“And notice how nonchalant it sounds. Trump didn’t go for epic, carnage-heavy branding. He branded it the way you’d casually announce National Potato Chip Day.” American Debunk on X.
You take flak when you are over the target. They send out the paid flying monkeys when YOU are gaining traction. Recall how Limbaugh discovered a supposed grass roots boycott was no more than several guys at a university sending out numerous phony emails. When it's all over do not be shocked should we discover another one of the Democrat grifting operations was being run there. There's nothing more questionable than Obama sending them airplanes full of cash and Gold. That was one enormous "WTF?!" if there ever was one. The MSM lack of curiosity about it is certainly another.
~ Reaping What We Sow: What Part of Violent American Interventionalism Does Kunstler Not Understand? ~
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"Jihad rolls across Europe without opposition...
The Jews of the Upper West Side voted for it."
~ James Howard Kunstler
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"Since 1945, the United States has been responsible for the highest number of military and civilian deaths, including through direct actions and proxy wars.
Korea (1950–1953): ~2–3 million dead, mostly civilians from bombing and ground warfare.
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (1955–1975): ~3–4 million civilians and combatants; includes mass bombing (e.g., Operation Rolling Thunder, Secret War in Laos).
Iraq (1990–2011): ~1–1.5 million dead, including 500,000+ children due to sanctions (1990s), and war-related violence post-2003.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia (2001–present): ~400,000+ civilians directly killed; over 3 million total deaths including indirect causes.
Proxy support: U.S. has backed militaries and conflicts in Chile, Guatemala, Indonesia, Angola, El Salvador, Colombia, contributing to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Israel (2023–present): U.S. provides unconditional military aid and diplomatic cover. Over 70,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, with U.S.-supplied weapons used in densely populated areas. The U.S. is not counted as directly causing these deaths, but is seen by international bodies and human rights groups as complicit due to continued arms transfers."
~ Brave search consolidated results quote
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"Your comment is much appreciated but the deaths you cited are only a fraction of what the USA has inflicted on what it views as the inferior races. James Bacque in 'Other Losses' showed how approximately 1,000,000 Germans were systematically exterminated in US concentration camps in Europe following the defeat of Germany by the Soviet Union and its allies in 1945.
There was a furious propaganda campaign to try to discredit Bacque's book but he was vindicated after the release following the dissolution by Gorbachev of the Soviet Union of KGB archives which contained contemporaneous information from that era which corroborated his assertions."
Electronic transfers leave a trail. Space Force tracks everything in cyberspace, probably even before it was named and became public knowledge. Moving cash and gold around is easier to hide.
In theory, once deposited in your national treasury, all government funds become fungible regardless of where they originated. What becomes easier to hide is how much of it went to Mullah A or Imam B and how much was kicked back to Democrat controlled NGO's, Mister Ten Percent's and so on.
The US and the UK used and use terrorists across the Middle East too. You know that. What do you suggest we do about the US supporting ISIS then pretending to fight them, in order to effect regime change in countries that are none of their business or shouldn't be? Under Assad, imperfect as he was (there are virtually NO good people in top positions anywhere - being decent is not how you get on), Jews, Christians, Alawites and Muslims lived peacefully alongside one another. Now the US/UK-supported Jolani is killing minorities and being feted in the UK and US as if he were a regular statesman. No-one will pay for that until Judgement Day. It probably won't be long before you're imprisoned for even saying it.
Assad was a nice man, deeply in love with his wife. An eye doctor, not the brutal military man his brother was. Thus he wasn't the right man for the job.
You said you were descended from the Vikings or the Anglo-Saxons? It doesn't matter: Both were warrior groups who rampaged throughout most of the island. All that you have comes from their successful plunder. All that anybody has come from men like this. Scientists and engineers play their parts, but they couldn't do it without the stability that comes from conquest.
Stop talking bollocks. By definition, if someone's plundering, there were people there minding their own business, growing food and building homes before the plunderers arrived and took their stuff.
Still waiting to hear about your own personal contribution to 'all that everyone has'.
Mankind has not changed since he stood up on two legs....the human animal is no different than any other animal species. People need to get real and understand the nature of the species to which they belong.
'You' and the UK got the Syrian headchopper into power. Up until then you were (and possibly still are) occupying part of Syria on the pretence that you were fighting ISIS but all the while using ISIS as a taxi service, presumably with US-supplied vehicles, as someone else mentioned).
Vanessa Beeley actually lived there (Damascus) and reported from there until the headchopper was put in place by yours and ours. It doesn't matter who's pretending to be in power. It's the shadow governments that run things, not the puppets in Congress or Parliament.
IMO, Iran fell under new management in 1979. The assets frozen were that of the previous regime and were forfeited when the mullahs took over. If anything, part of those funds are due the prisoners who lost 444 days taken against their will. The rest should be considered damages for the deaths and destruction this regime has cost the USA and the rest of the world.
Fuck the evil bastards of the present Iranian government, and Fuck Obama for being so traitorous to bargain with this enemy.
The Russians already have the opinion that Americans are "agreement incapable". Short of swapping out all the critters currently in Congress, the Administration, the Judicial Branch and the Deep State - that's not going to change.
As for the "nonchalant" tweet and deadline from Mr. Trump, in the eyes of most sane people in the world it comes across more as the uncouth rantings of a child. But since Trump is simply acting out his assigned role, it's not surprising. The players on all sides (U.S., Euroland, Israel, Iran, China, Russia, etc) all dance on the strings of the Puppet Master globalists. Trump is playing the part of the Ugly American on Steroids.
That's why the deadline for tomorrow - delivered with a side of blathering splutterfest, will come and go with no resolution to "the problem" that presents massive profits for insiders and a necessary excuse of failure to the official narrative of history on how Western Civilization collapsed. Expect things to get worse for the U.S. in the coming months and years.
It's hardly like the human condition is binary, and people can only be divided into two categories - sane or crazy. There are plenty of sane people who are impervious to the avalanche of propaganda trying to get them riled up over gender, race, nationality, class - what have you. Most still fall for the gag that elections matter, and laws on the books are enforced.
There's many that believe it's all part of a natural cycle of things (ie, 4th Turning) - but it appears to me to be quite blatantly steered from the top down.
Regardless, the Long Emergency is upon us and things would be tough enough if magically sane adults suddenly took over the reins. Instead, we're do for a double dose of pain as those at the wheel choose that the throttles are pushed to the stops with the iceberg dead ahead.
"Somehow, your site here has been invaded by drooling, Jew-hating morons." ~ JackStrawWichita
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"New York City... now lives under... the Islamic call-to-prayer rings through the neighborhoods twenty-five years after 9-11. The Jews of the Upper West Side voted for it." ~ James Howard Kunstler
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Yes, I Am Rooting for Iran
"You see, the problem is not merely military. It is civilizational. The West has spent the better part of five centuries convincing itself that it represents the apex of human evolution, the pinnacle of political sophistication, and the ultimate paragon of moral authority.
This is the same civilization that colonized half the planet, enslaved millions, carved continents into artificial states, looted resources with industrial efficiency, and then wrote books congratulating itself for bringing “civilization” to the people it was busy exploiting and killing.
Arrogance on that scale eventually produces a very specific mental disease.
It convinces its victims that everyone else sees them the same way they see themselves.
But step outside the Western media echo chamber, and another picture emerges. Across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, vast numbers of people do not see Western power as a benevolent force. They see it as something far less flattering.
Just look at Iran's stated targets - Apple, Google, Oracle, Amazon, Lockheed: a veritable Who's Who of anti-human genocidal corporate scum.
Oh wait, what denomination do most of their billionaire owners belong to? How many Unit 8200 baby-killers fill top seats at Google? Which CEO is the top private donor to the IDF genociders? Which Lockheed products do zionist members of congress prefer to sign with their own personal death wish to children in Gaza?
Ancient magic sky fairy stories have their place in churches, not in the world of foreign policy.
"The unit is composed primarily of 18–21 year olds. As a result of the youth of the soldiers in the unit, and the shortness of their service period, the unit relies on selecting recruits with the ability for rapid adaptation and speedy learning. Afterschool programs for 16–18 year olds, teaching computer coding and hacking skills, also serve as feeder programs for the unit. Former Unit 8200 soldiers have gone on to found and occupy top positions in many international IT companies, including in Silicon Valley.
According to the Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute in 2015, 'Unit 8200 is probably the foremost technical intelligence agency in the world and stands on a par with the NSA in everything except scale.' "
~ Wikipedia
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"If you're callous to the effects on others, you have a potential to rise. The odds are that you can 'compete' your way up. If you care and are socially concerned about others, you're at a tremendous disadvantage. So I think the competitive dynamic that we have does sort of weed out a set of people for success. But I would say that what it weeds out for success is not competence, not creativity, not intelligence, but callousness far more often."
I’m a paying consumer of Kunstler’s wisdom. But it’s kind of him to not limit commenting to subscribers. Not sure I’d be that kind if it were my Substack. 🤷♀️
I guess it depends on how echo-chambery, how masturbatory one wants their site. I mean, you can have verbal intercourse with yourself, right?
Many people probably feel threatened by others with other, contrasting ideas about the world and how to live in it, but the issue isn't really about that, about Iran or whoever/whatever, anyway, rather like perhaps the issue wasn't really about that pilot the US apparently just rescued, but about the underlying mission, irrespective of whether the mission made any sense or not.
In Iran's case, to America, it's probably fundamentally about oil, as Trump has even mentioned. BRICS, 'energy corridors', the Belt And Road, the Petrodollar/'Petro-Alt' are all orbital to it.
Israel's probably just being used-- you know, like what we call users. The whole 'mullah' nonsense is just that and a smokescreen.
America, you see, WRT the political sphere, rather than its captured population who just want to live free and happy, is perfectly fine with doing business with any asshole, as long as it's *their* asshole-- you know, like that former 'head-slicer' in Syria-- whether they have to install one or not. That's why the Middle East Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) State assholes did little to nothing for Palestine, etc..
Looks like their US protection was just a smokescreen too, if Iran's bombing of their US platforms is any indication.
It isn't that I desire America to lose. Since we are going to war anyway, I do hope that America wins its desired objectives and gets the hell out of there. I'm just sick of the constant war making of our nation. Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter, America is ALWAYS at war.
It would be nice, for a change, to have all of those war making resources re-directed to and spent here at home repairing and replacing aging infrastructure, enforcing immigration law, and sealing the northern and southern borders. The country is nearly 40 trillion dollars in the hole now and still spending its strength and means making war throughout the globe. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of our soldiers getting killed or maimed or coming home with scrambled brains in shit hole places like Afghanistan and for what?
I love your writing, I really do, but when it comes to war, I stand opposite of you. All of these foreign entanglements the USA has gotten itself into haven't served us well.
I generally agree with most of your sentiments. However, acting toward Iran the way Barack the Magnificent and "Biden" did isn't the answer, nor is everyone else's solution between Carter and Trump's return on 1/20/25. Iran cannot get nukes because they've said repeatedly that they'll be used as soon as they have them. The Chinese, Norks, and Russians helped them rebuild after we blew up their facilities last year so as to fuck us over again. The Iranians won't do diddly shit to stop this because they WANT to die because they want to be with Allah; to them, the goal is a global murder-suicide where they die in battle and kill everyone else too.
As for our warmaking, I agree. We've built much of our economy on building, selling, and using weapons. That was the Brits' game, till the World Wars ruined them. Some bright bastards here decided to pick up the slack. Which is why a friend's husband builds missiles at a Lockheed plant in a nearby city, and why another friend's wife builds helos at another Lockheed facility. If not for those things, there'd be nothing here but collapsing buildings and drug addicts; is it is, only some of the buildings are run-down and not everyone is on synthetic marijuana, crack, or meth. It's not ideal, obviously, to have arms merchants carry an economy. But as we've discussed many times, Wall Street and bankers chased industry out of the country decades ago, promising everyone luxury in a "service economy." Too bad they didnt tell us they'd be doing the servicing, and we'd be the ones getting rogered.
Excellent and well thought out post, UncleBob9. Especially your second paragraph. You are spot on and correct. Can't justify a trillion dollar defense spending budget without a war to fight. So, we go about and find some sad sack country that really doesn't pose a direct threat to us (hence the reason they sponsor terrorism as it is the only way available to them to fight the great satan) and bomb them to hell. Once Iran is finished off the USA will need to find another sad sack nation to beat up because the Lockheeds, Northrup - Grummonds, Raytheons and others need to turn a profit and give the CEOs big bonuses. In the meantime the national debt continues to grow, the money printing continues and our savings accounts can buy less and less and less. What baffles me more than anything is how seemingly intelligent minds such JohnAZ can be so pro-war so as to ignore the damage so much war is inflicting on us here at home in terms of national debt, money printing and subsequent inflation. Some of these guys even dismiss the debt because the debt is to ourselves, totally ignoring that the debt must be monetized by money printing.
The older I get the more I realize the awful situation we are truly in as a nation.
Did find gold, had a blast, but seeing the open mining pits and areas roped off for arsenic poisoning is a sober reminder that it really can get worse.
I don't believe foreign entanglements have been initiated in order to serve the American people. The US military is the enforcement arm of the controllers. One can argue how to define "controllers." I will do so by calling them satanists and their enablers.
Whatever the benefits from this war, we will not be the main beneficiaries. It's being fought for Israel and should the Zionists win, Europe will be inundated with tens of millions of refugees. Should Iran win, the Israelis will all come here, a disaster for us.
They're Jews. Just call them what they are. Everyone in the entire world knows that we do the bidding of the Jewish state with the sole exception of us.
To add to this, the geopolitical controllers moving wealth, military power and populations around the globe create what?? All I see is demand destruction, depopulation, famine, disease and misery for the ordinary people across the world as a result of all this “game theory” crap. Oh, and civilizational conflagrations. Yay, go team.
Totally agree with you about war. Lost an uncle in the Korean war. The Viet Nam war was going on during my childhood. Then there has been the numerous useless Middle East wars of the last 40 years. Cant say any of those improved every day life here in the US. In fact those wars just brought refugees to the USA to overwhelm and suck dry our social services. The only beneficiaries of war are the military industrial complex.
All nations are temporary, Kathy. How many nations that were on the Earth during the Roman time are still nations today? The USA's time has come and gone. We are an empire in decline relying upon debt and money printing to sustain a war based faux economy. When it finally comes crashing down is anyone's guess but as a nation, we can no longer afford to make constant war all over the globe.
The US is the second beast/false prophet in Revelation. It's a copy of pagan Rome. Its purpose is to get the first beast (Rome 2.0) back in power for the world to marvel at it and take its mark. Don't be surprised to see a major peacemaker step in once all the wars have devastated the world. That's when you need to use discernment. I doubt it is coincidental that the current pope is, for the first time, American. Theocracy is in the ascendant over your way.
Actually, Dennis has been noticeably withdrawn. Honestly, I miss his posts. I didn't agree with him on a lot but I always found his posts entertaining and somewhat enlightening.
I suspect, as Shiela has said, his blood cancer might be getting the best of him.
He also said his blood pressure was 210/100, and at 80+ years old, that is bad juju.
He was trying to say it was from reading this site, but I suspect it's a matter of the first line and the damn steroids they use in conjunction with the chemo.
The temple is the body of Christ, i.e. his people. The rebuilding of the Jewish temple is part of the deception and has no part in biblical prophecy. The impostor is already seated in the temple, claiming to be the vicar of Christ on earth. Antichrist also means 'in place of Christ' as you have been informed already.
There hasn't been a pope for 2000 years. Check your history. The Bishop of Rome began to have specific power in the early 4th century (c. 313) and the term 'pope' wasn't used until the 6th century.
But yes, Revelation says that satan ('the dragon') gave his power to Rome. Sorry, I can't change it. Strictly speaking it's the institution of the papacy, not 'the pope'. Popes have, in history, demanded obedience as a condition of salvation. Ergo, they are blasphemous, demand idolatry, and place themselves between the believer and Christ, when only Christ is the mediator between believers and God. Hence 'antichrist', as in 'in the place of Christ'.
So, anyone with a differing opinion is a troll Jim? You have done such a great job chronicling those with TDS that I feel you have picked up your own variant. It's very odd to read your words lately. And, to your comment section "muscle" that will tell me to leave, or caucus with the Dems or worse. Miss me with that nonsense. You all sound like jackasses when you do that.
"While not a military veteran, Kunstler... is highly critical of contemporary U.S. military engagements, viewing them as reckless, imperial overreach driven by a dysfunctional political class. He has described recent conflicts as 'hapless military adventures' that have eroded America’s global credibility...
Kunstler believes the U.S. leadership operates in denial, unable to recognize the limits of its power, and he refers to current governance as a 'pathocracy'—rule by the psychologically unstable.
Kunstler critiques the military-industrial complex as a key component of America’s unsustainable techno-industrial system. He argues that the vast resources poured into the military—especially for global deployments and high-tech weaponry—divert capital from essential domestic needs like infrastructure and rail transport.
In one commentary, he stated he would 'rather see US troops shut down WalMart, which has been way more destructive to the US economy... than the bandits in any central Asian rat-hole.' This satirical remark underscores his belief that military spending prioritizes illusionary security over real societal well-being.
He also highlights how the military’s dependence on fossil fuels makes it vulnerable in a post-peak oil world, and he questions the feasibility of maintaining global military dominance as energy constraints tighten.
While Kunstler does not focus extensively on the historical concept of the citizen-soldier—the ideal of a civilian population ready to defend the nation in times of need—his writings imply skepticism about its modern relevance. He sees today’s military as increasingly disconnected from the general populace, operating as a professionalized, interventionist force rather than a defensive one.
His broader critique of societal fragmentation and loss of communal values suggests he views the erosion of the citizen-soldier ideal as part of a larger decline in civic responsibility and national cohesion. In a future of localized, agrarian communities—which he predicts in World Made by Hand—he envisions security being handled at a local level, not through a centralized, global military apparatus.
James Howard Kunstler has no known military service..."
If the regime remains in power after all of this, then the whole thing will have been a failure, and Trump's assurances to the Iranian protestors will have been a farce. He should demand the fanatics give up the ghost, offering them nothing more than safe passage into exile.
Dear Oldster---- from one oldster ( I am pushing 75) to another. It is only the 3rd quarter and there are many things that can turn bad before it is over so.......while I appreciate the sentiment and sincerely hope that Trump and our wonderful grunts and generals are doing great so far, we are not done. I still remember about 30 or so years ago when the Oilers went into halftime with a 20 or 25 point lead over the Buffalo Bills and......ended up losing and looking like losers. I am not just putting out bad vibes but......no gloating until the mullahs are either all dead or..... have run up the white flag. If that happens, feel free to push their noses into the pile of shiff that is left of their party.
As another oldster Ron I must disagree with your analogy as I remember that game. The Oilers and Bills were not threatening death to anyone as it was just another game. The Iranian Islamic Republic has been threatening, and actually killing, Americans and others for the past 47 years and with their death cult actually welcoming death, at least the true believers. How anyone could doubt they would strike with nuclear weapons when they got them, is truly astounding. I have a two-volume set of the Quran and those with an open mind should read and study it, which would leave no doubt of the thousand-year threat this ideology represents to us and the world. The so-called moderate muslims have no power and if they stray or leave islam, they face death from the fanatical leaders, just as they threaten us with the same. I do appreciate your post and thoughtful comments.
Mr. Galt, I am totally in agreement with your thought that the mullahs will probably never give up and agree that Trump is the only/first one with the balls to tell the world we have had enough of their shiff but.......over confidence is not good until the fat lady sings and it is clear to the world we have in fact changed the world of terrorism and have stopped a wicked group of evil people.
After 9/11 I read the koran, sura, Reliance of the Traveler etc. I fully expected it to be another peaceful religion. Ha! It was instead a steep learning curve on what a religion would look like if you have a God who hates. To kinds sorta quote a hero, Nonie Darwish.
"The Iranian Islamic Republic has been threatening, and actually killing, Americans"
Will you please provide some incidents where Iran has specifically targeted and killed Americans? Or are you talking about Americans who were in warships hanging around in close proximity to Iranian borders and beaches?
It's amazing that this miasma of hatred and destruction that has decimated populations is the result of one man's delusions. There are other Mideastern philosophies which are genuinely peaceful.
“History won’t be kind” is one of the weakest admissions of defeat there is. It says “we give up, we lost the battle and the war, but at some point, we hope, without evidence or the will to win, some magical future power will say we were right on a high school history book”. A white flag would be a more powerful response. At least a white flag shows the ability to accept current reality over a fantasized future to be ushered in by hopium. History is written by the victors. No one knows who they will be, but soothing yourself in the present that “future books will condemn Trump” is a great indicator that your side will not be writing the history. It screams “I give up, but believe th children and grandchildren I produce and shape will do better than me. Where will your children and grandchildren get this future resolve? From your hope? Please don’t embarrass them with that weak sauce.
No, Carter was a brave but flawed man who was a poor president. Trump is a lying coward who is an even worse president. But then I don't get my self worth from the US military. You obviously do.
Mr.Kurz----not sure who the people are that clicked on like but.......if you really do not like Mr. JHK, why do you subscribe and give him your money . Is it because you like being told you are an idiot for the stupid things you believe and vocalize ?
He tends to have great insight lot of things but his zeal for the Iran war is highly uncharacterisitic. His reasoning on this topic is as motivated as if it just came back from a Les Brown seminar. Delusional ideation originating from in-group thinking.
I am not one of those who clicked "like" on Mr. Kurz's comment, but only because it was global in nature, and I like a lot of what JHK posts. Had Mr. Kurz limited his remark to the topic under discussion in this particular post, however, I would at least be leaning in that direction.
As for why he "gives him money", likely he does not, and (like me) he is a free subscriber. I have purchased and read 6 of JHKs books and enjoyed them all, but I read his blog mainly for its entertainment value. When I read his posts early in the day, I feel briefly gratified when he (yet again) tells of how all the bad guys are about to be arrested, tried, convicted, and otherwise butthurt. Unfortunately, the feeling only lasts a few minutes until I read the rest of the stories in my news feed.
And you're a petty, arrogant little goo-guzzling moron with brush-burned knees who lacks originality and talent in insulting people.
BTW, Kurz (obviously a German -- *ja wohl!*), do you wear a red armband with a black *hakenkreuz* inside a white disc every day, or only on special occasions?
"To be honest with you, my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the U.S. say: ‘Why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people..." ~ Donald Trump
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"Capitalists do have the most weapons usually, and they take that stuff at the beginning. So that's why they claim to own it-- they conquer it. The... first part of capitalism is called primary accumulation, and that's basically going out somewhere and stealing money and resources and enslaving people... So basically, it begins as conquering and then once it's owned, they claim to have a right to it...
The whole society, the way that it exists has been shaped by the economic system that we live under... and in the interests of that class that dominates that system."
~ Stephanie McMillan
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"People who dismiss the unemployed and dependent as 'parasites' fail to understand economics and parasitism. A successful parasite is one that is not recognized by its host, one that can make its host work for it without appearing as a burden. Such is the ruling class in a capitalistic society."
~ Jason Read
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"We're living at a dangerous moment because... 'empire', is in its last gasp, and empire, when it's in its last gasp will do anything to sustain itself... The US does not want to see the indigenous view of water, or natural gas, or oil, or resources in the ground to prevail... I was in a meeting of U'wa people who are fighting oil development in Colombia... and [the way] they talk about oil... [is] completely alien to the western development and corporate development model-- it just can't be understood even. So as a result, corporations, and US and prevailing western powers, don't think anything negative at all about going in and overpowering that if they can get away with it."
~ Jerry Mander, 'Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible'
Followed you for years Jim but I must disagree with you here. You say “Mr. Trump seeks to make sure that America is on the winners’ side.” Evidently our ideas of winning are much different. I see nothing good and quite the opposite of what was promised.
Mr.Dicus-----so.....if Trump does win and Iran no longer funds terrorism world wide and becomes what it is capable of which is an educated member and contributor on a global scale, would that be a bad thing since terrorism should make a major decline worldwide since the mullahs were a major source of the money and........Persians could now contribute to the world economy something other than oil and terrorism. Seems like a great thing to me ......... if Trump can pull it off. I give him a 75% chance of success, if the Dem/Marxists cannot figure out a way to ham-string him, which I am sure they are trying to figure out how to accomplish that.
Haters gonna hate, and there is nothing you can say to change that. Their love for the islamic ideology and murderous ways cannot be explained away as anything more that their adoption of marxist ideology fused with their belief that islam will eventually destroy the U.S. and the communists will pick up the pieces. Has to be some self-half involved as well.
The Marxist idiots don't understand that when Islam is done with them, they get their throats cut.
These are the results for the real truth about the Iranian revolution, and they killed the Marxists after they were done with the useful idiots.
Might be the only thing they got right.
AI Overview
The 1979 Iranian Revolution was a broad-based uprising involving a "negative coalition" of Islamists, Marxists, secular liberals, and nationalists united only by their opposition to the Shah. Following the monarchy's collapse, a systematic purge occurred as the clerical leadership consolidated power, leading to the imprisonment and execution of thousands of Marxists and other leftists.
1. The Tactical Alliance
Marxist and communist groups, such as the Tudeh Party and the Fedayeen-e Khalq, initially supported Ayatollah Khomeini, viewing the religious movement as a temporary anti-imperialist ally against the West and the Shah. They miscalculated that they could eventually guide the revolution toward a socialist future.
Islamic-Marxist Fusion: Groups like the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) blended Marxist social justice with Islamic theology to mobilize students and workers.
Soviet Influence: The Tudeh Party's support for the new regime was also influenced by Moscow’s desire for a stable anti-American neighbor.
2. The Systematic Purges (1981–1988)
Once the Islamic Republic was established, the regime began "purifying" society of non-Islamic elements through the Cultural Revolution.
1981–1982 Massacres: Following a series of bombings and armed clashes with the MEK, the government launched a "reign of terror". Revolutionary courts, often led by "hanging judges" like Sadegh Khalkhali, executed thousands of dissidents.
Crushing the Tudeh: Despite their early loyalty, the Tudeh Party was banned in 1983. Leaders were arrested, tortured into making televised confessions of spying for the Soviet Union, and many were executed.
The 1988 Executions: Near the end of the Iran-Iraq War, a final wave of mass summary executions targeted political prisoners, primarily MEK members and Marxists. Estimates of the death toll during this period range from 2,800 to over
3. Key Marxist Groups and Their Fate
Tudeh Party: The oldest communist party; supported Khomeini until it was totally crushed by 1983.
Fedayeen-e Khalq: Split into "Majority" (which supported the regime initially) and "Minority" (which opposed it). Both were eventually suppressed, with members executed or forced into exile.
Union of Iranian Communists: Attempted an armed rebellion in Amol in 1982, which was brutally defeated by the IRGC.
Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK): Though it had religious roots, its Marxist-leaning ideology led to its branding as "hypocrites" (Munafiqin). They remain the regime’s most enduring and controversial opposition.
4. International Recognition
A 2024 report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran categorized the massacres of 1981 and 1982 as crimes against humanity and genocide, specifically noting the theological rationale used to target atheists and Marxists
Maybe if the US hadn't overthrown their democratically elected leader, Mossadegh, there wouldn't have been the backlash leading to the present regime. The US is always meddling and it never ends well.
So did gorgeous George Washington. In his farewell address he admonished our fore fathers to have free trade with all and avoid foreign entanglements. Our fore fathers didn't listen and now we are in a heap of a mess and $40 trillion in debt and counting.
I didn't read the AI quote but the beginning of what you said is correct. The marxists and Islamists are working together but both think that they will win when it is all over and the marxists are done for....the marxists kill through bulk but the Islamists like to do it up close and personal, one by one.
weird you left out that ayatollah khohemani (original dude) was on Mi6, DSG and CIA payroll prior to revolution
also their country their problem
enough with "Muh human rights" bullshit. you cunts raped Yugoslavia under the guise of "human rights", destroyed Libya, syria, iraq and ukraine all under the bullshit guise of human rights.
A lot of the shite here and elsewhere is, or is along the lines of, astroturfing for 'USrael', sometimes paid. Selling out.
Full of logical fallacies that some pick up on, so it 'works', until there's such a majority that it collapses the narrative. That's where we appear to be. But the astroturfing plods on...
As we know, there are a lot of American Zionist millionaires+ to throw their questionably-acquired coin to socially-engineer societies in their image of how they ought to run, in their own self-interests of course. Crony-capitalist plutarchies.
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"Reports indicate the Israeli government has spent millions on covert social media campaigns to create an illusion of stronger pro-Israel sentiment. In October 2023, the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs allocated $2 million to an astroturf campaign executed by the Tel Aviv firm Stoic, which created hundreds of fake accounts on X, Facebook, and Instagram disguised as concerned American students and constituents."
Remember the outset of Isis, and the video of an endless parade of brand-new white Toyota pickups streaming along, joyous fighters brandishing their popguns in the bed of the truck? My first thought was "Hey, who paid for those?"
Now we find out that both Uncle Sam and John Bull coughed up the dough and enabled the "terrorists" to work their magic. Divide and conquer, smash half a dozen functioning republics just to show them who's boss.
Funding all sides in a conflict just to keep it moving merrily along is an old Mafia trick as well, and for the same reasons: elephant or donkey - whoever comes out as "the people's choice" the outfit wins.
More than ever, the US of A is fulfilling Gore Vidal's prophetic appraisal: "A flawed Republic turned murderous empire".
The UK and the US (and Israel) put the headchopper Jolani in power in Syria, while claiming they are fighting jihadists. You literally couldn't make this stuff up. It is satanic.
Not negotiating with terrorists goes right back to Maggie Thatcher and the IRA! Turns out the whole NI 'troubles' narrative was one big false flag - British deep state appears to have been running the whole thing (according to the likes of John Waters and Gemma O'Doherty).
I'm pretty sure this war is kayfabe, but with real dead people. Trump will be the mother of all scapegoats for the Great Reset that results.
You are assuming that what replaces the mullahs will be better. If the USA isn't there to ensure a proper transition of power, how does Trump ensure that something worse doesn't rise up to replace the mullahs? It didn't work in Libya. It didn't work in Afghanistan. Going in and blowing the hell out of Iran and then taking off after we are done to leave the Iranians to scramble together what?
It won't matter if we open the Straits once all the infrastructure is destroyed. They can do it and they will if we don't relent. We're not in control. It's not a unipolar world anymore.
Yup, and when some, like on here, talk about Iran, they seem to think that it's only Iran, as if it doesn't have any proxies like Russia, China and others, such as those who've always been loyal, as well as those, like myself in Canada here, and in the world in general who see where some problems are actually coming from, and it's not Iran.
The Strait of Hormuz and islands in it make the Persian Gulf look more like an inland body of water. What do you think?
Whose inland body of water is it going to be?
Does Panama charge a toll for its canal?
What about The St. Lawrence Seaway?
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"Panama Canal tolls are complex, based on vessel type, size (TEU capacity, displacement), and whether they use the Neopanamax or original locks. Large container ships often pay over $300 000 to $450 000, while smaller private vessels (under 65 feet) pay roughly $2000 to $4000. Costs include fixed fees, capacity fees, and optional booking fees."
~ National Geographic
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"The St. Lawrence Seaway is a binational partnership jointly operated by Canada and the United States, established in 1959. The Canadian portion is owned by the federal government of Canada and managed by the not-for-profit St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC). The U.S. portion is owned and operated by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS), a federal agency...
Canada: Owns the vast majority of the infrastructure (13 locks). The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation operates this portion, which includes the Welland Canal.
United States: Owns and operates two locks (Eisenhower and Snell) in Massena, N.Y., through the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (formerly SLSDC), which is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Cooperation: While ownership is divided, the two entities work together to manage the entire 3,700 km system from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean..." ~ Google search consolidated results quote
Ron - “If” was the main word presented in your reply. According to Webster, “specifically a subordinating conjunction, used to introduce conditional clauses, which establish circumstances, possibilities or imagined situations.”
You see a 75% chance he is successful, I see a significantly lower chance. We each have an opinion. They are different. I personally think he is doing more harm than good. That’s my opinion, you can have your own.
As I said, whatever the outcome, his actions are not what was promised at election time. That’s it.
Jim, I encourage you to offer to debate the topic of the Iran war with Glenn Diesen, Larry Johnson, Max Blumenthal, or Douglas Macgregor. Glenn Diesen would be the best choice. He is very fair and calm in debate settings. I would love to see such a debate. I believe you'd have your head handed to you, but we won't know until you step up.
Alex Krainer was on the KunstlerCast a couple of weeks ago. Although the conversation was polite, nothing Alex said got through to Jim. I doubt a debate would accomplish much.
I listened to the Alex Krainer interview because I wanted to see how Mr. Kunstler would respond to rational arguments from an astute and serious observer. Unfortunately, Mr. Krainer was too polite and allowed Mr. Kunstler to change the subject every time he was presented with irrefutable facts. It seemed as if Mr. Krainer just gave up once he realized the futility of rational discussion on any subject dealing with Israel or ideological Zionism.
Douglas MacGregor…who has been wrong about every prediction he gave regarding Ukraine. Max Blumenthal….a young man still rebelling against his father’s (and his) religious ties, Larry Johnson, ex-CIA who no longer has any ties to intelligence, etc. And don’t forget the rest of The Duran group, Scott Ritter, etc. People who, of course, are entitled to have their opinions, but are basing those opinions on past histories that are no longer viable..
My point is that their opinions were given credence…and they were wrong most of the time. I am not going on social media, trying to convince people that I am right. It’s unlikely anyone will contact me for a debate.
Facts are facts: Israel is losing. Forty state of the art jet last week in 30 minutes. Precision powerful strikes. Your Iron Dome cannot save you. Goliath is going to win against poor little David. And you starved your golem for too long. The US is too weak to do what you need it to do. You shouldn't have persecuted the Whites for so long and so hard.
Yankee go home. Trump is his own comic, complete with 18-year-old-level communicational stylisms, a perpetual off-colored 'tan', flag-colored suit and baseball cap meme, and on his Truth Social site, a Yankee flag plastered all over his face like makeup of an anti-hero villain in a Marvel redux. WTF.
War is peace Board of Peace turncoat with a silk red, blue and white lining.
Worry about your own affairs, which are way worse anyway-- top-of-the-line at the bottom of the barrel.
If some don't like so-called illegal aliens, then they might wish to consider dragging their sorry asses back home. Works both ways.
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“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.” ~ Smedley D. Butler, War Is a Racket
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"One manifestation of this ideal of refusing geopolitical borders in favour of older or no borders can be seen in Hogan's repeated references to the idea of Pangaea, the theorized 'original' landmass that eventually broke apart into the continents... Through their reconnection with Native understandings of space and their successful creation of an effective coalition, Hogan's characters claim citizenship as Native subjects who have a different but valid knowledge of the world and can forge the political power to help shape that world."
~ Dreaming of Pangaea: Decolonizing Strategies in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms
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"Treaties formed an important part of European colonization and, in many parts of the world, Europeans attempted to legitimize their sovereignty by signing treaties with indigenous peoples. In most cases these treaties were in extremely disadvantageous terms to the native people, who often did not appreciate the implications of what they were signing."
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"The process of enclosure has sometimes been accompanied by force, resistance, and bloodshed, and remains among the most controversial areas of agricultural and economic history in England. Marxist and neo-Marxist historians argue that rich landowners used their control of state processes to appropriate public land for their private benefit. This created a landless working class that provided the labour required in the new industries developing in the north of England..."
~ Wikipedia
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"Neofeudalism... signifies the end of shared citizenship... As such, the commodification of policing and security operates to cement and exacerbate social and spatial inequalities generated elsewhere; serving to project, anticipate and bring forth a... neo-feudal world of private orders in which social cohesion and common citizenship have collapsed... Out of such a marriage of business and government, a symbiosis emerges between the commercial sector's own private security forces and the local government's police forces, with repressive outcomes shaped by profit-driven definitions of deviance and a commodification of social control..."
He did step up in the KunstlerCast with Alex Krainer and did have his head handed to him (in a nice and gentle way). But he refused to accept it and simply changed the subject each time rather than present rational counter arguments.
U.S. did reportedly lose 12 aircraft in a single operation, including two C-130s, four Little Birds helicopters, four Black Hawks helicopters, and two MQ-9 drones.
In regards to casualties we have been consistently lied to, so I would imagine this operation is no exception. We will likely never know the true numbers however some estimate US casualties so far up around 1000 injured or killed. This doesn’t smell like success to me.
Why not just wait until the numbers come in. Were you around during Vietnam? Do you know what DDay was? You do not have a clue what war is about.
When Iran agrees to join the rest of the ME in peaceful alliance, this war will be over. No, they are not entitled to get the bomb or continue to bomb the rest of the Gulf to get their little power drive. Oil is world-wide, and will be handled as such. The regime is doomed. Hellfire starts this week, infrastructure is in the crosshairs.
There's a reason why no one wants nukes in the hands of jealots and fanaticals (not to be redundant).....Rocket Boy...he knows his place....maybe his replacement when he is out of office won't but he does....this group in Iran....not so much....these people are nuts...
An Israeli column was wiped out. Some say 300 dead. Hezbollah is well dug in, just like last time. They have feigned weakness to lure the enemy in unto its doom.
The delusional left continues to fantasize that they occupy the high ground - when they are actually sniveling cowards; envious of the power Trump now wields.
I don't know, when all is said and done, the real re-arrangement and new order might just be an end to the petrodollar ponzi scheme, and a stronger Iran selling oil that passes through the strait in yuan. None of us want to deal with another huge crash, economic depression, etc, and I don't wish that for the US, but it might just be what needs to happen. The unaffordability for most people, the 39 trillion in debt, the compromised and out of touch "leaders" that keep taking us to unnecessary wars. Maybe it's time to lay the US empire to rest. And if this is how it plays out, as many analysts suggest it will, it's obvious to those of us paying attention that it is totally self-inflicted.
It could turn into a different kind of war. People here generally live paycheck to paycheck and the infrastructure has been allowed to decay in many places. Add in supply chain disruption. The Radical Left marxist groups believe this is their time. The open borders let in all manner of provocateurs, some unknown number of whom would in my opinion fit the description of 'sleeper cell' sent with nefarious intents.
The country is as divided a it ever has been, with the off ramps in general disrepair, adding to the violent potential.
The 'printing press' installed at the Fed has been keeping this false economic model running way past its expiration date.
It doesn't end well. After it all settles the cycle will begin again.
Maybe we should stop supporting the entire world....and that includes people who immigrate here, legally or illegally....and get people who are on welfare for over five years and with no physical reason why they can't support themselves, or at least contribute, off the dole...Medicaid? Have a co-pay....even if it is just $5...have them put some skin in the game. They don't have money? They've got money for getting their hair done, nails done, tats, piercings, phones...food? Not so much. Household expenses? Not so much.
We could do a better job with our infrastructure if we weren't feeding the world.
"and the infrastructure has been allowed to decay in many places."
Because the nation has spent its strength and means making war throughout the globe. They have neglected the home land in favor of empire building and soon the decrepit state of our nation will be glaringly obvious for all to see.
We can no longer afford to make war everywhere. Period. One way or another this issue will correct itself.
Mostly it is fraud and corruption that keeps the infrastructure from being maintained or improved. I'm from California so I know if what I speak. Hundred billion bullet train to nowhere, etc.
Your boy orange man "the files are a hoax" and anyone who has been running cover for these elite predators. As well as the co-conspirators, Epstein the mossad/intel asset wasn't acting alone. The entire zionist blackmail operation, that very well might be how/why the US is balls-deep in their long craved-for war on Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Do you understand the concept of the chain of custody?
Intel agencies fabricate all sorts of things, like porn on people's computers.
It would be very easy to add and remove names from some nebulous list.
As far as Epstein being an asset of any one intel agency, he appears to have worked with all of them.
I suspect he was a freelance type getting dirt on anyone dumb enough to use his pervert services.
He then used it and sold it.
How many scams have been run on Trump in the last decade or so by intel agencies?
Any name on that list should be investigated.
If they can prove people bought and sold minors for sex work, prosecute them, but the guilty-until-proven-innocent crap being peddled is not how the American legal system works.
Would you rather go with the show me the man and I will find the crime mentality?
Grow up.
Why Iran has been a pimple on the world's ass for forty years, every damn administration except Obama has wanted to deal with Iran and been too chicken.
Why and how has Iran been a problem for the US? I can understand why Israel might have a beef with them, and they with Israel, but why is it the US's problem? We have entered a non-defensive war of choice, and the global economy will pay the price in the coming weeks/months. The entire thing is phenomenally stupid. Plus, Iran will probably go even more hardline due to this, and it's likely to set back any movements for freedom that might have been brewing there.
Mr. Nomad--- I got mostly A's in University Econ classes and generally liked the courses, except the course which was taught by a guy from Israel who could not speak English very well so I spent half my time trying to figure out what in the world he was saying and could not drop the course or I would get a letter from the gov't saying they wanted to gift me with a lot of camo outfits and go try to shoot Viet Cong while dodging bullets so.....unlike 75% of the class I stayed in it until thru the finals and....ended up with the only C in my college career. Remember this was back when the University was actively trying to flunk out students rather than keep them on the money lending train. I said all of that to question, what would be wrong with anyone/everyone selling their oil in pesos, yuan, yen, Euros or whatever. I could care less since the rest of the world can sell their wares in whatever currency they want. Why should it be different with oil? Maybe if it causes a wake up in our political classes that our current trajectory with our debt is non sustainable-----just like I have been saying since Bush #1 was racking up debt at the rate of $400 Billion per year. Now, we would be elated if that was happening but......if going to yuan or Euros to pay for our dollar would wake up our idiot political class and make they balance the budget by reducing spending rather than increasing taxes, I would be all for it. Maybe getting rid of all the Somali and every other kind of fraud in the gov't programs would cover half of the yearly debt we are racking up. Feel free to educate me on what those issues would be if the oil producers decided to sell in Danish Krone or Indian Rupee or.... any other currency.
Or, at least have those female judges sentence them to hefty sentences and pay back ALL of the money....they are just making it more attractive to spend 6 months in an AMERICAN jail (not an El Salvadorian jail or Turkish jail) with little to no payback. Get these women and Boasburg off the bench.
It's couldn't care less. If you could care less about something, then you care more about it than something else, not less. Think of 'could not care less' as an ultimate floor or ground of caring at which you cannot go beneath.
The empire that needs to be laid to rest is the British empire, which is exactly what Trump is doing. The globalist imperial system, being run out of the City of London is a bane on the world and Trump is reinstituting the American economic system as laid out by Hamilton.
"So, you must ask: why does the American Left, as personified in the Democratic Party, so desperately want our country to lose?"
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[sigh ...] Once again the naive, defunct, uninformed "DEM vs. REP" narrative [sigh ....].
That anyone would want their country to lose would be idiotic because they too live in that country and so they'd be asking for loss upon *themselves*.
However, try to view it another way. Forget the dumb DEM vs. REP paradigm and adopt the *right vs. wrong* view. Trump & Gang were W-R-O-N-G to have started this war against Iran and are wrong to continue it. That's what some of us are saying, not an insane "I hope we lose" desire.
Personally, as an American who served for over 7 years as an officer in the US Air Force, I never want to see my country lose **EXCEPT** when it is *criminally wrong*. I do not want for evil to propagate or win. I do not want for other countries to see us as "evil warmongers" who intentionally bomb the schools of little children. That's NOT who Americans are and we are ashamed.
No he isn't. He loves America, not America's war mongering. I agree with Jorge. War is evil in all of its forms. We can't afford these wars. The debt we grow funding these wars gets monetized by money printing and money printing devalues our dollars and our devalued dollars makes our savings worth less and less. Our children can no longer afford to buy homes because of inflationary forces resulting from money printing resulting from the cost of war.
I do not want my country to lose, even if it is criminally wrong. The victor has the luxury of time to posit and make changes. The culture will dictate the level of change.
To lose is to suffer the judgments of the victors, whose humanity you might mistakenly expect.
It breaks your heart, mine also, but it also contributes to losing all hope for humanity. If a person doesn't want to lose - which is the same as wanting to "win" - EVEN IF that person is criminally wrong, then there is little (if any) hope for for that person.
Explore what a loss might entail. To suggest that I love my country right or wrong suggests a country and culture that is intact. A loss provides no guarantees of life, liberty nor happiness.
I don't understand the cheerleading for this unnecessary war. We've seen this show before, many times. The US is always meddling and it never ends well. Countless lives and untold billions tossed into the rathole of the Afghanistan war, all just to replace the Taliban with the Taliban. Apparently we've learned nothing. Scratch that, we've learned that billions we could be spending here at home gets funneled into the pockets of the war profiteers.
You speak common sense, Nomad. One thing I am learning is that the war humpers like JohnAZ, nothing will help them see otherwise. They love war and the subsequent death and destruction that wars bring upon others.
I hear you, Cankerpuss, it sure seems that way and I'm coming to the same realization. No matter how many times the US/Israel goes down this stupid, destructive path. Many here who would just love to have a beer with their good buddy Lindsey "Wargasm" Graham.
At no point, ever, did Christ instruct his people to make war for him. They made *genuine* (not coerced) Christians at a faster rate in the first 300 years before taking the false hand of Constantine (= the State) than ever again, without fighting.
You are flailing when you have to have to bring in the 'Church Fathers' because you can't get endorsement from Christ. Shame the Holy Spirit didn't instruct them all the same way all the time, then they'd never have disagreed. You'll be telling me the Holy Spirit instructed Constantine next. 😂😂
You have no idea where you'd be if you'd trusted 100% to Christ. It was the Roman Catholic church that invented Islam. Perhaps it was instructed to do so by the Holy Spirit.
Ain't a war, it's an operation. It ain't like past conflicts, based on who called it into being. ISR is the one really in the crosshairs...and IRAN is stealthily being utilized as the sledgehammer.
It is foolish to believe that history will not repeat. The Moslem horde has done this before many times, and we have been in the midst of the latest Islamic expansion cycle since the IRGC took over Iran.
Doesn’t anyone remember the Christians and other non-believers being murdered/drowned in cages by ISIS? Electrocuted, beheaded on beaches?
Islam is a complete belief system. Unlike Christianity, it is a complete all-of-government system, chock full of sanctified rules/regulations required to run an Islamic state along with a full un-ambiguous MANDATE to expand and infiltrate other countries/states. They play the long game.
We have all watched this unfold across Europe over the last decade, and now we are experiencing the same wave of immigrants, culture and political influence gradually—but relentlessly—establishing its self righteous foothold in America.
War is horrific. Nobody wants to see Americans die in the desert again, but if we believe in America and its own fundamental values, there is a price to defend those very same principles.
No, We are not perfect.
Our own system is immensely flawed due to unbridled greed, avarice, and the pervasive LOSS of Christian values that keep our own society “in check” like guard rails at a bowling alley. That’s our own cultural problem we need to deal with, and many are now working hard to rebuild those guard-rails.
Meanwhile, Americans commenting on Iran seem far more concerned with economics, money, and this campaign’s consequences that will make life in America uncomfortable and likely politically unpredictable.
I believe, like it or not, that this period in time is not unlike the period of the crusades, when Islam was held back from its expansion, or like when the City States of Spain finally united to finally stop and reverse Islamic expansion throughout the Iberian peninsula.
Again we may not like Trump’s words and actions, but someone has to lead us through an awakening; a period to remind us of what it takes to restore American values as they were originally intended.
This is the “Era of Discernment.” This is, and will be…..uncomfortable, disruptive, and ultimately clarifying for our own nation that has—to be truthful—lost its own way. We will see if America has what it takes.
Yes, the Reconquistas knew they were fighting both Muslims and Jews. The two groups worked together to take Spain in the first place. You didn't know that? What else don't you know? As Buddha said, A man who is ignorant and knows himself as such is wise to a degree.
I was traveling recently in Northern Spain and stayed in one of the country's oldest "walled cities" wherein there were the remnants of a "Jewish Section" that was segregated and "walled off" from the rest of the City. This "additional wall" was erected by the Spanish Catholics and the jews themselves, likely reflecting your statement above....... nonetheless it is "treasured" today and revered as an important remnant of history. Myself, I believe there were deeper reasons for the additional segregation within the city, largely revolving a lack of cultural assimilation, language, and .......... of course, the crucifixion of Jesus.
A book written by anonymous authors made outrageous claims about characters that may not have even existed. A book cobbled together by people who didn't know where the sun went at night.
Christians - That's good enough evidence for me 😂
My biggest problem is how most of the personal disciples of Jesus just disappeared before the end of the Bible. The people who were supposed to have personally met the risen Christ. Such a big plot hole in the scriptures, that the Church had to invent stories about them later.
All I know is that MAGA Trump is long gone. If he ever really existed. And the rest of us have gotten the shaft. Not just by virtue of broken campaign promises but by the damage this will do to us in the midterms and 2028.
POTUS has been swallowed up by (or has jumped gleefully into) the ravenous maw of the war lobby & AIPAC. The man I voted for and the man he has become could not be farther apart.
Let's admit it: it was the plan all along. The wall just got ten feet taller! We were tricked, bamboozlerino'd, scammed, suckered, duped, led down the garden path and then taken for a ride. Trump was never for "us". The Republicans are not for "us". And the sooner we realize that the sooner we can quit pretnding voting R with the AIPAC label with it works. Thomas Massey, Fishback, these are people who represent. If an only if a representative looks like them and had history like them should we vote for them. Otherwise 28 is going to lead to the final nail. You think you can escape to the country? What happened to the kulaks?
I reluctantly voted for him. I thought he might just be crazy enough to tell the ME to F off and stay out. Wasn't REALLY hopeful. But I dreamed. I think what Trump ACTUALLY has done...more millions on the Right...is show us that we are 100% no longer in control of our government. Period. 39 trillion in debt. More war. Less deportation than Obama. We the people...are no longer in control.
Think of what could be done if the judges actually did THEIR jobs instead of being in the service of the leftists and trying to keep the Oval Office as a figurehead. We won't even touch the 24/7/365 coup attempts during Trump 1.0 and Trump 2/0 by the Democrats who have no respect for the results of elections.
Immigration, economy and non-interventionism were why I voted for him. He did well his first term despite Democrat obstruction and had a mandate to clean house this time and right the ship of state. He and the rest of the GOP have done nothing but drag their damned heels or try to placate us with half-measures. I'm even dubious that the SAVE Act will pass and if it doesn't, we are doubly & terminably screwed as a nation.
Michael Hoffman ('Revelation of the Method' Substack)
"Trump's Lies are the Revelation"
"Donald Trump’s part in this alchemical theater is to lie extravagantly with little regard for the public’s disapproval. His outrageous falsehoods are sufficiently disconnected from reality as to constitute the revelation that the president of the United States is a habitual, pathological liar."
"Last February 24 Trump declared, as his casus belli for the attack on Iran, “They can’t have nuclear weapons. It’s very simple. You can’t have peace in the Middle East if they have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want any enrichment.”
"How can anyone enrich what has been “obliterated”? That which has been wiped out no longer exists. To engage in a war to eliminate an annihilated material is an atrocious imposture so transparent it represents a sinister Revelation of the Method laugh in the face of the American people."
This is Covid 2.0. Famine and depop for the bankers.
Does not negate the fact that he ran on non-interventionism and peace. That he made it more of a point to push that during the past 10 years than some polemic bullshit three decades ago.
Doubling down again Jim. Have you thought about what will happen if Trump follows through? Iran won't be the only country in the dark. The entire gulf region including Israel will be blasted to the stone age. Global famine, depopulation, and that's the tip of the iceberg. Trump has gone insane and you are following along. Craziness.
Ever wonder why we do not hear much about the situation in the Gulf on MSM? Because they do not have anything negative to report. I might believe some of the BS on the blog so far if I would see anything on ABC or CNN. Nothing. So I will wait until the war department reports on what is going on.
The first Iraq War disgusted me to such a degree that I got rid of my television and never bought another. Harder to psyop someone who doesn't have a television.
I will update you. You see nothing on any of the media outlets, because info is not being released yet. Anything that is read on social media is someone’s pipedream. News is no longer news, it is opinion of mostly the Left.
This post will not age well Jim. You will be embarrassed by it as your lack of understanding of events comes out over time in the same way that it took you a very long time to catch up on the Ukraine file.
Didn't take me a moment to catch up on Ukraine. It was obvious that NATO and UKR misjudged Russia's tolerance for crossed red lines. I haven't changed my position one bit since 2022. And now, of course, we know a whole lot more about "Joe Biden" and company using UKR as a money laundry.
Don't forget the bio weapons labs, human trafficking and adenochrome harvesting operations. There may be even worse things I haven't read about. And money laundering, almost forgot that item.
You were late to the game....It started in 2014....but Russia waited until 2020. It was the Azov Battalion fighting the Dunbas militia until Russia crossed the border.
It started with the CIA led coup concocted by Victoria Neuland and the Project for the New American Century. The same braintrusts that brought us the Iraq War debacle etc.
Why do I want the US to lose? Because I am sick of the military industrial complex. Sick of the war mongering. Sick of the murdering of innocents. Bombing Iran back to the stone age? Who is that going to hurt? The Iranian government or the innocent Iranian people Trump tells us he wants to help? What has this war done? What purpose has it served? The Pope was right, it only increases hatred and more violence. Trump initiating a war of choice over his claims of wrongs by Iran is WRONG pure and simple. Continual War, continual terror, that is the policy of the US government. The US Federal government is nothing but a war state. It is EVIL. More evil than even the Iranian Mullahs.
You’ve caved to the 7th century jihad for world domination along with a pompous pope and his self-righteous notion of “peace” that has butchered multitudes, his own flock as well.
Exactly, Paul. Why am I not hearing voices that are sick of the Islamists threatening the "Infidels" and their countries, carrying out those threats worldwide, imposing their "taqqiya" to get whatever they want, invading other countries w no intention of assimilating only terror, rape and grift? Why Iran who has threatened Israel to push them back into the sea as well as direct threats to US w backing of terrorists for decades? Israel has been fighting to be a peaceful Judeo Christian country who also welcomes Muslims for over 50 years. What other Middle eastern country does that? Why are they vilified for that? Have you people not seen what is happening in UK, France and Germany? You want to wait til they nuke us? No thanks. This unearned empathy will be our downfall. It doesn't make you a better person, only a stupid one.
The people in Iran who will suffer the most are the regular every day common families just struggling to raise their children and live out their lives in relative peace. People who have absolutely not one goddamned thing to do with any of this. They are the ones who will no longer have power, water, or an economy. They are the ones who will starve to death from famine. This is what war brings. It destroys the innocent and enriches the wealthy and people like JohnAZ absolutely love it. "Murica! Wrong or Right!" War is evil. All of it. American has lost the moral high ground because it is the aggressor. It is evil.
Like the 20 million killed to Stalin or the millions killed by Mao in China?
Governments have always killed their own citizens. Doesn't mean the USA has to step in and protect all of them. Why is Iran so different from Russia or China? Did we invade and bombe them to smithereens when they were killing their own people? No, the difference is Russia and China had the ability to fight back and cause damage. Iran is a paper tiger, a sad sack, water starved, economically deprived nation that could never bomb the USA or invade its beaches.
Those 10 million+ illegal aliens are one of the reasons that we are in this war. Islamic extremists have invaded the U.S. through Biden's open borders, and they are now being funded, encouraged, enabled, and empowered by Iran, its ally Communist China, and a bunch of brainwashed American Socialist traitors. Eventually, we will have destroy all three, or cease to exist as a free Republic.
Now, for the even harder truth. JHK's "Long Emergency", if it comes to pass, will lead--in short order--to the starvation and death of at least half of the world's population. It will be a fight to see who gets to live and who gets to starve and die. Take a good look at your leftist/Socialist neighbor who hates anyone successful because those leftist/Socialists are such failures that they can't even succeed in the wealthiest country on Planet Earth. They are voting for a government to steal from you what they can not earn themselves and to hand it to them. And they will vote for any fanatic that promises to do just that for them. Think of the leftist women who will vote for Islamic extremists, whose mantra is that women are property of men, just to keep the handouts coming.
"When it is established that government by right can take wealth from some and give it to others. When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law, men will use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they have passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket."-Ayn Rand
As for Israel, its physical size is smaller than many U.S. counties. All Israel has asked for is to be left alone--but the Islamic extremists just won't leave them alone. No war is pointless for Israel--it's that or be murdered by Islamic extremists.
Good post, Freedom. I'm always amazed to see otherwise intelligent people clamoring on about "Give Peace a Chance" when obvious evil surrounds us. It takes a wise, moral, and strong person to first see and recognize evil, and then stand up and confront its many forms. I choose to fight.
All Israel asks is for billions in aid so it can expand and murder the Muslims in its way.
The Greater Israel project goes back to the early Zionists. Thus Israel has never negotiated in good faith, except when those people where out of power.
Utter bullshit. The only major land deal the Israelis have done is giving the Sinai back to Egypt. Why haven’t they just taken Gaza or southern Lebanon? Why are they still just about the same size as in 1948?
"Islamic extremists have invaded the U.S. through Biden's open borders"
Then why in the name of hell are the troops over there instead of over here! They should be over hear rounding up and deporting every last god awful one of those fuckers.
Troll-O-Rama here this morning. Lay on!
You take flak when you are over the target. They send out the paid flying monkeys when YOU are gaining traction. Recall how Limbaugh discovered a supposed grass roots boycott was no more than several guys at a university sending out numerous phony emails. When it's all over do not be shocked should we discover another one of the Democrat grifting operations was being run there. There's nothing more questionable than Obama sending them airplanes full of cash and Gold. That was one enormous "WTF?!" if there ever was one. The MSM lack of curiosity about it is certainly another.
~ Reaping What We Sow: What Part of Violent American Interventionalism Does Kunstler Not Understand? ~
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"Jihad rolls across Europe without opposition...
The Jews of the Upper West Side voted for it."
~ James Howard Kunstler
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"Since 1945, the United States has been responsible for the highest number of military and civilian deaths, including through direct actions and proxy wars.
Korea (1950–1953): ~2–3 million dead, mostly civilians from bombing and ground warfare.
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (1955–1975): ~3–4 million civilians and combatants; includes mass bombing (e.g., Operation Rolling Thunder, Secret War in Laos).
Iraq (1990–2011): ~1–1.5 million dead, including 500,000+ children due to sanctions (1990s), and war-related violence post-2003.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia (2001–present): ~400,000+ civilians directly killed; over 3 million total deaths including indirect causes.
Proxy support: U.S. has backed militaries and conflicts in Chile, Guatemala, Indonesia, Angola, El Salvador, Colombia, contributing to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Israel (2023–present): U.S. provides unconditional military aid and diplomatic cover. Over 70,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, with U.S.-supplied weapons used in densely populated areas. The U.S. is not counted as directly causing these deaths, but is seen by international bodies and human rights groups as complicit due to continued arms transfers."
~ Brave search consolidated results quote
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"Your comment is much appreciated but the deaths you cited are only a fraction of what the USA has inflicted on what it views as the inferior races. James Bacque in 'Other Losses' showed how approximately 1,000,000 Germans were systematically exterminated in US concentration camps in Europe following the defeat of Germany by the Soviet Union and its allies in 1945.
There was a furious propaganda campaign to try to discredit Bacque's book but he was vindicated after the release following the dissolution by Gorbachev of the Soviet Union of KGB archives which contained contemporaneous information from that era which corroborated his assertions."
~ AwakeNotWoke, Mar 25, https://www.kunstler.com/p/lights-out/comment/232909454
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https://www.kunstler.com/p/not-bluffing/comment/239118551
Not supporting Obama, but that was allegedly Iranian money seized and held since the travesty of the Revolution in 1979.
Iran used it to support terrorism across the Middle East and build up the reserves of their missiles and drones.
One might ask why was it not simply electronically transferred to whatever account they designate? Cash money and Gold seems beyond strange.
clearing out every bank in DC Maryland and Virginia.
Obama was a disaster
Electronic transfers leave a trail. Space Force tracks everything in cyberspace, probably even before it was named and became public knowledge. Moving cash and gold around is easier to hide.
In theory, once deposited in your national treasury, all government funds become fungible regardless of where they originated. What becomes easier to hide is how much of it went to Mullah A or Imam B and how much was kicked back to Democrat controlled NGO's, Mister Ten Percent's and so on.
Spot on it's how the kickbacks happen.
The US and the UK used and use terrorists across the Middle East too. You know that. What do you suggest we do about the US supporting ISIS then pretending to fight them, in order to effect regime change in countries that are none of their business or shouldn't be? Under Assad, imperfect as he was (there are virtually NO good people in top positions anywhere - being decent is not how you get on), Jews, Christians, Alawites and Muslims lived peacefully alongside one another. Now the US/UK-supported Jolani is killing minorities and being feted in the UK and US as if he were a regular statesman. No-one will pay for that until Judgement Day. It probably won't be long before you're imprisoned for even saying it.
Assad was a nice man, deeply in love with his wife. An eye doctor, not the brutal military man his brother was. Thus he wasn't the right man for the job.
You said you were descended from the Vikings or the Anglo-Saxons? It doesn't matter: Both were warrior groups who rampaged throughout most of the island. All that you have comes from their successful plunder. All that anybody has come from men like this. Scientists and engineers play their parts, but they couldn't do it without the stability that comes from conquest.
Stop talking bollocks. By definition, if someone's plundering, there were people there minding their own business, growing food and building homes before the plunderers arrived and took their stuff.
Still waiting to hear about your own personal contribution to 'all that everyone has'.
To try and explain life to the deluded. As a Christian, you owe these men a great debt. You need to be praying for their souls.
Mankind has not changed since he stood up on two legs....the human animal is no different than any other animal species. People need to get real and understand the nature of the species to which they belong.
I know we used them in the past not the JV team ISIS, and not since Obummer finally left the White House.
Trump had some talks with the head cutter in chief in Syria before the Iran excursion.
We don't appear to be running any groups right now.
'You' and the UK got the Syrian headchopper into power. Up until then you were (and possibly still are) occupying part of Syria on the pretence that you were fighting ISIS but all the while using ISIS as a taxi service, presumably with US-supplied vehicles, as someone else mentioned).
https://beeley.substack.com/p/syria-is-fighting-for-its-life?utm_source=publication-search
Vanessa Beeley actually lived there (Damascus) and reported from there until the headchopper was put in place by yours and ours. It doesn't matter who's pretending to be in power. It's the shadow governments that run things, not the puppets in Congress or Parliament.
I did nothing of the sort.
Please quit pulling a Lugh.
IMO, Iran fell under new management in 1979. The assets frozen were that of the previous regime and were forfeited when the mullahs took over. If anything, part of those funds are due the prisoners who lost 444 days taken against their will. The rest should be considered damages for the deaths and destruction this regime has cost the USA and the rest of the world.
Fuck the evil bastards of the present Iranian government, and Fuck Obama for being so traitorous to bargain with this enemy.
If we steal people's money, the Iranians and then the Russians, no one will bank with us.
Giving that money to Iran funded terror all across the region for a decade or so, exactly as the crypto-Muslim Obama wanted.
“The Muslim call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”
— Barack Obama
It's not pretty, it's beautiful, but doesn't belong here. Pretty is nothing. I'd take ugly/beautiful over it, anytime.
The Russians already have the opinion that Americans are "agreement incapable". Short of swapping out all the critters currently in Congress, the Administration, the Judicial Branch and the Deep State - that's not going to change.
As for the "nonchalant" tweet and deadline from Mr. Trump, in the eyes of most sane people in the world it comes across more as the uncouth rantings of a child. But since Trump is simply acting out his assigned role, it's not surprising. The players on all sides (U.S., Euroland, Israel, Iran, China, Russia, etc) all dance on the strings of the Puppet Master globalists. Trump is playing the part of the Ugly American on Steroids.
That's why the deadline for tomorrow - delivered with a side of blathering splutterfest, will come and go with no resolution to "the problem" that presents massive profits for insiders and a necessary excuse of failure to the official narrative of history on how Western Civilization collapsed. Expect things to get worse for the U.S. in the coming months and years.
The world is not sane, get over that fake narrative.
It's hardly like the human condition is binary, and people can only be divided into two categories - sane or crazy. There are plenty of sane people who are impervious to the avalanche of propaganda trying to get them riled up over gender, race, nationality, class - what have you. Most still fall for the gag that elections matter, and laws on the books are enforced.
There's many that believe it's all part of a natural cycle of things (ie, 4th Turning) - but it appears to me to be quite blatantly steered from the top down.
Regardless, the Long Emergency is upon us and things would be tough enough if magically sane adults suddenly took over the reins. Instead, we're do for a double dose of pain as those at the wheel choose that the throttles are pushed to the stops with the iceberg dead ahead.
You are way off. In binary land.
You take flak when you are over the target. Affirming the consequent.
If P -> Q (If I'm correct, then I will receive criticism)
Q (I am receiving criticism)
Therefore P (I am over the target)
You know, there is another occasion when people get criticized too, namely when they're wrong.
I long for the days when you had your own website, Jim. The comment section was populated by far more intelligent folks.
Somehow, your site here has been invaded by drooling, Jew-hating morons.
I hope they're at least paying your bills.
"Somehow, your site here has been invaded by drooling, Jew-hating morons." ~ JackStrawWichita
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"New York City... now lives under... the Islamic call-to-prayer rings through the neighborhoods twenty-five years after 9-11. The Jews of the Upper West Side voted for it." ~ James Howard Kunstler
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Yes, I Am Rooting for Iran
"You see, the problem is not merely military. It is civilizational. The West has spent the better part of five centuries convincing itself that it represents the apex of human evolution, the pinnacle of political sophistication, and the ultimate paragon of moral authority.
This is the same civilization that colonized half the planet, enslaved millions, carved continents into artificial states, looted resources with industrial efficiency, and then wrote books congratulating itself for bringing “civilization” to the people it was busy exploiting and killing.
Arrogance on that scale eventually produces a very specific mental disease.
It convinces its victims that everyone else sees them the same way they see themselves.
But step outside the Western media echo chamber, and another picture emerges. Across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, vast numbers of people do not see Western power as a benevolent force. They see it as something far less flattering.
A parasitical leech."
~ Femi Akomolafe,
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1478816/yes-i-am-rooting-for-iran.html
Just look at Iran's stated targets - Apple, Google, Oracle, Amazon, Lockheed: a veritable Who's Who of anti-human genocidal corporate scum.
Oh wait, what denomination do most of their billionaire owners belong to? How many Unit 8200 baby-killers fill top seats at Google? Which CEO is the top private donor to the IDF genociders? Which Lockheed products do zionist members of congress prefer to sign with their own personal death wish to children in Gaza?
Ancient magic sky fairy stories have their place in churches, not in the world of foreign policy.
"The unit is composed primarily of 18–21 year olds. As a result of the youth of the soldiers in the unit, and the shortness of their service period, the unit relies on selecting recruits with the ability for rapid adaptation and speedy learning. Afterschool programs for 16–18 year olds, teaching computer coding and hacking skills, also serve as feeder programs for the unit. Former Unit 8200 soldiers have gone on to found and occupy top positions in many international IT companies, including in Silicon Valley.
According to the Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute in 2015, 'Unit 8200 is probably the foremost technical intelligence agency in the world and stands on a par with the NSA in everything except scale.' "
~ Wikipedia
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"If you're callous to the effects on others, you have a potential to rise. The odds are that you can 'compete' your way up. If you care and are socially concerned about others, you're at a tremendous disadvantage. So I think the competitive dynamic that we have does sort of weed out a set of people for success. But I would say that what it weeds out for success is not competence, not creativity, not intelligence, but callousness far more often."
~ Michael Albert
I’m a paying consumer of Kunstler’s wisdom. But it’s kind of him to not limit commenting to subscribers. Not sure I’d be that kind if it were my Substack. 🤷♀️
I guess it depends on how echo-chambery, how masturbatory one wants their site. I mean, you can have verbal intercourse with yourself, right?
Many people probably feel threatened by others with other, contrasting ideas about the world and how to live in it, but the issue isn't really about that, about Iran or whoever/whatever, anyway, rather like perhaps the issue wasn't really about that pilot the US apparently just rescued, but about the underlying mission, irrespective of whether the mission made any sense or not.
In Iran's case, to America, it's probably fundamentally about oil, as Trump has even mentioned. BRICS, 'energy corridors', the Belt And Road, the Petrodollar/'Petro-Alt' are all orbital to it.
Israel's probably just being used-- you know, like what we call users. The whole 'mullah' nonsense is just that and a smokescreen.
America, you see, WRT the political sphere, rather than its captured population who just want to live free and happy, is perfectly fine with doing business with any asshole, as long as it's *their* asshole-- you know, like that former 'head-slicer' in Syria-- whether they have to install one or not. That's why the Middle East Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) State assholes did little to nothing for Palestine, etc..
Looks like their US protection was just a smokescreen too, if Iran's bombing of their US platforms is any indication.
Not "jew-hating". Zionist-hating.
Again I ask, whatever happened to Ol' Scratch, who was a reasonable commenter in days of yore? Hopefully he's still around somewhere.
It isn't that I desire America to lose. Since we are going to war anyway, I do hope that America wins its desired objectives and gets the hell out of there. I'm just sick of the constant war making of our nation. Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter, America is ALWAYS at war.
It would be nice, for a change, to have all of those war making resources re-directed to and spent here at home repairing and replacing aging infrastructure, enforcing immigration law, and sealing the northern and southern borders. The country is nearly 40 trillion dollars in the hole now and still spending its strength and means making war throughout the globe. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of our soldiers getting killed or maimed or coming home with scrambled brains in shit hole places like Afghanistan and for what?
I love your writing, I really do, but when it comes to war, I stand opposite of you. All of these foreign entanglements the USA has gotten itself into haven't served us well.
I generally agree with most of your sentiments. However, acting toward Iran the way Barack the Magnificent and "Biden" did isn't the answer, nor is everyone else's solution between Carter and Trump's return on 1/20/25. Iran cannot get nukes because they've said repeatedly that they'll be used as soon as they have them. The Chinese, Norks, and Russians helped them rebuild after we blew up their facilities last year so as to fuck us over again. The Iranians won't do diddly shit to stop this because they WANT to die because they want to be with Allah; to them, the goal is a global murder-suicide where they die in battle and kill everyone else too.
As for our warmaking, I agree. We've built much of our economy on building, selling, and using weapons. That was the Brits' game, till the World Wars ruined them. Some bright bastards here decided to pick up the slack. Which is why a friend's husband builds missiles at a Lockheed plant in a nearby city, and why another friend's wife builds helos at another Lockheed facility. If not for those things, there'd be nothing here but collapsing buildings and drug addicts; is it is, only some of the buildings are run-down and not everyone is on synthetic marijuana, crack, or meth. It's not ideal, obviously, to have arms merchants carry an economy. But as we've discussed many times, Wall Street and bankers chased industry out of the country decades ago, promising everyone luxury in a "service economy." Too bad they didnt tell us they'd be doing the servicing, and we'd be the ones getting rogered.
Excellent and well thought out post, UncleBob9. Especially your second paragraph. You are spot on and correct. Can't justify a trillion dollar defense spending budget without a war to fight. So, we go about and find some sad sack country that really doesn't pose a direct threat to us (hence the reason they sponsor terrorism as it is the only way available to them to fight the great satan) and bomb them to hell. Once Iran is finished off the USA will need to find another sad sack nation to beat up because the Lockheeds, Northrup - Grummonds, Raytheons and others need to turn a profit and give the CEOs big bonuses. In the meantime the national debt continues to grow, the money printing continues and our savings accounts can buy less and less and less. What baffles me more than anything is how seemingly intelligent minds such JohnAZ can be so pro-war so as to ignore the damage so much war is inflicting on us here at home in terms of national debt, money printing and subsequent inflation. Some of these guys even dismiss the debt because the debt is to ourselves, totally ignoring that the debt must be monetized by money printing.
The older I get the more I realize the awful situation we are truly in as a nation.
I was just out gold mining a claim in Randsberg, which I believe is the current path of the good ship America.
The entire town is run down and collapsing in on its own footprint.
https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/redmountain.html
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/randsburg
Did find gold, had a blast, but seeing the open mining pits and areas roped off for arsenic poisoning is a sober reminder that it really can get worse.
I can't tell if you are serious or being sarcastic.
He doesn't even know what sarcastic means.
Great pics.
I don't believe foreign entanglements have been initiated in order to serve the American people. The US military is the enforcement arm of the controllers. One can argue how to define "controllers." I will do so by calling them satanists and their enablers.
Whatever the benefits from this war, we will not be the main beneficiaries. It's being fought for Israel and should the Zionists win, Europe will be inundated with tens of millions of refugees. Should Iran win, the Israelis will all come here, a disaster for us.
"Once again Lugh has Jew on the brain." ~ Ben
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"The Jews of the Upper West Side voted for it." ~ James Howard Kunstler
Once again Lugh has Jew on the brain.
Who really benefits from Iran not being able to menace the straits?
Do the math if you are capable.
Um, who benefits? Whoever wants the oil.
More deep thoughts with Ben.
Look, the German is back goose-stepping around.
Sorry, you are too obtuse to understand the subtle comment for what it was.
They're Jews. Just call them what they are. Everyone in the entire world knows that we do the bidding of the Jewish state with the sole exception of us.
“Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter, America is ALWAYS at war.”
The United States is a war based economy, so yes, there will always be war.
Yes it is. It shouldn't be and it is unsustainable. $40 trillion and counting.
How much of that $40T ended up in the pockets of pols, the political parties, and the plutocrats who own them via fraud and corruption?
War and big pharma.
To add to this, the geopolitical controllers moving wealth, military power and populations around the globe create what?? All I see is demand destruction, depopulation, famine, disease and misery for the ordinary people across the world as a result of all this “game theory” crap. Oh, and civilizational conflagrations. Yay, go team.
Totally agree with you about war. Lost an uncle in the Korean war. The Viet Nam war was going on during my childhood. Then there has been the numerous useless Middle East wars of the last 40 years. Cant say any of those improved every day life here in the US. In fact those wars just brought refugees to the USA to overwhelm and suck dry our social services. The only beneficiaries of war are the military industrial complex.
Cankerpuss: hear, hear.
I've been thinking, Cankerpuss, what if the United States was meant only to be a temporary nation?
All nations are temporary, Kathy. How many nations that were on the Earth during the Roman time are still nations today? The USA's time has come and gone. We are an empire in decline relying upon debt and money printing to sustain a war based faux economy. When it finally comes crashing down is anyone's guess but as a nation, we can no longer afford to make constant war all over the globe.
The US is the second beast/false prophet in Revelation. It's a copy of pagan Rome. Its purpose is to get the first beast (Rome 2.0) back in power for the world to marvel at it and take its mark. Don't be surprised to see a major peacemaker step in once all the wars have devastated the world. That's when you need to use discernment. I doubt it is coincidental that the current pope is, for the first time, American. Theocracy is in the ascendant over your way.
Dennis incoming.
Actually, Dennis has been noticeably withdrawn. Honestly, I miss his posts. I didn't agree with him on a lot but I always found his posts entertaining and somewhat enlightening.
I suspect, as Shiela has said, his blood cancer might be getting the best of him.
He also said his blood pressure was 210/100, and at 80+ years old, that is bad juju.
He was trying to say it was from reading this site, but I suspect it's a matter of the first line and the damn steroids they use in conjunction with the chemo.
Dennis will be outgoing one day soon. I don't wish him any harm, but he doesn't worry me!
You will pay homage to the Beast when he sits in the rebuilt temple. Since you aren't a Christian, you will think that he is the Jewish messiah.
The temple is the body of Christ, i.e. his people. The rebuilding of the Jewish temple is part of the deception and has no part in biblical prophecy. The impostor is already seated in the temple, claiming to be the vicar of Christ on earth. Antichrist also means 'in place of Christ' as you have been informed already.
The temple is the body of Christ......pppppfft!
Why I can't be bothered commenting on this site anymore.
Total gobbledygook like this!
That's OK, Dennis. There is no obligation to comment anywhere, or indeed to read. I hope you are well.
"The pope's too pooped to pop." ~ unknown
So the Antichrist is the Pope and has been here for two thousand years? You're hopeless.
There hasn't been a pope for 2000 years. Check your history. The Bishop of Rome began to have specific power in the early 4th century (c. 313) and the term 'pope' wasn't used until the 6th century.
But yes, Revelation says that satan ('the dragon') gave his power to Rome. Sorry, I can't change it. Strictly speaking it's the institution of the papacy, not 'the pope'. Popes have, in history, demanded obedience as a condition of salvation. Ergo, they are blasphemous, demand idolatry, and place themselves between the believer and Christ, when only Christ is the mediator between believers and God. Hence 'antichrist', as in 'in the place of Christ'.
So, anyone with a differing opinion is a troll Jim? You have done such a great job chronicling those with TDS that I feel you have picked up your own variant. It's very odd to read your words lately. And, to your comment section "muscle" that will tell me to leave, or caucus with the Dems or worse. Miss me with that nonsense. You all sound like jackasses when you do that.
It appears that Jim Kunstler's primary loyalty is to Israel, not to the USA.
That’s just plain stupid.
He has a lot of feminine energy too. I had not noticed this in the past! It is very evident in his responses to comments.
~ Trump, Kunstler & Turncoats ~
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"Lay on!" ~ James Howard Kunstler
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"While not a military veteran, Kunstler... is highly critical of contemporary U.S. military engagements, viewing them as reckless, imperial overreach driven by a dysfunctional political class. He has described recent conflicts as 'hapless military adventures' that have eroded America’s global credibility...
Kunstler believes the U.S. leadership operates in denial, unable to recognize the limits of its power, and he refers to current governance as a 'pathocracy'—rule by the psychologically unstable.
Kunstler critiques the military-industrial complex as a key component of America’s unsustainable techno-industrial system. He argues that the vast resources poured into the military—especially for global deployments and high-tech weaponry—divert capital from essential domestic needs like infrastructure and rail transport.
In one commentary, he stated he would 'rather see US troops shut down WalMart, which has been way more destructive to the US economy... than the bandits in any central Asian rat-hole.' This satirical remark underscores his belief that military spending prioritizes illusionary security over real societal well-being.
He also highlights how the military’s dependence on fossil fuels makes it vulnerable in a post-peak oil world, and he questions the feasibility of maintaining global military dominance as energy constraints tighten.
While Kunstler does not focus extensively on the historical concept of the citizen-soldier—the ideal of a civilian population ready to defend the nation in times of need—his writings imply skepticism about its modern relevance. He sees today’s military as increasingly disconnected from the general populace, operating as a professionalized, interventionist force rather than a defensive one.
His broader critique of societal fragmentation and loss of communal values suggests he views the erosion of the citizen-soldier ideal as part of a larger decline in civic responsibility and national cohesion. In a future of localized, agrarian communities—which he predicts in World Made by Hand—he envisions security being handled at a local level, not through a centralized, global military apparatus.
James Howard Kunstler has no known military service..."
~ Brave search consolidated results quote
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"turncoat /tûrn′kōt″/
noun
One who traitorously switches allegiance. One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate; a defector to the enemy.
Similar: renegade apostate A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance."
~ American Heritage Dictionary
If the regime remains in power after all of this, then the whole thing will have been a failure, and Trump's assurances to the Iranian protestors will have been a farce. He should demand the fanatics give up the ghost, offering them nothing more than safe passage into exile.
YOU DA BEST, JIM!
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https://youtu.be/aqLhCei_Nxw?si=WDmI6PLfBZcxNoMz
"So, anyone with a differing opinion is a troll Jim?"
Grifting CONservative Inc. shills never fail to deliver.
Not a troll because I think the war is wrong. America First, not Israel First. The USA has enough problems here.
You or the commenters? Trolls as far as the eyes 👀 can see. On both, black and white, sides.
Trump is advancing the Great Reset.
"MOMDANI" JHK? Rules for thee?
That was a typo, not a pun.
Oh, ok then! Everyone's entitled to a glitch now and then. I am being facetious JHK, I really do appreciate your work. 👍
I'm not sure he was a troll - I think he genuinely believes ad hominem will get him everywhere.
Rescuing that Weapons Officer was a dagger to the heart of the America hating lefties.
They just can't stand the fact that we (and Israel) are doing what the whole world is afraid to do...and we're winning.
It's a great time to be a Conservative American...and all you lefties can kiss my Royal Irish Ass.
Go President DJT!
..EDIT...MANY of the lefties I mentioned above have decided to post in this thread. Thanks for providing such a target rich environment.
DJT is a having a run for the ages and you clowns just can't stand it.
LOL - how sweet it is.
Mr. K has attracted some trolls and shills. If conditions were perfect, they'd still complain!
Dear Oldster---- from one oldster ( I am pushing 75) to another. It is only the 3rd quarter and there are many things that can turn bad before it is over so.......while I appreciate the sentiment and sincerely hope that Trump and our wonderful grunts and generals are doing great so far, we are not done. I still remember about 30 or so years ago when the Oilers went into halftime with a 20 or 25 point lead over the Buffalo Bills and......ended up losing and looking like losers. I am not just putting out bad vibes but......no gloating until the mullahs are either all dead or..... have run up the white flag. If that happens, feel free to push their noses into the pile of shiff that is left of their party.
As another oldster Ron I must disagree with your analogy as I remember that game. The Oilers and Bills were not threatening death to anyone as it was just another game. The Iranian Islamic Republic has been threatening, and actually killing, Americans and others for the past 47 years and with their death cult actually welcoming death, at least the true believers. How anyone could doubt they would strike with nuclear weapons when they got them, is truly astounding. I have a two-volume set of the Quran and those with an open mind should read and study it, which would leave no doubt of the thousand-year threat this ideology represents to us and the world. The so-called moderate muslims have no power and if they stray or leave islam, they face death from the fanatical leaders, just as they threaten us with the same. I do appreciate your post and thoughtful comments.
a moderate Muslim is one who doesn't have any ammunition left
Mr. Galt, I am totally in agreement with your thought that the mullahs will probably never give up and agree that Trump is the only/first one with the balls to tell the world we have had enough of their shiff but.......over confidence is not good until the fat lady sings and it is clear to the world we have in fact changed the world of terrorism and have stopped a wicked group of evil people.
John, because morons got to moron.
Socialists are also a death cult.
You mean "socialism," ESL bro.
Go edit another trashy novel before AI steals what little income you have.
My degree is in political science.
My cars are probably worth more than your house.
After 9/11 I read the koran, sura, Reliance of the Traveler etc. I fully expected it to be another peaceful religion. Ha! It was instead a steep learning curve on what a religion would look like if you have a God who hates. To kinds sorta quote a hero, Nonie Darwish.
Same, there is zero about loving your neighbor.
"The Iranian Islamic Republic has been threatening, and actually killing, Americans"
Will you please provide some incidents where Iran has specifically targeted and killed Americans? Or are you talking about Americans who were in warships hanging around in close proximity to Iranian borders and beaches?
It's amazing that this miasma of hatred and destruction that has decimated populations is the result of one man's delusions. There are other Mideastern philosophies which are genuinely peaceful.
So well said. Thank you. The mainstream media neglects to mention these reasons.
The mullahs might run up the white flag and then spend a decade building back up to start all over again.
They never quit unless you put one right between their eyes.
A reality-based pushback on the embittered loser-mentality doomsayers was and is entirely warranted.
History won't be kind. I can't really blame you since you obviously succumbed to the koolaide long ago.
“History won’t be kind” is one of the weakest admissions of defeat there is. It says “we give up, we lost the battle and the war, but at some point, we hope, without evidence or the will to win, some magical future power will say we were right on a high school history book”. A white flag would be a more powerful response. At least a white flag shows the ability to accept current reality over a fantasized future to be ushered in by hopium. History is written by the victors. No one knows who they will be, but soothing yourself in the present that “future books will condemn Trump” is a great indicator that your side will not be writing the history. It screams “I give up, but believe th children and grandchildren I produce and shape will do better than me. Where will your children and grandchildren get this future resolve? From your hope? Please don’t embarrass them with that weak sauce.
https://www.kunstler.com/p/not-bluffing/comment/239148035
"rescue"
it was a bungled special forces op that was designed to infiltrate isfahan nuclear site and it failed miserably
Cry harder.
cope harder
LOL!
My team is winning, you moron.
YOUR team is feeling the wrath of a real God.
Trump ain't Jimmy Carter - thank you Jesus!
No, Carter was a brave but flawed man who was a poor president. Trump is a lying coward who is an even worse president. But then I don't get my self worth from the US military. You obviously do.
The Peanut Farmer..."brave"?
You mean like when panicked at the sight of a rabbit swimming near his conoe?
Or the time when he dropped out of 10K after only 4 miles, when he only 54?
Yeah, nice definition of "brave".
Keep crying (and trying).
https://www.kunstler.com/p/not-bluffing/comment/239148035
Did you get that lie straight from your Iranian handlers?
Do you still believe Iran sank the USS Lincoln?
How about that the 15e was really a 35?
Is there any Iranian lie you won't support and peddle?
Are you Irish or American? Pick one.
Perhaps someone else will explain to you the source of that quote, you ignorant moron.
You are such a fucking, uninformed idiot, Mr Clusterfuck.
Mr.Kurz----not sure who the people are that clicked on like but.......if you really do not like Mr. JHK, why do you subscribe and give him your money . Is it because you like being told you are an idiot for the stupid things you believe and vocalize ?
He tends to have great insight lot of things but his zeal for the Iran war is highly uncharacterisitic. His reasoning on this topic is as motivated as if it just came back from a Les Brown seminar. Delusional ideation originating from in-group thinking.
His predictions have been terrible over the years, his after-the-fact analysis good.
I don't think he's a subscriber, he doesn't have the little symbol next to his name like you and I do.
I am not one of those who clicked "like" on Mr. Kurz's comment, but only because it was global in nature, and I like a lot of what JHK posts. Had Mr. Kurz limited his remark to the topic under discussion in this particular post, however, I would at least be leaning in that direction.
As for why he "gives him money", likely he does not, and (like me) he is a free subscriber. I have purchased and read 6 of JHKs books and enjoyed them all, but I read his blog mainly for its entertainment value. When I read his posts early in the day, I feel briefly gratified when he (yet again) tells of how all the bad guys are about to be arrested, tried, convicted, and otherwise butthurt. Unfortunately, the feeling only lasts a few minutes until I read the rest of the stories in my news feed.
Dan Kurtz is in the Epstein files.
Oh really? I thought it was Dick Hertz and Mike Hunt.
Mike? I do not believe he has ever posted on this site. Has anybody seen Mike Hunt?
And...of course....
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1096475435668675
And YOU need to be deported, "Democrat."
The horror! The horror!
And you're a petty, arrogant little goo-guzzling moron with brush-burned knees who lacks originality and talent in insulting people.
BTW, Kurz (obviously a German -- *ja wohl!*), do you wear a red armband with a black *hakenkreuz* inside a white disc every day, or only on special occasions?
And you use of English is admirable…
"To be honest with you, my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the U.S. say: ‘Why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people..." ~ Donald Trump
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"Capitalists do have the most weapons usually, and they take that stuff at the beginning. So that's why they claim to own it-- they conquer it. The... first part of capitalism is called primary accumulation, and that's basically going out somewhere and stealing money and resources and enslaving people... So basically, it begins as conquering and then once it's owned, they claim to have a right to it...
The whole society, the way that it exists has been shaped by the economic system that we live under... and in the interests of that class that dominates that system."
~ Stephanie McMillan
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"People who dismiss the unemployed and dependent as 'parasites' fail to understand economics and parasitism. A successful parasite is one that is not recognized by its host, one that can make its host work for it without appearing as a burden. Such is the ruling class in a capitalistic society."
~ Jason Read
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"We're living at a dangerous moment because... 'empire', is in its last gasp, and empire, when it's in its last gasp will do anything to sustain itself... The US does not want to see the indigenous view of water, or natural gas, or oil, or resources in the ground to prevail... I was in a meeting of U'wa people who are fighting oil development in Colombia... and [the way] they talk about oil... [is] completely alien to the western development and corporate development model-- it just can't be understood even. So as a result, corporations, and US and prevailing western powers, don't think anything negative at all about going in and overpowering that if they can get away with it."
~ Jerry Mander, 'Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible'
https://www.kunstler.com/p/not-bluffing/comment/239148035
I'm sure there's a way you could express your opinion without being insulting, Mr. Kurz.
Not true, Dan.
Aka “Bon” Kurz.
Followed you for years Jim but I must disagree with you here. You say “Mr. Trump seeks to make sure that America is on the winners’ side.” Evidently our ideas of winning are much different. I see nothing good and quite the opposite of what was promised.
Mr.Dicus-----so.....if Trump does win and Iran no longer funds terrorism world wide and becomes what it is capable of which is an educated member and contributor on a global scale, would that be a bad thing since terrorism should make a major decline worldwide since the mullahs were a major source of the money and........Persians could now contribute to the world economy something other than oil and terrorism. Seems like a great thing to me ......... if Trump can pull it off. I give him a 75% chance of success, if the Dem/Marxists cannot figure out a way to ham-string him, which I am sure they are trying to figure out how to accomplish that.
Sorry for the poor grammar but....
Haters gonna hate, and there is nothing you can say to change that. Their love for the islamic ideology and murderous ways cannot be explained away as anything more that their adoption of marxist ideology fused with their belief that islam will eventually destroy the U.S. and the communists will pick up the pieces. Has to be some self-half involved as well.
How does Marxism really spread?
The same way Islam does it!
Violence and indoctrination.
The Marxist idiots don't understand that when Islam is done with them, they get their throats cut.
These are the results for the real truth about the Iranian revolution, and they killed the Marxists after they were done with the useful idiots.
Might be the only thing they got right.
AI Overview
The 1979 Iranian Revolution was a broad-based uprising involving a "negative coalition" of Islamists, Marxists, secular liberals, and nationalists united only by their opposition to the Shah. Following the monarchy's collapse, a systematic purge occurred as the clerical leadership consolidated power, leading to the imprisonment and execution of thousands of Marxists and other leftists.
1. The Tactical Alliance
Marxist and communist groups, such as the Tudeh Party and the Fedayeen-e Khalq, initially supported Ayatollah Khomeini, viewing the religious movement as a temporary anti-imperialist ally against the West and the Shah. They miscalculated that they could eventually guide the revolution toward a socialist future.
Islamic-Marxist Fusion: Groups like the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) blended Marxist social justice with Islamic theology to mobilize students and workers.
Soviet Influence: The Tudeh Party's support for the new regime was also influenced by Moscow’s desire for a stable anti-American neighbor.
2. The Systematic Purges (1981–1988)
Once the Islamic Republic was established, the regime began "purifying" society of non-Islamic elements through the Cultural Revolution.
1981–1982 Massacres: Following a series of bombings and armed clashes with the MEK, the government launched a "reign of terror". Revolutionary courts, often led by "hanging judges" like Sadegh Khalkhali, executed thousands of dissidents.
Crushing the Tudeh: Despite their early loyalty, the Tudeh Party was banned in 1983. Leaders were arrested, tortured into making televised confessions of spying for the Soviet Union, and many were executed.
The 1988 Executions: Near the end of the Iran-Iraq War, a final wave of mass summary executions targeted political prisoners, primarily MEK members and Marxists. Estimates of the death toll during this period range from 2,800 to over
3. Key Marxist Groups and Their Fate
Tudeh Party: The oldest communist party; supported Khomeini until it was totally crushed by 1983.
Fedayeen-e Khalq: Split into "Majority" (which supported the regime initially) and "Minority" (which opposed it). Both were eventually suppressed, with members executed or forced into exile.
Union of Iranian Communists: Attempted an armed rebellion in Amol in 1982, which was brutally defeated by the IRGC.
Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK): Though it had religious roots, its Marxist-leaning ideology led to its branding as "hypocrites" (Munafiqin). They remain the regime’s most enduring and controversial opposition.
4. International Recognition
A 2024 report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran categorized the massacres of 1981 and 1982 as crimes against humanity and genocide, specifically noting the theological rationale used to target atheists and Marxists
Maybe if the US hadn't overthrown their democratically elected leader, Mossadegh, there wouldn't have been the backlash leading to the present regime. The US is always meddling and it never ends well.
If only you really had a clue.
uh huh...says the pysop retard
We went in search of monsters abroad (Adams said don't) and lo, we have found ourselves.
So did gorgeous George Washington. In his farewell address he admonished our fore fathers to have free trade with all and avoid foreign entanglements. Our fore fathers didn't listen and now we are in a heap of a mess and $40 trillion in debt and counting.
How does Capitalism spread? Through terror. They often pay the Communists to do it.
"How does Marxism really spread?"
Ben,
Poverty and women.
"These are the results for the real truth about the Iranian revolution, and they killed the Marxists after they were done with the useful idiots."
This is why I say, no one is all bad.
LOL!
You're literally just the same as the average Marxist. Just on the opposite extreme of the spectrum.
Says the Socialist turd.
No need to capitalize socialist, ESL bro.
Another reason I am over commenting in this thread.
Childish name calling!
I didn't read the AI quote but the beginning of what you said is correct. The marxists and Islamists are working together but both think that they will win when it is all over and the marxists are done for....the marxists kill through bulk but the Islamists like to do it up close and personal, one by one.
what's your point?
weird you left out that ayatollah khohemani (original dude) was on Mi6, DSG and CIA payroll prior to revolution
also their country their problem
enough with "Muh human rights" bullshit. you cunts raped Yugoslavia under the guise of "human rights", destroyed Libya, syria, iraq and ukraine all under the bullshit guise of human rights.
just fucking stop with ur bullshit
MEK is a literal terrorist organization
HAHAHAHAHAHA Lunatic.
well ya, we're neighbhours, ain't u in the padded room next door?
And that brings you to the role of the City of London in this mess.
Specious non-sequiter strawman no-true-scotsmans dummy over here
~ Astroturfing For Israel ~
A lot of the shite here and elsewhere is, or is along the lines of, astroturfing for 'USrael', sometimes paid. Selling out.
Full of logical fallacies that some pick up on, so it 'works', until there's such a majority that it collapses the narrative. That's where we appear to be. But the astroturfing plods on...
As we know, there are a lot of American Zionist millionaires+ to throw their questionably-acquired coin to socially-engineer societies in their image of how they ought to run, in their own self-interests of course. Crony-capitalist plutarchies.
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"Reports indicate the Israeli government has spent millions on covert social media campaigns to create an illusion of stronger pro-Israel sentiment. In October 2023, the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs allocated $2 million to an astroturf campaign executed by the Tel Aviv firm Stoic, which created hundreds of fake accounts on X, Facebook, and Instagram disguised as concerned American students and constituents."
~ Brave search consolidated results quote
Also, losers gonna lose.
Thank you - although I was getting a kick out of the snarky remarks back at. Mr. Galt: don't I remember you from Clif High?
Remember the outset of Isis, and the video of an endless parade of brand-new white Toyota pickups streaming along, joyous fighters brandishing their popguns in the bed of the truck? My first thought was "Hey, who paid for those?"
Now we find out that both Uncle Sam and John Bull coughed up the dough and enabled the "terrorists" to work their magic. Divide and conquer, smash half a dozen functioning republics just to show them who's boss.
Funding all sides in a conflict just to keep it moving merrily along is an old Mafia trick as well, and for the same reasons: elephant or donkey - whoever comes out as "the people's choice" the outfit wins.
More than ever, the US of A is fulfilling Gore Vidal's prophetic appraisal: "A flawed Republic turned murderous empire".
The UK and the US (and Israel) put the headchopper Jolani in power in Syria, while claiming they are fighting jihadists. You literally couldn't make this stuff up. It is satanic.
You forget the other important part here: We now "negotiate with terrorists."
IIRC, not negotiating with terrorists was one of the sacred cows among the Freedom Fries crowd.
Not negotiating with terrorists goes right back to Maggie Thatcher and the IRA! Turns out the whole NI 'troubles' narrative was one big false flag - British deep state appears to have been running the whole thing (according to the likes of John Waters and Gemma O'Doherty).
I'm pretty sure this war is kayfabe, but with real dead people. Trump will be the mother of all scapegoats for the Great Reset that results.
Yeah, I think he will...
For me....I had long ago had my fill of people feuding over dirt and religion....
Best comment in the thread.
I too have had my fill of people feuding over dirt and religion
You are assuming that what replaces the mullahs will be better. If the USA isn't there to ensure a proper transition of power, how does Trump ensure that something worse doesn't rise up to replace the mullahs? It didn't work in Libya. It didn't work in Afghanistan. Going in and blowing the hell out of Iran and then taking off after we are done to leave the Iranians to scramble together what?
It won't matter if we open the Straits once all the infrastructure is destroyed. They can do it and they will if we don't relent. We're not in control. It's not a unipolar world anymore.
"It's not a unipolar world anymore." ~ Lugh
Yup, and when some, like on here, talk about Iran, they seem to think that it's only Iran, as if it doesn't have any proxies like Russia, China and others, such as those who've always been loyal, as well as those, like myself in Canada here, and in the world in general who see where some problems are actually coming from, and it's not Iran.
~ Inland Bodies Of Water ~
The Strait of Hormuz and islands in it make the Persian Gulf look more like an inland body of water. What do you think?
Whose inland body of water is it going to be?
Does Panama charge a toll for its canal?
What about The St. Lawrence Seaway?
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"Panama Canal tolls are complex, based on vessel type, size (TEU capacity, displacement), and whether they use the Neopanamax or original locks. Large container ships often pay over $300 000 to $450 000, while smaller private vessels (under 65 feet) pay roughly $2000 to $4000. Costs include fixed fees, capacity fees, and optional booking fees."
~ National Geographic
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"The St. Lawrence Seaway is a binational partnership jointly operated by Canada and the United States, established in 1959. The Canadian portion is owned by the federal government of Canada and managed by the not-for-profit St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC). The U.S. portion is owned and operated by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS), a federal agency...
Canada: Owns the vast majority of the infrastructure (13 locks). The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation operates this portion, which includes the Welland Canal.
United States: Owns and operates two locks (Eisenhower and Snell) in Massena, N.Y., through the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (formerly SLSDC), which is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Cooperation: While ownership is divided, the two entities work together to manage the entire 3,700 km system from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean..." ~ Google search consolidated results quote
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See also St. Lawrence Seaway Schedule of Tolls:
https://greatlakes-seaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/schedule_of_tolls_2026.pdf
Ron - “If” was the main word presented in your reply. According to Webster, “specifically a subordinating conjunction, used to introduce conditional clauses, which establish circumstances, possibilities or imagined situations.”
You see a 75% chance he is successful, I see a significantly lower chance. We each have an opinion. They are different. I personally think he is doing more harm than good. That’s my opinion, you can have your own.
As I said, whatever the outcome, his actions are not what was promised at election time. That’s it.
Jim, I encourage you to offer to debate the topic of the Iran war with Glenn Diesen, Larry Johnson, Max Blumenthal, or Douglas Macgregor. Glenn Diesen would be the best choice. He is very fair and calm in debate settings. I would love to see such a debate. I believe you'd have your head handed to you, but we won't know until you step up.
Alex Krainer was on the KunstlerCast a couple of weeks ago. Although the conversation was polite, nothing Alex said got through to Jim. I doubt a debate would accomplish much.
I listened to the Alex Krainer interview because I wanted to see how Mr. Kunstler would respond to rational arguments from an astute and serious observer. Unfortunately, Mr. Krainer was too polite and allowed Mr. Kunstler to change the subject every time he was presented with irrefutable facts. It seemed as if Mr. Krainer just gave up once he realized the futility of rational discussion on any subject dealing with Israel or ideological Zionism.
Douglas MacGregor…who has been wrong about every prediction he gave regarding Ukraine. Max Blumenthal….a young man still rebelling against his father’s (and his) religious ties, Larry Johnson, ex-CIA who no longer has any ties to intelligence, etc. And don’t forget the rest of The Duran group, Scott Ritter, etc. People who, of course, are entitled to have their opinions, but are basing those opinions on past histories that are no longer viable..
And YOUR opinions are better than any of those guys.
I wonder what you are basing your opinions on, Inisfad?
And what makes them the truth?
My point is that their opinions were given credence…and they were wrong most of the time. I am not going on social media, trying to convince people that I am right. It’s unlikely anyone will contact me for a debate.
Thank you....my feelings exactly.
Facts are facts: Israel is losing. Forty state of the art jet last week in 30 minutes. Precision powerful strikes. Your Iron Dome cannot save you. Goliath is going to win against poor little David. And you starved your golem for too long. The US is too weak to do what you need it to do. You shouldn't have persecuted the Whites for so long and so hard.
What a hoot. Stop reading comic books to get your news. 40 jets, eh? In yyour dreams.
Yankee go home. Trump is his own comic, complete with 18-year-old-level communicational stylisms, a perpetual off-colored 'tan', flag-colored suit and baseball cap meme, and on his Truth Social site, a Yankee flag plastered all over his face like makeup of an anti-hero villain in a Marvel redux. WTF.
War is peace Board of Peace turncoat with a silk red, blue and white lining.
Worry about your own affairs, which are way worse anyway-- top-of-the-line at the bottom of the barrel.
You must be an illegal alien.
If some don't like so-called illegal aliens, then they might wish to consider dragging their sorry asses back home. Works both ways.
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“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.” ~ Smedley D. Butler, War Is a Racket
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"One manifestation of this ideal of refusing geopolitical borders in favour of older or no borders can be seen in Hogan's repeated references to the idea of Pangaea, the theorized 'original' landmass that eventually broke apart into the continents... Through their reconnection with Native understandings of space and their successful creation of an effective coalition, Hogan's characters claim citizenship as Native subjects who have a different but valid knowledge of the world and can forge the political power to help shape that world."
~ Dreaming of Pangaea: Decolonizing Strategies in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms
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"Treaties formed an important part of European colonization and, in many parts of the world, Europeans attempted to legitimize their sovereignty by signing treaties with indigenous peoples. In most cases these treaties were in extremely disadvantageous terms to the native people, who often did not appreciate the implications of what they were signing."
~ Wikipedia
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"The process of enclosure has sometimes been accompanied by force, resistance, and bloodshed, and remains among the most controversial areas of agricultural and economic history in England. Marxist and neo-Marxist historians argue that rich landowners used their control of state processes to appropriate public land for their private benefit. This created a landless working class that provided the labour required in the new industries developing in the north of England..."
~ Wikipedia
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"Neofeudalism... signifies the end of shared citizenship... As such, the commodification of policing and security operates to cement and exacerbate social and spatial inequalities generated elsewhere; serving to project, anticipate and bring forth a... neo-feudal world of private orders in which social cohesion and common citizenship have collapsed... Out of such a marriage of business and government, a symbiosis emerges between the commercial sector's own private security forces and the local government's police forces, with repressive outcomes shaped by profit-driven definitions of deviance and a commodification of social control..."
~ Wikipedia
OMG...I gave up on all four of those a long time ago.
He did step up in the KunstlerCast with Alex Krainer and did have his head handed to him (in a nice and gentle way). But he refused to accept it and simply changed the subject each time rather than present rational counter arguments.
Don't use "head handed to you" as a metaphor. He'll run around screaming " Jew Hater wants me dead".
There, it is like drawing infection from a purulent wound.
U.S. did reportedly lose 12 aircraft in a single operation, including two C-130s, four Little Birds helicopters, four Black Hawks helicopters, and two MQ-9 drones.
In regards to casualties we have been consistently lied to, so I would imagine this operation is no exception. We will likely never know the true numbers however some estimate US casualties so far up around 1000 injured or killed. This doesn’t smell like success to me.
TIOHP----and you get these "facts" from where?
Pulled them right out of his ass aka Iranian propaganda.
They are entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts.
Why not just wait until the numbers come in. Were you around during Vietnam? Do you know what DDay was? You do not have a clue what war is about.
When Iran agrees to join the rest of the ME in peaceful alliance, this war will be over. No, they are not entitled to get the bomb or continue to bomb the rest of the Gulf to get their little power drive. Oil is world-wide, and will be handled as such. The regime is doomed. Hellfire starts this week, infrastructure is in the crosshairs.
When Israel agrees to join the rest of the ME in peaceful alliance, this war will be over.
They are not entitled to have undeclared nuclear bombs.
Continue to bomb the rest of the Gulf to get their dreams of greater Israel.
Oil is world-wide and needs to be handled as such.
The Israeli regime is doomed.
Hellfire starts this week; Israeli infrastructure is in its crosshairs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7mPAufXv6U
Have fun DENNIS.
There's a reason why no one wants nukes in the hands of jealots and fanaticals (not to be redundant).....Rocket Boy...he knows his place....maybe his replacement when he is out of office won't but he does....this group in Iran....not so much....these people are nuts...
Yeah, no. Turn off Al Jazeera.
Yeah, we are winning Bigley...trust me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cdrRP_8Z4
I suspect the song's AI. All their images certainly look it and the lyrics seem too good.
Maybe not, but in any case, it's the thought that counts.
“Illusion” is the only true thing about you. Comes from delusion.
An Israeli column was wiped out. Some say 300 dead. Hezbollah is well dug in, just like last time. They have feigned weakness to lure the enemy in unto its doom.
The delusional left continues to fantasize that they occupy the high ground - when they are actually sniveling cowards; envious of the power Trump now wields.
Binary Jack.
I could sell you anything.
The power to turn fruit loops into absolute nuts.
Undoing everything that they have been building up for almost a century. Have you been asleep?
I don't know, when all is said and done, the real re-arrangement and new order might just be an end to the petrodollar ponzi scheme, and a stronger Iran selling oil that passes through the strait in yuan. None of us want to deal with another huge crash, economic depression, etc, and I don't wish that for the US, but it might just be what needs to happen. The unaffordability for most people, the 39 trillion in debt, the compromised and out of touch "leaders" that keep taking us to unnecessary wars. Maybe it's time to lay the US empire to rest. And if this is how it plays out, as many analysts suggest it will, it's obvious to those of us paying attention that it is totally self-inflicted.
An economic crash will result in more war, not less.
It could turn into a different kind of war. People here generally live paycheck to paycheck and the infrastructure has been allowed to decay in many places. Add in supply chain disruption. The Radical Left marxist groups believe this is their time. The open borders let in all manner of provocateurs, some unknown number of whom would in my opinion fit the description of 'sleeper cell' sent with nefarious intents.
The country is as divided a it ever has been, with the off ramps in general disrepair, adding to the violent potential.
The 'printing press' installed at the Fed has been keeping this false economic model running way past its expiration date.
It doesn't end well. After it all settles the cycle will begin again.
Maybe we should stop supporting the entire world....and that includes people who immigrate here, legally or illegally....and get people who are on welfare for over five years and with no physical reason why they can't support themselves, or at least contribute, off the dole...Medicaid? Have a co-pay....even if it is just $5...have them put some skin in the game. They don't have money? They've got money for getting their hair done, nails done, tats, piercings, phones...food? Not so much. Household expenses? Not so much.
We could do a better job with our infrastructure if we weren't feeding the world.
"and the infrastructure has been allowed to decay in many places."
Because the nation has spent its strength and means making war throughout the globe. They have neglected the home land in favor of empire building and soon the decrepit state of our nation will be glaringly obvious for all to see.
We can no longer afford to make war everywhere. Period. One way or another this issue will correct itself.
Mostly it is fraud and corruption that keeps the infrastructure from being maintained or improved. I'm from California so I know if what I speak. Hundred billion bullet train to nowhere, etc.
They have let the infrastructure decay so they could line their pockets and pay for their black op shit.
Yes I agree it might, but the Epstein crew should've considered that before they let the war genie out of the bottle.
Do enlighten us as to who the Epstein crew is.
This ought to be rich.
Your boy orange man "the files are a hoax" and anyone who has been running cover for these elite predators. As well as the co-conspirators, Epstein the mossad/intel asset wasn't acting alone. The entire zionist blackmail operation, that very well might be how/why the US is balls-deep in their long craved-for war on Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Do you understand the concept of the chain of custody?
Intel agencies fabricate all sorts of things, like porn on people's computers.
It would be very easy to add and remove names from some nebulous list.
As far as Epstein being an asset of any one intel agency, he appears to have worked with all of them.
I suspect he was a freelance type getting dirt on anyone dumb enough to use his pervert services.
He then used it and sold it.
How many scams have been run on Trump in the last decade or so by intel agencies?
Any name on that list should be investigated.
If they can prove people bought and sold minors for sex work, prosecute them, but the guilty-until-proven-innocent crap being peddled is not how the American legal system works.
Would you rather go with the show me the man and I will find the crime mentality?
Grow up.
Why Iran has been a pimple on the world's ass for forty years, every damn administration except Obama has wanted to deal with Iran and been too chicken.
Why and how has Iran been a problem for the US? I can understand why Israel might have a beef with them, and they with Israel, but why is it the US's problem? We have entered a non-defensive war of choice, and the global economy will pay the price in the coming weeks/months. The entire thing is phenomenally stupid. Plus, Iran will probably go even more hardline due to this, and it's likely to set back any movements for freedom that might have been brewing there.
Mr. Nomad--- I got mostly A's in University Econ classes and generally liked the courses, except the course which was taught by a guy from Israel who could not speak English very well so I spent half my time trying to figure out what in the world he was saying and could not drop the course or I would get a letter from the gov't saying they wanted to gift me with a lot of camo outfits and go try to shoot Viet Cong while dodging bullets so.....unlike 75% of the class I stayed in it until thru the finals and....ended up with the only C in my college career. Remember this was back when the University was actively trying to flunk out students rather than keep them on the money lending train. I said all of that to question, what would be wrong with anyone/everyone selling their oil in pesos, yuan, yen, Euros or whatever. I could care less since the rest of the world can sell their wares in whatever currency they want. Why should it be different with oil? Maybe if it causes a wake up in our political classes that our current trajectory with our debt is non sustainable-----just like I have been saying since Bush #1 was racking up debt at the rate of $400 Billion per year. Now, we would be elated if that was happening but......if going to yuan or Euros to pay for our dollar would wake up our idiot political class and make they balance the budget by reducing spending rather than increasing taxes, I would be all for it. Maybe getting rid of all the Somali and every other kind of fraud in the gov't programs would cover half of the yearly debt we are racking up. Feel free to educate me on what those issues would be if the oil producers decided to sell in Danish Krone or Indian Rupee or.... any other currency.
Or, at least have those female judges sentence them to hefty sentences and pay back ALL of the money....they are just making it more attractive to spend 6 months in an AMERICAN jail (not an El Salvadorian jail or Turkish jail) with little to no payback. Get these women and Boasburg off the bench.
"I could care less..." ~ Ron Neff
It's couldn't care less. If you could care less about something, then you care more about it than something else, not less. Think of 'could not care less' as an ultimate floor or ground of caring at which you cannot go beneath.
The empire that needs to be laid to rest is the British empire, which is exactly what Trump is doing. The globalist imperial system, being run out of the City of London is a bane on the world and Trump is reinstituting the American economic system as laid out by Hamilton.
Yep, the English fucked everything up all over, and in second place is the Roman Catholic unholy church.
"So, you must ask: why does the American Left, as personified in the Democratic Party, so desperately want our country to lose?"
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[sigh ...] Once again the naive, defunct, uninformed "DEM vs. REP" narrative [sigh ....].
That anyone would want their country to lose would be idiotic because they too live in that country and so they'd be asking for loss upon *themselves*.
However, try to view it another way. Forget the dumb DEM vs. REP paradigm and adopt the *right vs. wrong* view. Trump & Gang were W-R-O-N-G to have started this war against Iran and are wrong to continue it. That's what some of us are saying, not an insane "I hope we lose" desire.
Personally, as an American who served for over 7 years as an officer in the US Air Force, I never want to see my country lose **EXCEPT** when it is *criminally wrong*. I do not want for evil to propagate or win. I do not want for other countries to see us as "evil warmongers" who intentionally bomb the schools of little children. That's NOT who Americans are and we are ashamed.
Can you understand that, Mr. JHK?
You're a masochist, Jorge. Get help.
For one as verbose as you, I expected more substance in any comment. Disappointed!
You are a disgrace to the uniform that you wore.
Really? For speaking the *truth*?
If I'm a "disgrace" for speaking truth, what does that make you?
Please keep speaking the truth. There are many of us who agree with you.
Apparently, James Howard Kunstler never wore a uniform. Maybe he should put one on and go on over and help out in a war he appears to believe in.
You support the other side right back at you.
No he isn't. He loves America, not America's war mongering. I agree with Jorge. War is evil in all of its forms. We can't afford these wars. The debt we grow funding these wars gets monetized by money printing and money printing devalues our dollars and our devalued dollars makes our savings worth less and less. Our children can no longer afford to buy homes because of inflationary forces resulting from money printing resulting from the cost of war.
Opposing war doesn't make one a disgrace.
I can't believe what I am reading on this blog.
Yes, we own an apology to the Nazi Party since war crimes don't exist.
Jorge,
I do not want my country to lose, even if it is criminally wrong. The victor has the luxury of time to posit and make changes. The culture will dictate the level of change.
To lose is to suffer the judgments of the victors, whose humanity you might mistakenly expect.
"I do not want my country to lose, even if it is criminally wrong."
What a horrible thing to say. Breaks my heart.
It breaks your heart, mine also, but it also contributes to losing all hope for humanity. If a person doesn't want to lose - which is the same as wanting to "win" - EVEN IF that person is criminally wrong, then there is little (if any) hope for for that person.
Jorge,
...Losing all hope for humanity? Nooo, it defines it.
CP,
Explore what a loss might entail. To suggest that I love my country right or wrong suggests a country and culture that is intact. A loss provides no guarantees of life, liberty nor happiness.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. The sadness is that you have to say such a thing, that it has come to that.
As if freedom was a question of might
As if loyalty was black and white
You hear people say it all the time
"My country wrong or right"
I want to know what that's got to do
With what it takes to find out what's true
With everyone from the President on down
Trying to keep it from you
I have prayed for America
I was made for America
I can't let go 'til she's come around
Until the land of the free
Is awake and can see
And until her conscience has been found
-Jackson Browne
CP,
My country does not necessarily reflect the transitory power structure making decisions. The disagreement may be intense.
My country right or wrong.
If right to be kept right.
If wrong to be put right.
Don't stop at the first clause.
My Country
https://youtu.be/ks7RrRFd-20?si=pYLDkrV5xtkC0rqz
"I hear you say the truth must take a beating
The flag a camouflage for your deceiving..."
I like his verboseness. He seems quite restrained to me.
Pathetic Jim
You're a common retard.
So says "too_dumb". .................. Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!
you act like the name was given to me and not CREATED by me. I am not surprised you are a faggot as well as a retard.
Oh, so you created the name "too_dumb" for yourself. Hmm ... okay.
Hey, at least you're HONEST!! Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!!
I created the name for shit for brains losers like you.
Yaaaaaawwwwnnnnnn ......... not only are you too_dumb, you're also BORING!
I don't understand the cheerleading for this unnecessary war. We've seen this show before, many times. The US is always meddling and it never ends well. Countless lives and untold billions tossed into the rathole of the Afghanistan war, all just to replace the Taliban with the Taliban. Apparently we've learned nothing. Scratch that, we've learned that billions we could be spending here at home gets funneled into the pockets of the war profiteers.
You speak common sense, Nomad. One thing I am learning is that the war humpers like JohnAZ, nothing will help them see otherwise. They love war and the subsequent death and destruction that wars bring upon others.
I hear you, Cankerpuss, it sure seems that way and I'm coming to the same realization. No matter how many times the US/Israel goes down this stupid, destructive path. Many here who would just love to have a beer with their good buddy Lindsey "Wargasm" Graham.
The 'Christian' warmongers are the strangest phenomenon of all.
"With their lips they draw near unto me but in their hearts they are far from me." -JC
Actually, 'Christians' are the strangest phenomenon of all, my dear!
Just a few minutes studying what they believe will convince you of that!
Great!
Without Christian warriors, we would all be speaking Arabic, Berber, Turkish and Mongolian.
That's different than the Zion-Christians who fight for Israel.
At no point, ever, did Christ instruct his people to make war for him. They made *genuine* (not coerced) Christians at a faster rate in the first 300 years before taking the false hand of Constantine (= the State) than ever again, without fighting.
The Holy Spirit instructed the Fathers anent Just War. Otherwise we wouldn't exist in our current form. And Europe would be part of Islam.
Can you try a little harder?
You are flailing when you have to have to bring in the 'Church Fathers' because you can't get endorsement from Christ. Shame the Holy Spirit didn't instruct them all the same way all the time, then they'd never have disagreed. You'll be telling me the Holy Spirit instructed Constantine next. 😂😂
You have no idea where you'd be if you'd trusted 100% to Christ. It was the Roman Catholic church that invented Islam. Perhaps it was instructed to do so by the Holy Spirit.
How do we know what 'Christ' instructed his people, my dear?
Surely what 'Christ' said is a myth.
Myths written decades after he was supposed to have been around.
When folks say ~ 'Christ' instructed his people to....blah, blah.
What is actually more accurate to say is ~ my old book claims that 'Christ' instructed his people to....blah, blah
Yes, dear! 😁🥰
Ain't a war, it's an operation. It ain't like past conflicts, based on who called it into being. ISR is the one really in the crosshairs...and IRAN is stealthily being utilized as the sledgehammer.
It is foolish to believe that history will not repeat. The Moslem horde has done this before many times, and we have been in the midst of the latest Islamic expansion cycle since the IRGC took over Iran.
Doesn’t anyone remember the Christians and other non-believers being murdered/drowned in cages by ISIS? Electrocuted, beheaded on beaches?
Islam is a complete belief system. Unlike Christianity, it is a complete all-of-government system, chock full of sanctified rules/regulations required to run an Islamic state along with a full un-ambiguous MANDATE to expand and infiltrate other countries/states. They play the long game.
We have all watched this unfold across Europe over the last decade, and now we are experiencing the same wave of immigrants, culture and political influence gradually—but relentlessly—establishing its self righteous foothold in America.
War is horrific. Nobody wants to see Americans die in the desert again, but if we believe in America and its own fundamental values, there is a price to defend those very same principles.
No, We are not perfect.
Our own system is immensely flawed due to unbridled greed, avarice, and the pervasive LOSS of Christian values that keep our own society “in check” like guard rails at a bowling alley. That’s our own cultural problem we need to deal with, and many are now working hard to rebuild those guard-rails.
Meanwhile, Americans commenting on Iran seem far more concerned with economics, money, and this campaign’s consequences that will make life in America uncomfortable and likely politically unpredictable.
I believe, like it or not, that this period in time is not unlike the period of the crusades, when Islam was held back from its expansion, or like when the City States of Spain finally united to finally stop and reverse Islamic expansion throughout the Iberian peninsula.
Again we may not like Trump’s words and actions, but someone has to lead us through an awakening; a period to remind us of what it takes to restore American values as they were originally intended.
This is the “Era of Discernment.” This is, and will be…..uncomfortable, disruptive, and ultimately clarifying for our own nation that has—to be truthful—lost its own way. We will see if America has what it takes.
Amen, FreedomAZ. I support your narrative.
Semper Fidelis.
Well said, FreedomAZ.
JohnAZ, is that you? New moniker?
Nope.
Yes, the Reconquistas knew they were fighting both Muslims and Jews. The two groups worked together to take Spain in the first place. You didn't know that? What else don't you know? As Buddha said, A man who is ignorant and knows himself as such is wise to a degree.
I was traveling recently in Northern Spain and stayed in one of the country's oldest "walled cities" wherein there were the remnants of a "Jewish Section" that was segregated and "walled off" from the rest of the City. This "additional wall" was erected by the Spanish Catholics and the jews themselves, likely reflecting your statement above....... nonetheless it is "treasured" today and revered as an important remnant of history. Myself, I believe there were deeper reasons for the additional segregation within the city, largely revolving a lack of cultural assimilation, language, and .......... of course, the crucifixion of Jesus.
The Jews in Constantinople had their own quarter and gate. During the Turkish siege, they opened their gate and let the Turks in.
The Resurrection? The Evidence Is Pathetic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HftsKj0v3I
A book written by anonymous authors made outrageous claims about characters that may not have even existed. A book cobbled together by people who didn't know where the sun went at night.
Christians - That's good enough evidence for me 😂
My biggest problem is how most of the personal disciples of Jesus just disappeared before the end of the Bible. The people who were supposed to have personally met the risen Christ. Such a big plot hole in the scriptures, that the Church had to invent stories about them later.
That’s the best explanation of the Iran situation I’ve read. Nice job.
https://x.com/Rothbard1776/status/2040419844625952925
All I know is that MAGA Trump is long gone. If he ever really existed. And the rest of us have gotten the shaft. Not just by virtue of broken campaign promises but by the damage this will do to us in the midterms and 2028.
POTUS has been swallowed up by (or has jumped gleefully into) the ravenous maw of the war lobby & AIPAC. The man I voted for and the man he has become could not be farther apart.
Let's admit it: it was the plan all along. The wall just got ten feet taller! We were tricked, bamboozlerino'd, scammed, suckered, duped, led down the garden path and then taken for a ride. Trump was never for "us". The Republicans are not for "us". And the sooner we realize that the sooner we can quit pretnding voting R with the AIPAC label with it works. Thomas Massey, Fishback, these are people who represent. If an only if a representative looks like them and had history like them should we vote for them. Otherwise 28 is going to lead to the final nail. You think you can escape to the country? What happened to the kulaks?
I reluctantly voted for him. I thought he might just be crazy enough to tell the ME to F off and stay out. Wasn't REALLY hopeful. But I dreamed. I think what Trump ACTUALLY has done...more millions on the Right...is show us that we are 100% no longer in control of our government. Period. 39 trillion in debt. More war. Less deportation than Obama. We the people...are no longer in control.
Think of what could be done if the judges actually did THEIR jobs instead of being in the service of the leftists and trying to keep the Oval Office as a figurehead. We won't even touch the 24/7/365 coup attempts during Trump 1.0 and Trump 2/0 by the Democrats who have no respect for the results of elections.
Supposedly Trump was pro-peace and anti-war. That Trump is long gone!
Immigration, economy and non-interventionism were why I voted for him. He did well his first term despite Democrat obstruction and had a mandate to clean house this time and right the ship of state. He and the rest of the GOP have done nothing but drag their damned heels or try to placate us with half-measures. I'm even dubious that the SAVE Act will pass and if it doesn't, we are doubly & terminably screwed as a nation.
Yes sir, we are screwed.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-192599003
Michael Hoffman ('Revelation of the Method' Substack)
"Trump's Lies are the Revelation"
"Donald Trump’s part in this alchemical theater is to lie extravagantly with little regard for the public’s disapproval. His outrageous falsehoods are sufficiently disconnected from reality as to constitute the revelation that the president of the United States is a habitual, pathological liar."
"Last February 24 Trump declared, as his casus belli for the attack on Iran, “They can’t have nuclear weapons. It’s very simple. You can’t have peace in the Middle East if they have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want any enrichment.”
"How can anyone enrich what has been “obliterated”? That which has been wiped out no longer exists. To engage in a war to eliminate an annihilated material is an atrocious imposture so transparent it represents a sinister Revelation of the Method laugh in the face of the American people."
This is Covid 2.0. Famine and depop for the bankers.
I guess that you have missed the YT of Trump 30 years ago regarding Iran....it's been making the rounds...
Does not negate the fact that he ran on non-interventionism and peace. That he made it more of a point to push that during the past 10 years than some polemic bullshit three decades ago.
Shit happens…
Doubling down again Jim. Have you thought about what will happen if Trump follows through? Iran won't be the only country in the dark. The entire gulf region including Israel will be blasted to the stone age. Global famine, depopulation, and that's the tip of the iceberg. Trump has gone insane and you are following along. Craziness.
Mr. S.----seems you need to control your optimism. It is a little over the top today.
Lol.
Ever wonder why we do not hear much about the situation in the Gulf on MSM? Because they do not have anything negative to report. I might believe some of the BS on the blog so far if I would see anything on ABC or CNN. Nothing. So I will wait until the war department reports on what is going on.
I haven't paid attention to MSM for years. Iraq war was the beginning of the end.
The first Iraq War disgusted me to such a degree that I got rid of my television and never bought another. Harder to psyop someone who doesn't have a television.
I will update you. You see nothing on any of the media outlets, because info is not being released yet. Anything that is read on social media is someone’s pipedream. News is no longer news, it is opinion of mostly the Left.
We will rebuild Israel. As Pelosi said, Israel comes first even if and when the United States is a smoking ruin. Pelosi is MAGA!
This post will not age well Jim. You will be embarrassed by it as your lack of understanding of events comes out over time in the same way that it took you a very long time to catch up on the Ukraine file.
Didn't take me a moment to catch up on Ukraine. It was obvious that NATO and UKR misjudged Russia's tolerance for crossed red lines. I haven't changed my position one bit since 2022. And now, of course, we know a whole lot more about "Joe Biden" and company using UKR as a money laundry.
Don't forget the bio weapons labs, human trafficking and adenochrome harvesting operations. There may be even worse things I haven't read about. And money laundering, almost forgot that item.
You were late to the game....It started in 2014....but Russia waited until 2020. It was the Azov Battalion fighting the Dunbas militia until Russia crossed the border.
It started with the CIA led coup concocted by Victoria Neuland and the Project for the New American Century. The same braintrusts that brought us the Iraq War debacle etc.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/
Not totally but basically....the UK was involved, as well...
Indeed. My mistake. Thank you for correcting me. 👍
Augmenting....not correcting...
Why do I want the US to lose? Because I am sick of the military industrial complex. Sick of the war mongering. Sick of the murdering of innocents. Bombing Iran back to the stone age? Who is that going to hurt? The Iranian government or the innocent Iranian people Trump tells us he wants to help? What has this war done? What purpose has it served? The Pope was right, it only increases hatred and more violence. Trump initiating a war of choice over his claims of wrongs by Iran is WRONG pure and simple. Continual War, continual terror, that is the policy of the US government. The US Federal government is nothing but a war state. It is EVIL. More evil than even the Iranian Mullahs.
You’ve caved to the 7th century jihad for world domination along with a pompous pope and his self-righteous notion of “peace” that has butchered multitudes, his own flock as well.
Exactly, Paul. Why am I not hearing voices that are sick of the Islamists threatening the "Infidels" and their countries, carrying out those threats worldwide, imposing their "taqqiya" to get whatever they want, invading other countries w no intention of assimilating only terror, rape and grift? Why Iran who has threatened Israel to push them back into the sea as well as direct threats to US w backing of terrorists for decades? Israel has been fighting to be a peaceful Judeo Christian country who also welcomes Muslims for over 50 years. What other Middle eastern country does that? Why are they vilified for that? Have you people not seen what is happening in UK, France and Germany? You want to wait til they nuke us? No thanks. This unearned empathy will be our downfall. It doesn't make you a better person, only a stupid one.
They hate their Creator, the God of Israel, Who has brought Israel back from the dead.
Among other things.
Taking it down to ground zero.
I wouldn’t say I want the US to lose, but I’m definitely upset about Trump’s actions and rhetoric towards Iran. Very reckless.
Stay dumb, my friend. :)
The people in Iran who will suffer the most are the regular every day common families just struggling to raise their children and live out their lives in relative peace. People who have absolutely not one goddamned thing to do with any of this. They are the ones who will no longer have power, water, or an economy. They are the ones who will starve to death from famine. This is what war brings. It destroys the innocent and enriches the wealthy and people like JohnAZ absolutely love it. "Murica! Wrong or Right!" War is evil. All of it. American has lost the moral high ground because it is the aggressor. It is evil.
Like the 30,000 Iranian protesters killed by their own govt?
Like the 20 million killed to Stalin or the millions killed by Mao in China?
Governments have always killed their own citizens. Doesn't mean the USA has to step in and protect all of them. Why is Iran so different from Russia or China? Did we invade and bombe them to smithereens when they were killing their own people? No, the difference is Russia and China had the ability to fight back and cause damage. Iran is a paper tiger, a sad sack, water starved, economically deprived nation that could never bomb the USA or invade its beaches.
Another pointless war for Israel.
We don't want Power Plant Day or Bridge Day for destroying things in Iran.
We want "10 Millionth Deportation Day".
Those 10 million+ illegal aliens are one of the reasons that we are in this war. Islamic extremists have invaded the U.S. through Biden's open borders, and they are now being funded, encouraged, enabled, and empowered by Iran, its ally Communist China, and a bunch of brainwashed American Socialist traitors. Eventually, we will have destroy all three, or cease to exist as a free Republic.
Now, for the even harder truth. JHK's "Long Emergency", if it comes to pass, will lead--in short order--to the starvation and death of at least half of the world's population. It will be a fight to see who gets to live and who gets to starve and die. Take a good look at your leftist/Socialist neighbor who hates anyone successful because those leftist/Socialists are such failures that they can't even succeed in the wealthiest country on Planet Earth. They are voting for a government to steal from you what they can not earn themselves and to hand it to them. And they will vote for any fanatic that promises to do just that for them. Think of the leftist women who will vote for Islamic extremists, whose mantra is that women are property of men, just to keep the handouts coming.
"When it is established that government by right can take wealth from some and give it to others. When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law, men will use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they have passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket."-Ayn Rand
As for Israel, its physical size is smaller than many U.S. counties. All Israel has asked for is to be left alone--but the Islamic extremists just won't leave them alone. No war is pointless for Israel--it's that or be murdered by Islamic extremists.
Good post, Freedom. I'm always amazed to see otherwise intelligent people clamoring on about "Give Peace a Chance" when obvious evil surrounds us. It takes a wise, moral, and strong person to first see and recognize evil, and then stand up and confront its many forms. I choose to fight.
But killing kids is fine? The Jewish theory of war is total war, reminiscent of old Assyria. It is alien to Western Civilization.
You need to go this alone. You will become dhimmis and pay the jizya.
All Israel asks is for billions in aid so it can expand and murder the Muslims in its way.
The Greater Israel project goes back to the early Zionists. Thus Israel has never negotiated in good faith, except when those people where out of power.
Utter bullshit. The only major land deal the Israelis have done is giving the Sinai back to Egypt. Why haven’t they just taken Gaza or southern Lebanon? Why are they still just about the same size as in 1948?
They will. It's part of the plan: Egypt east of the Nile. Why did they give up Sinai? Because the fundamentalists were out of power at the time.
"Islamic extremists have invaded the U.S. through Biden's open borders"
Then why in the name of hell are the troops over there instead of over here! They should be over hear rounding up and deporting every last god awful one of those fuckers.
Or we could want both.
This!