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Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

sorry to admit by our great POTUS is the hostage at present of Iran...this is our new hostage crisis. Iran America hostage crisis. of 2026...

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Where Is Tulsi Gabbard?

Her irrelevance during a war suggests that America doesn’t need a director of national intelligence. https://archive.ph/9RBum#selection-607.0-613.100

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Declares ‘Trump Hates Women’ After His Repeated Attacks on Candace Owens and Megyn Kelly

“President Trump hates women he can’t control, who don’t worship him, women who actually worship God, and are much more intelligent than he is,” the former congresswoman writes https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-trump-hates-women-after-megyn-kelly-candace-owens-attacks/

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American economist Jeffrey Sachs has sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran was heavily influenced by what he described as Netanyahu’s “fanatical” and misguided agenda.

Trump has repeatedly faced criticism, both domestically and internationally, for pursuing policies widely seen as closely aligned with Israeli interests across both his first and current presidential terms. Analysts and political opponents have often pointed to a broader shift in US foreign policy that allegedly favors the agenda of the Jewish State under Netanyahu.

“Trump’s decision basically led by Netanyahu,” Sachs told US conservative journalist and podcaster Tucker Carlson.

In a video interview published on Friday, the economist noted that Netanyahu has an agenda, stressing that the US president bought into what Sachs called the Israeli prime minister’s wrong understanding of the world.

“His agenda, in my mind, is fanatical and wrong, and has been mistaken for 30 years, and has cost America a fortune,” Sachs said. “I think the man is a disaster, I think he has the wrong framework of the world, just a wrong understanding.”

The comment comes as Trump extended the ceasefire with Tehran indefinitely on Tuesday to allow time for a potential deal, while keeping an American naval blockade of Iranian ports in place.

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The US Democratic Party and some Republicans, as well as former US National Counterterrorism Center chief Joe Kent, have argued that Trump had been pressured by Israel to launch the Iran war.

Kent, who resigned from his position last month in protest of the war, has claimed that intelligence agencies could not confirm Trump’s allegations that Iran has been pursuing nuclear weapons.

Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, have framed the conflict as Trump betraying his “America First” agenda in favor of “Israel First.”

Last week, Carlson slammed Trump’s Middle East policies, claiming that the president’s true religion is “Israelism” rather than Christianity. Trump’s former supporter argued that the US had launched the war against Iran “on behalf of Israel” and “at the instigation of Israel.” https://www.rt.com/news/639057-jeffrey-sachs-netanyahu-disaster-trump/

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has departed Islamabad, Pakistan, after holding high-level meetings and delivering Tehran’s list of demands for ending the war to Pakistani officials.

US President Donald Trump ⁠later cancelled a ⁠planned trip to Pakistan by ‌envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff for peace ⁠talks with Iran. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/25/iran-war-live-tehrans-fm-in-islamabad-us-says-envoys-to-travel-for-talks

edward's avatar

Iran has no right to list any demands. They will hear American demands and either surrender or get bombed into submission.

Liberty Liz's avatar

It's no surprise she's distant. She was clear last year that Iran posed no threat to us, and was NOT days away "from having a nuke". Trump threw her under the bus, trashed her, and treated her like sh!t when she spoke the truth about what the REAL "intelligence" showed on the Iran situation.

beate's avatar

She needs to step up to the plate...hit a Homer!

AJR's avatar

Dr. Alexander, if what our beloved president campaigned on was his true intentions, “none of what’s happening would be happening!”

The time for excuses is now over! Our president is part of the problem! You know as well as I and millions of others that, what happened during Trump’s first term, is completely possible now, tomorrow and every other presidentially elected president.

So why are things this way? The main reason is, it’s not about you, me or ‘We the People’

First, Netanyahu’s 40 year dream! Second, Netanyahu’s band of Christian and Jewish Zionist, want complete control over the world!

The battles between these groups across the globe are about who’s going to control what and the people, of however the parcels of earth are assigned. There’s also the question of one group of rulers over the entire planet. Yet those who seek this NWO for planet earth will eventually come to some understanding. Certainly at the expense of every man woman and child!

Money, power and control are all driving forces behind the world’s ills since lockdowns. Certainly long before lockdowns but lockdowns began their final phase / push.

Ask yourself this? Has anyone benefited over the past five or six years from the world’s ills? Nope!

Only those with lots of money have! The rich have gotten richer and the poor, poorer. All by design!

So where does Trump fit in? TBD, but I will say he certainly isn’t fighting for America! Quite the opposite.

Maybe we’d all be better off speaking truthfully about what’s really happening instead of pipe dreams of “Trump can save the world!” Maybe we’d all be better off if we stopped infighting, which is exactly is what they want us doing.

Simple deduction exercises and some research, would help many people understand quite clearly what the hell is happening! When someone chooses to spew hatred for another’s opinion, there in-lies the problem. Before we know it, we’ll be inline and honestly asking ourselves, what the hell just happened!

That’s the sad part. If I’m wrong, then prove me wrong and I’ll be the first to apologize!

Good God what we don’t need anymore is this infighting-battling which draws us all further apart!

We need to come together, regardless of political parties for those in power, care not for nor what happens to us, but rather themselves!

Is this not so obvious?

Thanks you Dr. Alexander. I’m sure your intentions are good in nature and you mean well. Unfortunately meaning well means we will all be chewed up and spit out when they, “the rulers” are finished with us!

God Help Us All!

AJR

tanya marquette's avatar

Defintitely agree about the infighting betw people: the divide and conquer tactic is old as the hills and keeps working as people never stop to watch and think about how they are being used and distracted from what is really important. The nature of power and how it is structured is the real issue and, despite our claimed democratic principles, this country is a very long way from being democratic and equitable. In fact, under Trump, inequality is being promoted and equity being trashed. Censorship is increasingly rampant with opposite sides only seeing their own diminishment and refusing to see the other side has its own equal problems. People cannot deal with disagreement without being hostile and insulting. As for Trump? The one thing about him is how

his values are flaunted publicly and they are all about greed, self-centeredness, power and control over others. In fact he abhors democracy and opening denies the Constitution and the laws that the rest of us must follow. There is no secret about who he is. He is not a king. Nor is he a Jesus. He loves dictators and admires Hitler. I get tired of watching people make excuses for his rotten human values and the destruction he loves to create. While we can look at many others who are not to be respected or admired, he has pushed his inhumane attitudes and values front and center and they cannot be denied altho it seems there are some people who prefer their blinders. I wish they would look at their own values and question themselves as to what they think this man is about vs what he actually does.

AJR's avatar

You have summed Trump and his nefariously-narcissistic self perfectly tanya! In fact Jeopardy could use your definition for “who is?” There’s only one answer!

Thank you for your precise description of “whom not to aspire to!”

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

POTUS Trump is a nice man but I often now hear him described as "Jimmy Carter on steroids." It's rumored that the "heroic rescue" of the pilot from behind enemy lines was a desperate fabricated story, to try to not look like Jimmy Carter.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

heard that too...not there yet but can go there....if we stay hostage in Gulf any longer

Liberty Liz's avatar

It's actually not rumored, it's confirmed. Just like the "rumor" that the US slaughtered the girl s in school when they bombed civilian targets in a war crime to prove how "tough" the US is, then feigned ignorance, then admitted it... while the people of this country stayed silent about these kinds of demonic acts, that the US (and their gen0cidal war-crime accomplices) commit over & over again.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

killing of the innocent children was bad, Trump needs to deal with it

Liberty Liz's avatar

Indeed. And needs to be held accountable. Genocide and war crimes are nothing to sneeze at. The people in this country should be outraged and demanding accountability. AND demanding accountability and prosecution for everyone, and everything, in the Epsteib files. Enough with this country serving the Rothschilds and their puppetmasters. This moral rot and criminality of demonic psychopaths can't be ignored and left unchecked.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

that was a terrible incident.

michael janket's avatar

how do you know Trump is a "nice man" anyway??? He certainly stands for nice genocides and wars that trample international laws. Or, have you misled us?

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

I stand corrected. He is a "nice man" in that he does not like GW Bush. He has not killed as many people as Bush, yet. Also, although there may be still more to be revealed, he may be a nice man compared to Rex Heuermann.

Liberty Liz's avatar

Well, when you add up Trump's "body count" compared to Bush's, it depends if you include the millions of deaths (and hundreds of millions injuries) Trump's c0vid biotechnological weapon injections (he loves so much) are added into the numbers of deaths he's responsible for.

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That's a fair poin, as regards total body count. However, as regards being a "nice man," the Huermann angle is not irrelevant. How they are connected may not be fully known.

Long Island Serial Killer Rex Heuermann, a sexual sadist who tortured killed and dismembered petite women, appears to have been a long time supporter of POTUS Trump who shared his values. His Manhattan office manager in the early 90s, Muriel Henriquez, apparently told the Daily Mail that he was a supporter of POTUS Trump and had a similar ideology. Huermann was a registered Republican when he was arrested. He was part of New York’s building/architecture and development ecosystem professionally.

A licensed architect and consultant based in Manhattan and founder of RH Consultants & Associates (since the 1990s), Huermann was Involved in hundreds of projects across New York City. His firm’s work included retail developments, renovations, commercial interiors, residential projects and navigating approvals with agencies like the NYC Department of Buildings and Landmark Commission. This kind of work places someone squarely inside the building and development process in New York.

Within real estate circles he functioned as an architect/expeditor/consultant—a role that: Works with developers, landlords, and commercial tenants; often involves regular interaction with real estate professionals; his firm had corporate and institutional clients, indicating legitimate industry engagement. So, he moved in overlapping circles with real estate and development professionals in a practical sense.

That places him clearly within POTUS Trump's orbit along with that of other billionaires or mega-rich development and/or real estate figures such as Jared Kushner.

He worked on the Trump Building at 40 Wall Stret in 2018.

How closely is Huermann actually linked to POTUS Trump and was he ever on the island (Little St. James that is, not Long Island)?

I saw reports a few years ago speculatively linking the cadavers of murdered women on Gilgo Beach and elsewhere so far not linked to Huermann to a New York billionaires group rumored to have tortured and murdered young women to make snuff movies for the entertainment of billionaires.

George Webb’s investigative reporting (April 6, 2025 onward in his “Return to LISK” Substack series) on Suffolk County Police allegedly running “compromise operations” — i.e., drugging and gang-raping young women to create blackmail/sex tapes for “wealthy Wall Street” and UN clients under FBI JTTF protection, with some unlinked Gilgo bodies possibly moved or dumped as part of the cover-up, is relevant here.

The private/public online group “The Truth about Austin Kitt’s (former home at) 167 Araca” (active throughout 2025), where multiple posts explicitly describe “Snuff parties at Gilgo and Oak Beach … tailored to the depraved elite in power” (or very close variants) is also relevant. These posts frame the parties as long-running events involving elite clients, with bodies later dumped on the beaches, and tie it to local corruption/cover-ups.

One post notes: “The bodies were victims of Gilgo and Oak Beach ‘Snuff’ parties, attended by clients of Jeffrey Epstein… depraved elite — wherever they are.”

tanya marquette's avatar

Not sure what all this info on Huermann being in the architecture prof is about other than his contact with the Trump real estate ventures. The big $$$$ corporations are all in mutual contact with those of mutual political persuasions and more likely to know and work together. This is how the business network is always structured. The Epstein connection is most likely part of this, too, as those with too much money also have too much time on their hands and are always looking for ways to be titilated as their lives really lack personal/spiritual meaning along with lack of moral and ethical standards. Epstein clearly made hay off this need at the expense of women, especially young girls. And then there is the blackmail connection with Israel. Have to wonder if this isn't part of Israel's hold over Trump and his caving in to the demand for attacking Iran. Several previous presidents, of both Parties, managed to side step this Israeli goal. It seems some recently viewed Epstein papers shows Trump involved in the raping of young girls which is not surprising given his loss of rape cases in the US.

carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

the hostage keeper in this case is not Iran, but Isr**l

George's avatar

Whether deceived or willing, it's not the first time Trump let us down. MAGA is not possible without prosecutions for 9/11, Benghazi, Hillary's emails, RussiaGate, Obama's suspicious deaths of their chefs, Epstein child rapists and killers... ...

Liberty Liz's avatar

It's obvious MAGA's not possible with Trump, period. He's the saboteur of MAGA, the movement that arose to stop and turn around the trajectory of exactly everything he's doing.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

thing is we were always a movement seeking a leader so to speak...he just came along at the right time in 2015 etc. had it been someone else would have taken it too...we were fed up with Barry

David Pfaff's avatar

On point. In Fact this subject goes much deeper.

David Pfaff's avatar

All according to plan

Liberty Liz's avatar

Barry was another demonic, psychopathic, Manchurian candidate installed puppet. It's become clear that that's all that's installed into this g0vt to serve the DS cartel babylon globalist psychos.

Liberty Liz's avatar

The only conclusion one can make after all that has transpired within this Adelson/Epstein class administration is that Trump wasn't sucked in, he's a willing participant/ accomplice. Each day new evidence of betrayal emerges, whether it's Real ID, Clarity Act, Genius Act, Stargate, more mRNA, protection/escalation of toxic glyphosate (which now we see !srael is using/spraying as a weapon of war, hence Trump wants it decriminalized and shielded from liability), putting all his cronies who own dangerous chemical companies into the EPA to protect their profits and remove their liability, 6G, WBAN/IoT/IoB, massive surveillance through his beloved tech broligarchy, protecting unconstitutional g0vt violations of privacy infringement, a crashing economy, CBDCs, everything he does is shrouded in lies & endless propaganda, increased pHARMa control, A I governance takeover, deranged social media rants extending all the way to blasphemy & mocking Christians, wars & more wars, pumping/dumping the market which somehow reaps billions in profits (for him, his family, his cronies - who somehow know exactly when he's going to push out some deranged false social media "tip" for them to "time" the market), disgusting attacks on supporters and people in his own base, and so on. These aren't the actions of a guy being manipulated, duped or tricked to do things; and if it is, he's an amoral moron not fit to tie the shoes of his constituency. These are acts of sabotage against his country, the global economy, and despicable actions to support and finish ushering in the global agenda and NWO. No more excuses and deranged false promethean narratives for low-IQers to obfuscate what's actually happening and is being revealed for all to witness. Don't know who this guy is, but it's not the person this country voted for.

tanya marquette's avatar

so agree with except for you last point. We always saw and should have known who this guy is but people voted for a fantasy and need to look at themselves for why they chose to create a belief that has nothing to do with reality. The left voted for Obama because he spoke eloquently for the change we wanted, particularly after Bush and Cheney and Iraq. However, Obama betrayed the dream, too. He caved to the neo-cons and even increased annual funding to Israel. He even betrayed the Black community, too, due to pressure on him to not appear supportive of the needs of that community. He was a Black man who was

prevented from even being Black in office. But he was paid handsomely for selling his soul to the devil. I feel that having no loyalty to either Party, but actually great antipathy to them both as fronts for the corporate control of the State, allows me to look at dynamics more dispassionately and see more clearly than many what the power dynamics are looking like and doing.

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Can Thomas Massie Survive the Trump Barrage?

The president’s loudest GOP critic is trying to stay in Congress. https://archive.ph/BSDrB#selection-607.0-613.65

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My proposed solution I offer to POTUS Trump to get out of this Iran war that we the US wrongfully started and given that it seems the US is being held hostage by Iran and now trapped and desperately seeks a way out (given today, after 2 months of bombing of Iran, they have intact and by all accounts have grown stronger 1)the regime remains in place and some argue with even more hardliners 2)their ballistic and drone assets are largely intact 3)they retain their enriched uranium (60%) that could be taken to weapons grade (90%) 4) HAMAS and Hezbollah and other terror assets remain 5)they now control the Straits of Hormuz when prior to bombing they did not):

1)POTUS Trump must fire functionally dry-drunk sexual predator SECDEF Hegseth immediately for badly misguiding POTUS Trump into this wrong Iran war

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2)POTUS Trump to declare a victory, and say that you accomplished what you sought to e.g. degraded Iran’s military, reduced its capacity to wage war with neighbors etc., and take an off-ramp; if they say in media that you lost, accept that for you did actually; if they say the bombing was illegal and wrong, accept it for it was

3)The US to end the bombing now and military presence around Iran

4)Remove the Iran port blockade by US; Iran to release and not militarize the Strait of Hormuz immediately; no blockage of the Red Sea; no attacks on commercial shipping or any types by Iranian gun boats

5)bring all precious US troops home now

6)apologize for the deaths by the US missiles of the 170 little girls Minab…that was a mistake (I cannot think it was deliberate) yet tragic, very painful; admit it if we were at fault

7)Iran to pay US for our dead soldiers and we to pay them for their dead children and innocents. The war was wrong.

8)USA and Iran us to return to the negotiating table, and fire idiots Kushner and Witkoff, two of the biggest negotiator clowns in history.

9)consider crippling economic sanctions for 5 years on the nuclear issue on Iran yet the debate must begin now as to why Iran must not have a nuclear weapon and why they COULD, given other nations are allowed to; lift any economic sanctions on commercial issues in the economy so that they can have economic growth and rebuild their infrastructure; Iran to agree to work collaboratively and peacefully for the next 15 years with the United States as a partner, with routine bi-annual high-level meetings (issues around trade, economies, military, security etc.)

10)work to get Iran to transfer the enriched uranium to China or Russia with joint yearly inspections including the USA…China, Russia and USA to inspect…but Iran retains ownership, its theirs.

11)Iran to declare no building of a nuclear weapon for 10 years as a bargaining tool

12)Iran to declare no support of HAMAS or Hezbollah or other terror assets e.g. Houthis, Islamic Jihad, Wahabists, Salafists etc. in Middle East for good

13)US to leave Iran’s oil and assets and resources alone, it belongs to Iran. Same for all nations in the world.

14)put on table that the US will reduce military bases in Middle East by half to 80% as a negotiating tool etc.

15)USA and Iran to commit to no attacks on Iran for 15 years. Iran to agree to no attacks on Israel or United States for 15 years (homeland or territories or bases etc.). Ideally a commitment by all sides forever.

These are my preliminary suggestions to be iterated, added to etc., what are yours?

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

My proposed solution:

1)fire dry-drunk Hegseth

2)declare a victory, say you accomplished what you sought to, take an off-ramp; if they say you lost, accept that for you did

3)end the bombing now

4)remove the Iran port blockade; Iran to release and not militarize the Strait of Hormuz immediately; no blockage of the Red Sea

5)bring all precious US troops home now

6)apologize for the deaths of the 170 little girls Minab…that was a mistake (I cannot think it was deliberate) yet tragic, very painful; admit it if we were at fault

7)Iran to pay us for our dead soldiers and we to pay them for their dead children and innocents. The war was wrong.

8)return to the negotiating table, fire idiots Kushner and Witkoff, two of the biggest negotiator clowns in history.

9)consider crippling economic sanctions for 10 years

10)see if we can get them to transfer the enriched uranium to China or Russia with joint yearly inspections including the USA…China, Russia and USA to inspect…but Iran retains ownership, its theirs.

11)they to declare no building of a nuclear weapons for 10 years

12)they to declare no support of HAMAS or Hezbollah or other terror assets e.g. Houthis, Islamic Jihad, Wahabists, Salafists etc. in Middle East for good

13)leave their oil and assets and resources alone, its theirs.

14)put on table you will reduce military bases in Middle East by half as a negotiating tool etc.

15)USA and Iran to commit to not attacks on Iran for 10 years.

These are my suggestions, what are yours?

GKB's avatar

America is so demented and psychopathic as a Nation, that a large portion of it's society not only thinks it's normal behavior, but actually cheers on the assassination of other world leaders that it doesn't like.

They think it's totally acceptable to be the sponsor of the worst Genocide of a population in our lifetimes by the Apartheid State Israel.

IMO, America used to be a good country, it has been hijacked by a criminal, homicidal organization.

Sad.

AJR's avatar

We sure have, America sure has GKB been completely hijacked by a “Christian and Jewish-Zionist homicidal-organization!

Max Blumenthal explains precisely what you’re saying here GKB. I posted his uninterrupted video on my Substack page. It is quite telling how, everyone surrounding our beloved leader are all “Israel-First!” What’s this make our president? Not a mistake, not comprised, it makes him complicit and part of the team!

Max Blumenthal states and I’m paraphrasing, “this is the worst scandal ever in his lifetime!”

Max is referring to the silent-coup which has taken over America and the fact that, Laura Trump and Don Jr. bought 30% stake in Salem Media Group! Ben Parcal, Chief Strategist for Salem Media Group is a registered Israeli Agent! This means the Trump family has partnered with an Israeli foreign agent!

Is there any doubt why, President Trump is “Israel-First?” America last? Not at all! He’s not stupid and he knows messing with Iran means you’re also messing with Russia and China too!

This is part of the “Greater-Israel-Project!” Netanyahu’s 40 year dream was to bomb Iran, take over the Middle East and ultimately destroy all Goyim’s! Why? For not being their slaves!

Not my words Netanyahu’s words from a 1990 statement in which he said, in part: “this is what we do to the countries that we hate!”

When $250 Miriam-Adelson-Bucks is used for a campaign donation, that buys a lot of Israel-influence!

Of course Lebanon is being targeted as is the U.A.E, once known for the “safest place on earth!” Not anymore!

What’s happening is all part of much bigger plan. America is a “Golden-Calf!” So says Netanyahu and we will suck it dry, chop it up and sell it off piece by piece! We will create the world’s biggest welfare state!” Again, these are in part, Netanyahu’s words, not mine, about how he feels about America!

There’s more GKB, there’s so much more than I can possibly write about here. Believe me you, Americans are not ready nor do they realize what’s coming.

Thanks GKB for your insight and understanding. We must all keep the momentum going and words flowing for we haven’t anything else but such counter-measures.

AJR

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

thank you for this AJR

AJR's avatar

Dr. Alexander, below I’ve attached 6 pieces of info. AI generated within seconds. How this scenario was analyzed and answered this quickly leads me to believe, this is exactly how our world is controlled. There’s one last I’ll attach shortly. I can’t stress enough how quickly AI replied with precisely what is happening and what has been happening, leading the world to where we find ourselves today.

Liberty Liz's avatar

Blumenthal (and GreyZone) do excellent work; and Blumenthal's work on Salem Media was outstanding. Just a (correction) note: the registered !sraeli foreign agent's name (of the parent company of Salem Media) is Brad Parscale, in case people want to look into that POS for themselves.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

I like Blumenthal's work

AJR's avatar

Thank you Liberty Liz. I thought I had his name correct. He is also a registered Israeli agent, whatever that means. Nevertheless, this is not how a sitting president should operate!

Thanks again for correcting me. I certainly do appreciate your help.

AJR

Liberty Liz's avatar

You are most welcome. Thanks for bringing attention to Salem, which is another very important data point. If memory serves, wasn't Parscale somehow tied to Trump's previous administration as well? There's not a single person in this administration that isn't deeply tied to !srael control. And people scream, "Iran, Russia, China" etc is the problem. It's mind boggling.

AJR's avatar

Somehow he was connected with Trumps first term. I forgot exactly how. It’s quite telling the amount of BS we the people are subjected to daily. Maybe that’s why so many people have already checked out.

Liberty Liz's avatar

Indeed. People have had enough of Trump's NWO, greater !srael, gen0cidal, anti-America, globalist, surveillance agenda. The betrayal he's committed is egregious and unforgivable. What's so deranged are the TWS morons who continue to defend his heinous actions and agenda. You know what's so despicable about these promethan-inspired raging TWS-supportive low-IQers? If any libtard lunatic demtard would've been the criminally-insane psychopath who ushered ALL this in, and defiled the country the way Trump has, these same TWS reeetards would be clutching their pearls, with their hair on fire, screaming against ALL of it. They are as big of a traitor to this country as Trump is... and possibly, even more deranged.

tanya marquette's avatar

Given the fact that the US invaded Iran for mercenary gain, it is the US that needs to pay reparations, Period! Iran owes us nothing.

The legal and moral reality is Iran is an independent sovereign State and needs to be respected as such. The US acts as the Ugly American when it makes judgements about what other States are about. The people of Iran totally support their government which should raise red flags about the propaganda about Iran dictatorship. Any State had the right to arrest and imprison and even kill traitors. The US does this all the time here even when people are not illegal but simply people who protest inequity, racism, and others undemocratic abuses of the people. We still have people in prison after 40 yrs! who clearly were not doing anything illegal. Look into the Mumia Abu Jamal case and how the Philadelphia DA threatened people to testify against Mumia. And look at what this country did to Chelsea Manning, a whistleblower imprisoned in almost total isolation for 7 yrs. Or Julian Assange, not even an American nor someone who worked in the US. He printed information that was provide him and was vetter with the NY Times and London Guardian before printing but was entrapped in dungeon conditions and served a kangaroo court in London waged by the US with a known lying witness. Just a few of many cases but 3 that managed to get wide publicity. And this kind of fascism waged against legal people is ignored when it is worse than any other country.

Given the US's major nuclear weapon industry, how dare it tell other nations how to protect themselves. I wish Iran had a nuclear weapon as the US would never have attacked it. And what about Israel with its dozens of nuclear weapons that never get inspected? Why isn't this a demand of any ceasefire or truce? I am sorry, but Paul demonstrates his having drunk of the US propaganda kool-aid with his so-called recommendations.

The one thing I can accept in his list is that Trump needs to get out of this mess and can claim success even when the world knows the US and Israel have majorly lost. Iran many not have, nor does it want, nuclear weaponry but it has shown much greater intelligence, humanity, patience than the US has ever shown..

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

my recommendations are a starting point...to negotiate...I even said 10 years...Iran will never agree to no nukes and why should they? but give us a 10 year space as negotiation...could be 5. if Iran to have none, Israel to have none then what about Pakistan and NK etc.? or other nations? none? I dont want nukes. Iran has shown near same devastation with missiles.

tanya marquette's avatar

I would certainly agree to do away with all nukes, especially in the US. I recall many years ago, 1950-60's there was am organization called SANE that was totally opposed to nuclear. That position was 'sane' back then and even more so today.

As for your 10 yr window, all we need to do is look at what has been ongoing with Israel jigging the Palestinians for over 40 yrs now. Or look at the Korean war where we have yet to sign a truce with them. These 'windows' you cite never do anything other than maintain the door to more disrespect, violence, and ongoing US hegemony which is what Americans need to be fighting against if we really want a peaceful world.

FYI, the US is fairly hysterical (as is Trump) because this country is no longer in the driver's seat in the world. We now have a multi-polarity situation with more and more countries outdoing the US in about every way except military might. However, this military might has never won a war and only works to increase threats and profits for select oligarchs.

Read this analysis from the South:

https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/the-multipolar-moment/?utm_source=planisys&utm_medium=NewsletterIngles&utm_campaign=NewsletterIngles&utm_content=41

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

owing both sides is a negotiating point...we can negotiate that. but sage in lots of your words

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

but our precious soldiers were killed needlessly

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

I think Trump we felt would fix many of the wrongs you cited.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

'The legal and moral reality is Iran is an independent sovereign State and needs to be respected as such. The US acts as the Ugly American when it makes judgements about what other States are about. The people of Iran totally support their government which should raise red flags about the propaganda about Iran dictatorship. Any State had the right to arrest and imprison and even kill traitors. The US does this all the time here even when people are not illegal but simply people who protest inequity, racism, and others undemocratic abuses of the people. We still have people in prison after 40 yrs! who clearly were not doing anything illegal. Look into the Mumia Abu Jamal case and how the Philadelphia DA threatened people to testify against Mumia. And look at what this country did to Chelsea Manning, a whistleblower imprisoned in almost total isolation for 7 yrs. Or Julian Assange, not even an American nor someone who worked in the US. He printed information that was provide him and was vetter with the NY Times and London Guardian before printing but was entrapped in dungeon conditions and served a kangaroo court in London waged by the US with a known lying witness. Just a few of many cases but 3 that managed to get wide publicity. And this kind of fascism waged against legal people is ignored when it is worse than any other country.

Ron Dee's avatar

The school girls were mostly kids of Iranian military officers. It was an intentional mass murder of children to send a message to the Iranian regime that - as usual - backfired completely. It was a 'double tap" strike so it was no mistake; these attacks are planned in detail with a trillion-dollar budget for targeting tech. Understanding that Zionists and their US puppets are ethical retards is the first step in understanding this illegal, disgusting war of aggression.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

to send a message? I want POTUS Trump to fix this. he can, he needs to admit this and state with empathy his sorrow for the children's deaths.

Ron Dee's avatar

Apologizing for anything would be a first for him and would also displease his boss Netanyahu.

Scooter Pettus's avatar

Dr Alexander why do you call Trump our Great Leader. Trump has maybe three things that can be considered good to great. Tariffs (now on deaths door and may end up making our deficits worse), More Secure Borders and a few Safer Cities. Maybe reduction in fentanyl and illicit drugs even though Cancer Deaths are far greater. But since 2017 Trump's Negatives far outweigh any good. Not one thing has Trump done to MAGA Beyond Trump which is a True Measure of Greatness. Sure Trump is better than any Democrat, ever, but that is now like saying Mussolini was better than Hitler.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

Scooter, ha ha ha...beautiful post

edward's avatar

No the war has not been lost. POTUS just halted moslem fanatics from completing the technology to manufacture an atomic bomb. What other nation helped or stepped up? They are all gutless wonders. Leave NATO Trumpster. Leave the UN. Boot is out of the USA. The world owes Trumpster more than it could ever pay.

edward's avatar

Pas de Quoi Kathleen gal. (You are welcome....translation from French) We have to stop thinking alike but after all "great minds do think alike and it is a given.

carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

Dr Alexander, let's be honest here. Trump is neither as great or as smart or as honorable as you think he is. all this talk of 5D chess and art of the deal. a real estate development deal is not the same as a diplomatic negotiation to end a war. the USA seems to have no negotiators intelligent enough to actually negotiate AND we come at everything from the false premise that we are the "greatest" and always have to win.

why didn't he end the Ukraine war on Day 1 as he said he would? because he chose to listen to people who have a fantasy view of the battle ground in Ukraine. he kept trying to gain leverage over Russia to get them to concede certain points, but the winner of the war doesn't have to concede anything. the US could have ended the Ukraine war in 5 seconds by simply cutting off ALL funds, weapons shipments and targeting data to Ukraine. DONE! but the problem is that Trump, and by extension the USA wants to come out the winner somehow- we'll sell weapons to Europe and they can give them to Zelensky, let's keep Putin on the phone so that we can target his house and maybe kill him. he wants to come out a winner when there IS NO WIN.

the same with Iran. he believed (and you seem to believe too) that it is a primitive country of religious fanatics, demonic, depraved, repressive. everyone is bad and only the USA is good. that's bullshit. what country committed the war crimes? what country is causing misery right now in Cuba because Marco Rubio has a stick up his ass? what country has a Dept of War instead of a Dept of Defense?

look at the history- Iran hasn't attacked another country in centuries. ok, ok, maybe they fund Hamas and Hezbollah but why aren't the Palestinians and the Lebanese entitled to some defense from the constant Isr**li aggression? sure, the USA has designated them as "terrorist organizations" but if you're in Lebanon right now and the IDF is bulldozing your house, killing your children, stealing your land and destroying your church, you want some Hezbollah to come in and save you.

America's problem is that it never sees the other guy's point of view. we're always Right and any other concerns are disregarded. we need to get over it. Eisenhower warned us about the Military Industrial Complex and it is devouring us. War is our biggest export and it's killing us, rotting out our souls, destroying everything that was good about our nation.

Trump is not being held hostage by Iran; he's being held hostage by Isr**l and by his own ego. it takes a bigger man to admit defeat than it does to always be claiming imaginary victories. i'm afraid that Trump is not a big enough man to face the truth.

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

I like how much thought went into it and you gave us many things to think about here, wonderful

Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

'America's problem is that it never sees the other guy's point of view. we're always Right and any other concerns are disregarded. we need to get over it. Eisenhower warned us about the Military Industrial Complex and it is devouring us. War is our biggest export and it's killing us, rotting out our souls, destroying everything that was good about our nation.

Liberty Liz's avatar

Well stated. Factual and accurate.

carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

thank you. i'm rooting for Iran and hope that the US will leave the region with a bloody nose and a good shiner. i'd like to live in a Republic for a change and not in a deranged homicidal end stage Empire

Jeck's avatar

The first thing Trump must do if he wants to make America great again is break with team Netanyahu, a huge evil monster which has the USA locked into a humiliating abusive relationship which can only bring endless misery and ruin. My hope in Trump having the stones required to do this died a little with the Epstein shitshow and died completely with the Iran shitshow. He might as well be Netanyahu himself. God help us.

Bonnie Camo MD's avatar

Totally agree! This foolish war must be ended before the rest of the world is destroyed. Trump is demented and must be removed. Let Israel fend for itself. No empire lasts forever

Paul Frohlich's avatar

America is the last hope for the world, Trump must win this, he would be insane to give up and pull out, but with people like so many on this substack , go to Cuba or N. Korea, you talk like America haters. Trump did not loose the war where did you get this crap? Globalist media what else?