Middle East War – Really Right

Thoughts on Iran and Graham Platner

Iran War

Iran is a very interesting situation. First of all, it’s a very unpopular topic back here in the USA. To understand the conflict, you must take a step back. Iran is a terrorist lead regime hell bent on raising holy hell in the Middle East. They have never played by the rules of law. They enriched uranium when they said they wouldn’t and have funded and armed terror proxies in Gaza and Yemen. They have broken the cease fire at least twice now by firing at ships in the Strait of Hormuz. As a result, we have bombed them again for the last 2 days. I am no expert, but their infrastructure has to be pretty blown up by now. We took out the Ayatollah, but his son is the replacement… more of the same.

What is the end game here?

Hard to say. Boots on the ground is not going to fly but would be the easiest way to get a regime change. There is political risk as well, we have elections in November. The war is very unpopular and if the Democrats take Congress, they likely will do what they can to end the war themselves. Iran is clearly banking on prolonging the conflict in hopes of help the Democrats in November’s General Elections. Iran and its regime are not going to give up. It shows weakness. They also know if they do give up power, they best defect to Russia as the natives will likely try and hang them. The thing to remember is there was an uprising which Trump had called for; however, we did nothing and those people are all either jailed or were killed. This is a brutal regime. I think the end game looks like us continuing to bomb them for several weeks. Sure, we are going through our stockpiles of missiles and bombs, but we cant just hit pause. The more we take out, the weaker they get. I just wish we would get better information, as Trump keeps saying we have demolished them, yet they keep stirring up trouble?

I do not think we achieved our goals in Iran. We have never learned our lesson about this region of the world. Terror regimes do not give up. They do not get overthrown. It will be another forever war if we keep going. Similar to Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah, they agree to a cease fire, reload then go back at it again. Isn’t it interesting that Israel has quit assisting us? Especially when they were the ones who dragged us in?

Graham Platner drops out in Maine

No real shock here. As blogged before, he has more skeletons than a graveyard. Well, two allegations of rape against him were leveled earlier this week. So, Democrats went to their newly found playbook. Removing him from the ballot by making him drop out, ala Joe Biden. The Democrats will convene in the smoke-filled room and pick their preferred candidate. Once again, they override the will of the voters in their Party. Better a viable candidate that is selected, not elected. It sucks when they leave things in the hands of their voters. This should be illegal.

These allegations were out about Platner, and he still won the primary by about 52% over his next closest challenger. He is who the people wanted, now they will pick someone who wasn’t on the ballot to run instead! It was a bizarre 11-minute video on X, filmed from the side of a roadway. Rambling and barely coherent, he was all over the place. I would have done a brief press conference or released a statement. He did himself no favors. This man is a trash human being. How he was picked to run, or even better yet got the nomination in a landslide is beyond the pale to me. These whacko candidates are somehow drawn to politics right now and it is scary.

This is actually a problem for the GOP. You see, as blogged in this space, Platner, like some of the other whackos Democrats want on the ballot, could be used by Republicans to label the whole slate of Democrats as out of touch extremists. Their job would be easier with Platner on the ballot. Ideally, they can hold these candidates, their beliefs, and baggage, over the head of every Democrat running in November. With Platner gone, there will be a better candidate on the ballot, allegedly.

In closing, how does Platner become the nominee? He beat the brakes off the current governor in the primary. This baggage was coming out long before that vote. I understand Bernie Sanders, and Zohran Mamdani picked him out, but do they not vet people? It’s amazing this guy was close to being a Senator. So, I guess this is the new normal. When the Democrats don’t like you, they pull you from the ballot for a more preferred candidate?

Sen John Fetterman said it best about last night when Platner dropped out “the trash took itself out.” Starting to like Fetterman, I’ll be honest.

The Chief

Israel Knew of Hamas Attack One Year in Advance

No surprise with this news. We knew that Israel planned to force Hamas to take some sort of action at least five years prior to this attack. The expansion of Jewish settlements and other efforts to expand the Jewish State at the expense of the Palestinian communities in Gaza and the West Bank was intended to come to a head so that Israel could react with military force. This is no secret but last week it finally was reported that Israel Knew over a year ago that the attack was planned. Here is the account as it appeared on the pages of the Old Gray Lady herself:

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli officials obtained Hamas’ battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

The approximately 40-page document, which Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people.

The translated document, which was reviewed by The New York Times, did not set a date for the attack, but described a methodical assault designed to overwhelm the fortifications around the Gaza Strip, take over Israeli cities and storm key military bases, including a division headquarters.

Hamas followed the blueprint with shocking precision. The document called for a barrage of rockets at the outset of the attack, drones to knock out the security cameras and automated machine guns along the border, and gunmen to pour into Israel en masse in paragliders, on motorcycles and on foot — all of which happened Oct. 7.
Israel knew Hamas’ attack plan more than a year ago

So, on the one hand we are supposed to believe that the peace-loving residents of Israel were attacked without provocation while at the same time, the Israeli government knew in advance that this was going to happen and that they wanted it to. Folks, this is just evil. Any government willing to sacrifice its own citizens so that they can provoke a war is just horrible.

As I’m writing this, my mind goes back to all the conspiracy theories about the 9/11 attacks here in the United States. To this day, I’m still unclear why we ever went into Iraq and Afghanistan. Especially in light of the fact that no evidence exists of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The “intelligence” of WMDs was provided mostly by Israel. The Colin Powell PowerPoint show at the United Nations was very convincing but turned out to be totally bogus.

In light of all the other lies told to us in the last few years by our government, I think being skeptical about previous events is in order. Healthy skepticism is probably the best way to view such events. Limiting the power and scope of government is at least part of the solution but neither party has the will to do that.

Israel Offers Full Evacuation of Gaza or Genocide

Yep, during this pause in the war in Israel, the truth is finally seeing the light of day. Some in Israel are saying the quiet part out loud. Israel will occupy Gaza forever either by killing ‘em all or making them flee. Israel’s definition of a peaceful solution is that the West must take 2 million refugees from Gaza.

(FYI Per my handy dandy search engine, the current population of Gaza is 2.1 million.)

Please note that either way this is a permanent and hostile takeover of the region. One way or another, Israel plans to finish off any threat from Gaza. Oh, the article I linked below was briefly on Fox but seems to have been scrubbed from their website. I guess it doesn’t fit the narrative they want to advance.

A former Israeli minister has said the “solution” to the situation in the Gaza Strip is the complete departure of its over 2 million Palestinian inhabitants.

Speaking on Israeli Channel 13, former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, said recently that the city of Khan Younis, located in the southern Gaza Strip, would be turned into a “soccer field” with the help of God and the Israeli army.

Israel should “take advantage of the destruction that we will wreak upon them,” Shaked said, arguing that other countries should permanently take “20,000 or 50,000” each of Gaza’s Palestinian residents to vacate the area entirely.

She stressed that Israel should take an advantage of the current destruction in Gaza and allow more people to leave, citing the previous departure of some 500,000 young people in recent years.

“We need 2 million to leave … that’s the solution for Gaza,” she said.
Departure of 2M inhabitants ‘solution’ for Gaza: Israeli ex-minister

Again, Israel is a secular state and has no relation to the biblical nation. They are not offering compensation for confiscating the land, businesses, and possessions of these people. They are offering to let people leave with the clothes on their backs or prepare to meet their maker.

Some peaceniks think the current pause is a sign that the two-state solution can be revived. Dream-on baby. The earth is about to get scorched.