There are two wars being fought right now in Iran: A military one, which the United States is dominating on all fronts, and a political one, which is proving more difficult than the former. Why?
President Donald Trump has a lot to contend with right now: The MAGA base, the crazy Democrat opposition, the midterms, the economy, the charge that he’s too influenced by Israel, and the general repulsion of the American people for anything to do with the Middle East, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
NATO might be an absolute wasteland, but countries in Eastern Europe are serious when it comes to defending themselves. They not only devote a higher proportion of their budgets for military defense, they also are developing new weapons to protect against drones.
Here’s a compact and inexpensive, yet quite versatile new drone defense system jointly developed by Poland and Estonia. As Russia has embraced the drones coming out of Iran, these Eastern European nations are not sitting pretty like the fools in Spain and France. Here’s more from Steve Turley.
Could President Donald Trump be “SAVING ISRAEL FOR LAST?”
Joshua Reid from The Redpill Project joins the podcast to give some insight on the Trump operation to “save Israel for last” that could be unfolding before our very eyes..
Are the Benjamin Netanyahu videos psyops released by the White Hats? Does Trump support Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, and the messages they are presenting? Is Israel really behind much of the violence, war, terrorism and skullduggery in the Middle East? You Decide! Here’s more from David “Nino” Rodriguez.
Just how dirty was Joe Kent in his operation of the National Counterterrorism Center? Did he have a hand in hiding details about the Charlie Kirk political assassination?
How did he manage to maneuver the CIA and FBI to keep them off the path to discovering the truth? Did the Joint Terrorism Task Force play a role? Were the assassins Egyptians or Syrian rebels?
George Webb offers some possibilities, drawing from the research of Candace Owens while also looking backward at another political assassination — the attempted murder of President Donald Trump at Butler, Pennsylvania a summer ago. Quite the quagmire here!
Criticism of Operation Epic Fury continues to come in from the usual suspects… and some of the unusual ones as well.
In this episode of Right Angle, Scott Ott, joined by Steve Green and Bill Whittle, wrestle not with strategy and objectives but rather morality and historical wisdom.
Many times, life is not about good and bad options. Many times, it’s about bad and worse ones.
By all traditional methodology and criteria, Iran is now inert: Naval and air forces eviscerated, missile defenses offline, and an army rendered largely useless, as no one is fighting on the ground. However, tactical success is not necessarily equivalent to strategic victory.
It is hard to think of a single battle lost in Iraq or Afghanistan, yet the United States lacked a plan for strategic resolution in either theater. With this in mind, Iran’s current strategy is as follows: The mullahs can afford to lose their military because, ultimately, without U.S. troops on the ground, the regime will remain intact.
This, and many other factors, begs the question: Where does Trump go from here? asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.” “In other words, they’re saying as long as we have oil, Kharg Island, and as long as we have these huge oil fields, when you get tired of pounding us into rubble, you’re going go back to the United States. Israel’s going go back and be quiet, and we’re going get all of our oil revenues and we’re going have them. “
And we are going to buy from Russia, North Korea and China missiles, drones, recreate our own drone industry, and we probably have enough fissile material that you didn’t get, and nobody could get. It’s hidden deep in the mountains, that we will make bombs. And this time we’re going to use them because we understand what you will do next time.”
The Iranian regime lied about their capabilities, and on Saturday, they proved it. The regime fired tyo intercontinental ballistic missiles Saturday at Diego Garcia, the joint American-British military base located on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. Neither missile reached the base — one was struck down in flight, while the other one fizzled.
Still, if the Tranians can reach Diego Garcia, they have the capability to strike targets at a similar range across Europe. Praise God, President DonaldTrump struck Iran before they could strike the USA bases in the area, or our European allies. Here’ s more from Lori Colley.
Iran is now signaling plans to target the United States indirectly via Venezuela. Tehran is using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage, while their commanders signal threats against desalination plants and energy infrastructure. President Donald Trump has responded by promising “total destruction” if Iran crosses the line again.
Here, Stephen Gardner walks through Operation Epic Fury, the massive U.S. and allied campaign degrading Iran’s missile, drone, and naval assets. He also discusses what new intelligence reveals about enriched uranium, Iran’s long‑range strike capability, and the true level of danger to U.S. bases in Europe and the eastern seaboard. You’ll see how Trump quietly positioned forces in the Gulf, Red Sea, and Mediterranean before striking, and how his State of the Union hints now look like a clear warning in hindsight.
Gardner also tackles what everyone feels at home: gas prices and inflation. Kevin O’Leary says the real danger isn’t a short‑term price spike. It’s 90 days of oil stuck around 90–100 dollars a barrel. That’s when inflation locks in and families get crushed at the pump. Right now we’re about three weeks into this Iran‑driven surge. Markets are betting this gets resolved closer to 30 days than six months. If Trump and U.S. allies can break Iran’s terror chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, some economists believe energy prices could actually fall as the “terror tax” comes off global oil.
President Donald Trump called on NATO allies to help with Iran and re-open the Strait of Hormuz. This is something they need more than us. Most said no but are now mildly interested.
Trump complained that they wouldn’t show up for us when we needed them but we always show up for them. The US spends roughly $1.53 Trillion on NATO annually.
Do you see President Trump pulling us out of NATO and using that money to bolster our military, our border, our security and use it on making life and the economy better for Americans or is he just blowing off steam or using this guilt as leverage?
Here, Tony Schafer joins Stephen Gardner to discuss NATO’s waffling. Shafer is a former U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, best known for his claims about intelligence mishandling contributing to our lack of preparation for the 9-11 attacks.
