Unfortunately, our justice system seems to think a restraining order (a piece of paper) will keep an aggressor away from the victim. We need a system that actually enforces justice that inflicts consequences.
When you are mentally deranged, a piece of paper is worthless. A women went to the police to ask for protection because her ex-husband was getting out of jail and declared he was going to kill her. Police said they had no evidence,. He got out of jail and killed her the first day out. Police hunted him down and killed him. Sad to say the least. I wonder how many times this is repeat across the USA.
She was a very nice women that married the wrong person.
Accurate analysis. One should consider who curently is behind the Geneva Convention. Perhaps, they are the ones who endorse / perpetuate continuous wars in order to contain the masses and retain control over the global economy. Who, financially, controlled the Staights or Hormuz? Lloyds of London. Where do these high ranking Iranian officials live in luxury and store their wealth? London. POTUS isn't afraid to take this on.
Thank you for this discussion. I've frankly not dwelt on issues of war. As a part of the voting public, perhaps I should have. At this point, I can see the point.
As an aside, the issue itself heightens my concerns about our domestic vulnerability. With and since the Obama era, we have experienced an increasing invasion of Muslims disseminated across our nation. Recently their impacts seem to be to bleed the US as fraudsters and welfare recipients. Will they also have sleeper cells waiting to be activated at a convenient point? Do they have CCP alliances? Don't todays strategies lend themselves to biowarfare?
On to the issues you are covering. To me Iran has and up to this war represented a clear and present danger to us. The elites objectives to install a One World Order they command has been a clear and present danger. Both issues are impacted by the present conflict.
Now considering the Geneva Accords, I would say they sound like a Democratic strategy. Forever conflict with hollowing out of combatants seems inevitable. Harms to civilians inevitable.
Bottom line, if we find the threats so severe and imminent that war is deemed warrented, a timely win is the best answer.
In terms of my take and my vote, overall I support the effort and it won't impact my vote.
Again, thanks so much for this beneficial discussion!
Well stated. But there are hardliners who fail to recognize reality of nations and the Muslim invasion into western society. Ignorance is bliss. War is not good we all know that…but it can be the lesser of many evils. Was it right to go to war to defeat Adolf? Of course but some still differ on that point.
The Muslim invasion of Western Society has existed PRIOR to the Great Crusades - going back to 1095 and 1291! "WE" and now at the 21st century - and the Muslim proclivity for world domination of the Muslim RELIGION and Muslim STATE - and the ongoing butchery and enslavement of humanity continues unabated.
BTW, Muslim canon precluded the Geneva convention (by) 1,400 YEARS! Can anyone say Muslims abide by the Geneva convention NOW?
The WORD (ISLAM) means "SURRENDER" - meaning all "Infidels" ( NON-BELIEVERS) are to be SLAUGHTERED, and those who DO surrender to Islam are required to pay money to stay alive till the day they die.
There is no law in war, especially a war of choice...look no further than what took place in front of our eyes in Gaza and now in the last month in the Middle East attacking a nation that showed no credible threat to our way of life except to the deep pockets of the Zionist billionaires. The US army is not much more than the mercenaries of the Epstein class. So, stop the propaganda.
I’m a U.S Army Veteran, and your remarks are despicable! I was never a mercenary, and the Army soldiers today are not mercenaries, especially “of the Epstein class.”
You are the one spouting propaganda, and it’s obvious that you do not understand the heart of a soldier, and what he has to endure physically and mentally to engage and destroy the enemy—many times hand to hand combat. I’m grateful I did not have to deploy, but was ready and willing to do so—for our nation—even for people like you, who denigrate us for our service.
Too many who returned from the forever wars were subjected to its horrors because those they fought had NO value to life, and placed women and children in front of them as shields. My cousin experienced it in Vietnam, and suffered mentally because of it, but he never regretted his service to our nation, because he loved America. My dad served in the Korean and Vietnam war, so I know the cost of war, and he too was a Patriot—and I’m like him.
Get your head out of the Epstein propaganda, and pray for our nation at war, and yes, for a moral change that only Faith in Christ can bring about.
Most of the soldiers, who fought in the shameful wars propagated by the elites and the bankers of the western world that took place during the last 60 years are against wars! Trump was re-elected exactly for that reason! From 2016 till the 2024 election he was loud and clear attacking Bush for the Iraqi war and he was explicitly against all of the endless wars. We thought he was our peace president, that would take our country back to the foundation of our nation and resurrect from its ashes the US constitution. We thought he would fight against the Epstein class that systematically took away our rights and have exploited us economically.
No war of choice benefits the people. We pay for it through taxation and inflation, while the Epstein class gets richer by the minutes. Our soldiers die along with innocent civilians, while the Epstein class will survive in their underground bunkers. Your honor as a soldier is to defend our nation, our constitution and our people. You have no moral obligation to fight for the interest of the Epstein class.
My grandfather was killed in 1943 in Ukraine during WWII. He was forced by gunpoint to join the Hungarian Nazi army, and lost his life for a cause that nobody in my grandparents' village understood other than he had no choice, either he would be shut to death or obliged to fight. Do you know that 85 million people were killed? That is equivalent 25% of the US population today. And do you know who were the people and their families who got even more rich and powerful during that war? Those interest groups and families are the same ones that want you to fight now to make them even more rich and powerful. No matter how much money and power they have, it is never enough to them.
What you're missing, Timea, is that President Trump is still, like most of us, against endless wars. If you don't see the difference between the current conflicts and those of the past, I invite you to look more closely. Trump will keep his promises, and we (the entire planet) are still approaching a Golden Age.
Define Epstein Class, its historical origins, beliefs, and those who are part of it, and how its ideology or policies are extended to those who volunteer to be part of our military.
A member of a group, who by pedigree, training, and test have concluded that it is the only group qualified to rule Earth. It commonly uses criminal means, backed by considerable financial resources, to achieve a level of control. There may in fact be more than one group on Earth that thinks they are "the chosen." This goes back to a time when humans were literally chosen by off-world beings to serve as leaders on Earth. It is the ETs, we can suspect, who infused them with this myth of superiority.
To the extent that they could secure the cooperation of the warrior class, these "rulers" could wreak destruction on populations and project an image of "power" where very little really existed.
From what I can tell, the ETs who remain in the area today continue to support and influence this group in various ways. They are in essence one or a few criminal organizations that exert an inordinate amount of control over business and politics on Earth.
The Strait of Hormuz is a perfect example of how this control can be exerted all out of proportion to the actual "ruling" groups involved, and their interests. By arranging things so that shipping through that corridor is limited or stopped, they can bring several national economies to their knees. All done with a relatively small number of weapons and soldiers.
The issue is not with brave soldiers. The issue is with the Epstein class at the top making terrible decisions for our brave soldiers. Unlike George Washington, they are never at the front lines of the war. Even some high ranking military have come out after many years of dedicated service and said they thought they were fighting for great values and now realize that they were enriching corporations and politicians -- the Epstein class.
Please do not confuse critique of the decision-makers with lack of respect for our military personnel.
Faith in Christ - Christ must abhor what the U.S. is doing and has done.
Thank you for saying this with such an amazing clarity. I feel exactly the same way. I have seen it all throughout the decades how the politicians lie and deceive without suffering the consequences of their conduct. Powerful people are not held accountable regardless of hard evidence. Somehow no one has any authority to curtail or punish corruption in the US today.
Open your eyes, Timea. The military and its Commander in Chief, President Donald Trump, do have the authority to curtail and punish corruption, as well as sedition and treason. They have been quietly and successfully doing so for years, and the mission continues.
Maybe you thought you were not a mercenary, but effectively that what happened to you my friend. You were sent to fought unwinnable wars that disfigured and killed many of our soldiers, made us, the people poor, our country is broken, but made the rich really rich!!! Have you seen the enormous gap between the Epstein class and us? The gap was never as wide as today. A handful of people own 80% of the world resources and what is left for you is "own nothing and be happy" thinking that you are a good, patriotic citizen done the honorable thing of defending your country against the enemies of the world.
You wrote, “Maybe you thought you were not a mercenary, but effectively that what happened to you my friend.”
First, you do not have the authority, moral or otherwise, to define my service to my nation as being one of a mercenary. It is solely your opinion, which means absolutely nothing to me, because my love for this nation is greater than the figment of your imagination.
But let it be known. I understand the moral decay in America, which will destroy it in the end, and I do not in any way, approve of them or propagate them, nor am I blinded to them. I pray for America, and I do my best to be a light that dispels its darkness.
America is still the beacon of light throughout the world—its flag is a symbol of liberty and peace—and the regular Iranian knows that and have prayed for our help against their murderous, global terrorist, fanatical death-cult leaders, who have planned to destroy America and Israel once they had the ability to do so—and they would have if we did not intervene.
May America bless God by turning back to Him, and May God bless America by granting us a heart to change. With that hope, I will remain faithful to God by being grateful for the voluminous blessings He has bestowed on all of us, and remain faithful to Him, through the privilege he allowed me to serve in the United States Army, and the nation He sovereignly allowed me to be born in—warts and all.
Thank you for your service, Come Quickly. The president I campaigned hard for, seems to be different now.
How is this not at least a concern, to see on Easter morning, his tweet: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praide be to Allah. President J. Trump."
Also, we're now learning this Paula White - is quite a charlatan not the "Christian advisor" her title gives her. She apparently, has been getting in the space of Trump from the early 2000's, purposely, trying to become known to him. Her sketchy background, is quite concerning. Why is she there? She apparently, on Easter morning, on stage with Trump, compared Trump's sacrifice and wins, to Jesus' sacrifice on the cross!
So, I say, to these war happenings - What the heck are WE doing? Why? Who is behind this all?
The ultimate crime is attacking people to steal their land, resources and subject them to economic exploitation that result in subjugation with all of its terrible consequences. If it's not clear for you how the Epstein class operates in today's world, it never will be.
You just described the entirety of human history. Epstein is only a recent blip in something that has been going on since the evil hairless monkeys came down from the trees. Look at Genghis Khan and Baku Khan. How about Alexander the Great? The entire way Islam spread across the World. The Europeans in the "New World" and, later, the American spread across this continent.
Just to add to the confusion, one of the earliest crimes on Earth was committed by a human-like race of ETs who wiped out the dinosaurs (and reptile-like humanoids) from the Earth's surface using a combination of "death rays" and asteroid bombardment. It indeed has a long history here, and apparently in the broader universe as well.
Timea, apparently and being an immigrant from Hungary, you have no appreciation for the American ethic, how this country was formed and what a true patriot stands for. (or are you still IN Hungary?!) Please Re-read CQL's post above and try to understand. I doubt you ever have taken and understood US history and HOW and WHY we fought wars during the last 250 years.
A summary:
-- Rev. War: against Britain for our independence, not claiming land from them; defending against oppression from the originating country attempting to turn citizens into its foreign slaves.
-- Civil War: North fought Southern states preventing them from secession and defending slaves right to live as free humans; actually copying similar actions by Britain in the 1830's freeing black slaves
-- WWI: helping Western Europe defend against Germans' attacks and expansion; took no land but over the next century used OUR citizens' tax dollars to build NATO bases to help the Euro's defend against the Russian bear during the COLD war. All the time while the Euro's contributed diddly to their share of NATO!
-- WWII: repeat of WWI, but allied with Russia; even to the extent of acquiring Persian oil with Britain to help Russia defend its homeland, then we walked away but left the Shah in charge(granted, a mistake) but we never took their land or bombed their people.
-- Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq wars: these were ALL wars of principle and conscience fought in the name of liberty for FREE peoples against Totalitarian, atheistic, brutal regimes abusing their own people. N. Vietnam was being supported by Russia and China in an effort to spread the Communist ideology, repression, and totalitarian dementia. Iraq warred against Kuwait, and practiced genocide against the Kurds, and repressed the Shiite sect of Islam inside their OWN country with torture and murder. Afghanistan(Taliban) did the same with Christians and Shia sect in the name of Sharia Islam. Women severely abused, used as virtual slaves. Never our intention to take any land and US never did do so.
-- Iran: killed 35,000 of their own citizens in Jan/ Feb of this year, reinforced the belief they would quickly be capable of making nukes; have repressed freedom and IMpressed Sharia laws on their own people for 47 years since taking our embassy staff prisoners and later killing over 1000 Americans without any retribution by the USA. They have built huge arsenals of ICBM's and other missiles, 10's of thousands of drones, and hidden their nukes and prevented inspection by the IAEC, called for the death of USA and Israel for decades, and controlled the straight of Hormuz holding world nations hostage regarding access to OIL based energy.
Iran is a god-forsaken POS land that no one wants to live in, including those seeking freedom INSIDE it. The USA is NOT killing civilians and if you were not so obsessed by the WORLD press' constant brainwashing on Epstein files you might understand that, again, the USA is not on an imperialistic mission.
With over 30,000 air missions inside Iran the USA has uniquely and accurately target military infrastructure to this point and is only now after 5 weeks, started to take out ANY internal / civilian infrastructure(a bridge) in order to provide final impetus to move the fools in the IRGC off the dime and get them to give up.
This present war has nothing at all to do with taking Iran's land.
You live in the western elitist's propaganda bubble, sir.
I don't have any desire to go point by point to explain you the nuances of history and give you books to read other than your history books in government schools and what you were told by propagandist on Fox News.
Behind all of the wars, the core motivation is to take others territory or resources by force if not given freely. However, the true motive is wrapped up in a thick propaganda to give people some ideological motivation to fight. Because let's go and steal their oil sounds a bit much for most of the decent people. You see, a handful of high IQ, criminal minded people cannot fight again a nation on their own also as I said, it's not the best way to motivate decent people with sinful goals, such as let's kill them and take their oil. This is why they need to motivate you, sir, with carefully crafted propaganda that is nothing but lies or half truths.
Regarding the 35K citizens killed in Iran is outright false.
However, even if it was true, by now the Israeli and US bombs killed just as many if not more. So, what is your argument exactly, the sacred of human life?
If I am in my own Propaganda influenced world, certainly you have manufactured your own conspiracy with no ability to point to even one objective point or fact, even one link to reality. You fail to learn, you fail to READ, and would have others believe you with . . . nothing but yammering hypotheticals ascribed to "billionaires, oligarches".
She has something (a good historical perspective), but she has not kept up with these times in which we are combatting and steadily defeating the Deep State. Timea doesn't realize that she's preaching to the choir!
He argues, I suppose for something even more sacred than human life, which is spiritual freedom. But of course, the truly spiritually free would never resort to destructive violence to settle their differences. So that great aspiration remains elusive. It could in fact be considered to be a total fabrication - propaganda. But it is the true aspiration of many Earth people and is actually possible. Not, though, by war. So your point is well taken even though your condemnation is, I think, more all-encompassing that what is justified.
'obsessed by...constant brainwashing on Epstein files you might understand that, again, the USA is not on an imperialistic mission' - wow, I heard that some people still have beliefs like yours, but you are my first encounter. I guess you must be really old.
The US is a vessel state along with Israel, EU, Australia, NZ and Canada, ruled by the globalist elites, a handful of people that uses the US army as their private army, and us, the people as their cash cows exploiting every bit of us including our health and wealth.
I think you meant "vassal state" But the global elites does not quite fit the definition. The global elites are mainly multinational with no absolute allegiance to any nation.
Exactly, they bought (or blackmailed, threatened) all the governments in the western world. These center of power holders - many are billionaire oligarchs even from Russia and China - are above all nations, operate above any law, national or international, but use the "states" army and bureaucratic apparatus to control us, the people. I came to accept it the first time during COVID, when the entire world went in lockstep that could not be explained based on logic and medical knowledge.
As we see with Mamdani and other socialists leaders, that is exactly what they are doing. You should think before you post. You create your own effective rebuttal. And then question is, do you live in this country? Why makes you so special you can live on Indian land with no remorse or act of attrition? RFLMBO
Correct, and edit them as circumstances change. Just looking at wikipedia shows how "reality" is transient. Government schools selectively "teach" what they want to program into the young minds and what they no longer want them to know.
They weren't? Then how much of their 47 year march towards military excellence do you not to understand. Because they didn't build hundred of thousands of rockets, missiles and ballistic missiles as a credible threat to folks like you? Ever figure out they don't need a rockets that reaches the USA to get a nuke into our country?
All of the military hardware and training of Iran should have been terminated a long time ago with so much less armed conflict. But folks like you, I believe, actually like wars. You certainly have no understanding of what an imminent threat is, because you have no valid or useful knowledge about such things. You've never seen or experienced it. It's the self made ignorant like you who set all of this up. Your worldview was defeated Nov 2024. And thank God. You should be grateful to Trump. For if the Iranians got a nuke into this country, which was highly probably during biden's administration, the place to set it off for the most devastating effect would be a big Blue city. You can't even tell when someone is protecting your.
So stop spreading the ignorance. You might even consider working on policies and leaders to try and win the next election. Not become perpetual losers. That's all you have, the pitiful lament of a loser.
I see this symbol everywhere. I've tried looking it up, but don't even know what to search on. Could someone end the mystery for me, and tell me what this means?
You, dear sir, are the thetan. And no, only your behavior regarding that commenter - Timea? - disturbed me. It shatters our supposed agreement to be polite with each other.
Why do you attack me personally, Nasty1? Did I say something you specifically disagree with? Do you support the Zionist billionaires aggression toward the people of earth? Whose side are you on?
Your commentaries reflect highly emotional vomitus and fairly non-cognitive characteristics which have nothing to do with the topic addressed. If you should take that “personally” it only supports my position.
Timea: you spout nonsense propaganda “Zionist billionaires toward the people of earth.”
Please exam every one of those terms for validity. Are they really Zionists or are they people protecting themselves? Is it billionaires, or ordinary folks who have been taught to recite those truly ignorant words without questioning them—or recite them to ensnare people who will not exam the words for truth? Are they targeting “the people of earth [sic]”, or the governments who are oppressing the people of Earth?
You are getting a lot of pushback because those words are false, and simple research outside of the media which echo each other and beyond the propagandists who recite those phrases will reveal their falsehood.
I worked for the FAA. The most dysfunctional agency in the government. And when you have experienced, government, business and churches, you realize, fundamentally, they are all the same.
I sympathize with this sentiment. What has been happening is awful, and I don't know how any human can justify it. But we are stuck (or so we think) with a problem that can only be resolved with violence. We cannot much longer survive that condition. There is a better way forward, but very few even know it exists.
In war, we cannot control the bad guys. Case in point…Iran. If you don’t want massive casualties on your side, you must do what needs to be done and WHEN it needs doing. Otherwise, why fight at all. Just sit back and let them win so you don’t injure noncombatants. There will always be unfortunate casualties in war. That is what war is….casualties….of bad people and good people. Israel is the only country I know of that goes out of their way making every effort to avoid injuring civilians. Sadly, sometimes those efforts backfire.
But, Barbara, if we just sat back and let them win, what about all us noncombatants in the US?
Oh! And then I finished reading your statement. Israel goes out of their way making every effort to avoid injuring civilians?? I beg to differ, and I'm not talking about backfiring efforts.
I don't. Why? Do they tell the truth about Isn'tReal? I have Israeli friends, who have my love and empathy. I'm talking about the Zionist leadership who DON'T make every effort to avoid hurting civilians.
How do you prove that? Why would anyone believe such unsupported accusations? Such claims, unproven, hurt your cause rather than help. Especially after the world learned that Hamas, with the corrupt backing of the UN, cooked the numbers. The fact is, billions have been given to the Palestinians and it went to support the rich ones now living in Europe. They could have a country doing very well compared to the rest of the world, but they let rabid radicals throw it all away. Gaza could have a very nice subway if Hamas gave up it’s hundreds of miles of war tunnels. You get what you deserve and it is no one’s fault but your own.
What a neat little package in your last statement, but I don't support Palestinians OR Israelis except for the pacifists. I support peace, truth, and goodwill on Earth. But I'm curious: Do you still believe that the October 7 attacks took Netanyahu and his ilk by surprise?
It’s an irrelevant issue. The fighting started a long time ago. Pacifism has never solved anything. It’ a human construct used to make some feel morally superior which is true only in their world. Humans have fought since the beginning of their time on this earth. It is the way it is. And when one believes their way of life and fellow citizens are faced with extinction, there is no immoral thing they do that is not justified. Because in the end, for all life on this planet, survival is all that counts. I have no issues with pacifist. I served during the 70s. Many left for Canada to avoid Vietnam. That was their choice to live with. Mine was the military life I chose for me and my family. It was what it was and long past. I have no problem living with it.
I agree, but the implications are imo beyond just the defeat. Winners subjugate and assume/consume the possessions of the defeated. In the world order, the defeated loose their standing and impact.
The U.S helped rebuild Japan and Germany after the war. Maybe not to where they were prior to the war, but we spent and millions bolstering them back up. Other countries were in the war against Germany and Japan. Can’t account for what they took away as spoils. Both thise countries are independent and doing well after all these years. We wouldn’t be first in the space race if we hadn’t kept Germany’s scientists after the war ended. Those were our “spoils.”
Well stated as this is reality…not everyone likes reality…and will be debated forever…meanwhile some Muslims and enemies of the US continue their terrorist tactics killing innocents, beheading, raping, slitting throats….and the same “debaters” will say the enemy should not be doing this….well…they are doing this. So what do you do? The old saying it takes two to fight…well it was wrong…it takes one to fight…if someone attacks you you’re in a fight whether you like it or not.
Yes, the bottom line is that tyrants don’t play by any rules, and trying to be nice and follow the rules is viewed as weakness and invites attack. You have to be willing to defend your country against them, which can mean going on the offensive, as Trump is doing. We live in an age of ICBMs, so we have to attack the source of the missiles, not wait for them to send one before we act.
Very interesting Substack, Dr Malone. You’re right, we haven’t decisively won a war since WWII. I never realized that it was because of the Geneva rules of armed conflict that restrain warfare. It seems more humane to me to decisively end the conflict as soon as possible to save more lives. Unfortunately, those we fight against appear to embed themselves among civilians, hospitals and schools. They are the war criminals to my way of thinking.
The Eurotards have bastardized the war rules because they are the ones who kept getting their asses kicked. When they saw the U.S. drop the bombs on Japan they had to make sure there was a way to equal the playing field so the U.S. couldn’t just drop a few more of them and control the planet. Never realizing the U.S. never wanted to own the world their fear is what has guided them then and right up until now. Europe has always screamed fright over Russia but when Russia wanted to join NATO after the wall fell they objectively screamed that is was impossible to has that because the Russians couldn’t be trusted EVER! If that one decision had been changed the world would look very very different right now. I hope Trump remembers how Europe has acted with this war in Iran when it’s over and realize Europe isn’t on our side and the rules of engagement have changed.
“We cannot change the hearts of the people of the South, but we can make war so terrible that they will realize the fact that however brave and gallant and devoted to their country still they are mortal and should exhaust all peaceful remedies before they fly to war.”
An excellent post, which brings to mind the guerrilla warfare tactics of the Mongols, and how that small but fierce army of warriors on horseback conquered all of China in 74 years. Their triumph was made possible in large part by the genius of adding stirrups to their saddles, enabling them to ride hands free and attack with furious efficiency, even riding backwards to slay pursuers. Drones are the new "stirrups" in this novel type of warfare we're fighting now. We'd better get really good at it, really fast.
Amen, Amen! I have long thought the stricture to avoid civilians was so much poppy-cock. Citizens have always been the target, both by the invading army and the government body. Watching the combatants wring their hands was disgusting. War is war and people die. Painting a pretty picture by saying who can be targeted and who cannot is just denying the reality. War is hell, no matter how it is fought or by whom. Decisive or get out.
Better still--don't go to war at all. For me, the only legitimate reason for war is to throw off invaders. Too bad so often the U.S.A. is the invader.
Today invader a bot more undefined. No longer protected by 2 oceans ICBMs can travel 5000 miles (or even more today) meaning a nation whose motto is death to America and mixing up a nuclear arsenal with long range missiles is a matter for serious concern because they can invade us in a particularly nasty manner
A completely wrong headed idea because it does not matter why they are that way only that they are that way. You are saying,in effect, it is alright for them to nuke your neighborhood because.,...whatever.
I read a story once about two native tribes somewhere, who would send their champions to duke it out. Whoever won, that was the end and everyone went home, knowing who the winner was. And we called them barbarians.
I think this is pretty much what the hijackers told themselves on September 11th, although we still put "murder" as the cause of death on the death certificates of the deceased.
We were in Saudi Arabia by invitation, although Osama Bin Laden did say that one of the reasons for the attack on 09/11 was the presence of US troops in that country.
Sadly, I think most of what we were told about 9/11, including the people who supposedly hijacked the airlines, was made up. After looking at a lot of analysis and footage, I'm pretty much convinced it was an inside job. Building 7--no explanation. Collapsing in their own footprint--planned demolition. Did you know several of the "hijackers" were later seen and supposedly interviewed in Europe? And even after all this time, people who were directly affected still can't get answers. This reeks of coverup.
Robert, this piece is so sorely needed. Thank you so much for posting it!
I must say, I am so incredibly impressed by you. You are a true renaissance man, knowledgeable and erudite in so many areas. I have been a free subscriber till now, but when I read this piece, I decided you really warrant my financial support.
Remember the saying, anything is fair in love and war? After reading this very informative article, the saying seems right in the money.
"Anything is fair in love and war'? The amount of homicides related to domestic violence does seem to say that.
Unfortunately, our justice system seems to think a restraining order (a piece of paper) will keep an aggressor away from the victim. We need a system that actually enforces justice that inflicts consequences.
When you are mentally deranged, a piece of paper is worthless. A women went to the police to ask for protection because her ex-husband was getting out of jail and declared he was going to kill her. Police said they had no evidence,. He got out of jail and killed her the first day out. Police hunted him down and killed him. Sad to say the least. I wonder how many times this is repeat across the USA.
She was a very nice women that married the wrong person.
Although criminal justice does not.
Accurate analysis. One should consider who curently is behind the Geneva Convention. Perhaps, they are the ones who endorse / perpetuate continuous wars in order to contain the masses and retain control over the global economy. Who, financially, controlled the Staights or Hormuz? Lloyds of London. Where do these high ranking Iranian officials live in luxury and store their wealth? London. POTUS isn't afraid to take this on.
Thank you for this discussion. I've frankly not dwelt on issues of war. As a part of the voting public, perhaps I should have. At this point, I can see the point.
As an aside, the issue itself heightens my concerns about our domestic vulnerability. With and since the Obama era, we have experienced an increasing invasion of Muslims disseminated across our nation. Recently their impacts seem to be to bleed the US as fraudsters and welfare recipients. Will they also have sleeper cells waiting to be activated at a convenient point? Do they have CCP alliances? Don't todays strategies lend themselves to biowarfare?
On to the issues you are covering. To me Iran has and up to this war represented a clear and present danger to us. The elites objectives to install a One World Order they command has been a clear and present danger. Both issues are impacted by the present conflict.
Now considering the Geneva Accords, I would say they sound like a Democratic strategy. Forever conflict with hollowing out of combatants seems inevitable. Harms to civilians inevitable.
Bottom line, if we find the threats so severe and imminent that war is deemed warrented, a timely win is the best answer.
In terms of my take and my vote, overall I support the effort and it won't impact my vote.
Again, thanks so much for this beneficial discussion!
Well stated. But there are hardliners who fail to recognize reality of nations and the Muslim invasion into western society. Ignorance is bliss. War is not good we all know that…but it can be the lesser of many evils. Was it right to go to war to defeat Adolf? Of course but some still differ on that point.
The Muslim invasion of Western Society has existed PRIOR to the Great Crusades - going back to 1095 and 1291! "WE" and now at the 21st century - and the Muslim proclivity for world domination of the Muslim RELIGION and Muslim STATE - and the ongoing butchery and enslavement of humanity continues unabated.
BTW, Muslim canon precluded the Geneva convention (by) 1,400 YEARS! Can anyone say Muslims abide by the Geneva convention NOW?
Islam started spreading around 600 AD.
The WORD (ISLAM) means "SURRENDER" - meaning all "Infidels" ( NON-BELIEVERS) are to be SLAUGHTERED, and those who DO surrender to Islam are required to pay money to stay alive till the day they die.
Otherwise known as dhimmitude.
THANK YOU, DEE! My pea brain couldn't quite remember THAT signifiant Muslim word.
Very timely and needed analysis.
There is no law in war, especially a war of choice...look no further than what took place in front of our eyes in Gaza and now in the last month in the Middle East attacking a nation that showed no credible threat to our way of life except to the deep pockets of the Zionist billionaires. The US army is not much more than the mercenaries of the Epstein class. So, stop the propaganda.
I’m a U.S Army Veteran, and your remarks are despicable! I was never a mercenary, and the Army soldiers today are not mercenaries, especially “of the Epstein class.”
You are the one spouting propaganda, and it’s obvious that you do not understand the heart of a soldier, and what he has to endure physically and mentally to engage and destroy the enemy—many times hand to hand combat. I’m grateful I did not have to deploy, but was ready and willing to do so—for our nation—even for people like you, who denigrate us for our service.
Too many who returned from the forever wars were subjected to its horrors because those they fought had NO value to life, and placed women and children in front of them as shields. My cousin experienced it in Vietnam, and suffered mentally because of it, but he never regretted his service to our nation, because he loved America. My dad served in the Korean and Vietnam war, so I know the cost of war, and he too was a Patriot—and I’m like him.
Get your head out of the Epstein propaganda, and pray for our nation at war, and yes, for a moral change that only Faith in Christ can bring about.
Most of the soldiers, who fought in the shameful wars propagated by the elites and the bankers of the western world that took place during the last 60 years are against wars! Trump was re-elected exactly for that reason! From 2016 till the 2024 election he was loud and clear attacking Bush for the Iraqi war and he was explicitly against all of the endless wars. We thought he was our peace president, that would take our country back to the foundation of our nation and resurrect from its ashes the US constitution. We thought he would fight against the Epstein class that systematically took away our rights and have exploited us economically.
No war of choice benefits the people. We pay for it through taxation and inflation, while the Epstein class gets richer by the minutes. Our soldiers die along with innocent civilians, while the Epstein class will survive in their underground bunkers. Your honor as a soldier is to defend our nation, our constitution and our people. You have no moral obligation to fight for the interest of the Epstein class.
My grandfather was killed in 1943 in Ukraine during WWII. He was forced by gunpoint to join the Hungarian Nazi army, and lost his life for a cause that nobody in my grandparents' village understood other than he had no choice, either he would be shut to death or obliged to fight. Do you know that 85 million people were killed? That is equivalent 25% of the US population today. And do you know who were the people and their families who got even more rich and powerful during that war? Those interest groups and families are the same ones that want you to fight now to make them even more rich and powerful. No matter how much money and power they have, it is never enough to them.
What you're missing, Timea, is that President Trump is still, like most of us, against endless wars. If you don't see the difference between the current conflicts and those of the past, I invite you to look more closely. Trump will keep his promises, and we (the entire planet) are still approaching a Golden Age.
Define Epstein Class, its historical origins, beliefs, and those who are part of it, and how its ideology or policies are extended to those who volunteer to be part of our military.
A member of a group, who by pedigree, training, and test have concluded that it is the only group qualified to rule Earth. It commonly uses criminal means, backed by considerable financial resources, to achieve a level of control. There may in fact be more than one group on Earth that thinks they are "the chosen." This goes back to a time when humans were literally chosen by off-world beings to serve as leaders on Earth. It is the ETs, we can suspect, who infused them with this myth of superiority.
To the extent that they could secure the cooperation of the warrior class, these "rulers" could wreak destruction on populations and project an image of "power" where very little really existed.
From what I can tell, the ETs who remain in the area today continue to support and influence this group in various ways. They are in essence one or a few criminal organizations that exert an inordinate amount of control over business and politics on Earth.
The Strait of Hormuz is a perfect example of how this control can be exerted all out of proportion to the actual "ruling" groups involved, and their interests. By arranging things so that shipping through that corridor is limited or stopped, they can bring several national economies to their knees. All done with a relatively small number of weapons and soldiers.
And all that you describe, Larry, is exactly what our president is steadfastly and methodically putting to an end.
The issue is not with brave soldiers. The issue is with the Epstein class at the top making terrible decisions for our brave soldiers. Unlike George Washington, they are never at the front lines of the war. Even some high ranking military have come out after many years of dedicated service and said they thought they were fighting for great values and now realize that they were enriching corporations and politicians -- the Epstein class.
Please do not confuse critique of the decision-makers with lack of respect for our military personnel.
Faith in Christ - Christ must abhor what the U.S. is doing and has done.
Thank you for saying this with such an amazing clarity. I feel exactly the same way. I have seen it all throughout the decades how the politicians lie and deceive without suffering the consequences of their conduct. Powerful people are not held accountable regardless of hard evidence. Somehow no one has any authority to curtail or punish corruption in the US today.
Open your eyes, Timea. The military and its Commander in Chief, President Donald Trump, do have the authority to curtail and punish corruption, as well as sedition and treason. They have been quietly and successfully doing so for years, and the mission continues.
Maybe you thought you were not a mercenary, but effectively that what happened to you my friend. You were sent to fought unwinnable wars that disfigured and killed many of our soldiers, made us, the people poor, our country is broken, but made the rich really rich!!! Have you seen the enormous gap between the Epstein class and us? The gap was never as wide as today. A handful of people own 80% of the world resources and what is left for you is "own nothing and be happy" thinking that you are a good, patriotic citizen done the honorable thing of defending your country against the enemies of the world.
You wrote, “Maybe you thought you were not a mercenary, but effectively that what happened to you my friend.”
First, you do not have the authority, moral or otherwise, to define my service to my nation as being one of a mercenary. It is solely your opinion, which means absolutely nothing to me, because my love for this nation is greater than the figment of your imagination.
But let it be known. I understand the moral decay in America, which will destroy it in the end, and I do not in any way, approve of them or propagate them, nor am I blinded to them. I pray for America, and I do my best to be a light that dispels its darkness.
America is still the beacon of light throughout the world—its flag is a symbol of liberty and peace—and the regular Iranian knows that and have prayed for our help against their murderous, global terrorist, fanatical death-cult leaders, who have planned to destroy America and Israel once they had the ability to do so—and they would have if we did not intervene.
May America bless God by turning back to Him, and May God bless America by granting us a heart to change. With that hope, I will remain faithful to God by being grateful for the voluminous blessings He has bestowed on all of us, and remain faithful to Him, through the privilege he allowed me to serve in the United States Army, and the nation He sovereignly allowed me to be born in—warts and all.
CQL
Thank you for your service, Come Quickly. The president I campaigned hard for, seems to be different now.
How is this not at least a concern, to see on Easter morning, his tweet: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praide be to Allah. President J. Trump."
Also, we're now learning this Paula White - is quite a charlatan not the "Christian advisor" her title gives her. She apparently, has been getting in the space of Trump from the early 2000's, purposely, trying to become known to him. Her sketchy background, is quite concerning. Why is she there? She apparently, on Easter morning, on stage with Trump, compared Trump's sacrifice and wins, to Jesus' sacrifice on the cross!
So, I say, to these war happenings - What the heck are WE doing? Why? Who is behind this all?
She is OUS, so. . .
Outside the United States? I had to look up that acronym.
Just like war crime is an oxymoron. Losing the war is the only ultimate crime
The ultimate crime is attacking people to steal their land, resources and subject them to economic exploitation that result in subjugation with all of its terrible consequences. If it's not clear for you how the Epstein class operates in today's world, it never will be.
You just described the entirety of human history. Epstein is only a recent blip in something that has been going on since the evil hairless monkeys came down from the trees. Look at Genghis Khan and Baku Khan. How about Alexander the Great? The entire way Islam spread across the World. The Europeans in the "New World" and, later, the American spread across this continent.
Just to add to the confusion, one of the earliest crimes on Earth was committed by a human-like race of ETs who wiped out the dinosaurs (and reptile-like humanoids) from the Earth's surface using a combination of "death rays" and asteroid bombardment. It indeed has a long history here, and apparently in the broader universe as well.
Timea, apparently and being an immigrant from Hungary, you have no appreciation for the American ethic, how this country was formed and what a true patriot stands for. (or are you still IN Hungary?!) Please Re-read CQL's post above and try to understand. I doubt you ever have taken and understood US history and HOW and WHY we fought wars during the last 250 years.
A summary:
-- Rev. War: against Britain for our independence, not claiming land from them; defending against oppression from the originating country attempting to turn citizens into its foreign slaves.
-- Civil War: North fought Southern states preventing them from secession and defending slaves right to live as free humans; actually copying similar actions by Britain in the 1830's freeing black slaves
-- WWI: helping Western Europe defend against Germans' attacks and expansion; took no land but over the next century used OUR citizens' tax dollars to build NATO bases to help the Euro's defend against the Russian bear during the COLD war. All the time while the Euro's contributed diddly to their share of NATO!
-- WWII: repeat of WWI, but allied with Russia; even to the extent of acquiring Persian oil with Britain to help Russia defend its homeland, then we walked away but left the Shah in charge(granted, a mistake) but we never took their land or bombed their people.
-- Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq wars: these were ALL wars of principle and conscience fought in the name of liberty for FREE peoples against Totalitarian, atheistic, brutal regimes abusing their own people. N. Vietnam was being supported by Russia and China in an effort to spread the Communist ideology, repression, and totalitarian dementia. Iraq warred against Kuwait, and practiced genocide against the Kurds, and repressed the Shiite sect of Islam inside their OWN country with torture and murder. Afghanistan(Taliban) did the same with Christians and Shia sect in the name of Sharia Islam. Women severely abused, used as virtual slaves. Never our intention to take any land and US never did do so.
-- Iran: killed 35,000 of their own citizens in Jan/ Feb of this year, reinforced the belief they would quickly be capable of making nukes; have repressed freedom and IMpressed Sharia laws on their own people for 47 years since taking our embassy staff prisoners and later killing over 1000 Americans without any retribution by the USA. They have built huge arsenals of ICBM's and other missiles, 10's of thousands of drones, and hidden their nukes and prevented inspection by the IAEC, called for the death of USA and Israel for decades, and controlled the straight of Hormuz holding world nations hostage regarding access to OIL based energy.
Iran is a god-forsaken POS land that no one wants to live in, including those seeking freedom INSIDE it. The USA is NOT killing civilians and if you were not so obsessed by the WORLD press' constant brainwashing on Epstein files you might understand that, again, the USA is not on an imperialistic mission.
With over 30,000 air missions inside Iran the USA has uniquely and accurately target military infrastructure to this point and is only now after 5 weeks, started to take out ANY internal / civilian infrastructure(a bridge) in order to provide final impetus to move the fools in the IRGC off the dime and get them to give up.
This present war has nothing at all to do with taking Iran's land.
Please wake up.
You live in the western elitist's propaganda bubble, sir.
I don't have any desire to go point by point to explain you the nuances of history and give you books to read other than your history books in government schools and what you were told by propagandist on Fox News.
Behind all of the wars, the core motivation is to take others territory or resources by force if not given freely. However, the true motive is wrapped up in a thick propaganda to give people some ideological motivation to fight. Because let's go and steal their oil sounds a bit much for most of the decent people. You see, a handful of high IQ, criminal minded people cannot fight again a nation on their own also as I said, it's not the best way to motivate decent people with sinful goals, such as let's kill them and take their oil. This is why they need to motivate you, sir, with carefully crafted propaganda that is nothing but lies or half truths.
Regarding the 35K citizens killed in Iran is outright false.
However, even if it was true, by now the Israeli and US bombs killed just as many if not more. So, what is your argument exactly, the sacred of human life?
If I am in my own Propaganda influenced world, certainly you have manufactured your own conspiracy with no ability to point to even one objective point or fact, even one link to reality. You fail to learn, you fail to READ, and would have others believe you with . . . nothing but yammering hypotheticals ascribed to "billionaires, oligarches".
You got nothing.
She has something (a good historical perspective), but she has not kept up with these times in which we are combatting and steadily defeating the Deep State. Timea doesn't realize that she's preaching to the choir!
He argues, I suppose for something even more sacred than human life, which is spiritual freedom. But of course, the truly spiritually free would never resort to destructive violence to settle their differences. So that great aspiration remains elusive. It could in fact be considered to be a total fabrication - propaganda. But it is the true aspiration of many Earth people and is actually possible. Not, though, by war. So your point is well taken even though your condemnation is, I think, more all-encompassing that what is justified.
This old girl says thank you, old guy.
'obsessed by...constant brainwashing on Epstein files you might understand that, again, the USA is not on an imperialistic mission' - wow, I heard that some people still have beliefs like yours, but you are my first encounter. I guess you must be really old.
The US is a vessel state along with Israel, EU, Australia, NZ and Canada, ruled by the globalist elites, a handful of people that uses the US army as their private army, and us, the people as their cash cows exploiting every bit of us including our health and wealth.
I think you meant "vassal state" But the global elites does not quite fit the definition. The global elites are mainly multinational with no absolute allegiance to any nation.
Exactly, they bought (or blackmailed, threatened) all the governments in the western world. These center of power holders - many are billionaire oligarchs even from Russia and China - are above all nations, operate above any law, national or international, but use the "states" army and bureaucratic apparatus to control us, the people. I came to accept it the first time during COVID, when the entire world went in lockstep that could not be explained based on logic and medical knowledge.
As we see with Mamdani and other socialists leaders, that is exactly what they are doing. You should think before you post. You create your own effective rebuttal. And then question is, do you live in this country? Why makes you so special you can live on Indian land with no remorse or act of attrition? RFLMBO
. . . and war crime trials are held against the losers.
...and the winners write the history books
Correct, and edit them as circumstances change. Just looking at wikipedia shows how "reality" is transient. Government schools selectively "teach" what they want to program into the young minds and what they no longer want them to know.
The ultimate fatality of War is truth.
An ongoing disposable of fellow man.
On a planet of unlimited abundance.
Repeating a level of hatred over and over....expecting different results. Albert E.
Can you say revenge? I knew you could. Fred R.
It's called the "Theater of War" for a reason.....it's all scripted and staged.
Best seller books and movies to follow eh?
They weren't? Then how much of their 47 year march towards military excellence do you not to understand. Because they didn't build hundred of thousands of rockets, missiles and ballistic missiles as a credible threat to folks like you? Ever figure out they don't need a rockets that reaches the USA to get a nuke into our country?
All of the military hardware and training of Iran should have been terminated a long time ago with so much less armed conflict. But folks like you, I believe, actually like wars. You certainly have no understanding of what an imminent threat is, because you have no valid or useful knowledge about such things. You've never seen or experienced it. It's the self made ignorant like you who set all of this up. Your worldview was defeated Nov 2024. And thank God. You should be grateful to Trump. For if the Iranians got a nuke into this country, which was highly probably during biden's administration, the place to set it off for the most devastating effect would be a big Blue city. You can't even tell when someone is protecting your.
So stop spreading the ignorance. You might even consider working on policies and leaders to try and win the next election. Not become perpetual losers. That's all you have, the pitiful lament of a loser.
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I see this symbol everywhere. I've tried looking it up, but don't even know what to search on. Could someone end the mystery for me, and tell me what this means?
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is an iPhone emoji; a jackass
quite an appropriate response provided my Matthew.
but then, surely you are joking. . . ?! right?
Not joking. Never seen it explained. Don't see the visual tie. Thanks for answering, I really did wonder.
Ditto
I thought it meant Democrat! (A synonym for jackass.)
Timea, take a deep breath and whatever meds you’re supposed to be taking, then read again. Try to focus on clear logic, reason and evidence.
The personal insults are unnecessary and uncalled for.
Though she may not be totally correct, neither is she totally incorrect.
You have your "views" Larry...I have mine.
But your behavior reflects just the qualities she finds so repulsive, and for good reason; it is repulsive.
Larry, I stand by my observations and commentary. My thetan obviously disturbs you?
You, dear sir, are the thetan. And no, only your behavior regarding that commenter - Timea? - disturbed me. It shatters our supposed agreement to be polite with each other.
Why do you attack me personally, Nasty1? Did I say something you specifically disagree with? Do you support the Zionist billionaires aggression toward the people of earth? Whose side are you on?
Your commentaries reflect highly emotional vomitus and fairly non-cognitive characteristics which have nothing to do with the topic addressed. If you should take that “personally” it only supports my position.
Nasty1, good luck to you...
Timea: you spout nonsense propaganda “Zionist billionaires toward the people of earth.”
Please exam every one of those terms for validity. Are they really Zionists or are they people protecting themselves? Is it billionaires, or ordinary folks who have been taught to recite those truly ignorant words without questioning them—or recite them to ensnare people who will not exam the words for truth? Are they targeting “the people of earth [sic]”, or the governments who are oppressing the people of Earth?
You are getting a lot of pushback because those words are false, and simple research outside of the media which echo each other and beyond the propagandists who recite those phrases will reveal their falsehood.
Blessings to you!
Well said.
How about, because you never served but yet feel qualified to comment on our military. The comments of an uneducated an ignorant person.
We don't suffer fools.
I would like to second that one!
Dan. . . you have never worked for 3M have you?
I worked for the FAA. The most dysfunctional agency in the government. And when you have experienced, government, business and churches, you realize, fundamentally, they are all the same.
So true! And also so disillusioning to knoww. But we cannot give up the hope for a better future.
OK, thought maybe you were "another" DB, whom I had worked with. . . Ha!
I sympathize with this sentiment. What has been happening is awful, and I don't know how any human can justify it. But we are stuck (or so we think) with a problem that can only be resolved with violence. We cannot much longer survive that condition. There is a better way forward, but very few even know it exists.
In war, we cannot control the bad guys. Case in point…Iran. If you don’t want massive casualties on your side, you must do what needs to be done and WHEN it needs doing. Otherwise, why fight at all. Just sit back and let them win so you don’t injure noncombatants. There will always be unfortunate casualties in war. That is what war is….casualties….of bad people and good people. Israel is the only country I know of that goes out of their way making every effort to avoid injuring civilians. Sadly, sometimes those efforts backfire.
But, Barbara, if we just sat back and let them win, what about all us noncombatants in the US?
Oh! And then I finished reading your statement. Israel goes out of their way making every effort to avoid injuring civilians?? I beg to differ, and I'm not talking about backfiring efforts.
Sonia, do you watch “The View?” It sounds like it.
I don't. Why? Do they tell the truth about Isn'tReal? I have Israeli friends, who have my love and empathy. I'm talking about the Zionist leadership who DON'T make every effort to avoid hurting civilians.
How do you prove that? Why would anyone believe such unsupported accusations? Such claims, unproven, hurt your cause rather than help. Especially after the world learned that Hamas, with the corrupt backing of the UN, cooked the numbers. The fact is, billions have been given to the Palestinians and it went to support the rich ones now living in Europe. They could have a country doing very well compared to the rest of the world, but they let rabid radicals throw it all away. Gaza could have a very nice subway if Hamas gave up it’s hundreds of miles of war tunnels. You get what you deserve and it is no one’s fault but your own.
What a neat little package in your last statement, but I don't support Palestinians OR Israelis except for the pacifists. I support peace, truth, and goodwill on Earth. But I'm curious: Do you still believe that the October 7 attacks took Netanyahu and his ilk by surprise?
It’s an irrelevant issue. The fighting started a long time ago. Pacifism has never solved anything. It’ a human construct used to make some feel morally superior which is true only in their world. Humans have fought since the beginning of their time on this earth. It is the way it is. And when one believes their way of life and fellow citizens are faced with extinction, there is no immoral thing they do that is not justified. Because in the end, for all life on this planet, survival is all that counts. I have no issues with pacifist. I served during the 70s. Many left for Canada to avoid Vietnam. That was their choice to live with. Mine was the military life I chose for me and my family. It was what it was and long past. I have no problem living with it.
I agree, but the implications are imo beyond just the defeat. Winners subjugate and assume/consume the possessions of the defeated. In the world order, the defeated loose their standing and impact.
Yeah, just look at how Japan and Germany have suffered since their WWII defeat. (SARC)
Please label as sarcasm, just in case you're misunderstood by those suffering from modern schools.
The U.S helped rebuild Japan and Germany after the war. Maybe not to where they were prior to the war, but we spent and millions bolstering them back up. Other countries were in the war against Germany and Japan. Can’t account for what they took away as spoils. Both thise countries are independent and doing well after all these years. We wouldn’t be first in the space race if we hadn’t kept Germany’s scientists after the war ended. Those were our “spoils.”
The sooner a conflict is over, the better. If that requires greater force, then so be it.
People demanding policies that lead to an elongated conflict don’t really care about civilian loss deep down.
Well stated as this is reality…not everyone likes reality…and will be debated forever…meanwhile some Muslims and enemies of the US continue their terrorist tactics killing innocents, beheading, raping, slitting throats….and the same “debaters” will say the enemy should not be doing this….well…they are doing this. So what do you do? The old saying it takes two to fight…well it was wrong…it takes one to fight…if someone attacks you you’re in a fight whether you like it or not.
Yes, the bottom line is that tyrants don’t play by any rules, and trying to be nice and follow the rules is viewed as weakness and invites attack. You have to be willing to defend your country against them, which can mean going on the offensive, as Trump is doing. We live in an age of ICBMs, so we have to attack the source of the missiles, not wait for them to send one before we act.
Very interesting Substack, Dr Malone. You’re right, we haven’t decisively won a war since WWII. I never realized that it was because of the Geneva rules of armed conflict that restrain warfare. It seems more humane to me to decisively end the conflict as soon as possible to save more lives. Unfortunately, those we fight against appear to embed themselves among civilians, hospitals and schools. They are the war criminals to my way of thinking.
The Eurotards have bastardized the war rules because they are the ones who kept getting their asses kicked. When they saw the U.S. drop the bombs on Japan they had to make sure there was a way to equal the playing field so the U.S. couldn’t just drop a few more of them and control the planet. Never realizing the U.S. never wanted to own the world their fear is what has guided them then and right up until now. Europe has always screamed fright over Russia but when Russia wanted to join NATO after the wall fell they objectively screamed that is was impossible to has that because the Russians couldn’t be trusted EVER! If that one decision had been changed the world would look very very different right now. I hope Trump remembers how Europe has acted with this war in Iran when it’s over and realize Europe isn’t on our side and the rules of engagement have changed.
Trump will remember this very well.
Brilliant!
A reminder of the past.
“We cannot change the hearts of the people of the South, but we can make war so terrible that they will realize the fact that however brave and gallant and devoted to their country still they are mortal and should exhaust all peaceful remedies before they fly to war.”
William Tecumseh Sherman
An excellent post, which brings to mind the guerrilla warfare tactics of the Mongols, and how that small but fierce army of warriors on horseback conquered all of China in 74 years. Their triumph was made possible in large part by the genius of adding stirrups to their saddles, enabling them to ride hands free and attack with furious efficiency, even riding backwards to slay pursuers. Drones are the new "stirrups" in this novel type of warfare we're fighting now. We'd better get really good at it, really fast.
Amen, Amen! I have long thought the stricture to avoid civilians was so much poppy-cock. Citizens have always been the target, both by the invading army and the government body. Watching the combatants wring their hands was disgusting. War is war and people die. Painting a pretty picture by saying who can be targeted and who cannot is just denying the reality. War is hell, no matter how it is fought or by whom. Decisive or get out.
Better still--don't go to war at all. For me, the only legitimate reason for war is to throw off invaders. Too bad so often the U.S.A. is the invader.
Today invader a bot more undefined. No longer protected by 2 oceans ICBMs can travel 5000 miles (or even more today) meaning a nation whose motto is death to America and mixing up a nuclear arsenal with long range missiles is a matter for serious concern because they can invade us in a particularly nasty manner
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I'm not buying it.
WHY is their motto "death to America"? Could it be because we don't stay home?
A completely wrong headed idea because it does not matter why they are that way only that they are that way. You are saying,in effect, it is alright for them to nuke your neighborhood because.,...whatever.
No, I am not saying it is all right. I'm saying that we caused this problem and we are worsening it instead of correcting it.
Sad, but true. Wouldn't it be interesting if the leaders of these wars were handed a pistol for each other.
I read a story once about two native tribes somewhere, who would send their champions to duke it out. Whoever won, that was the end and everyone went home, knowing who the winner was. And we called them barbarians.
I think this is pretty much what the hijackers told themselves on September 11th, although we still put "murder" as the cause of death on the death certificates of the deceased.
They were the invaders in our land, as we were in theirs.
We were in Saudi Arabia by invitation, although Osama Bin Laden did say that one of the reasons for the attack on 09/11 was the presence of US troops in that country.
Most (?) came from saudi arabia where we never invaded but made a bunch of barbaric nomads richer than Croesus digging their oil out from under them
Sadly, I think most of what we were told about 9/11, including the people who supposedly hijacked the airlines, was made up. After looking at a lot of analysis and footage, I'm pretty much convinced it was an inside job. Building 7--no explanation. Collapsing in their own footprint--planned demolition. Did you know several of the "hijackers" were later seen and supposedly interviewed in Europe? And even after all this time, people who were directly affected still can't get answers. This reeks of coverup.
What a pile of horse feathers. Next will be the moon landing was a fake and the,current "flight" taking place in a Clear Lake motel
You really haven't looked at any of it, have you?
Here's a starting place. https://www.ae911truth.org/
I'll see if I can find the collection I finished a few weeks ago. If I can, I'll post it.
HAS BEEN the invader.
If group A uses civilians as human shields and their blood ends up being spilt…. That is solely the fault of group A.
Robert, this piece is so sorely needed. Thank you so much for posting it!
I must say, I am so incredibly impressed by you. You are a true renaissance man, knowledgeable and erudite in so many areas. I have been a free subscriber till now, but when I read this piece, I decided you really warrant my financial support.