the "Great patriotic war" and are losing around 1000-1500 men daily and operating 60 year old tanks as front line vehicles.
Imagine if they developed subsonic. lol
Biplanes incoming! Duck (in a few minutes ...)
Few hours :)
Technically they have, shaheds are sub sonic and so are nearly all cruise missiles :)
We seem to be in agreement on this action.
If they have them, they really should use them now. Why save them? Seems more like its just an empty threat to play upon those too fearful to ever try and make a positive change.
They are waiting for Israel to run out of defensive missiles.
This from Haaretz today:
"Iran's Arsenal Exposes the Gap Between Netanyahu's Bravado and Reality
The opening 48 hours of the current U.S.-Israeli campaign suggest that Iran has nearly replenished its missile stockpile since the 12-day war in June and refined its capabilities for this round of fighting"
its lots of big talk, just like their massive air defense abilities. Now they just sit there defenseless and get bombed.
According to media that we know is not to be trusted. Fog of war.
Truth is the first casualty of war.
The issue Iran runs into is having launchers to fire them.
They're losing a lot daily.
Hypersonic
You mean hypersonic.
With all this talk about glysophate permeating the food supply, I start to cringe everytime I see the term "roundup." How about "rundown,” “summary,” “recap,” or “this morning’s briefing?”😁
At first glance in that 2nd pic I could have sworn that birds had joined the fray and were dropping bombs. Angry Birds Air Force. (Note: I fully recognize the gravity of the situation. Seems as though I've been using humor as a defense/coping mechanism since I can remember.)
"I start to cringe every time I see the term "roundup."
You are reacting to the psyop
No, he is properly reacting to f'ing poison!
Yeah, pretty sure it was the roundup. 😅
I think of cowboys 😆😛
Space cowboys?
Nope and not the gangster of love, and not Maurice 😛
No—real ones 😆 Lassoing the daily news 😂
But now I have “The Joker” in my head 🙄😆
Mission accomplished.
🤣🤣🤣
I hope you’re getting royalties for that at least 😁
Not my property….even though I’m certain I used the term “gangster of love” years before it became cemented in dogma.
When the fateful day comes, on Jeff's tombstone will read: "I promise I did not make that up."
Or my favorite…So.
Yes, I considered that. It's minimalist. Could precede the sentence.
Yes, it could precede the sentence, or an entire realm of extrapolated thought. What comes next?… Draw your own conclusion….Enough said…or a popular idiom of recent times…I’m just saying…so.
Minimalist with endless possibility in those two letters.
And the finest point is that Jeff is an extremely talented writer, and we enjoy his writing techniques and use of words immensely. 😊
I have a mug with that on it and am drinking coffee out of it at this very moment 😁😆
I need one of those! 😂
https://shopcoffeeandcovid.com/
Go to the C&C store!! 😁
👍
And a more specific wording of it for Portlanders.
Lately, sadly, he has been making a LOT of stuff up.
So...
He really needs to stay in his lane. He's great at legal takes on our fight to get the Constitution followed.
Geopolitics not so much.
Main stream Western media and the administration cannot be your only source if you're really wanting to know geopolitics. You have to see the other side, too.
Recommend Alexander Mercurous, Alex Christoforo, Brian Berletic, and others who report from outside the country. Simplicius on substack, and others.
https://simplicius76.substack.com
https://theduran.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su6XGG7-Nvg
If you want a familiar face who is really good, Judge Napolitano has great shows on this.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDkEYb-TXJVWLvOokshtlsw/videos
OR, you could just go to an actual Iranian.
https://www.youtube.com/@TousiTV/streams
AD, The door is over thataway ----> X
We don't mind dissenting opinions; just like buttholes, everyone has one. But, just cause you have one, doesn't mean you have to BE one.
“What makes the Venezuelan recovery historically unique is its self-funding mechanism. Every other major post-regime recovery —Germany, Japan, South Korea, Iraq— required massive external capital infusion. Once again, Trump saw potential that nobody else did: use Venezuelan assets.”
And that was the goal of the other wars. Capital infusion was the goal enabling more monetary capture by the dark forces.
I bet Blackrock is not happy. And they are watching their anticipated “restructuring” in Ukraine slowly fade away….
I'm pretty sure that the US plan was to use Iraq's oil to pay Halliburton to rebuild.
I think it was Paul Wolfowitz who told us that, but it might have been Cheney.
Mrs. RW
Good morning. It's great to be alive in these exciting times!
Good morning from icy VA!
Unless you are a young school girl in Iran.
Yeah, it sucks when you get killed by your own military's misfired missile!
If true, im doubtful that missile would’ve been fired if not for being attacked by Israel-US. By the way, there is a weapons facility close to that school - the actual target.
Genocide in Gaza with misfired missiles?
That did happen in Gaza as well when they claimed Israel hit a hospital, but this thread is about the school in Iran
so i guess you believe everything "trump" and his demons say...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂this is the end of europe
Word on the street is that it was an Iranian missile gone astray…but yeah. I’d believe the Iranians if I were you. Glad I’m not you.
IRGC has already admitted it was theirs, reportedly. Pretty standard fare with the cheaper missiles.
Actually that is false. The target was a weapons facility near the school.
Still foggy over there.
Please show attachment or else BS.
Why do you keep feeding that absurd troll?
All out of troll seed…
Yeah it sucks to be him.
It’s hilarious to me that all of these people (the mullahs and the anti Iran strike people in the West) suddenly care so much about girls in Iran though they never said or did anything to support all of the girls and women abused, tortured and killed by the regime before now 🙄 Or at best, indulged in a little hand wringing about it. But now when women and girls are finally getting a chance to be freed from all that, these people are dead set against it 😑
Fox. News would never lie.
Where.?
Two schools were hit, fool... 100+ little girls murdered.
You think TWO Iranian missiles went astray? You and Loser Lydia can't be that damned stupid.
I saw where the Iranian regime confessed it was a misfire of one of their own missiles. So.
LOL!! Bullcrap.
More stupid. Do you ever give up? Why are you here?
Such a literate response.
Hope your feelings not hurt.
Sometimes saving means dying. I'm not for it but I can sometimes see the wisdom after the fact.
re: "Afghanistan? Iraq? HOW ABOUT UKRAINE?? It’s funny, I don’t remember the Times describing Biden’s $175+ billion Ukraine adventure as “embracing military power.”
Do not read, listen too, or watch the media sell their BS narrative, instead support our Great @POTUS, that's all you need to do. LTMW. You, and I, and the country, in fact the world, will be in a much better place for it.
"Let the man work." Do I have a choice?
Now if that means I'm not allowed to ask challenging questions, then I disagree.
Come on Phil, dont be a NY Times - the toilet paper of record. Yes, you have a choice, you can be supportive or you can not.
If you are going to ask "challenging questions" simply be prepared for challenging answers.
Is it your position that the world was in a better place with Iran's murderous terrorist in chief still alive, along with his band of demons? Here, wait, breaking from the Babylon Bee:
https://babylonbee.com/news/ayatollah-to-give-speech-as-soon-as-officials-find-the-rest-of-his-body
Oh... thanks for the straw man! And if I ever find myself in alignment with the NYT, I will have to get an enema to cure myself.
OK... let me ask this question. Is it your position that the world, and especially the American people, are in a better place after the last 100 years of endless forever wars perpetuated by the USG reigning death and destruction upon millions and millions of people in foreign lands? What "right" does the USG have in getting involved in every endless conflict around the globe? Seriously.
oh boy, Im glad you will at least have an enema at the ready. Strawman? No, a comparison that no matter how good Trump's efforts are for us and the world, you will have unreasonable questions, just like the damned NY Times and the rest of the lying media. LTMW!
What right? How about forgetting about the endless wars, normally started by someone else who we then had to go and finish. This is not that. Do not lump this with them. Go back and read again what this type engagement will allow, while seriously safeguarding the world from Iran's terrorist dictators.
Are you serious? Trump has not, and is not "getting involved in every endless conflict around the globe". He has ended a lot of conflicts and is still working hard to end the bloodshed in Ukraine. When the Iranians last attempted to internally get a regime change of the murderous Khamanei (sp? I dont care), at least 32k were murdered in the streets for their efforts (probably many more and who knows how many stuck in gulags). He and his regime have been working for years to undermine the USA and destroy a good ally in the ME, and their primary chant of the devil is death to the USA. They have said purposefully they intend to destroy the USA. What the hell else do you want? Do you want them to launch first? This should have been done decades ago when we had limpdick carter and his failed "rescue attempt". Think of all the lives which would have been saved had we a President who understands the use of military power.
Wow, I guess questions aren't allowed. My mistake.
Well, in a round-about way, I guess you did attempt to answer my question. I'll give you that. Apparently, it IS our job to rule the planet. You clearly think you "understand the use of military power". I am reminded of the bully in grade school who also understood the use of power by ruling the school yard... until he got bushwhacked by someone who wouldn't take it anymore and caught him by surprise in the school hallway.
"Death to the USA." Sticks and stones. "They are going to launch tomorrow!" Sure. Iran is going to launch a nuclear missile (which they don't have) at America who has the capability to turn all of Iran into a radioactive crater with the press of a button. Sure. So... why haven't we just nuked North Korea, based on your "understanding of the use of military power"?
Exactly what is the proper use of military power?
Proper use of military power? First to safeguard and protect the USA from global threats. Second to achieve the objectives of the NCA in accomplishing the first.
Trump said he will not let Iran gain nuclear weapons, you would prefer they launch first and call later? They have ballistic missiles, they are launching them 360 degrees. They had a nuclear weapons program which we are preventing them from achieving functionality. That makes perfect sense to me if not to you.
Its not necessary to kill millions of Iranians who want freedom, it is necessary to kill the regime dictators and help the Iranians achieve freedom. To say we should nuke Iran is just plain stupid. It is surprising you can't figure that all out, Phil.
Your use of a school yard bully as a comparison utterly lacks merit. We are talking about a very dangerous world, not a school yard.
I lived in South Korea for four years, went to the DMZ between the two many times. If you saw what I saw and knew what I know, you would know why it is completely unnecessary to nuke the NK.
Additional info: Steve Witkoff said the Iranians proudly and openly admitted that they had evaded Obama’s oversight protocols, they already had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs.
Wow, he gives you an incredibly thorough and thoughtful disagreement, (hint: that’s the clearest sign of allowing someone to have an alternate opinion,) and your first comeback is “wow, I guess questions aren’t allowed”?
Just because you didn’t like his reply??
Phil? What on earth is going on with you? He’s willingly engaging with you. You just don’t like what his perspectives are and that he shares them! So in THAT sense YOU are the one not allowing others to have questions or responses.
I respect you, I always have, and no I have not always agreed with what you post but I read and consider and appreciate. But your replies this week are really unlike your typical interactions. Has some flaming liberal hijacked your account???
Phil, Apparently it is the "unreasonable" questions that are to be avoided.
Those of us who have read That Hideous Strength know that all they need is The Head.
Fantastic book! At a tender age, that book explained to me the "lure of the inner circle."
LOL. seriously ?
You do know what The Babylon Bee is?
My comment I think was for another post above not the latter.
Ask away…I always appreciate your insights. I don’t always agree, but I always appreciate. You are thoughtful, measured, and respectful. And for that, I thank you🙏💗.
Questions are not the same as statements or opinions made to sound like facts. I am not accusing you of such tactics, but there are many out there, if the shoe fits……
By far, those most guilty of that are the Zionist Neocons...
We don't really have any choice in letting the man work, true enough.
I don't have any problem with calm questions, and I think most people don't either. I'm not sure this was the best move, I'm concerned that Israel is leading the US around by the nose, and I wish we could have incapacitated all or some of those Iranian ships instead of sinking them.
I think people like Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are doing harm by condemning the operation when it's already committed to action. It risks dividing the Republican base, adds ammunition to Democrats and assorted enemies of the state, to what purpose?
I'll tell you one of my concerns. If the USG gets bogged down in another ground war in the ME, I think that alone might be enough to split MAGA apart. People are fed up with the forever wars. If that happens, then I would be worried that Trump has outlived his usefulness to the oligarchs the same way Kirk outlived his usefulness and became a liability. At that point, a full-on NeoCon could be installed as POTUS to carry forward their agenda without missing a beat. Of course, they would need a Casus Belli to accelerate the Iranian War. All it would take is for one missile to sink one of our aircraft carriers with 5,000 sailors on board and the war drums would beat just as loud as 9/11.
After all we've seen, you know it's possible.
Turn your brain off and trust politicians blindly! If one politician started a useless war that wasted hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of dollars, that means it's fine when my favorite politician does it too!
That's such bullshit. No, Trump is not a politician, and his purposes are in our/your interests, unlike the rest of them. I'm not saying at all turn your brain off, I'm saying recognize what he is doing, how it is completely different from past bullshit interventions which got nothing done... and be supportive of the efforts. There are plenty of liars, who dont want their grifts to end, who will be un-supportive, perhaps you are one?
Sorry to burst your bubble but he is literally a politician lol. And suuurrree, maybe he's totally not like the other politicians and he's playing 4 billion D chess by backing out of what many people felt was his most important campaign promise, to not start new wars, but it sure doesn't look like it from the cheap seats. I see absolutely no reason to trust the man who did his very best to cover up the Epstein files and who continued to fund the Gaza genocide for a year and still to this day continues to prop up the Ukraine meat grinder while paying lip service to ending wars.
You are so full of shit. He is an American and a businessman first who came into power because we the people are sick of the bullshit from the criminal conman politicians. Covered up the Epstein files? Fuck you man, biden's autopen had four years to release and didnt do a fucking thing - why not talk about that. Trump signed the legislation to release it all. He ended GAZA you pathetic gas lit dip.
Triggered much? Lol. No one expected Biden to release the Epstein files, and we agree that he was terrible. Yes, the Gaza genocide has stopped now, but Trump spent an entire year funding the slaughter, so we can't allow the fact that it's stopped now to erase that from memory, because it's still relevant, and it could start again any day, and Trump would be giving Israel anything it asked for if history is any guide. Yes Americans are sick of criminal conman politicians, sadly it seems they have elected another one. I know it's hard to admit when you've been fooled, but maybe it's time.
Oh boy, triggered much, no, just responding to a retard, lol. No one expected biden's autopen to release? Then why now? Why didnt the media care until now? For four years no one gave a good damn. Oh it must really suck that Trump is not in the files in any way which shows he was part of the sickness which all the liberals were a part of.
Trump funded Israel to go and destroy Hamas, that's a good thing which you cant fathom. Could start again any day??? Has it? No! Its even less likely now with the removal of the terrorists in Iran.
I haven't been fooled, you have. You watch too damn much MSNBC, oh wait they were so bad they had to change their name but they still lie, about everything. You should really just STFU and LTMW. That would be far better use of your limited brain power.
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I think every parent has the right to know what schools are doing with their child, regardless of religion. So I find the Court’s packaging of this as a matter of protecting the rights of (only?) religious parents unfortunate.
The Court did not single out only religious parents in this decision. In fact, it includes ALL parents. Religious parents were specifically addressed because that's who brought the suit.
I admit, I have not read the opinion yet.
Here 's the link to SCOTUS that also includes the dissenting opinions. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a810_b97d.pdf
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Enough public school teachers are drowning in anti-rational ideas, attitudes, mindset, psychology to choke a horse. Keep your kids away.
I can testify from having worked amongst them for 30 years. Twelve of those in unbelievably nasty wokeness. Especially in large cities, stay away!
I'm not an anti-Trump republican and I disagree with this war. I voted for Trump 3 times. But I did not vote to enter a war that most likely will be protracted. This is hubris and folly. The Gulf States are in chaos and feeling totally betrayed by the USA as they are attacked. There will be massive unintended consequences to this foolish action.
I have to agree with Tucker Carlson on this one. Tucker is not anti-Trump either:
https://tuckercarlson.com/iran-war-monologue-030226
And for those cheering this war on - ask yourself if you are willing to send your children or grandchildren to fight Benjamin Netanyahu's war for geopolitical expansion. Netanyahyu is thrilled to utilize American taxpayer money and the US military to achieve his goals. And now, emboldened, Israel has turned their sights on Turkey. Trump was rolled on this issue just like he was in the first term with the MRNA vaccines. We are being lied to about the reasons we have entered into this action. This is an unforced giant error on the part of this administration. And for the record, I despise Adam Schiff - so don't lump me in with that idiot.
Actually why don't you understand this is not a war..it is a military operation just as Venezuela and possibly Mexico. We the US has been suffering from the mullahs as has the Iranian people for nearly 50 yrs. The regime was being used by the deep state/swamp whatever you want to call the shadow government to fund the cartel called the world banks. So much more to this..so be patient, trust GOD. HE is fulfilling HIS promises of exposing things done in the dark to the light which is truth. Let HIM do HIS works.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was not a war. Its just a military operation
You can call it whatever you want. When thousands of US servicemen die and trillions are added to the debt, while war profiteers and banks make billions, who the hell cares what you call it? Cue the rhetoric about what a terrible regime they have, EVERY DAMN TIME the war hawks come calling. Do NOT learn from history. We were told the Taliban was evil and after spending 8 trillion, tens of thousands of soldiers killed, hundreds of thousands of civilians killed, they're not only back in power, but we're now giving them millions in support. When you keep falling for the same script time after time, it's called willful ignorance.
Venezuela just prior to this now makes sense. That regime change was to ensure an uninterrupted oil supply for US disposition.
Yesterday Trump admitted that boots-on-the-ground is an option.
We pray that it doesn’t come to that.
Yes. So silly to expect mere humans to grapple with all possible outcomes in the spirit realm and the kingdom of earth. Human govts are composed of humans.
Human force can only do so much.
Correct. The U.S. has declared war just five times in history, the most recent being WWII. This is not war.
I read a Glenn Beck analysis of this. He used the acronym, CRINK. It stands for China, Russia, Iran, North Korea. They are all intertwined. As Glenn stated, Trump pulled the thread that is Iran. The rest start unraveling. It’s a good analysis. As is Michael McCune’s.
I haven't read Glenn, but my own analysis says China is the big loser here as Trump re-shapes the world!
https://corrin.substack.com/p/how-trump-is-making-america-first
Beck has an amazing record when it comes to war.....or not so much, actually.
The words of PM Netanyahu are quite uncompromisingly clear, I think. Well worth the watch.
Do you believe Iran is and was the threat he describes? The consequences of doing nothing became untenable. Iran is unwavering in its resolve to destroy the United States and Israel, and hold the world through terror. It’s not a stretch to see that this is true. They’ve been acting on this resolve for decades, and train up their kids to hold to the resolve as well. After Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities were destroyed, they moved to different locations to start them up again. Complete destruction of their ability to destroy the west, and anyone else they don’t like, is required.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0dxVdejtWc
We were told by Trump that in the 12 day war the US and Israel destroyed Iran's nuclear weapons. Was that a lie? Netanyahu is on record for years telling congress that Iran was mere months away from a nuclear weapon. Of course, just like climate change, he has to keep extending the timeline. We're being lied to. Don't be naive. Netanyahu is not your friend and has convinced the administration that fighting this war for them is in our best interest.
Patricia you may be right and you may be wrong. What amazes me is that you have chosen with a high level of confidence to claim Trumpie is allowing the USA military to be a virtual proxy for Israel(Bibi) and is doing as he's told-- basically. Very doubtful.
Secondly, you have concluded and stated with a high level of confidence that this WILL be a prolonged war. Also, based on previous Trumpie managed escalations, very doubtful; also based on previous Trumpie public statements about "war" -- very doubtful.
Third, you proclaim that Trump is like all the other swamp creatures you revile and is LYING to all the citizens of the USA and that WE are ALL naive.
How is that YOU are the only one with this higher level of discernment?
How can you be so SURE it is we the majority of commenters who are naive and not yourself?
I hope you are wrong and will someday learn to eat some humble pie.
I don't form my opinions by following "the majority of commenters" on this substack or any other blog. I think for myself and having a different opinion does not require me to "eat humble pie". But to your point - I hope I am wrong and if so, I will be very happy to eat some humble pie.
Colonel MacGregor shared in an interview yesterday that a source told him Israel initiated these strikes, and we decided to aid. Assuming this is accurate, who is calling the shots?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_uJiRcl0Q
Didn't Rubio say as much? Israel was going to go at it alone but "we" couldn't let that happen and miss out on the gang-bang. So of course he suckered us in.
We weren’t lied to after the 12-day war. 🙄 I’m sure you have read up on how uranium is enriched so you know you’re being misleading here.
We crippled their nuclear program, and the capabilities that they had last summer WAS destroyed. The “capabilities.” But we left enough enrichment necessary for electricity/industry needs, etc. That takes a much lower level of enriched uranium. However, they can go from 60% to 90% enriched in just a few weeks. We left them with way less than that. But they can go from 10% to 90% in several months.
Trump told us they could easily start it up again, and if they focused on that they would regret it, and that’s why he worked on the diplomacy side all year.
But Iran was never interested in diplomacy. They want the bombs.
I think that was just an excuse - regime change and making the world a safer place was always the objective
Rubio said yesterday that Israel was doing this with or without us. The Secretary of State of The United States admits we did not make the decision.
WTF??? "We did not make the decision"?!!?!?
So the vile, murderous scumbag Zio-pig Netanyahu is running our country openly?
Not everything was destroy. Read thru this and look for the info re Tehran Nuclear Research Center where they are talking about the IR-6 centrifuges. It's towards the end of this thread. Marc Caputo is a reporter for Axios.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2028220622136823902.html
You mean the same guy who has told us for literally decades that Iran is "days away" from developing a nuclear weapon? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me 2, 3, 4, 5 (how many times must one be fooled???)
So Iran is not an existential threat to America and Israel? Iran is only acting like they hate us, but don’t really, and if they acquired nuclear weapons, they would not use them? Did the Iranian regime not really kill tens of thousands of its own citizens? Basically, Iran is harmless and should be left alone?
We all need to be very careful what ‘facts’ we believe. Just because something is reported as true, doesn’t make it so. All one has to do is look to history.
They love us to death. Remember too, including their own citizens, Iran was one of if not the main contributor of the IEDs that killed and maimed thousands of our soldiers during Bushy's war.
You can get to the article without subscribing. This is the first one I found.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/soleimanis-legacy-the-gruesome-high-tech-ieds-that-haunted-u-s-troops-in-iraq/
The Ayatollah might be hiding under your bed.
Trump's hiding under your bed and reading you a bedtime story every night.
I think he's too busy running cover for the Epstein criminals.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Matt Walsh nails it:
https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2028667191567004093
Iran is not some innocent player, but....does this action in any way benefit the US and its citizens?
Iran IS an existential threat to Israel. Iran IS NOT an existential threat to the United States. USA is there (mostly) to control the oil. The nuclear threat however is the pretext, which may have some truth. But it’s overwhelming about the Texas Tea, IMO.
China is the threat. 90% of Iran’s oil went to China in 2025.
Pull your head out.
Why do you feel the need to put me down, SD? I stated it’s overwhelming about the oil.
LOL I can't believe anyone is actually using this psychopathic war criminal's words as a justification for the US getting involved in another foreign war.
Iran was doing nothing to us and was in the midst of a disarmament negotiation when they were illegally attacked.
Source? Fog of war and all, but all reports I’ve seen say they refused every single negotiation attempt.
They were stalling if anything. Trump offered them free nuclear energy and they turned it down. DJT gave them 10 days, then bombs away.
Inveterate liars.
Seen where? Neocon Fox? Neocon Newsmax?
You need better info. Yours sucks.
Bravo. Truth.
Becky... wake up, you are making a damned fool of yourself.
Ahole scumbag Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is 2 weeks from a nuke since 1996.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO4uDiGFCB4
If the threat from Iran was so dire as Trump and Rubio have portrayed, then getting a declaration of war from Congress should have been easy. They didn’t even try. The only threat from Iran was on our troops who are stationed in foreign countries where they should not be deployed. The whole strategy is similar in respects to a false flag operation. We place troops in harms way so they can be attacked which then requires a massive retaliatory response. “Remember the Maine!” I voted for Trump three times, but there wasn’t really any other sensible choice.
Do you honestly think Congress would have given Trump that???? They’d rather see Iran bombthe US. They are so poisoned by TDS
To get a vote of Congress first would mean leaks and no surprises.
LOL! Iran was never going to bomb the US...though now, maybe. Who knows?
They can't bomb the US. Their missiles don't reach that far.
Mrs. RW
Congress is full of whores to China. Traitors.
IMO Congress could be our greatest security threat.
Term limits!
Republicans have a majority in Congress. I suspect many Democrats are supportive of Israel and would also vote for a declaration of war. As you point out TDS may overrule. The Democrats may gamble they will regain a majority in Congress. If they do, they will undoubtedly justifiably impeach Trump for violating the Constitution by waging war without a declaration. It won’t matter Congress has a history of failing to uphold the Constitution.
Congress if you have noticed is merely stalling as a general rule. Selling out national interests for decades. Exists to enrich itself.
Congress as it stands is rife with corruption. And election s are compromised
https://rumble.com/v76auhy-mr.-president-desperate-times-call-for-desperate-emergency-measures-act-now.html?e9s=src_v1_cmd%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a
The Constitution gives the respective state legislatures the sole authority to determine the choosing of Presidential electors. States also individually determine how representatives to Congress are to be elected with the number of representatives determined by the requirements set forth in the Constitution. There is no doubt that the election process in numerous states has been corrupted, with the result we have a Congress populated with numerous corrupt and/or incompetent individuals. How do we eliminate the corruption? The answer appears elusive. Back before the revolutionary war, pamphleteers exposed and railed against the tyranny and the corruption of their British overlords. Britain was the most powerful country at that time. Change for the better seemed improbable to achieve. Over time the reaction against the tyranny and corruption motivated people to act. The same is slowly happening here as a result of the freedom to write and interchange thought.
The link I posted by Jovan Pulitzer explains a lot about fixing elections - and proving the fraud.
They followed the War Powers Act just like they were required to do. Notified the gang of 8 [actually 7]
"The War Powers Act, officially known as the War Powers Resolution, was enacted on November 7, 1973, to limit the president's authority to commit U.S. forces to military action abroad without congressional approval. It requires the president to consult with Congress before deploying troops and to notify them within 48 hours of military action. The act also sets a 60-day limit for military operations without congressional authorization, with a 30-day withdrawal period thereafter. This legislation was enacted in response to concerns over the Vietnam War and aims to ensure that both the executive and legislative branches share responsibility for military engagements."
Congress should have impeached President Johnson for waging war in Vietnam without a declaration of war from Congress. Johnson committed a high crime, an impeachable offense, for waging war without the declaration from Congress. The Constitution is the Supreme law of our Republic and it requires the declaration from Congress to wage war. That is how the checks and balances among the three branches of our federal government is supposed to work. Congress rather than upholding their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution watered down the Constitutional requirement with the War Powers Act. It’s constitutionality is debatable. IMHO the Constitution is clear and the War Powers Act is unconstitutional. The Preamble to the Constitution states one of its purposes is for “the common DEFENSE.” What Trump did with Iran, is spite of what he claims, is an offensive action.
Agreed. The US got into wars after WW2 without Congress declaring war, which is their Constitutional duty.
Instead of stopping them, Congress passed a law watering down the Constitution.
Just like when US anthrax was released upon the American public in 2001, against the 1972 Bioweapons treaty the US signed, instead of forcing the bioweapons labs to be closed, Congress passed the PREP Act, saying that the next time they released a bioweapon, American citizens could be forced to take experimental drugs and could not sue.
Congress is full of weasels.
Mrs. RW
False flagging for unconstitutional laws.
Choose to ignore what it says. I don't care. The admin did what was required by law.
James Madison, one of our Founding Fathers, on why the Constitution doesn't give the president power to make war. I think we can now see how very wise he was.....
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. Beside the objection to such a mixture of heterogeneous powers: the trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man: not such as nature may offer as the prodigy of many centuries, but such as may be expected in the ordinary successions of magistracy. War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement. In war a physical force is to be created, and it is the executive will which is to direct it. In war the public treasures are to be unlocked, and it is the executive hand which is to dispense them. In war the honors and emoluments of office are to be multiplied; and it is the executive patronage under which they are to be enjoyed. It is in war, finally, that laurels are to be gathered, and it is the executive brow they are to encircle. The strongest passions, and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venial love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace."
James Madison
Now that is funny!
I saw a very good commentary on articles in the Constitution which allow that POTUS to make military strike decisions. Sorry I can’t recall the numbers of the 2 separate articles, each legally explained how they can be utilized. Had to laugh just now, I s’pose this isn’t my most helpful comment since I can’t recall the Article numbers. 🤪😄
Well and attacking another country unprovoked is a war crime, as is bombing them when under the guise of negotiations for peace. Nobody is going to trust the US when they come to "negotiate" anymore. But hey, I'm sure its some mind blowing 3D chess that I simply can't understand - just like all of this is to weaken China, but now we may be moving missile defense systems out of the pacific to the Middle EAst - which again, I maybe just don't understand the 3D chess being played.....we are totally obliterating them and have basically won the war, but we need precious and expensive reinforcements under these skies we have total control over.
Here are some of my thoughts that are not meant to disregard your thoughts.
Perhaps we are being misdirected. I get that sense from most of what we are being told.
Generally, things unravel and I gain a better understanding. Sometimes I agree, sometimes I don’t.
Regarding mRNA, Trump was ignorant and convinced by his experts. Does that ket him off the hook? In my opinion, “no”. This is basic biology. Everyone should have known (assuming it is still taught in school). There are millions of folks who bought into to it and still do.
You can say they were forced to do so. I won’t disagree.
I do pray a lot these days.
You’re assuming it will be protracted. Why? So far nothing Trump has done is conventional why assume that? I would have preferred we not get involved and let Isreal fight its own war but I’d also prefer that AIPAC was out of DC and no one in Co Gresham dual citizenship. We can’t always get what we want. But so far, Trump is not leading to protracted anything
This insane, unprovoked war WILL be protracted... so will the FUBAR that is now the middle east...
So will limitations of oil supplies be protracted.
So will asymmetrical retaliation.
Sorry, but the Jew hate just doesn’t fly here. “ look kids, in the closet, a Nazi Jew hater! If we could kill all 17 million of THEM, we could have peace. The 2.2 billion muzzie pigs will go away!” Sorry Margaret, but your slip is showing.
and like clockwhere there is the baseless accusation
Ya, there are good faith actors who have good faith disagreements with the government of israel its just that everyone who does speak up and especially especially those who are prominent and effective communicators, well they aren't good faith actors, they are anti-semites
I notice there is extreme “BB”DS, and if anything were to become necessary to do and it was righteous, but BB spoke out in support of it too, these people so radically hate him they will immediately assume he has ulterior motives and is directing it all and therefore it must be prevented at all costs no matter how good of a mission it is. It’s insane.
I get the skepticism over BB, and for many things I believe we should stay out of it and let him deal with his issues on his own, but not everything is an evil hatched plan by BB. Some things are worth doing regardless if he steps eagerly beside us. So what if there’s any benefit to him. I’m not focusing on what’s good for him I’m focusing on what’s good for America, and so is Trump.
How can these people see how deranged the left is with their hate for Trump causing them to object over everything he wants to do that’s an 80-20 issue and then do the exact same thing themselves over BB?
You can say this isn’t a 80-20 issue, but from my seat it looks awfully like it is but the propaganda is convincing a lot of gullible idiots it’s not.
Every single prominent critic of the government of israel is given this label without fail
Armageddon is predicted. We just don’t know when.
90 million Iranians disagree
So if someone kills your chosen leader that you dislike and then starts bombing your country, you automatically cheer on their bellicosity? Looks like they're rallying behind their country no matter who the leader is. Gosh, who would have ever thought?
chosen leader - really? Iranians from what I am seeing are totally ok with wiping out the murderous regime
And we aren’t “bombing their country” we are strategically targeting their regime. BIG difference. But flippantly using “bombing their country” gives the radical perspective and feewings they want you to have.
Including the 32,000 killed for protesting.
Is it ok if Iran tries to kill our President? I've heard twice they attempted. Have you heard that?
So you've been led to believe. And I agree, many Persians are happy - some I know personally. But not all. Many are also, now radicalized because the Ayatollah has been martyred. Keep in mind Israeli propaganda has been deeply imbedded for decades.
the 100,000 killed by the regime weren't available for comment
That's just false
30,000 in just the last few weeks - all the other protests can easily get to 100,000 then there are the women stoned to death because they didn't wear the right burka or went outside without a male etc -
Yes, if you believe the mainstream media propaganda they spoon feed people, then sure. Also, if that many people were killed just in the past few weeks, you think it would be enough for the people to rise up - which they are not doing. Because those numbers are total bullshit, is my guess.
right the same MSM that loves all tyrants and communists - if anything the MSM has reported no deaths - the 100k comes from the people - you should read something besides Mother Jones
The mainstream media is parroting the same shit you are - so maybe you should take your own advice and go elsewhere for your info. What is mother jones?
Again, why are the people not rising up? Because you have been repeatedly fed the lie that they are ready to. If 30k died in recent weeks, the environment would be more than ripe for revolution, yet that is not happening. Connect the dots (or the lies)
I haven’t heard anyone cheering the war on.
Mostly I have heard questions, possible solutions, statements of possible understanding.
Actually you’re worse than Schiff. He’s a lying Jew. Cant contain himself. You, on the other hand, are just an imbecile.
Another name for my Jew Hater list.
Israel is the size of New Jersey and has been in a struggle for her existence against the Arabs for thousands of years actually.
If she has designs for taking them all over, she hasn’t been very good at it.
I wish her God’s protection and provision and absolute success.
Tucker had a good video on this.
https://youtu.be/kXaCUAzp9JA?si=P5s2WYMmXRBgNJBj
My favorite Tucker video
https://youtu.be/8k8yNEXRlXg
https://youtu.be/kXaCUAzp9JA?si=P5s2WYMmXRBgNJBj
The best Tucker video ever
https://youtu.be/8k8yNEXRlXg
Do you believe in the God of the Bible? If not, enough said! If you said you do , then you might want to look at Jeremiah 49:34-39. Elam in the ancient world is today’s Iran. Prophecy fulfilled?….I don’t know but IMHO it certainly looks like a duck and quacks like a duck. Argue with God and let HIM work His plan and don’t be so quick to join the deceived elect. 🙏
Bravo.
Thank you.
Tucker has become unreliable journalistically. He is not detached, and no longer pretends to be.
True journalism, as contrasted with political commentary and opinion based coverage, is completely detached and examines all sides.
It's more clicky to seem to know it all, forget a lot, obscure uncomfortable comparisons and pronounce moral superiority for your followers to bask in. It's been the problem with leftist media culture, and a difficult model for many new media voices to resist.
In political commentary, I prefer Jeff's humility and wait-and-see practicality.
Tucker and Candace Owens have wandered way off the reservation, and off a cliff.
Quite likely that they have wandered because the bread crumbs they were following were dollar bills.
Exactly. ALWAYS follow the money!
YES, YES, YES!!
Good one!
Yup. For an explanation of their useless dribble, their bank account balances.
Have they really? Want to follow the money? Here ya go - Leah has done a deep dive on the money all right. All that is publicly available. That Sheridan woman is neck deep in whatever is going on, and she is not the only one.
https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/14m-to-ghost-llcs-tpusa-follow-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7475242&post_id=189657471&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTE3NTM3NSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg5NjU3NDcxLCJpYXQiOjE3NzI0NzUzNDksImV4cCI6MTc3NTA2NzM0OSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTc0NzUyNDIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.bD0BkdSPL_yvFcjgWRhnnmL7QlxoeCbWzFLrH-64DXQ&r=6niz3&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
They’re following that miserable Nazi midget Fuentes, as they are paid by muzzie pigs. Remember how Adolf hooked up with the muzzie pigs 80 years ago? No?
Did you see the meme of the 72 virgins after Khomeini got busted up. It was head shots of Fuentes. Maybe not 72 total in the pic but you get the idea. lol
That was great!
Have they really? Want to follow the money? Here ya go - Leah has done a deep dive on the money all right. All that is publicly available. That Sheridan woman is neck deep in whatever is going on, and she is not the only one.
https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/14m-to-ghost-llcs-tpusa-follow-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7475242&post_id=189657471&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTE3NTM3NSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg5NjU3NDcxLCJpYXQiOjE3NzI0NzUzNDksImV4cCI6MTc3NTA2NzM0OSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTc0NzUyNDIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.bD0BkdSPL_yvFcjgWRhnnmL7QlxoeCbWzFLrH-64DXQ&r=6niz3&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
I was referring to the Iran war, but this is some seriously interesting information you shared. Thank you.
💯
Unreliable is a good description. When he first started his online show, i was struck and elated to experience his interviewing method of asking a question and letting the interviewee answer as long as it took. After decades of msm slanted, gotcha questions and cutting off answers, it was refreshing to hear a full answer. I even enjoyed his monologues/speeches, though his laugh was jarring :) . I even thought his interviewing the oddballs was useful so we could actually hear what they had to say and make our own decisions about them. Recently, however, instead of interviewing them he seems to be joining some and promoting them. That loses my interest and viewership.
Yes this is my reaction too.
It’s sad to see. I still love Tucker, but I admit that he has lost his journalistic neutrality that I always loved, that he held right up until last year. That neutrality helped open MANY eyes, put fantastic arguments into words for us, and got Trump elected, and for that I’m eternally grateful to him. I won’t throw the baby out with the bath water because of that.
But something made him dirty his bath water, stray from neutrality, and it’s sad to watch. I remember all the heat he got for letting voices of some we deeply disagree or had been taught to dislike (Putin) have air time, and I did not think that was a bad thing. Don’t shield me from ideas and opinions you think are dangerous to hold, that’s suspicious. Let me make up my own mind, and that’s what he did. He gave us both sides of a story. That angered a LOT of people.
But this year? The past several months? I’m confused by his choices. 😕
I don’t mind if he has controversial guests but personally I appreciate that if he lets them talk, he should also ask them tough questions and not just sit there nodding. And that applies to people whose views I agree with as well as those whose views I disagree with. Make them explain and defend their ideas.
Yes! Nothing better than hearing from the actual person what he/she believes, promotes.
Yes! And he used to do that. I mean he would nod and patiently let them speak as long as needed, but then he would come back with obvious challenging questions. It seems like he phased that out lately.
Disappointing.
It's like they've literally lost their minds.
You are too kind. Tucker has gone bat-shit crazy!
I prefer Tucker's truth to Jeffs zionist-supporting BS.
Check out interviews with Cols Macgregor and Wilkerson, Prof Mersheimer, Scott Ritter, Jeffry Sachs... fine men... Youtube has plenty.
You will see who is the damned LIAR... Tucker? Jeff?
Thank God for truth tellers like Tucker and Candace. Waving Pom Poms and declaring TAW is another mind control program.
Lots of trolls in here today. Who’s guarding the bridge?
I thought that yesterday. So kept my comments in my head. 😉
Yes, yesterday I quit reading comments.
It seems like when a level-headed, rational substack writer get well known, all the pointy headed nuts show up.
I must have quit early. I am not doubting you. It’s as though some of these Trolls only comment during work hours (their job to disrupt).
Many don’t show up over the weekend I’ve noticed.
Interesting observation. 🤔 It’s gotten bad lately.
They show up for newsworthy events to try to force through the preferred narratives from both the left and the black pillers.
Yep. Phil Denter comes to mind. BTW, how is Abiding Dude holding up? Is he still around? He was a pleasure. lol
Yeah the insults and crude language as soon as anyone disagreed with his opinions added so much to the discussions here 🙃😑
I just came across a wad of Phil Denter comments back to back in the last few minutes, either on this stack or another one, I can’t remember. I had sorted the comments by “new,” so he must have commented later in the day.
I recently started a (fast-growing) list of trolls/tools/wonks to remind myself who I should just ignore instead of engaging. (A literal list btw) I don’t want to give up reading the C&C comment section — I used to get so much enjoyment and great info from so many thoughtful and well-reasoned commenters here — but the increasing number of trolls may force that decision.
If they think there’s blood in the water, they get crazy.
Absolutely
Same.
that's OK; them trolls nd nay sayers keeps our edges sharp!
"Scotty, engage the warp drives."
🤣
Love it!
Is a troll simply someone who expresses differing views from your own?
Nah…just someone who joins a serious discussion thread and posts an outrageous comment just to start arguments rather than contribute meaningfully. A troll isn’t just someone who disagrees — it’s someone trying to stir chaos on purpose. If the giant shoe fits…
Agreed. I have disagreed many times. Never intending to start an argument. But to state my point of view. AND maybe learn something.
I respect an honest discussion.
I will say though, that commenting has taught me to use my words more carefully. Sometimes what’s in my head as a knee jerk reaction doesn’t belong in a comment, simply for my own sanity.
I am not speaking about anyone else just me.
Same. I welcome disagreement and honest discussion. Two Ns and I have gotten into it a few times, but always respectfully. Political Phil and I have also had some reasonable and interesting conversations. It’s always good to hear other perspectives and learn. Thanks for your comments, Dr. Linda! I always appreciate you.
I finally blocked B2Ns. “He” was trying to aggravate me. I did not more aggravation. Maybe I should unblock but my world is a little easier without those comments.
I enjoy your thoughts as well. I have learned & thought
And the more stupid, out-of-context the comment is, the more likely to be un-reflective of the prevailing topic.
And I don’t think we need to disregard the thought that they’re being paid. Antifa and related warfare isn’t just on the streets.
And yet you keep feeding it.
Sometimes I’m just bored.
Too funny! You have more patience with nonsense than I do. :)
Sometimes it’s also good to show the weaknesses of their assertions for people who are reading but not participating in the discussion too. But usually I don’t have the time or patience to get into it with bad faith commenters.
And you write well so I’m sure the temptation is great.
Or someone attacking others for giving their views
Right it’s so painful when anyone challenges an idea or presents a different POV. Censor everything that disagrees with your POV. Wait, wasn’t that Biden?
Who is censoring? I see plenty of disagreement in these comment sections on a daily basis.
Yesterday as well, and still hanging around. All the Israel hate and Jeff didn’t even mention Israel today, did he?
YOU are the troll, asshole...
You get triggered by facts.
Which comments do you think are "trolling"? I bet they speak truth.
Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO4uDiGFCB4
AD, You sure have a deep and abiding love for MacGregor. What is that, about the 6th time you have posted him - just today? Nah, get a different source, maybe try some Promethean Action for a change up? https://www.youtube.com/@PrometheanAction
The analysts I most respect are explaining this war in Iran is really about China -and so was the surgical action in Venezuela. It is driven by America, not Israel. Of course it also addresses many other issues and the timing was optimal with the massive slaughter of Iranians in January (something many commenters seem to have forgotten about). This 36 minute analysis by a former Israeli journalist with a deep knowledge of the history of the region, is worth watching: https://youtu.be/24ryHuOLVmQ?si=h8MkwpwzkG1T_Vw-
Agree Jacqueline.
Chyna! is watching and having second(and third) thoughts about Taiwan.
All those who hate America, after Venezuela and Iran, are "getting the picture".
and THAT is the point-- besides being the beacon on the hill of liberty to the world.
I make the same argument in my recent Substack!
https://corrin.substack.com/p/how-trump-is-making-america-first
I agree. What’s frustrating are those wrongly reading into Johnson’s statement yesterday when he said Israel was going to do it with or without us. People’s brains just explode! “Omg the sky is falling ISRAEL IS MAKING US DO THIS! Trump is a puppet!” 🤦🏼♀️ Just because their timing coincided with ours doesn’t mean they were the sole driver of the decisions. It’s possible, yes, but so are many other circumstances. It’s not the sole possibility. Sometimes that happens, you end up on the same square on the game board anyway and so team up because it is advantageous. I do believe they have been working together side by side all along, but why shouldn’t they? They are our greatest ally in the region. We will be far more successful in our missions with their troops and resources. So what if they get something out of it too. And yea, they will be MUCH more successful than they would have been without us as well. Sometimes timing works - that’s true in business dealings every day, and the stars just align.
Yeah, and it is now being reported (despite apparently winning this current battle - which nearly everyone here is repeating and saying) - the US may need to pull missile defense systems from S Korea and Japan. Strange we are kicking so much ass, but need to pull critical defense systems away from our biggest adversary. Wake up folks, this is NOT going as you are being told.
While some analysts warn that "capacity dispersion" to other regions (such as the Middle East) might reduce available assets for East Asia, the 2026 NDS highlights a transition toward a "denial defense" where allies are expected to invest more heavily in their own security.
My main point is it discredits the narrative that we are kicking so much ass and in total control then why would we need to bring in more highly expensive equipment that may be destroyed?
Worth watching for something to think about…
This one's better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JsOPcKoOig
At least it's not MacGregor again.
If it isn't driven by Israel then why did they initiate the attack?
"Fortunately, the Court disagreed with the State of California. Parents, it said, have “primary authority with respect to the upbringing and education of children,” including “the right not to be shut out of participation in decisions regarding their children’s mental health.”
Glad to hear about this decision, but "...the right not to be shut out of participation in decisions..." sounds a little backwards. Shouldn't the decision be along the lines of "parents have sole authority...unless the State believes abuse is occurring in which case, the State must prove such abuse in court before any action can be taken against parents".
I'm purposely over-stating this as such a strong parent-rights position would probably endanger kids who are in abusive households. But I'm struggling with this wording by the Court as being a little weak-kneed.
I was told I had the right to not be shut out of participation in decisions about how my children received special education, and that I should be considered a member of the “team”. They continually tried to take sole control and overrule everything I knew my children needed. I waited too long to protect my daughter by I eventually moved both my sons to private schools who truly understood that meaning of “team” and saw the parent as the real leader.
When they use words like “participation”, they are still giving the school wayyyyy too much authority over the rearing of the child.
Well but they’re the EXPERTS dontcha know 😑🙄
And they just put a damper on it while it still goes thru the courts. I believe that is what Jeff said. I agree with your take.
Maybe a good start to walk back 50+ years of indoctrination and infiltration.