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You know these times were all written about in children's books a hundred years ago?
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Baron's mentor is Don, and there's a whole bunch of other good stuff. There's more books in the series.
The author is Ingersoll Lockwood.
Ingersoll Lockwood - Wikipedia
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The Trump Iran Strikes Were a Message to China
America just became unpredictable.22 Jun 2025 ~~ By Daniel Greenfield
The Trump Iran Strikes Were a Message to China | Frontpage Mag
America just became unpredictable.www.frontpagemag.com
One of the great weaknesses of American foreign policy has been our predictability. Our opponents have been able to pinpoint what we would and would not do.
While one President Trump’s greatest strengths has been his unpredictability. And on the Iran strikes, he not only kept everyone guessing until the last minute, but used sophisticated means to draw everyone off. Tucker Carlson’s pal Dan Caldwell was booted from the Pentagon over allegations of leaking. So were a number of others. When the strikes were actually launched, there were zero leaks despite claims by some in the media that they were getting information from anonymous “officials”. Everyone had learned to stay quiet on the big issue.
The media and social media analysts were misled about our staging prep for an attack which proceeded quite differently.
President Trump’s “two week” deadline may have been sincere but fell apart when Iran refused to engage in high-level negotiations, but it may have been another level of the feint.
Either way everyone was caught by surprise. Including yours truly. And that’s a good thing.
It’s also a message to China. The CCP believes that it can anticipate and predict us. When it can’t, it gets nervous. Any CCP plan for Taiwan just became a lot shakier because there is no way that Xi and top officials can look at what happened with Iran and believe that they can gauge America’s response with any degree of certainty.
~Snip~
China’s allies in the Middle East are losing. And America just became unpredictable. That might buy us the time we need in the Pacific.
It now seems likelier that Xi will push back whatever he was planning for after 2028.
Commentary:
Neo-Marxist Democrats are constantly talking about impeachment so Republicans will need to hold the House in the midterms or President Trump will be tied up for the second half of his term. Expect Chinese special tricks in the midterms too.
The American people opinions about what’s going on in the world is molded by the Quisling biased MSM and their Neo-Marxist masters. The MSM’s job is to keep the American people ignorant of the truth.
How is that accomplished? Simple: it’s called entertainment. Give the people bread and circuses and you can do and get away with just about anything right under their noses.
I’ve heard this “unpredictability” referred to as “Strategic Abiguity”. If Trump never takes bold actions then threats are just idle chatter. His opponents must know that he is not afraid to act.
I expect the CCP is wondering what three MOPs would do to the Three Gorges Dam...
The bombing of Iran also blows apart the Democrat reference to TACO. More that it's been 'Obama alway chickened out', or 'Biden always chickened out'.
Does this military action empower also give rise to the 'Deep State' intelligence apparatus or is it disempowering by refocusing them on foreign threats? Trump’s support is strong but a prolonged conflict could go a long way in fracturing it, which is certainly the main goal of his Neo-Marxist Democrat/RINO/Deep State enemies, since their assassination attempts failed.
Even Putin got the message last night as well as little Kim Jong Un.
I suspect that many ears of belligerents perked up when Trump announced the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites.
What does that have to with Trump’s massive tax increase? Quit trying to derail the thread.~~~~~~
You mean Joey B paying Iran Mullahs.
Biden’s $90 Billion Bailout to Tehran
Rejoining the Iran deal could undo years of progress in the Middle East.
Utterly unknowable. Iran wasnt nuking Israel. But now we have a bitter spreading war. The only way you can justify this action is that it was a deterrent for something that hasnt come close to happening. Iran's government may be a murdering cult but right now Israel hasnt been much better with Gaza and we are throwing gasoline on the fire. Awesome.
Sure.
Trump said he could have ended that war within 24 hours had be still been president in 2021. That was four years ago.
Biden stopped Ukraine from settling with Russia, perpetuating the war, Biden blew up the Nordstream pipeline cutting Europe off from Russian NG, Biden funded and financed Iran while protecting Hamas from Israel, Biden opened our border wide and invited in 20 million invaders including 102,000 chinese nationals. The world today as it is, is the direct result of Joe Biden.
Trump is putting a stop to it.
Well, you got me there. No democrat is loyal to Joe Biden, they threw the bum out of office on his ass.
I mean.. how do you go through life making excuses for him? How much can you love another man like this? Crazy:
You made all that up just like you made up that lame ass excuse that was untrue about Trump and what he said about ending the war in 24 hours.
More gaslighting. If you werent lying what would you do? The Obama administration returned American military forces to Iraq to wage war on ISIS and then extended the war into Syria.
apnews.com
www.newamerica.org
Seems like every side is playing divide and conquer.
The Trump Iran Strikes Were a Message to China
America just became unpredictable.22 Jun 2025 ~~ By Daniel GreenfieldThe Trump Iran Strikes Were a Message to China | Frontpage Mag
America just became unpredictable.
One of the great weaknesses of American foreign policy has been our predictability. Our opponents have been able to pinpoint what we would and would not do.
While one President Trump’s greatest strengths has been his unpredictability. And on the Iran strikes, he not only kept everyone guessing until the last minute, but used sophisticated means to draw everyone off. Tucker Carlson’s pal Dan Caldwell was booted from the Pentagon over allegations of leaking. So were a number of others. When the strikes were actually launched, there were zero leaks despite claims by some in the media that they were getting information from anonymous “officials”. Everyone had learned to stay quiet on the big issue.
The media and social media analysts were misled about our staging prep for an attack which proceeded quite differently.
President Trump’s “two week” deadline may have been sincere but fell apart when Iran refused to engage in high-level negotiations, but it may have been another level of the feint.
Either way everyone was caught by surprise. Including yours truly. And that’s a good thing.
It’s also a message to China. The CCP believes that it can anticipate and predict us. When it can’t, it gets nervous. Any CCP plan for Taiwan just became a lot shakier because there is no way that Xi and top officials can look at what happened with Iran and believe that they can gauge America’s response with any degree of certainty.
~Snip~
China’s allies in the Middle East are losing. And America just became unpredictable. That might buy us the time we need in the Pacific.
It now seems likelier that Xi will push back whatever he was planning for after 2028.
Commentary:
Neo-Marxist Democrats are constantly talking about impeachment so Republicans will need to hold the House in the midterms or President Trump will be tied up for the second half of his term. Expect Chinese special tricks in the midterms too.
The American people opinions about what’s going on in the world is molded by the Quisling biased MSM and their Neo-Marxist masters. The MSM’s job is to keep the American people ignorant of the truth.
How is that accomplished? Simple: it’s called entertainment. Give the people bread and circuses and you can do and get away with just about anything right under their noses.
I’ve heard this “unpredictability” referred to as “Strategic Abiguity”. If Trump never takes bold actions then threats are just idle chatter. His opponents must know that he is not afraid to act.
I expect the CCP is wondering what three MOPs would do to the Three Gorges Dam...
The bombing of Iran also blows apart the Democrat reference to TACO. More that it's been 'Obama alway chickened out', or 'Biden always chickened out'.
Does this military action empower also give rise to the 'Deep State' intelligence apparatus or is it disempowering by refocusing them on foreign threats? Trump’s support is strong but a prolonged conflict could go a long way in fracturing it, which is certainly the main goal of his Neo-Marxist Democrat/RINO/Deep State enemies, since their assassination attempts failed.
Even Putin got the message last night as well as little Kim Jong Un.
I suspect that many ears of belligerents perked up when Trump announced the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites.
I don't need to make any excuses. How do you go through life making excuses for democrats?
You wish.
I am no special follower of Trump. Like 80 million other Americans, I simply note that unlike others, Trump actually delivers what I want and what he premised. That isn't cultism, simply buyer satisfaction.
You haven't been reading Newsweek.
WHAT MESSAGE TO CHINA???
The Trump Iran Strikes Were a Message to China
America just became unpredictable.22 Jun 2025 ~~ By Daniel GreenfieldThe Trump Iran Strikes Were a Message to China | Frontpage Mag
America just became unpredictable.
One of the great weaknesses of American foreign policy has been our predictability. Our opponents have been able to pinpoint what we would and would not do.
While one President Trump’s greatest strengths has been his unpredictability. And on the Iran strikes, he not only kept everyone guessing until the last minute, but used sophisticated means to draw everyone off. Tucker Carlson’s pal Dan Caldwell was booted from the Pentagon over allegations of leaking. So were a number of others. When the strikes were actually launched, there were zero leaks despite claims by some in the media that they were getting information from anonymous “officials”. Everyone had learned to stay quiet on the big issue.
The media and social media analysts were misled about our staging prep for an attack which proceeded quite differently.
President Trump’s “two week” deadline may have been sincere but fell apart when Iran refused to engage in high-level negotiations, but it may have been another level of the feint.
Either way everyone was caught by surprise. Including yours truly. And that’s a good thing.
It’s also a message to China. The CCP believes that it can anticipate and predict us. When it can’t, it gets nervous. Any CCP plan for Taiwan just became a lot shakier because there is no way that Xi and top officials can look at what happened with Iran and believe that they can gauge America’s response with any degree of certainty.
~Snip~
China’s allies in the Middle East are losing. And America just became unpredictable. That might buy us the time we need in the Pacific.
It now seems likelier that Xi will push back whatever he was planning for after 2028.
Commentary:
Neo-Marxist Democrats are constantly talking about impeachment so Republicans will need to hold the House in the midterms or President Trump will be tied up for the second half of his term. Expect Chinese special tricks in the midterms too.
The American people opinions about what’s going on in the world is molded by the Quisling biased MSM and their Neo-Marxist masters. The MSM’s job is to keep the American people ignorant of the truth.
How is that accomplished? Simple: it’s called entertainment. Give the people bread and circuses and you can do and get away with just about anything right under their noses.
I’ve heard this “unpredictability” referred to as “Strategic Abiguity”. If Trump never takes bold actions then threats are just idle chatter. His opponents must know that he is not afraid to act.
I expect the CCP is wondering what three MOPs would do to the Three Gorges Dam...
The bombing of Iran also blows apart the Democrat reference to TACO. More that it's been 'Obama alway chickened out', or 'Biden always chickened out'.
Does this military action empower also give rise to the 'Deep State' intelligence apparatus or is it disempowering by refocusing them on foreign threats? Trump’s support is strong but a prolonged conflict could go a long way in fracturing it, which is certainly the main goal of his Neo-Marxist Democrat/RINO/Deep State enemies, since their assassination attempts failed.
Even Putin got the message last night as well as little Kim Jong Un.
I suspect that many ears of belligerents perked up when Trump announced the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites.
So, what is the message that you read in Newsweek?
