kscarbel2

The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result. An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. If I had known that it would continue like this for five or six weeks and get progressively worse, I would have told him [President Trump] even more emphatically [of my skepticism]. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2026/04/26/dead-or-missing-list-air-force-whistleblower-overdosed-before-set-to-testify-about-ufos-before-congress/

President Trump just announced that he has canceled Witkoff and Kushner's trip to Pakistan to hold talks with Iran. "I told my people a little while ago, they were getting ready to leave [for Pakistan], nope, you're not going to make an 18 hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want. You are not going to be making anymore 18 hour flights to sit around and talk about nothing."

I want to like the 3.0 diesel available in the Tahoe, Suburban and 1500 Silverado. But the way GM handled the transmission valve body issues and now the front crankshaft seals, paired with few 3.0-trained techs and the 6.2L line bore fiasco (GM wants customers to use thicker oil.....problem solved?), I'll continue to steer clear of GM and stick with Ford. The Expedition would have been a great application for Ford's proven 3.0L diesel used for years in the Range Rover and offered for a ridiculously short time in the F-150.

It's coming from Cleveland-Cliffs.

https://www.al.com/news/2026/03/tomahawk-missile-producer-completes-115-million-expansion-in-alabama.html

Fox News reports: DURING SEVEN WEEKS OF WAR AGAINST IRAN, THE U.S. MILITARY HAS DEPLETED 45% OF ITS PRECISION STRIKE MISSILES AND HALF OF ITS INVENTORY OF PATRIOT MISSILES NEEDED TO INTERCEPT MISSILES. What idiot in the defense department or a defense contractor would share that classified intel with anyone on the outside??? What idiot U.S. news agency would think it okay to report it to the world???

The U.S. military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology, the Sky Map command-and-control platform, in recent weeks at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia which is used by US forces. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-turns-ukrainian-counter-drone-tech-after-iran-attacks-sources-say-2026-04-22/

This is why Iraq reluctantly tolerates our presence there. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-blocks-iraqs-dollar-shipments-squeeze-iran-backed-militias-wsj-reports-2026-04-22/

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/04/19/32633941finding-nearly-10-percent-of-babies-born-in-the-u-s-under-biden-administration-were-anchor-babies/

A joint Israeli-Iranian strike force. Israel secretly shipped F-14 Tomcat and F-4 Phantom spare parts to Iran, parts the US had denied Iran since 1979, so that the Iranian air force could join Israel with a viable strike force. Yes, it's all true. .

Frustrated by the long-time under-performing defense contractor club that is paid on time despite delivering late, President Trump is in talks with Ford, General Motors and other companies alike the war production strategy in World War 2. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15737273/trump-ford-gm-war-weaponry-production.html

Trade Over Aid For decades, government aid has been flowing from developed to developing countries with only limited impact. It has not solved the world's economic development challenges, and it has often created dependency, inefficiency, and corruption. The old model has been government-centered and one-directional: aid flowed from donor to recipient countries. The new model emphasizes mutually profitable business relationships between private sectors and countries. Private business has developed all the world’s successful economies, not government aid. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15737397/trump-sends-america-message-trade-global-aid.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15736645/white-house-scientists-disappearances-new-mexico.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15732615/iran-nuclear-bomb-confession-ali-motahari.html

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/04/14/rand-paul-no-evidence-iran-was-an-imminent-threat/

The ayatollah instructed the people to attack the US embassy. Under the shah, Iran became an incredible country with the highest quality of living.

You're right Paul, the land belongs to the host country. Forgive me. But under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the embassy is considered inviolable......i.e. the host country can't enter without permission). When they burned the US flag, that meant war to me. Now President Trump is issuing payback. .

Embassy property is considered inviolable (the host country can't enter without permission). It's protected by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Iran did not enter the US embassy grounds in 1979 and throw out the American staff. The American staff was not professionally ordered to leave Iran (expelled) and given any time to do so. Rather, Iran threatened the embassy and staff with harm, and then took the staff hostage for two years.

China is a tough all-around competitor that keeps us on our toes. Russia is calculating, but not a threat to the US. The DPRK is a nuisance, but so is Somalia. But Iran, they committed an act of war when they invaded the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 and kidnapped 66 Americans, holding most hostages for two years. This criminal act represented a massive humiliation (loss of face) for the US. The corrective action happening now is long overdue payback. The US is finishing what Iran started in 1979. No American president, Republican nor Democrat, from Reagan to Biden, had the guts (apparently) to confront "Death to America" Iran, until DJT. He had Iran pegged back in the 1980s. Obama and Biden gave them cash.