Europe’s own regulatory architecture turned off Europe’s own energy supply. And America. . . on the other side of the Atlantic with a full tank of gas, watched it happen.” —Jeff Childers
Trump really does have the geopolitics figured out, and most people simply don't understand it. The future lies with alliances with sane nations, such as Russia and China, not Europe, as it commits suicide with its insane immigration policies and its rapid descent in to Islamic hell.
There's a reason Trump wanted Greenland. In the near future, we will be looking at a European caliphate that poses a threat to us, and Greenland would be a bulwark against that threat.
Amen brother, and all the supposedly “smart” people either don’t see it, or refuse to believe it. President Trump is clearly changing the old order to the benefit of the United States of America and its people. It’s just a tremendous advantage to our country that the rest of the world thinks Trump is a moron and they keep stepping into his traps. It’s really an amazing thing to behold. He’s truly a genius dealing amongst children. Like taking candy from a baby. God Bless our President and the good Lord who sent him to us.
The Strait of Hormuz contains several islands, but the most strategically significant ones are Qeshm Island, Hormuz Island, and Larak Island, all controlled by Iran. Qeshm Island is the largest in the Persian Gulf and lies close to the strait’s entrance, hosting Iranian military and surveillance assets.
Kharg Island, while not in the strait itself, is a critical Iranian oil export hub located about 300 miles northwest in the Persian Gulf and central to regional tensions. Additionally, Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb are disputed islands at the strait’s mouth, occupied by Iran but claimed by the UAE.
It is MHO, after “Epic Fury” is over, the US must leave "Boots on the Ground" and take control of all the several islands in the Strait of Hormuz. Perhaps the US Navy Seals would leap at the opportunity?
$38 trillion and counting my friend. The USA has spent its strength and means making war in foreign lands and what has it got us here at home? $38 trillion and counting. And nobody gives a damn.
Regardless of Trump's efforts to maintain the global pecking order of the American Empire, he appears to ignore the idea that the Long Emergency is busily bringing down all the advanced nations of the world. The mischief that's been going on in the Middle East is most likely going to continue with its unpredicatbility.
What's far more likely in the long term, IMHO, is that current American foreign "policy" is not favorable to making or preserving dependable allies, and that in turn makes it less likely the U.S. is going to enjoy a slower descent in the standard of living than the rest of the world. An isolated vision of US foreign engagements including a higher standard of living is going to be very tricky to pull off.
The U.S. already has a poor enough Public Relations image on the world stage, and Trump's approach seems far outdated to me. We don't need to make it worse.
Robert, you are stuck in the old paradigm of the rules based order—rules for thee but not for me—that Trump is marching through and destroying, setting the operational tempo on his terms and keeping the globalists constantly back on their heels.
America’s image is so poor on the world stage that sixty countries have joined the Peace Board and twelve Latin American countries met with Trump in Florida—during this Iran military operation!—and agreed to wipe out the cartels and the extractive policies of the rules based order and in return receive American support to control their own extraction, manufacturing and processing industries to provide real jobs for their people.
The world is tired of the constant chaos caused by the globalists to keep everyone at each other’s throats. I don’t know if Trump will succeed, but I 100% support his efforts because if he does, my children and grand children have a bright future ahead.
Well, I think the track record of the successful United Nations projects sums up nicely what most diplomats are useful for - not much.
From what I can tell, Trump might very well be controlled opposition for the globalists. He acts more like a puppet than a leader. His failure to address obvious faults with the American economy while advancing all things digital (in terms of money) does not bode well for maintaining control over what little wealth we'll all be scratching for down the road. A non-self-made billionaire is not going to be a likely champion for the American people.
Just my opinion - it's certainly a challenge these days putting together a logical thesis on how things work, as truth/reality is close to impossible to figure. But I've yet to read that Putin has changed his opinion on Americans being "agreement incapable", and that does not bode well for what's coming. A future with friends that can relied upon is, well, desirable.
The world is in constant chaos all right - but it appears to be part of a plan to maximize profits, with the polarizing propaganda effectively restricting resistance. The voting process appears broken beyond repair, and just serves as another distraction, Like Project Epstein. The relics of NATO and the United Nations will be swept away as Decline continues - relentlessly. Those are baked into the cake, and will continue in spite of any political solutions offered.
Trump is more likely to go down in history as the Big Scapegoat - making Hoover look like an economic genius, the Genius Act not withstanding. IMHO.
I think he meant that Ykraine realized some years ago that NATO countries will talk a lit and send some arms, but won't actually do much when push comes to shove.
What allies have we ever really been able to depend on? We have sacrificed our best young men twice for Europe. And now we fund their NATO, and UN. Until Europe hits rock bottom, they will not break their addiction to American money.
Funding, exactly! It seems to me if we pulled out of NATO and the United Nations and let Doge clean up the fraud that is rampant in our system, our deficit would disappear.
When has NATO been anything but a real estate platform for U.S. military installations? As someone who favors non-intervention, I'd be happy for the U.S. to pull out of NATO and allow it to crumble. But why keep pretending there was ever any realistic expectation of an effective military role for any of these countries?
It won't be terrifying until the war in the Middle East is brought to the doorstep of the USA. If Biden really let in 10,000 terrorists whom we do not know where they are or what they are doing, we could see more blowback, like the guy in TX wearing the "property of Allah" shirt.
Always, always, always carry your legal sidearm. Train, train, train with it. Civilians stop more mass shootings than police, and do it with fewer shots. If they want to bring the war to our gates, be waiting at the gates for them.
Bingo. Our military should be HERE finding those 10,000 terrorists embedded in our cities and towns, apprehend them and send them packing back to their home lands. Instead our military is spread throughout the world at hundreds of military bases doing what? Instead our military is lobbing bombs and missiles at water starved Iran.
I have no fear that the Middle East will ever be bringing war to the doorstep of the USA. They have not the wealth or the infrastructure to create a navy necessary to transport weapons or troops half way across the globe to put war on the USA's door step. You are correct. Their troops are already here.
And don't get me started on the Mexicans and their designs for the USA. Google "Azetlan" and you'll see.
Research ISNA, the Islamic Society of North America, the umbrella over most mosques/masjids/"Islamic centers" in this country. ISNA is connected with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is a terror-sponsoring organization.
Also research the jihadist paramilitary training camps just outside dozens of U.S. cities.
The terrorist cells are here. I'm amazed that they haven't been activated yet. But how long before they are??
Greenland would be a perfect prison island much like Australia was, an island, small indigenous population and inhospitable weather. Deport all the Ne'er-do-wells there, we have plenty and let the inmates mine the glaciers for pure drinking water or dig below them for all the untapped rare earth minerals imaginable. Sounds like a Trump 5-D bigly win to me... And who knows in a century or two they could have their own leg of the Tennis Grand Slam; The Greenland Open, I like the sound of that...
"Does the rise of alt-news across the Internet provoke them to lie harder in the face of better narratives?"
As my neighbor up the road would say: "You dad-gummed right!"
He is a rather simple fellow. Vietnam Vet, doting grandfather, and a mild drinker...but above all, a Patriot. Over the years, I have found his observations about the politicians in The Swamp to be right on the money.
The disgusting underbelly of the American Left is about to be exposed for what it is and there needs to be a bloodbath of prosecutions, far and wide.
America is too much a force of good in the world for it to be destroyed by the raging left.
Unless the majority is finally beginning to comprehend that without harsh penalties for criminal behavior we're done as dinner - because sociopaths gonna sociopath...
There is no "majority" in this country. It's just a polyglot boarding house of squabbling third-worlders, obese tattooed freaks, crazy women, drug and gambling addicts, etc., with a small minority of actual Americans.
Bingo. The American republic has been dead for about two centuries, give or take. It’s the land of self-interest, the reckless pursuit of “wealth” — more this, more that, more “equality,” more stuff, more money.
Probably the most important development is the breaking up of London's "insurance" racket. It's odd how the banksters in the City of London believe they can continue with business as usual as their city becomes a caliphate. Trump obviously sees the reality and stuck a stake in the beast's heart.
"We see Hegseth and four-star general Caine openly talking about mission status and how utterly the military in Iran is collapsing."
It could well be a three-star military collapse. Forces belonging to Iran, Israel, and the US are all vulnerable to being gutted. A four-star collapse if you count Ukraine.
Who knows, it might be a good thing if all these countries' armies, navies, missiles, missile defense systems, what-have-you end as billion-dollar wreckage. That could enforce peace if there's nothing left to fight a war with.
Ah, but there's the wild card: nukes, both tactical and city-obliterating. God bless the child who's got his own. That means above all Israel and the US. The grim prospect is that either might succumb to the temptation to use nukes if they are decisively losing.
The Samson option or Uncle Sam's son option lurks in the background. The first player to go that way will win nothing but scorched earth and burned-out petro facilities with no one to repair them. Plus, playing the nuclear card will earn the wrath of Russia, China (both having their own stocks of sunshine-in-a-can) and the rest of the world.
I have an idea for a way every combatant can back off while saving face. The governments of Israel, US, and Iran should issue a joint announcement that extraterrestrials have shown up in the halls of government and demand childish humanity knock off the fighting immediately. If we don't, they say, they will climb back in their interstellar vehicles and blast the whole planet into a melted marshmallow.
All mankind will breathe a sigh of relief and insist governments put down their swords. Peace, it's wonderful.
It's all fun and games until the Warthogs show up. Also the Apaches. The Pars gas field has been attacked and the talking heads quote 4-5 years to get it running again. That's what they said about the Kuwait oil field destruction and subsequent well fires after the 1st Gulf War. Then Red Adair and Boots and Coots showed up and had the situation under control in months with the help of the Hungarians and their jet turbine well extinguisher thingamagig which blew the monstrous well fires out like so many birthday candles. Today the oil isn't flowing but all that oil and gas is still sitting there for future use.Notre Dame Cathedral, century's to build and destroyed in hours in 2019, was rebuilt in 5 years by thousands of craftsman using old building techniques. I never thought it would happen. Don't believe everything the "experts" tell you on the internets. Everybody has an opinion when they have zero knowledge of what is actually happening on the ground. It's not called the "fog of war" for nothing.
Funny stuff...but first you gotta get them boots off the table and onto the ground; can't wait to see that happen. Have y'all forgotten the ass kicking Pentacon has received in all its wars since....Grenada?
As the national debt looms, and the American dream erodes, America, at least the way we knew it, is drawing to a close. Government is suffocating the middle class and accelerating the process. This isn't difficult to see
The Government Grift from our Local Governments, through the States and Federal Governments Corruption plus Their Own Featherbedding Enrichment has stolen their way steering us towards a certain oblivion.
Our Government is broken and our Representative Government thinks our money is theirs!
They know we know they are stealing our tax dollars left and right and they know we are coming for them and they are now desperate to keep their Government Grift Going.
They have tried everything including a Planned Pandemic, Stolen Elections, Assignation Attempts, Paid for Government Media, imported 20-30 Million Controllable Voters…
This isn’t difficult to see, it’s in our face at every turn and their hands in our pockets digging deeper and deeper.
Which will require scaling back the safety net and dealing with the resultant riots and lower level resistance. Will be ugly and against our empathetic instincts.
As you had reported, Both Comey and Letitia James slithered away when an activist judge dismissed the first investigation. The article goes on to say that this time the investigation is reportedly being led by a Florida federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones, a Trump appointee.
“Epic Fury” in Iran will neutralize a regime dedicated to terrorizing the region” is true, though not as intended. What you think you know is entirely dependent upon what sources of news reporting you believe to be legitimate - but we shall see, won’t we?
“Meanwhile, the US will continue pounding Iran until it can’t launch so much as a distress flare. They will have no nukes, no navy or air force, no more missiles and drones and payloads, and no ability to manufacture anymore of them” presupposes that we live in a world today in which having a navy and an air force still wins wars. That world is long gone, as we have seen in our succession of military failures.
Our mighty aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, was sent packing by Iranian drones and missiles (a “laundry room fire,” tee hee) Our ultra complex F15s and F35s have already been shown to be vulnerable to the same Iranian weapons. Our continued investment in naval and air force capabilities is great for investors, but not so much for defeating a significant adversary. As for Iran running out of their stockpile? Again, we shall see.
“US can eventually leave policing of the Persian Gulf to the nations that depend on its oil (we do not)” is a doozy. All nations need the stuff, and will pay what they must for it. Oil and gas are priced on the margins, and a shortage anywhere eventually raises prices everywhere. Doubt it? Track the cost of energy for your household for the next year, and see how that prediction turns out.
On the plus side, you old Cold Warriors must recoil at “we are ideologically more aligned with post-Soviet Russia than we are with France, Germany, and UK under their current regimes,” but it’s quite true. Recall that one of Mr. Trump’s assertions when running for office in 2008 was that we ought to normalize relations with Russia. Of course, “Joe Biden’s” sabotage of Nord Stream 2 put the kibosh on that, and our continued reluctance to recognize our military failure in Ukraine is hardly hastening the day when that can happen.
It’s more likely that the president’s catastrophic blunder of finally buying into Netanyahu’s War will cause the good ol’ US of A to suffer long-term economic collapse, while Russia continues to build a prosperous future with its allies – including Iran.
There you go, as one who enjoys the misfortunes of our aircraft carrier and mocking the success of Epic Fury. Some of us will never understand your disposition towards American success being so full of defeatism.
The Islamic republic of Europe and uk are no longer worth defending. The tripolar order is here,the Mideast will align with partners of commerce and convenience once Iranian theocracy is dismissed.
Trump will run the kharg gas station to ensure the other powers are kept in check and energy flows at our prices
JHK said: "Revolutionary Guard regime will disintegrate and someone else will have to step up."
Nature abhores a vacuum. Iran will end up like Libya if the US military isn't there ensuring order and keep the precious juice flowing. That will cost the USA tremendously.
BRAVO! This post made my day. I am so sick and tired of even the people that are supposed to be on "our" side pounding away at Pres. Trump and his allies. The man is absolutely brilliant- a genius. Nobody else could have figured out how to cut the Gordian Knot.
Trump really does have the geopolitics figured out, and most people simply don't understand it. The future lies with alliances with sane nations, such as Russia and China, not Europe, as it commits suicide with its insane immigration policies and its rapid descent in to Islamic hell.
There's a reason Trump wanted Greenland. In the near future, we will be looking at a European caliphate that poses a threat to us, and Greenland would be a bulwark against that threat.
These are incredibly interesting times.
Amen brother, and all the supposedly “smart” people either don’t see it, or refuse to believe it. President Trump is clearly changing the old order to the benefit of the United States of America and its people. It’s just a tremendous advantage to our country that the rest of the world thinks Trump is a moron and they keep stepping into his traps. It’s really an amazing thing to behold. He’s truly a genius dealing amongst children. Like taking candy from a baby. God Bless our President and the good Lord who sent him to us.
RIGHT THE HELL ON!
BOOTS ON THE GROUND AFTER "EPIC FURY" IS WON?
The Strait of Hormuz contains several islands, but the most strategically significant ones are Qeshm Island, Hormuz Island, and Larak Island, all controlled by Iran. Qeshm Island is the largest in the Persian Gulf and lies close to the strait’s entrance, hosting Iranian military and surveillance assets.
Kharg Island, while not in the strait itself, is a critical Iranian oil export hub located about 300 miles northwest in the Persian Gulf and central to regional tensions. Additionally, Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb are disputed islands at the strait’s mouth, occupied by Iran but claimed by the UAE.
It is MHO, after “Epic Fury” is over, the US must leave "Boots on the Ground" and take control of all the several islands in the Strait of Hormuz. Perhaps the US Navy Seals would leap at the opportunity?
After Epic Fury, let the Middle East deal with it.
$38 trillion and counting my friend. The USA has spent its strength and means making war in foreign lands and what has it got us here at home? $38 trillion and counting. And nobody gives a damn.
Wrong just went over 39 trillion!
I figured it was coming soon, Ben. Thanks for the update.
And how much of that is money that was fraudulently taken by various politicians and interest groups? A third? A half?
Gotta wonder how much of that gets planted in the hands of Neville Singham.
One nickel is too much.
He should be dealt with in copper jacketed lead.
What an absolute turd burglar.
But it takes money to fight bad guys...
Amen brother🙏🏻
Regardless of Trump's efforts to maintain the global pecking order of the American Empire, he appears to ignore the idea that the Long Emergency is busily bringing down all the advanced nations of the world. The mischief that's been going on in the Middle East is most likely going to continue with its unpredicatbility.
What's far more likely in the long term, IMHO, is that current American foreign "policy" is not favorable to making or preserving dependable allies, and that in turn makes it less likely the U.S. is going to enjoy a slower descent in the standard of living than the rest of the world. An isolated vision of US foreign engagements including a higher standard of living is going to be very tricky to pull off.
The U.S. already has a poor enough Public Relations image on the world stage, and Trump's approach seems far outdated to me. We don't need to make it worse.
Robert, you are stuck in the old paradigm of the rules based order—rules for thee but not for me—that Trump is marching through and destroying, setting the operational tempo on his terms and keeping the globalists constantly back on their heels.
America’s image is so poor on the world stage that sixty countries have joined the Peace Board and twelve Latin American countries met with Trump in Florida—during this Iran military operation!—and agreed to wipe out the cartels and the extractive policies of the rules based order and in return receive American support to control their own extraction, manufacturing and processing industries to provide real jobs for their people.
The world is tired of the constant chaos caused by the globalists to keep everyone at each other’s throats. I don’t know if Trump will succeed, but I 100% support his efforts because if he does, my children and grand children have a bright future ahead.
God bless America!
Well, I think the track record of the successful United Nations projects sums up nicely what most diplomats are useful for - not much.
From what I can tell, Trump might very well be controlled opposition for the globalists. He acts more like a puppet than a leader. His failure to address obvious faults with the American economy while advancing all things digital (in terms of money) does not bode well for maintaining control over what little wealth we'll all be scratching for down the road. A non-self-made billionaire is not going to be a likely champion for the American people.
Just my opinion - it's certainly a challenge these days putting together a logical thesis on how things work, as truth/reality is close to impossible to figure. But I've yet to read that Putin has changed his opinion on Americans being "agreement incapable", and that does not bode well for what's coming. A future with friends that can relied upon is, well, desirable.
The world is in constant chaos all right - but it appears to be part of a plan to maximize profits, with the polarizing propaganda effectively restricting resistance. The voting process appears broken beyond repair, and just serves as another distraction, Like Project Epstein. The relics of NATO and the United Nations will be swept away as Decline continues - relentlessly. Those are baked into the cake, and will continue in spite of any political solutions offered.
Trump is more likely to go down in history as the Big Scapegoat - making Hoover look like an economic genius, the Genius Act not withstanding. IMHO.
What is not favorable to current US policy is we are no longer BOHICA!
That alone is driving tremendous amounts of bat shit crazy Socialist governments North, South, East and West to new heights of Irrational behavior.
Hey Nato, countries come on over and defend your own oil passages from a diabolical Iranian theocracy in its death throws.
A regime busy launching drones and missiles at everything in reach.
Nato allies.... nope.
Trump "well what good is Nato?"
Nato Allies "Just kidding."
🤣 sorry, too late ⏰!!! Trump forced NATO’s hand, and they outed themselves. How absolutely ignorant and pathetic are those losers?!?!
The Ukrainians knew this some time ago.
Ukraine is not a Nato country so of course Nato is useless to them.
I think he meant that Ykraine realized some years ago that NATO countries will talk a lit and send some arms, but won't actually do much when push comes to shove.
What allies have we ever really been able to depend on? We have sacrificed our best young men twice for Europe. And now we fund their NATO, and UN. Until Europe hits rock bottom, they will not break their addiction to American money.
Funding, exactly! It seems to me if we pulled out of NATO and the United Nations and let Doge clean up the fraud that is rampant in our system, our deficit would disappear.
Nope, what drives our debt is the fraud, collusion and corruption -- all illegal -- in the medical system. Read Karl Denninger at Market-Ticker.
Funny how WW1 broke out soon after the Federal Reserve was founded.
When has NATO been anything but a real estate platform for U.S. military installations? As someone who favors non-intervention, I'd be happy for the U.S. to pull out of NATO and allow it to crumble. But why keep pretending there was ever any realistic expectation of an effective military role for any of these countries?
War and rumors of war abound. Interesting times? Yes. Terrifying times? Oh yes.
It won't be terrifying until the war in the Middle East is brought to the doorstep of the USA. If Biden really let in 10,000 terrorists whom we do not know where they are or what they are doing, we could see more blowback, like the guy in TX wearing the "property of Allah" shirt.
Always, always, always carry your legal sidearm. Train, train, train with it. Civilians stop more mass shootings than police, and do it with fewer shots. If they want to bring the war to our gates, be waiting at the gates for them.
Bingo. Our military should be HERE finding those 10,000 terrorists embedded in our cities and towns, apprehend them and send them packing back to their home lands. Instead our military is spread throughout the world at hundreds of military bases doing what? Instead our military is lobbing bombs and missiles at water starved Iran.
I have no fear that the Middle East will ever be bringing war to the doorstep of the USA. They have not the wealth or the infrastructure to create a navy necessary to transport weapons or troops half way across the globe to put war on the USA's door step. You are correct. Their troops are already here.
And don't get me started on the Mexicans and their designs for the USA. Google "Azetlan" and you'll see.
Research ISNA, the Islamic Society of North America, the umbrella over most mosques/masjids/"Islamic centers" in this country. ISNA is connected with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is a terror-sponsoring organization.
Also research the jihadist paramilitary training camps just outside dozens of U.S. cities.
The terrorist cells are here. I'm amazed that they haven't been activated yet. But how long before they are??
Greenland would be a perfect prison island much like Australia was, an island, small indigenous population and inhospitable weather. Deport all the Ne'er-do-wells there, we have plenty and let the inmates mine the glaciers for pure drinking water or dig below them for all the untapped rare earth minerals imaginable. Sounds like a Trump 5-D bigly win to me... And who knows in a century or two they could have their own leg of the Tennis Grand Slam; The Greenland Open, I like the sound of that...
"Does the rise of alt-news across the Internet provoke them to lie harder in the face of better narratives?"
As my neighbor up the road would say: "You dad-gummed right!"
He is a rather simple fellow. Vietnam Vet, doting grandfather, and a mild drinker...but above all, a Patriot. Over the years, I have found his observations about the politicians in The Swamp to be right on the money.
The disgusting underbelly of the American Left is about to be exposed for what it is and there needs to be a bloodbath of prosecutions, far and wide.
America is too much a force of good in the world for it to be destroyed by the raging left.
Somewhere a Leftist is rage quitting and busting their keyboard after reading this.
You know who you are.
Agree, a 'bloodbath of prosecutions, far and wide' is required in order to return to some tolerable semblance of normalcy and civility in our society.
"bloodbath of prosecutions, far and wide"
How long has this old saw been bandied about? A few peripheral characters might go down. Nothing of substance will happen.
Unless the majority is finally beginning to comprehend that without harsh penalties for criminal behavior we're done as dinner - because sociopaths gonna sociopath...
There is no "majority" in this country. It's just a polyglot boarding house of squabbling third-worlders, obese tattooed freaks, crazy women, drug and gambling addicts, etc., with a small minority of actual Americans.
You are certainly welcome to go find a better country and, quite frankly, I wish you would...taking your pissy attitude with you.
My people have been here for 300+ years. I'm not going anywhere. Why don't you take a hike?
Despite it all, I hold onto a sliver of hope that Good will, indeed, defeat Evil.
Bingo. The American republic has been dead for about two centuries, give or take. It’s the land of self-interest, the reckless pursuit of “wealth” — more this, more that, more “equality,” more stuff, more money.
Naw possibly one could argue since December 23, 1913.
https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve-ebook/dp/B00ARFNQ54
And your whining on an Internet website is going to improve anything?
Maybe you and rd3 should both hook up and get the ! out and find a better place to live.
Lincoln killed the republic.
Why does black pilling excite you so?
I prefer to deal in reality
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain
The NYT imo is filth.
IMO the NYT is Worthless!
Probably the most important development is the breaking up of London's "insurance" racket. It's odd how the banksters in the City of London believe they can continue with business as usual as their city becomes a caliphate. Trump obviously sees the reality and stuck a stake in the beast's heart.
The liberal media cries: “the war in Iran is a quagmire” Ironically, the only quagmire is the irrelevant, propagandist liberal media.
I’m MAGA and for once the liberal media might be right.
They are not and never have.
When will Europe wake up?
Probably at the 5AM Screech To Prayer
True that! It’s already happening! I watched some bagpipe players trying to drown out their loudspeaker “prayers” just the other day
You better get some or a tuba. Or Ted Nugent blaring STRANGLEHOLD
I’ll take Stranglehold for the win! Blasted on 11! It drove Noriega out of his church!!!! Great call.
Amazing levels of difference in narratives.
We see Hegseth and four-star general Caine openly talking about mission status and how utterly the military in Iran is collapsing.
On the other side talking heads like US Army Colonel McGregor saying the US is losing.
This is parroted by many who want America to lose because "Israel."
Colonel McGregor has the better argument.
I have taken the time to listen to him, and his opinion is underwhelming since he is not privy to all the data.
Col. Macgregor has plenty of contacts inside the legions and the offices that make them dance. He's privy to a lot more data than you or me.
That would mean he is being passed secret or higher data which I will point out is illegal.
He does work for Fox news after all, and all the good liberals tell us is that Fox news lies.
Neither are Caine or Hegseth.
And yet they provide evidence that contradicts the other sides narrative.
Are all the almost 8,000 targeted sites obliterated in Iran just Ai generated video like the sinking of the USS Lincoln?
Come on Tom where did you go?
Justy another drive by?
LOL…MacGregor hasn’t been right about anything, going back to his discussions on Ukraine, etc.
"We see Hegseth and four-star general Caine openly talking about mission status and how utterly the military in Iran is collapsing."
It could well be a three-star military collapse. Forces belonging to Iran, Israel, and the US are all vulnerable to being gutted. A four-star collapse if you count Ukraine.
Who knows, it might be a good thing if all these countries' armies, navies, missiles, missile defense systems, what-have-you end as billion-dollar wreckage. That could enforce peace if there's nothing left to fight a war with.
Ah, but there's the wild card: nukes, both tactical and city-obliterating. God bless the child who's got his own. That means above all Israel and the US. The grim prospect is that either might succumb to the temptation to use nukes if they are decisively losing.
The Samson option or Uncle Sam's son option lurks in the background. The first player to go that way will win nothing but scorched earth and burned-out petro facilities with no one to repair them. Plus, playing the nuclear card will earn the wrath of Russia, China (both having their own stocks of sunshine-in-a-can) and the rest of the world.
I have an idea for a way every combatant can back off while saving face. The governments of Israel, US, and Iran should issue a joint announcement that extraterrestrials have shown up in the halls of government and demand childish humanity knock off the fighting immediately. If we don't, they say, they will climb back in their interstellar vehicles and blast the whole planet into a melted marshmallow.
All mankind will breathe a sigh of relief and insist governments put down their swords. Peace, it's wonderful.
It's all fun and games until the Warthogs show up. Also the Apaches. The Pars gas field has been attacked and the talking heads quote 4-5 years to get it running again. That's what they said about the Kuwait oil field destruction and subsequent well fires after the 1st Gulf War. Then Red Adair and Boots and Coots showed up and had the situation under control in months with the help of the Hungarians and their jet turbine well extinguisher thingamagig which blew the monstrous well fires out like so many birthday candles. Today the oil isn't flowing but all that oil and gas is still sitting there for future use.Notre Dame Cathedral, century's to build and destroyed in hours in 2019, was rebuilt in 5 years by thousands of craftsman using old building techniques. I never thought it would happen. Don't believe everything the "experts" tell you on the internets. Everybody has an opinion when they have zero knowledge of what is actually happening on the ground. It's not called the "fog of war" for nothing.
Funny stuff...but first you gotta get them boots off the table and onto the ground; can't wait to see that happen. Have y'all forgotten the ass kicking Pentacon has received in all its wars since....Grenada?
As the national debt looms, and the American dream erodes, America, at least the way we knew it, is drawing to a close. Government is suffocating the middle class and accelerating the process. This isn't difficult to see
The Government Grift from our Local Governments, through the States and Federal Governments Corruption plus Their Own Featherbedding Enrichment has stolen their way steering us towards a certain oblivion.
Our Government is broken and our Representative Government thinks our money is theirs!
They know we know they are stealing our tax dollars left and right and they know we are coming for them and they are now desperate to keep their Government Grift Going.
They have tried everything including a Planned Pandemic, Stolen Elections, Assignation Attempts, Paid for Government Media, imported 20-30 Million Controllable Voters…
This isn’t difficult to see, it’s in our face at every turn and their hands in our pockets digging deeper and deeper.
Nah, the "debt" is an illusion and will not be paid back. A new system is emerging. Government does need to be scaled way back though and will be
That's probably why they don't pay any attention to it.
What is the new system? Any ideas?
Which will require scaling back the safety net and dealing with the resultant riots and lower level resistance. Will be ugly and against our empathetic instincts.
Thanks JHK. There is another small ray of sunshine. I noticed yesterday that Trump DOJ has issued a new subpoena for James Comey.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/19/james-comey-subpoena-obama-russia-election-interference/89234189007/
As you had reported, Both Comey and Letitia James slithered away when an activist judge dismissed the first investigation. The article goes on to say that this time the investigation is reportedly being led by a Florida federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones, a Trump appointee.
I hope charges stick this time.
Today’s CFN is an interesting mixed bag.
“Epic Fury” in Iran will neutralize a regime dedicated to terrorizing the region” is true, though not as intended. What you think you know is entirely dependent upon what sources of news reporting you believe to be legitimate - but we shall see, won’t we?
“Meanwhile, the US will continue pounding Iran until it can’t launch so much as a distress flare. They will have no nukes, no navy or air force, no more missiles and drones and payloads, and no ability to manufacture anymore of them” presupposes that we live in a world today in which having a navy and an air force still wins wars. That world is long gone, as we have seen in our succession of military failures.
Our mighty aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, was sent packing by Iranian drones and missiles (a “laundry room fire,” tee hee) Our ultra complex F15s and F35s have already been shown to be vulnerable to the same Iranian weapons. Our continued investment in naval and air force capabilities is great for investors, but not so much for defeating a significant adversary. As for Iran running out of their stockpile? Again, we shall see.
“US can eventually leave policing of the Persian Gulf to the nations that depend on its oil (we do not)” is a doozy. All nations need the stuff, and will pay what they must for it. Oil and gas are priced on the margins, and a shortage anywhere eventually raises prices everywhere. Doubt it? Track the cost of energy for your household for the next year, and see how that prediction turns out.
On the plus side, you old Cold Warriors must recoil at “we are ideologically more aligned with post-Soviet Russia than we are with France, Germany, and UK under their current regimes,” but it’s quite true. Recall that one of Mr. Trump’s assertions when running for office in 2008 was that we ought to normalize relations with Russia. Of course, “Joe Biden’s” sabotage of Nord Stream 2 put the kibosh on that, and our continued reluctance to recognize our military failure in Ukraine is hardly hastening the day when that can happen.
It’s more likely that the president’s catastrophic blunder of finally buying into Netanyahu’s War will cause the good ol’ US of A to suffer long-term economic collapse, while Russia continues to build a prosperous future with its allies – including Iran.
Howard Skillington, bumptious as ever.
You know how you hear a little voice in your head when you read things? When I read this I heard fart sounds.
So, you're a fart-head.
That's not my problem.
There you go, as one who enjoys the misfortunes of our aircraft carrier and mocking the success of Epic Fury. Some of us will never understand your disposition towards American success being so full of defeatism.
Some of us still believe that favoring good over evil still trumps mindless jingoism.
In this case, in a world desiring terror or globalism, jingoism seems right and patriotic. No?
No.
That might depend on who you're calling "good", pendejo.
You're damned right it does.
"Recall that one of Mr. Trump’s assertions when running for office in 2008 was that we ought to normalize relations with Russia."
Israel would never allow it.
Why? Israel is another country that agrees with Putin to not let the Islamic terrorists into their country!
Where has Israel allowed a white nation to continue to exist?
NYT apologize? Chuckle. They still haven’t apologozed for Walter Duranty.
The Islamic republic of Europe and uk are no longer worth defending. The tripolar order is here,the Mideast will align with partners of commerce and convenience once Iranian theocracy is dismissed.
Trump will run the kharg gas station to ensure the other powers are kept in check and energy flows at our prices
JHK said: "Revolutionary Guard regime will disintegrate and someone else will have to step up."
Nature abhores a vacuum. Iran will end up like Libya if the US military isn't there ensuring order and keep the precious juice flowing. That will cost the USA tremendously.
BRAVO! This post made my day. I am so sick and tired of even the people that are supposed to be on "our" side pounding away at Pres. Trump and his allies. The man is absolutely brilliant- a genius. Nobody else could have figured out how to cut the Gordian Knot.
Trump is an enigma. Hard to predict. But make no mistake, the man loves America!
“Ironically, the Russians, with Hungary, Poland, and the Czechs, are the last earnest defenders of Western Civ.”
This! Western Europe is just failed states, not unlike Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and South Africa