A moment to take stock ...

I've repeatedly advised that everyone should be able to be self sufficient for 30 days in most kinds of disaster.  Having some measure of security in basic essentials regularly contributes to a sense that almost nothing is an immediate crisis, and allows for a more measured, thoughtful, response to the routine fear porn and attempt at manipulation of us little people by those controlling our public and social media.

So ... some thoughts along that line:

Water - as crisis approaches make your tub a 60 gallon resource for drinking water:

Have a rain barrel attached to one of your downspouts.

Have a good filter that can process groundwater into potable water.

Food - beyond dried fruit, noodles, canned tuna ... survival food like this at COSTCO 

Power - you'll have gas in your car, have a small quiet generator to charge equipment, periodically run a microwave oven, etc.

Also: batteries, flash lights, AM radio,  30+ days of meds.

If you are competent, have at least one firearm and be practiced with it.  Even a simple .22LR semi-automatic rifle with a zero'd in red dot sight can be both useful and comforting day and night.  Ugly truth is, in a time of complete social breakdown you may have to defend your home and family.

Scale your preps for your family size.   

So prepared you will, at the least, not be an immediate burden on the city/county/state emergency support system.  

With a little additional you can collaborate with sharable resources to provide for your neighbors and church,  again easing the burden on government assets.

If you live in the built up area of a city you'll have to leave, before peak crisis.  Have a plan for where to go - family, vacation home, camper.  Know when to go.  Once the power fails, the stop lights go out, the water, refrigerators, and sewage lift stations stop, the police assets focus on fewer areas, the monster ('mob') will wake.

Just my $.02.  I've seen this scenario play out time and again, from being in New Orleans Sept '05, the WuF1u ("it came from China"), and now as folks realize the vulnerability of our infrastructure and the evil done by Obama and Biden in leaving the borders open to terrorists.

God reigns and His will will be done - but we are responsible to Him for the defense of our precious families, and the lives He's given us.  

Winter is (or, may be) coming

 

While dissatisfied with the apparent timing of today's crisis about Iran, I do agree with the critical national security objective being pursued.  It was only a matter of time - perhaps measured in flight hours from North Korea - before the Mullahs got nuclear weapons.  (If there isn't one or more already embarked on an Iranian arranged vessel from Nampo).  

 Make no mistake about the real nature of the Islamist fundamentalist.  He is the same today as he was at the gates of Vienna in 1683.  Just today he wants weapons that will kill millions in pursuit of converting, or enslaving the world.

 Nut balls.  Violent and, in some instances, very, very clever.

 So.  We have the right President, perhaps just in time, to stop what is inevitable.

 Don't have to be happy with the timing, the personalities, or the bloviating, that is the truth.

 For the limp wristed among us, know that there is no virtue in submitting to these folks.  As a Lutheran, defending against them is tradition (1).  Defending our lives, our children's lives and freedoms, is doing God's work.  

  Hopefully you've listened to my frequent call to have a 30 day store of essentials.  It can easily come to that thanks to Obama, Biden, Brennan and the rest of the coterie that let the terrorists walk across our border.

God help our country, our President, and the innocents in Iran who, alone, can remove the theocratic head cases currently running their country.  Any Iranian Generals - or even Majors - up to free a country?  Your ball.

1.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_War_Against_the_Turk

UPDATE: Same day - in case you've not been keeping score ...

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(from a comment by "Thomas Jeffersn69")

... this centuries Iranian attacks on American citizens and allies.

• August 2001: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist blew up  a Jerusalem pizzeria, killing three Americans.
• January 2002: An Iran-backed al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade terrorist killed  an American-Israeli dual citizen in the West Bank.
• July 2002: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist killed  five Americans in a bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
• June 2003: An Iran-backed Hamas suicide bomber killed  17 people — including an American citizen — on a bus in Jerusalem.
• October 2003: Iran-backed Popular Resistance Committees terrorists killed  three U.S. diplomatic personnel in a bombing in Gaza.
• Between 2003 and 2011: Iran-backed militias killed  at least 603 U.S. troops in Iraq — “roughly one in every six American combat fatalities in Iraq.”
• August 2003: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist blew up  a bus in Jerusalem, killing five Americans and wounding one other American.
• August 2006: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed  American citizen and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier Michael Levin during the Second Lebanon War — the only American to die in the conflict.
• January 2007: A dozen men affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force killed  five U.S. soldiers and wounded three others in Karbala, Iraq, after disguising  themselves as U.S. soldiers and entering the Provincial Joint Coordination Center.
• March 2007: Former FBI Agent Robert Levinson disappeared  in Iran, likely dying in an Iranian prison.
• July 2014: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed  two American citizens serving in the IDF.
• October 2015: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed  an American citizen and his wife in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank.
• December 2019: Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah terrorists killed  an American civilian contractor and wounded several U.S. service members in a rocket attack at K1 Air Base in Kirkuk, Iraq.
• January 2020: 109 U.S. troops suffered  traumatic brain injuries in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq.
• September 2020: U.S. intelligence indicated  the Iranian regime was considering a plot to assassinate the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa.
• February 2021: An Iran-backed militia fired  a rocket at coalition forces in Erbil, Iraq, wounding a U.S. service member and four U.S. civilian contractors.
• July 2021: Iranian-backed militias wounded  two U.S. service members in a series of rocket and drone attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.
• September 2022: An Iranian rocket attack killed  an American citizen in Iraqi Kurdistan.
• November 2022: An IRGC captain orchestrated  the killing of an American citizen in Baghdad.
• March 2023: An Iranian drone attack killed  an American contractor and wounded five U.S. service members and another contractor in a strike on a coalition base in Syria.
• October 2023: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed  46 Americans and kidnapped at least 12 Americans in the October 7th massacre.
• December 2023: Iran-backed militias wounded  three U.S. service members in an attack on Erbil Air Base in Iraq.
• January 2024: Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah  terrorists killed  three U.S. service members and wounded more than 40 other service members in a drone attack against the Tower 22 military base in Jordan.
• Between October 2023 and November 2024: Iran and its proxies conducted  more than 180 attacks against U.S. forces in the Middle East, wounding  more than 180 U.S. service members and killing three service members.
• November 2024: An Iranian national and IRGC asset was charged  for plotting to assassinate President Trump.
• June 2025: Iran-backed militias attacked  at least three U.S. bases in Syria and two U.S. bases  in Iraq.

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Update: same day - my comments to an overheated polmil chat board ...

OK, OK ...

So picture an old stereotypical mobster movie. All the Dons are having a 'sit down' and talkin' to the trouble maker. They're explainin' it's 'bad for business'. That's the Pakis, Saudis, etc. talking to Iran.

With nukes one flight from North Korea away from the Mullahs it's past time to deal with them. Folks like that are incompatible with a world in which the DNA manipulated super virus and fission/fusion are a thing.

Consider ... with the world as it is who do you want dealing with the murderous mullahs? Xi? Vlad? Kamala or Trump?

Consider also ... the Mullahs lining up kids and women around the power plants ... while Sulamani's niece is getting the GTFO treatment Beverly Hills ... is likely to light a fire.

Also, to the good, Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, and Tucker outed themselves.

Pray for the Iranians to recover their country to what it was before MI6 and the CIA derailed it.

Pray for our aircrews, ships companies, and operators.

And pray for ur Commander in Chief.

Courage.

(another) Letter to the President

Dear Mr President.

I pray daily for your safety and that of Melania and Barron. I pray that Susie Wiles is quickly healed and able to best serve you. I also pray that in these perilous times you have the true inspiration of God with which to make your decisions. Know that God does not speak thru Paula White and Hagee. 

I write to express my concern that you are adequately informed on the immense vulnerability of our critical infrastructure as you contemplate the destruction of Iran's. While I am sure our military can eliminate generators and power distribution centers in Iran (we have been since I was off the coast of Iran during Reagan's inauguration) – what capability do we have to see that ours is defended from unconventional attacks here? Iran's chief proxy is Hezbollah and they are very, very well established here (1). They have long ago developed their own 'target sets' and the FBI, while able to rummage thru Melania's underwear drawer, has done little but watch them grow over the last 20 years. Consider that our high voltage transformers take a year to replace and most are readily destroyed by gunfire. No power, then no refrigeration, no sewage lift stations - major cities in anarchy in days. 

We would have the red-green alliance, the Marxists in DC, and the complete dependent class, calling for revolution.

And all of that is apart from the simple question - are the Iranian citizens who will die as result of your infrastructure attacks really responsible for the actions of the Mullahs? Mullahs. I might add. who were put in power as result of the CIA and MI6 coup.

Weight this well before deciding Mr President. The elimination of the terrorist theocracy in Iran before they built– or North Korea supplied – nuclear weapons was necessary. Commencing open war before hardening our own infrastructure is, however, not likely a Divinely inspired strategy.

Very Respectfully, 

xxxx CDR, USN (Ret.) and Wounded Warrior dad

1, https://www.unomaha.edu/ncite/research/gw-reports/hezbollahs-operations-and-networks-in-the-us.pdf

The smell of fail

Folks,

I'll admit to being a pessimist when it comes to security. 

Let's just say it's the result of real world 'lived experience' as an intelligence analyst and an operations guy.  I learned "the smell of fail".

And that's what I smell right now.

We are engaged in, to put it bluntly, the unprecedented killing of Iranians in their homeland.   We are destroying bridges and critical infrastructure.  Why we did this without first eliminating known Iranian intel and strike assets within the US first is a damm good question - but not today's topic.

Iran is justly identified as the leading sponsor of Islamic terrorism worldwide.  Iran is the key sponsor of Hezbollah.   Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for overseeing operations outside Iran, will be working directly with Hezbollah in attacks in the US.  

We have long known of Hizbollah terror elements in the US.   They are very sophisticated and have long ago  developed in-depth target sets for terror attacks within the US.

"Despite the prominence of Hezbollah’s financing activities in the United States, overemphasizing the financial aspects risks misinterpreting the broader strategic picture: elements within Hezbollah remain interested in developing the capacity and capability to plot attacks on U.S. soil."

https://www.unomaha.edu/ncite/research/gw-reports/hezbollahs-operations-and-networks-in-the-us.pdf

We know thousands more potential Islamic terrorists have entered the US while our border was unguarded.

And, recently, in a fashion recognizable to me ... the 'smell', our 'intel professionals' have seen to it upcoming attacks within America will not be called a 'surprise' by them - even though they demonstrably lacked the ability to warn with adequate specificity to defend or deter the attack beforehand.

If you are involved in security for a church I recommend two documents for your review:

https://www.s1lentdrum.online/targetingineurope.pdf

https://www.s1lentdrum.online/terroragainstchristian.pdf

(both from JSTOR)

What we may see now is terrorism by organized 'cells' of competent commandos, not the familiar lone wolf or mental case.  The example of Europe, which has had activity by organized groups for decades, may be instructive.  

I pray our efforts to prevent a nuclear attack by Iran - if even with weapons bought from North Korea - are effective, and that Iranians regain freedoms lost long ago ... back to when MI6 and CIA did the deed to them.  But, meanwhile, IMHO, I'd recommend no trucks near church buildings.  backpacks not clearly packed with diapers searched, and real security on site during services.  

Long read - but worth your time

So often the ONLY resource to explain what's happening in our benighted capital is Conservative Treehouse.  

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/02/bondis-replacement-is-important-but-not-as-important-as-perceived/

I use to respect some of the folks who built our Deep State.  No more!  What they built was too easily turned against us.  And it has.

Pray for our country, our deployed aircrews and sailors, and our President.  

Trump fires Bondi ... Deep State pushes story Tulsi on way out too

Yeah ... sure ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fire-replace-tulsi-gabbard-pam-bondi-b2951027.html

Why does Deep State really REALLY want her gone?  She's uncovering everything, including ...

...https://x.com/TRUMP_ARMY_/status/2037819836479508855

Good to see

First - President Trump apparently listens to someone other than Hagee and Paula White on matters of faith ...  https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2038282063510458710 .

That is immensely good.

 And - there really is a strategy.  There are whole networks and internet algorythms manipulating your view of events and intended to distort your perception of all things Trump.  BUT there IS a strategy, and it's for the good of the United States and the world.   What is taking place is that Trump is dismantling the power centers that consolidated in the post war west, power center that grew because most folks were distracted building families and our 'leaders' were overwhelmingly lazy, ignorant, or corrupt.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/03/30/susan-kokinda-give-a-recap-of-the-latest-u-s-distancing-from-eu-nato-alliance/

That too is immensely good.

Special friend?

 Guess us goys forgot our place in the scheme of things ...

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/30/report-israel-will-decline-join-any-ground-operations-americans-might-launch-iran/

Remember how we got here -https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2026/03/finish-job-for-us.html

UPDATE:  4/1/26 - Trump still has zionist spy problems ... look who leaks the speech ...

Finish the job (for us) ...

Remember that great Israeli "intel" on "launch ready" WMDs that got us to go to war in Iraq?

Lies.

Then Bibi and friends told Trump he could set the Iranian nuke program back decades if he bombed them last June.

How'd that work for  - US?

Come January Bibi convinces Trump - who SHOULD have known better - they had a popular revolution in the works to free Iran if he bombed them  ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israels-mossad-promised-it-could-ignite-regime-change-iran-report

Lies.

All lies.

Now a former Israeli defense minister says US troops need to invade Iran 

...https://generalyoavgallant.substack.com/p/now-or-never-how-to-finish-the-job

Hey General - how 'bout you send these heroes instead?

Trump needs to get the MEGA folks out of the White House for good.

UPDATE: 3/28/26 - from someone who saw it happening first hand -https://rumble.com/v77pwo8-joe-kent-and-shawn-ryan-america-needs-to-tell-israel-no.html?mref=1wxk5&mc=ehuil

UPDATE: 3/30/26   Oy! Move the goal post .... Israeli spokesman and influencer Levine is all for it! https://rumble.com/v77t3jm-goalposts-moved-israeli-firster-mark-levin-attempts-to-make-case-for-boots-.html?mref=1wxk5&mc=ehuil.    

Rotten to the core ...

President Trump is crippled by having a CIA and FBI which were mutated into police state tools by Obama, and Obama, via his staff, which continued the work while Biden was allegedly President.

Here is the true genesis of two of the impeachment efforts run by the CIA against Trump.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/03/25/big-news-house-intel-committee-releases-hidden-transcript-of-inspector-general-michael-atkinson-transcript/

The FBI - in gross abuse of its powers - made Cash Patel the subject of intensive 'collection', clearly to have compromat against him before he was assigned FBI director.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/03/24/senators-grassley-and-johnson-release-fbi-surveillance-subpoena-on-kash-patel-potentially-used-for-control-leverage/

Without mass firings both the CIA and FBI remain hostile intelligence services and our safety is greatly compromised.  

Tulsi is the right person for the job - but she must have all authority to either clean out these shitholes or close them down.  Either way she must aggressively prosecute former employees.

A note to the President

We've sought inspiration before

It's getting late in the game and if Bibi promised a popular revolution following the bombing campaign he lied.   I don't know if we've eliminated all of Irans submarines - but do know what a torpedo might do if it hits the missile pack on a Burke.

So I send this note...

Dear Mr. President,

I  daily pray for you to be Inspired in your leadership.  I  understand the situation you face in Iran better than most.  I  was on the first, and 11 of the first 13, Earnest Will escort missions as the embarked commander's Intel and Air Ops officer.  I was  500 yards behind Bridgeton when it struck the mine, and just south of the straits when Vincennes shot down the Airbus and killed 290 civilians.    

As you must know the consequences of so many men (and regrettably some women) in close proximity, all with explosives and confusion, are never as planned.  The picture of the innocent Iranians on drag hooks being pulled from the Gulf should be on the wall in the sitroom.

The power grid target set for Iran is as old as Reagan's inauguration.  I  know that because I was also a flight officer in the Air Wing of one of the 3 carriers that would have commenced bombardment had the hostages not been released.   So, most of my career, and the brutal injury sustained by my son from an IED in Afghanistan - in part from the Mullah's export of terror expertise and tactics,  should have me argue emotionally to turn Iran into rubble ... but ...  you are contemplating a measure of total war, a war against a population not fully responsible for their leadership Mr President.  The Mullahs were greeted largely as result of our CIA and MI6's coup - but they haven't been popularly legitimized by the population in my memory.

The greatest credible threat from Iran is North Korean nukes paid for by the Iranians showing up in container boxes NYC and San Francisco harbor.  There was a reason they were funding Kim's program and attend the tests.  You made no apparent effort to eliminate Quds and Hizballah elements from our cities before joining Bibi's jihad.  Are you adequately preparing for the attacks on our infrastructure, our cities if total war is commenced?

Listen for God voice Mr President - and He doesn't speak thru Paula White or Hagee.  I  have faith in you, and in God and His benevolence if you seek His guidance.   

God bless you and Melania.  And may He see Susie is free of cancer soon too! (an old Jacksonville acquaintance)

From Texas,

XXXXXX, CDR, USN (Ret.) and Wounded Warrior dad

UPDATE: 3/24/26 - Yup, just as I said above - "if Bibi promised a popular revolution following the bombing campaign he lied. " https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/us/politics/iran-israel-trump-netanyahu-mossad.html and (non paywalled)https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israels-mossad-promised-it-could-ignite-regime-change-iran-report 

Maybe ... at last ... Trump will see our 'special friend' for who they really are. 

But, I repeat myself ..https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2026/03/when-gullible-meets-mendacious.html

Happy thought du jour ...

IQ - a little dated but still good …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjs2gPa5sD0

IQ in sub-saharan africa …

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nigerian-researchers-accidentally-confirm-africas-low-iq-problem

Such folks can anticipate chronic pain and depression in the developed world, especially if they’re conscientious. 

A comment in defense of The Donald

 One of my 'go tos' for intelligent discussion of things Lutheran is Ad Crucem (  https://www.adcrucem.news/ ).  They just posted a longish, but largely good analysis of the events leading up to our current war in Iran.   https://www.adcrucem.news/p/what-do-we-really-know-about-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=891735&post_id=191390727&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=yvl8u&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

I  replied with the comment below.  Bottom line is: President Trump in his typical way is doing the right - if ugly - thing and doing a poor job justifying it ... while smashing a vicious enemy to rubble.

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Dear Ad Crucem,

I completely agree with your analysis of the Israeli lobby's info war against all critics - not blindly for the war = antisemitic.

I completely disagree with your analysis that a simple nuclear device has no strategic impact. If smuggled into NY, San Francisco, and LA harbors their detonation would have war winning impact for Iran - that is, regime change in DC. I believe this is a real threat for a host of reasons including: North Korea's shift from plutonium to uranium, the known financial support Iran has provided to North Korea's weapons program, the presence of Iranian nuclear scientists at tests of North Korean nuclear devices, and North Korea's comments last June about providing nukes.

I believe such a scenario is a real and present danger that only annihilation of the theocratic islamist government in Iran will address.

I've included San Francisco in the likely target list because the Chinese would insist (the center AI research in the US) - and it is them, and them alone, who have the deciding vote on the delivery - North Korea is their creature.

President Trump in his typical way is doing the right, if ugly, thing - for the wrong reason, and on a timeline dictated by Bibi and friends. A proper timeline would have had visible identification of Quds and Hizballah cells in the US neutralized first but, what is is better than what could have been.

May God bless our sailors and aircrews and may Iran's Christians have an Easter with celebration.

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Sad circus

I really tried to watch the entire intel community brief to congress.  

https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/national-security-officials-testify-on-global-threats-to-the-us/675316

BUT ...

Watching repulsive, traitorous creatures like Warner and Wyden try to score political points is enough to cause folks who care about this country to call 911 because of IBS. 

Compared with them the elected representatives who were confronting Bill Casey back when were the epitome of patriotism, statesmanship, and intellectual acumen. 

Sigh ... here's to President Trump!  

A good man

 https://thelibertydaily.com/u-s-counterterror-chief-11-time-combat-veteran/

Easy to see this is a protest over the intolerable amount of influence our 'special friend' has in US National Security policy and decisions.

God bless him.

And God help Tulsi with trying to recover a shred of our liberty from the Deep State and the Zionist lobby.

Get all of MEGA, including the detestable Paula White, out of the White House.  

UPDATE: 3/18/26 - A little more reporting on the departure 

...https://www.christianpost.com/news/counterterrorism-director-joe-kent-resigns-over-iran-war.html

While I've been constantly warning that Iran was, in fact, only a flight from North Korea from taking possession of nuclear weapons they've already paid for - meaning they were an imminent thereat - I fully agree with Mr. Kent's primary complaint that Israel has corrupted Trump's National Security decision making process.   An America First President would have had massive efforts to round up the Quds and Hizballah elements already in the US BEFORE attacking Iran.  

The war last year, the war we are in, both were at Bibi's instigation.  For his, and the Zionist project's  benefit, NOT ours.

Listen to Mr. Kent and Tulsi Mr. President.

Tulsi's still got her hands full - https://justthenews.com/government/security/analysts-hid-chinese-2020-meddling-intel-vulgarian-trump-over-opposing-his

Until we have agencies that report the truth- the entire truth -  to the President he will be ever more likely to be misled by "our special friend" (TM).

UPDATE: 3/24/26 - The CIA and FBI are hostile intelligence services and threats to our national security.  Close them.  Fire the personnel and prosecute those who abused their power to attack our republic - https://www.christianpost.com/news/biden-cia-listed-motherhood-homemaking-in-extremism-report.html?utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=Daily&utm_medium=newsletter

Get off yer' ass

 Our nation is at risk ... again

Odds are, about a thousand of you will read this today.

Each of you should take the moment to go online to Senate.gov, select your state and send a short message (like below) to your Senators to get the SAVE act passed.

 The swamp doesn't want to - but it is their SWORN duty to defend the constitution.  I   can't think of a clearer instance in which they would be performing that duty than passing this unfortunately necessary bill.

Example (I    sent this morning) 

Dear Senator xxx,

There is no escaping the simple truth that your oath demands you pass the SAVE act.  

Do your sworn duty sir.  No excuses.  No delay.

Respectfully,

xxx 

Makin' it simple ...

I've tried for a number of years to explain what happened to Christianity in America (1) ... this guy makes it simple -https://rumble.com/v774c0y-jp-sears-hey-man-whats-zionism.html?mref=1htl22&mc=e16nv

Maybe someone can get Trump, our LtGov, and a heap of delusional 'christians' to sit down and have a watch.

1.  Example -  https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2020/08/musing-on-origin-of-major-shift-in.html

Some questions for our Commander in Chief

What happens when Israel dictates when, and against who, the US enters into a war with?

When you decided to join Bibi in attacking Iran:

In your assessment, how well prepared was the US to deal with the inevitable Iranian effort to block shipping?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5S2ek2QcHQ. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3GrShi04pI (Excellent analysis)

In your assessment, how well prepared was the US for a QUDS / Hizballah and red/green joint terror campaign within the US?

https://www.heritage.org/terrorism/commentary/more-islamist-terror-coming-we-are-woefully-unprepared

Do you understand what happens to your administration domestically when Israel is seen clearly dictating what Americans can say?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Lhq-QlP8s

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15645949/ted-cruz-christ-king-antisemitic-video.html

Did Bibi promise a popular revolution in Iran - and not deliver?

What is plan B?  Have you got a plan that is not contingent on any Israeli 'intelligence' (sic)?

I've seen this before.  

I remember how it ended.  

It wasn't pretty.