Anyone else feel like we are heading into a “Perfect Storm”? Our fiscal house is virtually insolvent, our social house has run amok to the point that we think that men can be women and women can be men and must not only accept that as fact but applaud those who believe such irrational nonsense, our political house is so corrupt and impotent as to be for all intents and purposes useless, our military house is filled with delusional warmongers who are fully convinced that no country is brazen enough to call our bluff! With this latest adventure into “Foreign Policy for Dummies” it just seems like it’s all about to converge and create a storm that may prove to be our last and final national nightmare. We’ve been writing checks with our mouths that we can’t possibly cash and the dirty little secret that nobody in DC wants to face is, the whole world has caught on to us. There’s no more road to kick the can down.
I cannot reply to other post,so posting a new comment: Maybe of interest? It seems to be without a pay wall: Elijah J Magnier “Sovereignty Under Siege: Iran, the West, and the Illusion of Choice”
Woke up this morning to news that Trump is now calling for regime change in Iran. Wow, didn’t even take 48 hrs to go from one and done, to full on regime change.
Mark, I had not heard about Trump's Senior Advisor to the newly created “White House Faith Office"--Paula White-Cain. I watched the video you linked in your article, and said out loud "maniac". Hollering and pounding--is that her way to preach to people?
I researched, and got a bead on her: televangelist, charismatic movement, prosperity 'theologian', no college or seminary degrees, one of the top 20 wealthiest evangelical 'clergy' in the US, staunch supporter of Israel and the 'chosen people'.
Here is an article that will tell you more about this woman:
MAGA is now forced to remain loyal to an increasingly unhinged President who no longer represents his base of antiwar patriots. Just as those who knew Biden was demented yet insisted he was sane, the MAGAtards are forced to pretend all is well with Trump. Eventually these sycophants will fold and MAGA will be marginalized.
Trump taking on Massie is like Goliath taking on David. Massie will not bend.
Massie built his entire house with his hands! He didn’t use nails. It’s run on solar power. The man is a hard worker and brilliant. He’s a farmer and engineer.
His wit and sense of humor make him unflappable.
Can Vance survive being associated with the increasingly toxic Trump?
Glad you posted this. I happened to catch the Col. on a podcast nearly three years ago, and have followed and admired him since. I know he used to talk about his friends in Israel and that he did not want to see Israel destroyed. I have noticed that kind of sentiment become much more subdued since Trump took office.
Time for the NGOs to pivot from being anti-ICE to being pro-Iran. As usual, everything is already planned out and ready to go. Certainly not a spur of the moment movement...
MACA. Make America Crazy Again. Troops in the ME doing regime change and troops in the streets quelling socialist rioters. Must be good for someone, but not for normal folk trying to pay bills and buy groceries. Ugh
I have been watching a great deal of Judge Napolitano show as well as many others on YouTube and have been getting a much better analysis of what’s going on that we will ever get from the mainstream media.
I have been particularly watching Colonel McGregor and he is making a great deal of sense here and yes, I believe he’s now seeing the light about Trump and everything else .
One of the main things that the mainstream media is not reporting on and doesn’t want to is the long-term economic consequences of a war with Iran and or wider regional war in the Middle East . I have tried to make that point with some people, particularly on Free Republic and I have been rejected, and accused of being a traitor to Trump, etc., etc..
As someone pointed out the other day 50% of the people in the United States have a fifth grade reading level which means they cannot comprehend what’s going on.
I believe Colonel McGregor is right and that MAGA is going the way of the dodo. I caught a video with Pepe Escobar, who was saying the same thing. All I can say is that the Kool-Aid drinkers supporting Trump cannot and will not see the truth and will continue to believe whatever he says.
If you contradict the truth about the airstrikes yesterday, with the reality of the analysis that you see outside of the mainstream media, you are immediately condemned and accused of all types of things . Absolutely amazing ignorance of the people in this country right this minute..
Yes, Stephen, many people are propagandized into what to think.
The media and political 'leaders' use the same lines over and over in their interviews, speeches, and written columns. It actually is akin to hypnosis., IMO.
So when you tell people what is reality, or send them facts, they have a kind of 'dome' over their brains that keeps the truth from entrance and acceptance.
" . . . accused of being a traitor to Trump, . . . " I think Trump is the traitor, here, to the image he created and which he used to misguide people. The Trump Kool-Aid drinkers are a plenty on Substack. Some I used to read a lot, but seldom do now because of their nearsightedness.
Pretending that it’s on Iran to make peace happen now is beyond ridiculous. Take this punch and then we’ll call it peace when you don’t retaliate. This episode reinforces yet again what everyone with a brain has known since Trumps first term, even if our projection of what Trump could be has sometimes clouded it: the empire will either destroy Iran, Russia, and China (and anyone else who resists) or die trying. Every bit of “diplomacy” is a ruse. Every public spat with Israel and the rest of the Anglozionist warmonger crew is a head fake.
The “America” in MAGA is equivalent to the dems’ “our democracy.” It’s the gravy train of endless war.
How regular Iranians and their elites react to this will dictate how far all this goes. It sounds like the desire to make peace with the west is the reason that Iran rejected Russia’s military umbrella overtures. If these attacks indeed humiliate the average person and turn them back to the regime and away from the west then we have a major major problem on our hands. If the elite is still afraid of the consequences of escalation then the conflict may simmer down for a bit, but if Iran doesn’t escalate now how can they be considered credible in the least? That will invite attacks forever. When will they realize that there will never be peace without total subjugation? Same with Russia and China. Their patience is easily mistaken for passivity and frankly stupidity. Yes they play the long game but do they really have so much time that they can tolerate the destruction of their own proxies?
"Israel’s war for Jewish Supremacy in the Middle East will fail and Washington will now fail with it. The war against Iran will fail because the war is unjust and the world will ensure that it fails."
Indeed, with our own unprovoked sneak attack on the heels of Israel's particularly vile, unprovoked sneak attack, with the blood of Palestinians in Gaza and that of other Arabs in the region on our hands with Israel, we enter this war on the lowest of moral low ground. See https://www.bitchute.com/video/vgUommr0di3E
"Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplishes anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable, they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack."
Perfect description of those we have in power in D.C. now (not to include Thomas Massie), and of one person in particular.
We should pray for God's grace even as His justice prevails.
Anyone else feel like we are heading into a “Perfect Storm”? Our fiscal house is virtually insolvent, our social house has run amok to the point that we think that men can be women and women can be men and must not only accept that as fact but applaud those who believe such irrational nonsense, our political house is so corrupt and impotent as to be for all intents and purposes useless, our military house is filled with delusional warmongers who are fully convinced that no country is brazen enough to call our bluff! With this latest adventure into “Foreign Policy for Dummies” it just seems like it’s all about to converge and create a storm that may prove to be our last and final national nightmare. We’ve been writing checks with our mouths that we can’t possibly cash and the dirty little secret that nobody in DC wants to face is, the whole world has caught on to us. There’s no more road to kick the can down.
I cannot reply to other post,so posting a new comment: Maybe of interest? It seems to be without a pay wall: Elijah J Magnier “Sovereignty Under Siege: Iran, the West, and the Illusion of Choice”
https://ejmagnier.com/2025/06/23/sovereignty-under-siege-iran-the-west-and-the-illusion-of-choice/
Woke up this morning to news that Trump is now calling for regime change in Iran. Wow, didn’t even take 48 hrs to go from one and done, to full on regime change.
I have arrested many people like that faith advisor and taken them to hospital for a 72hr psych hold ....
I wonder if those trucks were going to Pakistan.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/perhaps-pakistan-could-receive-irans-nuclear-supplies-after-hostilities-cease-senior-us-analyst-michael-rubin/amp_articleshow/121944651.cms
Mark, I had not heard about Trump's Senior Advisor to the newly created “White House Faith Office"--Paula White-Cain. I watched the video you linked in your article, and said out loud "maniac". Hollering and pounding--is that her way to preach to people?
I researched, and got a bead on her: televangelist, charismatic movement, prosperity 'theologian', no college or seminary degrees, one of the top 20 wealthiest evangelical 'clergy' in the US, staunch supporter of Israel and the 'chosen people'.
Here is an article that will tell you more about this woman:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/paula-white-house-faith-passover-video-supernatural-blessing-prosperity-gospel-exodus/
Having a person like Paula White as his spiritual advisor fits into Trump's now-revealed loyalties and mission.
MAGA is now forced to remain loyal to an increasingly unhinged President who no longer represents his base of antiwar patriots. Just as those who knew Biden was demented yet insisted he was sane, the MAGAtards are forced to pretend all is well with Trump. Eventually these sycophants will fold and MAGA will be marginalized.
Manul, you and I, and commenters here are antiwar patriots!
I like the ID. : )
Trump taking on Massie is like Goliath taking on David. Massie will not bend.
Massie built his entire house with his hands! He didn’t use nails. It’s run on solar power. The man is a hard worker and brilliant. He’s a farmer and engineer.
His wit and sense of humor make him unflappable.
Can Vance survive being associated with the increasingly toxic Trump?
Massie 2028!
If Vance had a sense of honor and care for his future, his best move would be to resign.
Glad you posted this. I happened to catch the Col. on a podcast nearly three years ago, and have followed and admired him since. I know he used to talk about his friends in Israel and that he did not want to see Israel destroyed. I have noticed that kind of sentiment become much more subdued since Trump took office.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/report-warns-woke-army-dark-money-funded-ngos-could-take-irans-war-americas-streets
Time for the NGOs to pivot from being anti-ICE to being pro-Iran. As usual, everything is already planned out and ready to go. Certainly not a spur of the moment movement...
MACA. Make America Crazy Again. Troops in the ME doing regime change and troops in the streets quelling socialist rioters. Must be good for someone, but not for normal folk trying to pay bills and buy groceries. Ugh
I have been watching a great deal of Judge Napolitano show as well as many others on YouTube and have been getting a much better analysis of what’s going on that we will ever get from the mainstream media.
I have been particularly watching Colonel McGregor and he is making a great deal of sense here and yes, I believe he’s now seeing the light about Trump and everything else .
One of the main things that the mainstream media is not reporting on and doesn’t want to is the long-term economic consequences of a war with Iran and or wider regional war in the Middle East . I have tried to make that point with some people, particularly on Free Republic and I have been rejected, and accused of being a traitor to Trump, etc., etc..
As someone pointed out the other day 50% of the people in the United States have a fifth grade reading level which means they cannot comprehend what’s going on.
I believe Colonel McGregor is right and that MAGA is going the way of the dodo. I caught a video with Pepe Escobar, who was saying the same thing. All I can say is that the Kool-Aid drinkers supporting Trump cannot and will not see the truth and will continue to believe whatever he says.
If you contradict the truth about the airstrikes yesterday, with the reality of the analysis that you see outside of the mainstream media, you are immediately condemned and accused of all types of things . Absolutely amazing ignorance of the people in this country right this minute..
Yes, Stephen, many people are propagandized into what to think.
The media and political 'leaders' use the same lines over and over in their interviews, speeches, and written columns. It actually is akin to hypnosis., IMO.
So when you tell people what is reality, or send them facts, they have a kind of 'dome' over their brains that keeps the truth from entrance and acceptance.
Remind you of the Covid-era ops? Still alive and kicking.
Oh man, you are so right...yes it does remind me of the ops.
Scary business, which we will continue to combat.
" . . . accused of being a traitor to Trump, . . . " I think Trump is the traitor, here, to the image he created and which he used to misguide people. The Trump Kool-Aid drinkers are a plenty on Substack. Some I used to read a lot, but seldom do now because of their nearsightedness.
Trump has a large base of loud cheerleaders. It’s a personality cult.
Pretending that it’s on Iran to make peace happen now is beyond ridiculous. Take this punch and then we’ll call it peace when you don’t retaliate. This episode reinforces yet again what everyone with a brain has known since Trumps first term, even if our projection of what Trump could be has sometimes clouded it: the empire will either destroy Iran, Russia, and China (and anyone else who resists) or die trying. Every bit of “diplomacy” is a ruse. Every public spat with Israel and the rest of the Anglozionist warmonger crew is a head fake.
The “America” in MAGA is equivalent to the dems’ “our democracy.” It’s the gravy train of endless war.
How regular Iranians and their elites react to this will dictate how far all this goes. It sounds like the desire to make peace with the west is the reason that Iran rejected Russia’s military umbrella overtures. If these attacks indeed humiliate the average person and turn them back to the regime and away from the west then we have a major major problem on our hands. If the elite is still afraid of the consequences of escalation then the conflict may simmer down for a bit, but if Iran doesn’t escalate now how can they be considered credible in the least? That will invite attacks forever. When will they realize that there will never be peace without total subjugation? Same with Russia and China. Their patience is easily mistaken for passivity and frankly stupidity. Yes they play the long game but do they really have so much time that they can tolerate the destruction of their own proxies?
"Israel’s war for Jewish Supremacy in the Middle East will fail and Washington will now fail with it. The war against Iran will fail because the war is unjust and the world will ensure that it fails."
Indeed, with our own unprovoked sneak attack on the heels of Israel's particularly vile, unprovoked sneak attack, with the blood of Palestinians in Gaza and that of other Arabs in the region on our hands with Israel, we enter this war on the lowest of moral low ground. See https://www.bitchute.com/video/vgUommr0di3E
Brilliant post - even if depressing! Thank you.
"Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplishes anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable, they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack."
Perfect description of those we have in power in D.C. now (not to include Thomas Massie), and of one person in particular.
We should pray for God's grace even as His justice prevails.
Dissonant, there is so much in Mark's post to inform, surprise, and react to!
1. "Meanwhile the operation to keep Israel running will eat billions of $"
...And Zelensky just asked for $40+billion.
2. "The fifth stage of Washington’s strategy is the isolation of China with the aim of inducing a famine."
...Cue evil laugh from wicked emperor, with his hand-claws grasping a globe/model of Earth.