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Iran’s Determination to Break Out From the Panopticon of Western 360° Containment

Iran’s Determination to Break Out From the Panopticon of Western 360° Containment

by | Apr 13, 2026 |

The temporary cessation of hostilities across West Asia very much hangs in the balance. Originally, there was to be a cessation of military actions across “all fronts” including Lebanon — that being one of the ten Iranian preconditions to negotiations towards a permanent ceasefire. Trump duly affirmed that Iran’s 10-point framework provided a “workable basis” to begin direct negotiations with Iran. For Iran, the points were seen as pre-conditions, rather than starting points from which...

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When Is a Ceasefire a Scam?

When Is a Ceasefire a Scam?

by | Apr 11, 2026 |

During my most recent appearance on Judge Napolitano’s Judging Freedom on Wednesday I expressed the view that the ongoing ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was a scam designed to support Israeli interests in the region and to give both Tel Aviv and the White House breathing room to prepare for the next major assault on Iran. I based my judgment on several aspects of the story being circulated by the White House and the tame media. First of all, it is being suggested...

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Speculation Surges That Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic Ahead Of Expanded US Action On Iran

Speculation Surges That Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic Ahead Of Expanded US Action On Iran

by | Apr 10, 2026 |

President Trump has made clear that American forces will still be "hanging around" the Persian Gulf area with an eye on Iran, while demanding that the Strait of Hormuz be opened to global energy transit once again.  Trump has vowed to keep troops positioned for a fight "until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with." As direct US-Iran talks are set for Islamabad Saturday morning, there's been an avalanche of speculation that the...

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Is the Samson Option unthinkable?

Is the Samson Option unthinkable?

by | Apr 10, 2026 |

The Samson Option, Israel’s doctrine of last-resort nuclear retaliation, is no longer a theoretical contingency. At the end of seven weeks of war in the Persian Gulf, the conditions that might trigger it are not emerging; they may already be present. What began as a joint US/Israeli campaign for regime change and decapitation of Iran’s leadership has collapsed into a protracted strategic failure. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed. US bases across the Gulf have been evacuated. American...

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Iran: Won’t Get Fooled Again

Iran: Won’t Get Fooled Again

by | Apr 10, 2026 |

Here we go again. Trump is sending two Zionists—the real estate developer Steve Witkoff, son-in-law Jared Kushner, and VP J.D. Vance—to Islamabad, Pakistan, this weekend to “engage with the Iranians,” as CNN, soon to be owned by the Ellison Zionists, put it. It seems everything is coming up Zionist these days. Apparently, even the Iranians are not disturbed by this, considering the murderous treachery of past “engagements.” Karoline Leavitt, the Barbie of Trumpian...

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Killing and Indifference

Killing and Indifference

by | Apr 10, 2026 |

Is personal freedom a reality or a myth? Does the government execute the will of the governed or the will of those who finance its officials? Does the Bill of Rights restrain the government? Are the levers of government power pulled by those the governed have elected or those we don’t see? Do elections change anything? Can the president kill people whom he suspects might commit a crime? Aren’t even those who would cause great harm entitled to due process? Isn’t everyone entitled to a fair...

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Trump Got Played by Israel… And the Game Continues

Trump Got Played by Israel… And the Game Continues

by | Apr 9, 2026 |

Here is the non-news news flash up front — The alleged ceasefire between the United States and Iran is kaput. While there has been no official announcement stipulating that it is over, trust me, it is over. The copium in the Trump administration in particular, and in Washington, DC in general, is ridiculous… Proclamations of a great military victory over Iran, without one shred of evidence that the US achieved any strategic objectives other than inspiring Iran to take control of the...

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America Last: War Abroad, Tyranny at Home—and the Theft of a Nation

America Last: War Abroad, Tyranny at Home—and the Theft of a Nation

by | Apr 9, 2026 |

“We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of … daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things… We have to take care of one thing: military protection.”—President Donald J. Trump Every bomb dropped abroad is a bill sent home. Every war waged in the name of “security” is paid for by Americans who go without—without affordable healthcare, without stable housing, without a government that prioritizes their well-being. As the U.S. pours trillions into endless wars and military...

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Nuclear Myths Continue to Fuel Neocon Fantasies

Nuclear Myths Continue to Fuel Neocon Fantasies

by | Apr 9, 2026 |

In a recent televised rant on the Fox News Channel, the neoconservative publicist Mark Levin made the eye-opening claim that the current US-Israeli War on Iran is “every bit as important as World War Two.” Still more, according to Levin, the specter of an Iranian nuclear weapon (for which there is approximately zero evidence), requires us, as good citizens to rally around the President and the military. Not surprisingly, Levin also noted that President’s Truman decision to use atomic weapons...

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Statement of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on the Two-Week Ceasefire and Negotiation Conditions

Statement of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on the Two-Week Ceasefire and Negotiation Conditions

by | Apr 8, 2026 |

If you think the war is over, think again. Iran has not agreed to a ceasefire. They have agreed to stop retaliating as long as Israel and the US stop their attacks. So that ball is in the West’s corner. Despite the White House claim that the Strait of Hormuz is now open for business, it is not. Iran will continue to allow ships on a case-by-case basis to enter and leave the Persian Gulf after paying a cover charge. Iran will split this money with Oman. If Iran charges a million dollars —...

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Claiming Victory, Whilst admitting Defeat: There is No Easy Way to Open Hormuz

Claiming Victory, Whilst admitting Defeat: There is No Easy Way to Open Hormuz

by | Apr 7, 2026 |

Bloomberg: “It is arguably Iran that has secured the most significant strategic victory … There is every sign that Tehran’s ability to control the Strait is increasing” The defeats which the West keeps on having “[are] above all … intellectual.” And “not being able to understand what they are seeing – means that it’s impossible to respond effectively to it.” So Aurelien has argued. But “the problem goes beyond the fighting on the battlefield, to seeing and understanding the nature of...

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The Trillion-Dollar Illusion

The Trillion-Dollar Illusion

by | Apr 7, 2026 |

The latest American-Israeli aggression against Iran has exposed the United States’ inability to defend our big bases in the Gulf Countries and smaller bases in Iraq. For decades, these countries have had to endure the ire of their populations who are unhappy with the presence of U.S. forces in their lands. Their citizens are painfully aware of the U.S. and Israeli mass destruction and murder of their Muslim brothers. This may become a source of instability as war escalates. Our leaders bribed...

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What the Hell Happened with the Rescue of the F-15E WSO in Iran?

What the Hell Happened with the Rescue of the F-15E WSO in Iran?

by | Apr 6, 2026 |

Iran’s air defense system succeeded on Friday, April 3, in downing a US F-15E over Iran. There is some dispute and confusion about the exact location (more about that later). The pilot and the WSO (i.e., Weapons System Officer) both successfully ejected but were separated. The pilot was quickly rescued by the Combat Search and Rescue (i.e., CSAR) and the two Pave Hawk helicopters ferrying him back to safety were hit, but managed to make it to Kuwait — despite trailing visible black smoke. The...

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Trump’s Easter Ultimatum: Open the (Expletive) Strait or Else

Trump’s Easter Ultimatum: Open the (Expletive) Strait or Else

by | Apr 6, 2026 |

It was a few minutes past five in the morning on Easter Sunday, April 5 when President Trump, with all the élan of a drunken sailor suffering from coprolalia, mounted his social media and posted the following: 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! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP Trump’s outburst is more than a simple...

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Worse than John McCain?

Worse than John McCain?

by | Apr 6, 2026 |

Following President Trump’s address to the nation on Wednesday about the Iran War, stock markets suffered losses while oil prices rose. The decline in stocks and increase in oil prices reflected disappointment over President Trump’s failure to articulate a plan to end the Iran War and the related restraint of shipping through of the Strait of Hormuz. The average gas price in America has risen to over four dollars per gallon since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran at the end of...

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Trump Talks War for Easter Week

Trump Talks War for Easter Week

by | Apr 4, 2026 |

This past week was what many Christians regard as Holy Week, starting with celebration of Jesus Christ’s Last Supper on Holy Thursday; mourning Christ’s crucifixion and death on Good Friday; continuing with prayer and church services on Holy Saturday; and concluding with the glory of Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. Here in Washington things were predictably a bit different, starting with a President Donald Trump speech to the nation on Wednesday night which was a series of...

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Peace & Prosperity Blog

Governor Thomas Massie?

Governor Thomas Massie?

by | Apr 10, 2026

A run for governor may be in the future for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), but only if he first wins his May 19 Republican primary contest — the next step in his race for reelection...

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Keeping DHS Unfunded

Keeping DHS Unfunded

by | Mar 19, 2026

In January, I wrote about Democrats in the United States Senate proposing a group of changes in US immigration enforcement. Listing some of the suggested changes, I summed them...

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