"By Way of Deception" - Ostrovsky
President Trump is being led, not leading, with his actions in the middle east.
As I forecasted last year (1) President Trump has a dangerous blind spot. He seems to trust folks committed to the Israel First movement.
FRONT PAGE Magazine is a site I visit often in order to obtain a certain perspective on things. The founder is a brilliant man, once a hard left radical with personal contact with '60s radicals convicted of terrorism. He subsequently became a more centrist oriented commentator with deep ties and affection for the state of Israel. His reporting on the hard left in the US is valuable. His reporting on the middle east is uniformly pro-Israel. I have no problem with that, he likely wouldn't disagree with my characterization of him.
His site now is now promoting a letter signed by 'flag officers' urging President Trump to support, essentially, the commencement of a war with Iran precipitated by an Israeli strike on Iran's purported nuclear weapons production facilities.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/seventy-seven-retired-generals-and-admirals-call-for-supporting-israeli-attack-on-iran/
I've offered my opinion on letters like this in the past (2/3).
This is just after Deep State/Israeli lobby got President Trump to approve strikes into Yemen. President Trump then announced he would hold Iran responsible for retaliatory strikes (we are on the nth iteration of who shot who now) (4). Lacking - so far - a spectacular loss of American sailors precipitating a war (why Deep State has had the ships there all along), that pronouncement leads to what Deep State and Israel wants - US in open conflict with Iran. They have wanted it since Ace Lyons had US warships trolling for mines and missiles for a 'remember the Maine' event in the mid-80s. I know, I was there. (5)
President Trump is best advised to be VERY distrustful of the Israelis and distance himself from those advising him to get into a 'stupid little war' in Iran on Israel's behalf.
It may not be quite the 'little war' he is told to expect. Hizballah is in the US, has been in the US for many decades and no doubt has developed an excellent list of critical infrastructure, key individuals, and communications choke points to eliminate here in the US. Heck, maybe those THOUSANDS of military age Chinese the CCP assisted in entering the US illegally in the later Biden years could lend a hand covertly - enemy of my enemy and all that.
Further, Iran likely already has a few to a dozen nuclear weapons. They are in North Korea and can be in Iran in a matter of hours - if Xi feels like approving the flight.
However much Bibi wants the goys to fight for Israel, I pray President Trump has the America First inspiration to 'just say no'.
AND, President Trump, please release ALL information, from all sources, on Epstein's espionage ring - NOW. Maybe some of our Admirals and Generals will find it interesting reading (6). Heck, they, and President Trump might even want to dust off the long, sordid, history of our relationship with this "special friend" (7).
1. https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2024/07/eyes-wide-open.html
2. https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2020/10/about-that-senior-military-leader-letter.html
3. https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2024/08/america-has-too-many-generals-who-dont.html
4. https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2025/03/has-president-trump-learned-nothing.html
5. https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-adults-are-in-charge-60-minutes-did.html
6. https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2024/01/its-ok-cuz-everyone-does-it.html
7. https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2020/08/with-friends-like-these.html