America finally learning how to play "Unrestricted Warfare"?

War evolves folks - Viet Nam era "Alpha Strikes" aren't 

the answer to all problems

https://discernreport.com/iran-suddenly-wants-diplomacy-after-america-shut-off-the-money/

QUOTE _ The sudden hunger for talks did not arrive by accident. President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched Operation Economic Outcast this week, the campaign Bessent branded an economic D-Day. Treasury mapped the smuggling networks, sanctioned more than 60 entities, individuals, and vessels, and expanded secondary sanctions across five lifelines the regime uses to stay alive — digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping.

Bessent’s warning was not diplomatic language. Any country that keeps Iran on life support will share the isolation. “An economic engagement of any kind with this murderous regime will expose those responsible to the full reach of American power,”he said. Trump has been calling heads of state with the same request. Cut Tehran loose or lose the dollar.

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Well well.   Just as we learned in the big one ... or would have had not all the attention been on the atom bomb ... just as Reagan brilliantly decided to employ against the Evil Empire ...   Modern "war" is as described best by two PLA instructors at the war college (read it! - 1) an "Unrestricted War" across all areas of engagement and not exclusively bombs on civilians.  

(Maybe someone is reading this blog (2).)

1. Unrestricted Warfare - still irreplaceable for understanding the Godless, acquisitive, ruthless CCP -

https://www.c4i.org/unrestricted.pdf

2. Mine Warfare folks - our Navy must simultaneously drastically downsize (scrap the whole CVBG thing) and modernize.  Naval Mine Warfare (offensive and defensive) must be an area of unparalleled excellence.   It gives an American Commander in Chief strategic flexibility and reduces vulnerability.  Our Navy has failed miserably in this area even while I've been beating this drum as a sailor who in his career has been on both sides of the MW equation.

https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2020/08/and-now-for-something-little-different.html

https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-remineder.htmlhttps://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2026/04/throw-some-more-money-at-it.html

https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2026/05/end-stupid-little-war.html

I couldn't say it any better...

"...a defeat of choice, in a complete collapse of competence at the most senior levels of our civilian and military leadership"

"our self-described "best" who claim to be the ruling class are not our best. They are not good at their jobs. Their ideas are garbage. Their ethics are fetid to the core. Their morality sold for a farthing's worth of power, fame, and influence."

"The world's self-described super power selected the wrong people for the wrong reasons using the wrong selection criteria, through a culture with the wrong priorities. This cannot be argued. The evidence is right there to be seen by all."

https://cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/kabuls-child-sacrifice-five-years?

Many of these "leaders" have moved on to corporate boards, consulting gigs, and politics.  Shun them.   Today Trump needs to fire those who recommended he bomb Iran last year, attack Iran this year, and support the Obama/Biden/Brennan war of choice in Ukraine.  They are incompetent and toxic.   We need to walk away from the Ukraine after eliminating the blowar labs there and starve Iran into peace - or oblivion  - without any Israeli involvement (1).

1.  https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2026/05/end-stupid-little-war.html

State Funeral Planning

Clinton painting from Epstein's home

Hillary seems to think she'll outlive the horny hick ...

https://retirement.media/hillary-clinton-plans-bills-funeral-as-the-80-year-old-looks-frailer-by-the-day/

She needn't worry, President Trump already has the perfectly appropriate means at hand to deal with the event ...

In case you forgot Clinton provided critical ICBM technology to China for cash and now, thanks to that technology transfer, China has ICBMs armed with multiple nuclear warheads (based on our W-88 design, also acquired under Clinton (1)) aimed at the US ...

 //the money// "came from China's People's Liberation Army through a Chinese lieutenant colonel and aerospace executive whose father was General Liu Huaqing"

 https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/051598campaign-fundraising.html

and 

 https://www.clintonfoundationtimeline.com/1992-1996-chinagate-yah-linh-charlie-trie-and-ng-lap-seng/

Treason folks.  Plain and simple.  No Arlington grave for this traitorous, Epstein compromised, ex-"President".

 

 

1. A story also memory holed ...https://fas.org/publication/prc_w88/

 

AI infowar - targeting AI to influence their product to influence us stupid humans

Gotta hand it to the Israelis, they are dedicating a lot of effort to keep Americans duped into supporting them.  

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-creates-fake-think-tank-likely-attempt-dupe-ai-chatbots

Bibi did say - to a pro Israeli audience - this was a major push.    Global bans on 'antisemitic' speech is a dream of the zionists.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG2VBv-ISnE

Watch this space ...

 This looks very likely to change things ...

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/08/21/deployable-energys-new-compact-nuclear-reactor/

 

What hath Mengele, err, Fauci ... wrought?

"... there is "no scientific reason to retract." "Retraction is bizarre in this case, there is nothing actually wrong with the paper. Hence the real reason must be political."

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/british-medical-journal-retracts-paper-linking-covid-shots-millions-excess-deaths

Fauci ran a campaign of lies against HCQ/Zn in order to maintain the Emergency Use Authorization for the jab.  That infowar campaign continues - now retargeted to protect Fauci, big Pharma, government bureaucrats, and our lying media.

Fauci funded gain-of-function research, moved it to a Peoples Liberation Army BIOWAR lab in Wuhan.  The CCP - even IF the release was unintended - DELIBERATELY spread it to the US and Europe.

Millions died.

Xi and Fauci must face the fire.  There is hell to pay.  

1. https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2026/06/mass-murder-unanswered-for.html

Oh my, another "Revolution in Military Affairs" ... (h/t Ogarkov)

(another mil-pol piece but, hey, over a thousand articles, million plus views, that's how this blog started)

Great idea, now get rid of the pilot on the thirsty end

A thoughtful piece that nearly goes far enough to matter ...

https://dailyreckoning.com/your-grandfathers-military-is-dead/

My comment - which was submitted, and 'moderated' into oblivion ...

A veritable “Revolution in Military Affairs” eh? Logically the first step, given UAVs will inevitably in-flight refuel other UAVs, allowing a daisy chain of shooters and tankers to engage anywhere from a few bases, is to retire the multibillion dollar aircraft carrier.  No carrier, no embarked air wing, no logistical tail ashore for either, and no requirement for escorts and their logistical tails either. 

That should do a lot to free up resources and allow a substantial downsizing of our over $1T DOW as well.