Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a complete outline of why the Trump administration finally took action against Iran. Delivering the full explanation in under two minutes, Secretary Rubio directly and succinctly states why U.S. military action was needed, and what the ultimate end game is for that action. WATCH:
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Cause we can
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love, love, love this photo … click a couple times to fully enlarge
Wow, that’s beautiful. Those B-52s are bad a$$.
I grew up near Wright-Patterson AFB, when the B-52 was brand new! We had at least a dozen flying over our house per week! What a sight they were!
One more click and we could have started counting hairs on the pilot’s heads!
I remember a quote from a Press Conference during the first Gulf war. IIRC it was a General that replied to a question,
“B-52 bombing from 30-40,000 ft. is very accurate. They hit the ground every time”
That’s part of how we got called baby killers in ‘nam. At that height they were not that accurate and thus that term. But they had no missles to go that high.
War is war, I wish to apologize for any ignorant human who has ever called a soldier a “baby killer.” Folk are ignorant. Hope, pray for intelligence, independent thinking to return once again.
Ha!
that’s stellar
Truly awesome.
Wouldn’t doubt that the beginning of the reason we can is because someone once said out loud “If only we could refuel them in flight. That sure would be helpful wouldn’t it.”
Yeah…that sure would be….Wait a minute Sparky! What did you just say?!
I think I like AI Rubio even more than I like the organic version.
Little Rubio is deep-state.
That video quality and cadence seems off
I used to think that. But Rubio 2.0 is something I hadn’t expected.
It’s certainly possible that Trump freed him from his deep state shackles while Rubio also learned and advanced his thinking.
Albeit.. would anyone be surprised if he falls back to the old ways when Trump is out of the picture?
The concept and the words are more important than the perceived delivery.
More missiles and manic Muslims – more problems.
There’s a song where the the line “Just another manic Monday” is repeated.” Except now it’s playing in my head as “Just another manic Muslim” so looking up the lyrics:
It’s just another manic Muslim (Ooh-oh)
We just have to stop them (Ooh-oh)
‘Cause that’ll be some fun then (Ooh-oh)
We won’t have to fret then (Ooh-oh)
Without any manic Muslims (Ooh-0h)
I love the lyrics………… but we’ll never completely eliminate these radical maniacs, just like we’ll never completely exterminate roaches, mosquitoes and termites. They will always be a nuisance.
“Manic Mechanic” by ZZ Top, 1979.
> Holy Week
Shame on you.
But still funny …. sorry.
And with Bibi.
I liked the meme from earlier in the operation where a picture of Khamenei the father was captioned with “His pronouns are now ‘Was/Were'”.
“…..run by radical Shia clerics with an apocalyptic view of the future”
This is why Christians and Jews are allies in this endeavor.
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Spit it out, sejmon.
If you haven’t heard… and it’s been abundantly reported on, including direct quotes from Trump himself… the U.S. and Israel have “different objectives”. Israel is off annexing 1/3 of Lebanon while assassinating potential U.S. negotiating partners… meanwhile the U.S. now has to figure out how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which will necessarily include ground troops. Netanyahu says: “no IDF in Iran, Mr. President, but thanks for the offer”.
If that’s what qualifies as “allies” at this stage, then count me out.
Then leave. Go join the commies.
Another very useful reply… most prodigiously laying forth your insightful opinion on this complicated matter of utmost importance.
I’m with Piddles. We get it. Military exists to kill people and break things. No interest in the region, 150 dollar oil is bad, we have our own oil and a 33 T mortgage.
Toss Bibi the keys. If the Board of Peace wants to work together, I am all ears. No more world police.
Consider yourself counted out.
I seriously doubt Israel will annex southern Lebanon. After Israel’s last incursion into southern Lebanon the terms of peace were that Hezbollah could not send its armed forces into that area. The UN peace keeping force would ensure that agreement was kept. Well Hezbollah sent in heaps of forces, often setting up right next to UN peacekeepers who obviously failed to ensure the agreement was honoured.
Israel isn’t annexing anything. And what ‘potential negotiating partners’ is Israel assassinating? We’ve been negotiating with those ‘partners’ for decades, and to what result?
I agree Trump stated they have different objectives but widely reported, considering the sources (deep state), I don’t buy into it.
It is “once again, a 1:30 repetition” of what he has always been saying. Yet, it is nonetheless true.
These radicals stole power, 47 years ago, and ever since that time they have subjected the rest of the world to Unholy Hell, leveraging their geographic position and their oil wealth to extort both their own people and everyone around them.
No one until today has ever confronted them about it. Even their neighbors, even though all of them sat within “medium range!”
This war cannot be “over” until it is finally “over.” Whether or not you refer to it as “regime change,” 47 years of misrule must now come to an end. This operation must not come to an end until the capacity to wage war has been ground out.
“Iran” used to be a shining star of the Middle East.
Are you ready to send US ground troops, and ready for Democrats to sweep the midterms?
It’s preferable to not having PDJT in office and control at all. But all is not lost-yet. We shall see how it goes.
Were you ready for ballistic nuclear blackmail?
Twas the pending alternative.
Big if successful
Long-distance dirty bomb was definitely on the menu.
I am not the Commander-in-Chief. Nor am I any of his military subordinate advisers. “Democrats sweeping midterms” does not provoke any reaction in me. Sorry. Next poster, please.
Exactly; predictable BS.
The whining around here is unbelievable.
Look most of us here have been around for a while and have been getting royally screwed for at least the last 40 years by our government . None of us want a prolonged war. The midterms are essential for President Trump to restructure not only global dominance but also the destruction of the deep state, if we are so fortunate. The DS blatantly stole the 2020 election and will definitely try again to steal the midterms. So yes, if this war drags out, and there is not substantial election reforms, we may lose the midterms. There is also a part of me that says President Trump has got this one way or another!
OMG!!!!! 😱
Look higher than these secular bumps in the road… US elections don’t rule God no matter which side “wins.”
The records stuck, the records stuck, the records stuck….
It’s folks like you who will wait until a ballistic missile can reach us from Iran and then put boots on the ground.
Demokraut, Leftie, RINO says. “But, but, but the news says that could never happen UNTIL IT DID! ”
Ask the Japanese. God rest their souls. Not the Japanese army but the civilians who bore the wrath of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…..and the EAGLE.
US Ground Troops? If needed to complete the objective? Yes!
Demons sweeping the midterms? Only if MAGA who voted in 2024 sit it out or the Demons cheat AGAIN!
I lost a son in the Afghanistan Farce so don’t bitch to me about boots on the ground.
I am so very sorry for your loss.
Rest assured that the DemonRats are going to cheat. It’s in their DNA. I pray that the MAGA crowd turns out in force to soundly defeat the crazy leftist commies in November. So sorry for your loss, sir. God bless you!
We will be going to insurrection act.. Marshall Law and arrests..only thing the commies understand..this is where the commie judges also get taken down.. 😎😎😎
Martial Law.
If not the midterms, maybe the White House later? Surely something you’re not hoping for……
OMG, that’s the most disgusting and depressing thing that I’ve ever seen!
Yikes!
Where’s Leticia James? Surely she’ll get appointed…Border Czar lol
No re ground forces unless hyper focussed and time limited – eg recovering the enriched uranium.
Don’t assume Trump loses the mid terms.
It is Iran that has overplayed its hand. Its offensive capacity has been sharply curtailed and before it can be re-established the Gulf Arab States will have built pipelines to terminate in the Eastern Mediterranean. Now to do that they need the pipeline to end up in a secure, stable country. There is only one in that region – Israel.
So in Trump 45 he set up the Abraham accords, in 47 he got the Arabs and Israelis to think about fixing Gaza, due to the insanity of Iran attacking all of its neighbours the Arabs have effectively ended up in a military alliance with Israel and now it will be closer economic cooperation. That provides the best chance for peace in the Levant for 100 years and will let the USA substantially exit the ME. And Iran and its influence its degraded to the level of irritant.
This would be the most significant foreign policy win for the USA since the collapse of the Soviet Union. And you want to vote him out!
Stop The Whining.
I am shocked! Shocked, I tell ya! Never thought to see this comment from you Cactus.
They historically have had mighty and wicked demonic powers positioned over them as mentioned in the Old Testament.
I think the original supreme leader was the CIA/Deep State replacement for the Shah who outlived his usefulness. Our treatment of the Shah was very poor after his ouster. Jimmy Carter was not a nice man.
Excellent post, Mike.
I repeat from a previous CTH feed:
Rubio, the epitome of articulation.
Canadian gov’t dissolves Samidoun a year and a half after proscribing it as a terror organization
With the adoption of the 2025 federal budget, the Canadian government now has clear authority to dissolve corporations identified as listed terrorist entities under the Criminal Code.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-891793
No thanks!
I guess all cultures are not equal.
Careful with that information. You are going to give the multiculturalism is good crowd the vapors.
Also, those of the looting and mooching persuasions will issue a fatwa on you for speaking truth.
GOD created man in his own image. After that, all bets are off. I’m going with the white guys or at least the ones who don’t carry rugs around and need to feed their egos 7 times a day. The good thing is……in our pagan country of gun owners (sarc) it makes for easy pickings.
What about Mr. Noem?
Thus has it ever been:
Genesis 16:11 The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
12 He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYA34J2xcBa2ganXyI7Yp6fHrEp1wNkY5U8g&s
Islam is the religion of peace.
If you dont agree, they will kill you
Or they will just kill you anyway
First and formost, it’s NOT a religion, it’s a CULT! Is there a religion that says it’s OK to hate, kill, and be a liar?
Well, with all the mass migration into nuclear arm bearing countries – give Iran one more generational cycle – and they’ll have all the nukes they want.
I’m told that even demons compete for power, so there’s no reason to think those who acquire those weapons intend to share.
Most likely not.
Adelson’s widow gave President Trump’s campaign $200 million, and Bibi wants a Greater Israel while he avoids prison.
I thought we ended their nuclear ambitions eight months ago?
P.S. Israeli officials have already said, “Turkey is the next Iran.”
All so dumb.
Too tough to comprehend?
Perot is very persnickety this morning.
Aren’t we the persistent one!
By the word or by the post, do you think?
By the ability to redirect the conversation in general, it seems, Mouse.
Mixing the approach over time.
Today, throwing out “single issues” (like a bait line), in the hope of getting Treepers to do the work for them.
Iran ain’t Venezuela.
Where is the uprising from citizens? Did Iran kill the top dissidents the past year?
Thank goodness for the bunker buster bombs partly designed at Lawrence Livermore Labs, which are cable of taking out the German-designed underground bunkers.
I thought that too – obviously not enough was explained to us.
I’m just waiting to learn if we ever got to actually inspect Dimona.
Haven’t u got a pogrom to join?
Turkey is Muslim Brotherhood. Erdogan said:
Erdoğan recited: “The minarets are the bayonets, the domes are the helmets, the mosques are our barracks, the believers are the soldiers …
https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A4210678/view
Erdogan has visions of becoming the modern – day sultan Salah ad – Din.
because they are
alright. the dems are going to start their lying and conniving and trying to take that speech apart point by point. here we go.
I don’t listen to the demokrauts. It is a waste of my time. They lie, they obfuscate, they lie again and then they……lie.
Kinda like THUNE! He and they both need to be removed.
Thune is another effing McConnell 2.0. Ever notice that “R” Speakers are always RINOs??? Deep Deep state mf’rs. As useless as the hind teat on a boar hog!
This should have been done right after the first strikes, lot’s of people I know did not understand why this war was necessary.
To do and achieve what has been done in these recent 30 days we needed two fleets to converge onto Iran. The attack 8 months ago, for obvious reasons, had not been announced ahead, but the fleets sailed several weeks to get to the ME.
It was done which is why this sounds repetitions.
We have heard this from Trump, Hegseth, Caine, the press secretary, and the centcom commander. Oh wait Besset and Duncan also covered it repeatedly.
The only ones who didn’t hear it were the three monkies covering the news and apparently you
Not true. I have been following this subject and nobody has given a real explanation for why we’re doing this and why we had to do if now.
Send them the Rubio clip.
Problem solved
Count me among them. A blase’ “it had to be done now” does not cut it. We the People deserve better than that.
I did NOT need a detailed explanation. I have always paid attention with an intent to be informed. I was raised and educated with critical thinking skills, and ut was easy for me to understand need and benefit. Tired of modern whining ninnies.
They were not paying attention: such explanations have appeared several times before!
It will not matter: the Communists will spread the lie that”nobody knows why Trump attacked Iran! He is out of control!” etc.
Some of these people must have been living in an underground bunker!
Where is the rationale for Ukraine war?
Midnight Hammer buried the Iranian deeply fortified centrifuges, and the uranium they were in-process of enriching. That should have been enough of a warning. But it wasn’t.
Iran almost immediately began excavations to dig it all back up.
Iran also began getting rush airlifts of unidentified materials from China, flown in on Chinese cargo jets that deviated from their official flight-plans, turned off their transponders and landed in Iran.
https://cybershafarat.com/2025/06/16/two-cargo-flights-from-china-one-from-guangzhou-one-from-zhengzhou-did-fly-west-toward-irans-region-around-june-13-15-2025-and-ceased-public-tracking-en-route/
Multiple Iranian cargo ships were also picking up cargoes of sodium perchlorate, a chemical used for solid-fuel missiles from China last fall.
https://maritime-executive.com/article/two-iranian-boxships-under-way-with-likely-rocket-fuel-cargoes
Iran also was converting old tankers and cargo ships into covert missile carriers. GEN Caine’s briefing today mentioned that they sunk a number of these.
https://www.defensemagazine.com/article/iran-just-tested-a-ship-based-missile-fired-from-a-shipping-container
What all this points to is a likely buildup of Iranian capability to do sneak-attacks with missiles carrying radioactive materials (dirty bomb) and/or conventional explosives or chem/bio warheads. They could deliver these weapons by missile or drone to anyplace within hundreds of miles of the ocean. Or they could do a demonstration of their capability and try to blackmail the world.
The speech writer should have added one more sentence.
“Iran supports over a dozen terrorist groups like Hezbollah (Lebanon), Hamas (Palestinian Territories), Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and
The Houthis (Yemen).”
Should have been done 47 years ago. It took a real man of courage to finally do it. Better late than never I reckon!
Our media says President Trump should’ve obtained consent from Congress.
“Death to America” isn’t hyperbole! Iran will launch missiles with Nukes as soon as they’ve perfected those weapons.
It’s just sad that a religious state could bear such animosity toward all other faiths. But, here we are.
“………….a religious state could bear such animosity toward all other faiths.”
A costly, even life threatening mistake made by too many, and for far too long, is to continue with the misnomer that Islam is a religion. It is not. Islam is a cult. It is a violent cult of submission. It was born a violent cult of submission, and will remain as such until it is banished from the ranks of humanity.
Yes, Islam is an evil, violent, terrorist cult from Hell.
Notifying Congress would have been no different than notifying Iran.
Got to love the headline:
Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated — and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/irans-nuclear-facilities-have-been-obliterated-and-suggestions-otherwise-are-fake-news/
Then they found out that they had 600kg of enriched uranium… and the FM told Witkoff they had it.
From the above Davis post:
“He also didn’t address the unsecured 400+ kg of reprocessed nuclear material in Iran.”
The article from the White House is dated June 25, 2025. Playing the devil’s advocate here: If the goal here is that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons, but the nuclear facilities were obliterated nine months ago, then what are we doing in Iran today?
That’s the 64 thousand dollar question. Iran is not giving it up. Will Trump let them keep it?
Trump may be planning a Madura type operation by sending in US forces and seizing the enriched uranium
But:
Speaking of Ishfahan… President Trump just shared video of us bombing it, so that may solve the uranium problem.
Clean up on aisle 7…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/middleeast/isfahan-iran-bombing-trump-video.html
Murdering innocent people and destroying the lives of those who survive us, same as Gaza.
Cry me a f’ing river. Why don’t you go over and solve this easy problem. Did you lose any family members from these evil Islamic POS?
No? Then shut up and pray for OUR SOLDIERS or move to IRAN!
Rude.
Go back to Reddit communist, wave your Palestinian flag over there.
But did you complain when Iran murdered 30,000 protesters?
I thought not.
Stop The Whining.
Oh man I hate.to give up the strategy but here it goes.
We will drop a fuel air.bomb In the nice little dish we created in June. Oxygen is removed and everyone there is unalive. Airborne lands and sets up.a.perimeter. Drone dogs.patrol outside.the.fence as well as reaper.drones. CBees come in and build a landing strip in the.dish. An entire military base is airlifted.in as.well as mining equipmemt and drone tuneling equipment. We will be there a while but Iran will alow it. Their choice?
What a bunch of leftists twits that follow Davis!
Scott interviews Dan Vergano of Scientific American about an article he wrote exposing how scientifically absurd the claim that Iran was close to even having the ability to fully weaponize the enriched Uranium they possessed
– Dan Vergano: Iran was Nowhere Close to a Nuclear Bomb – 3/26/26
Funny how there are no apolitical science publications
And the vaccines were “totally safe.” I don’t seem to get the warm fuzzies from preaching experts posting their scientific studies. What true access do they have to Iran’s secret programs?
Yeah, Scientific American is totally objective. /s
Why are you even posting this garbage?
A lot of garbage lately.
Let’s include your continually rude posts in that last category.
It’s not rude. This is a forum where people express opinions. If you can’t tolerate other opinions you don’t agree with, you’re in the wrong place. And the point was: is the crap they publish in Scientific American objective and believable. Address the point and stop whining about political correctness. Thank God our President doesn’t worry about such nonsense.
Stop The whining.
Yeah, back in 1993 President Bill Clinton assured the world that North Korea was nowhere close to being able to produce a nuclear weapon.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-08-mn-54564-story.html
Then in 1994 he signed an agreement with NK “to end the threat of nuclear proliferation on the Korean penninsula.”
Two years later North Korea did their first underground nuclear test-blast.
What you should do, lady, is think for yourself, on behalf of Italians. Oh, and drop kick the EU as fast as possible, ‘cause she’s asinking!
The context note indicates it’s not directed at Trump but an explanationi of her recent comromise with NATO. Folks need to lighten up, perharps.
She appears to be in a conundrum. The EU is blowing up before our eyes.
The context note indicates it’s not directed at Trump but an explanationi of her recent comromise with NATO. Folks need to lighten up, perhaps.
from earlier somewhere else… but this video is the perfect illustration I didn’t have then:
“… it’s begun to dawn: *they know they are screwed*… BUT… ‘how to become unburden by what has been?” is still entirely mysterious they don’t have a clue;
so I perceive that the natural-consequences-punishment has already begun. Only JUST begun, in fact; yes, they will have to pay dearly for US goods & benefits of all sorts in future.
He’s a good Daddy – among the best things a parent can do is to let the Natural consequences provide the lessons; those lessons are always remembered, never forgotten the best.”
~ AG
Italy just began denying US Airforce bombers access to Italian airbases if they are on missions to Iran
https://www.newsweek.com/italy-denies-us-air-force-access-military-base-sicily-iran-war-11760915
Et tu Meloni?
Mic drop.
And oh, if you oppose this, thanks for the heads up.
Boom.
I never see the salient argument:
The had large amounts of 60%+ enriched uranium, and long range dirty bomb delivery systems.
Boom.
47 years of Iran and its terrorist proxy killing American Military personnel is a damn good reason that should have been addressed long ago but all the Presidents since haven’t had the Balls to initiate.
But there are many things beyond what we see or hear going on and you can bet your bottom dollar on that.
Someone made Marco have him some elephant ears.
Frankly, it continues to astonish me just how far, and for how long, a group of radical “clerics” has been able to seize and maintain power in “Iran.” Basically, by pure intimidation. No one ever had the b&lls to challenge them – until now.
And, given the extraordinary risks and impacts that other nations have been forced to take … “yet, they took them.” Nations all over the planet have watched Iran turn the Strait into a toll-gate, yet they never once did(!) anything about it. Except, I guess, to sell them lots of “medium-range” weapons. (Never pondering what that(!) meant . . .)
Unbef&ckinglievable …
I use that term too Mike but there’s always a grandkids around!
Is there more then just a bunch of backwards terrorists Camel Jocks running the Op in Iran ?
Maybe the same individuals had used Iran just like the Ukraine Op maybe them Clowns In Action or them Agents of Is Fake.
I’m waiting for it to be known that China is operating all military hardware in Iran against other middle eastern countries (Which Iran has never done) and U.S. military because China treats Muslims in their own country in one way……… prison camps or death.
How many hardcore supporters do the Mullahs have, 100,000?
He does have some ginormous Spock ears! 😂
He’s a good listener!
Yes it was past time to take the threat down.
Obama was iran’s point man who is a devil.
Rock on, brother Marco……!
Secretary Rubio says “Iran wants to have nuclear weapons”.
This means Iran did not, and does not, have nuclear weapons. Therefore, the threat of Iran having nuclear weapons was not imminent, which make this war a Preventive War and not a Preemptive War.
Perhaps Secretary Rubio should read what 5-Star General Dwight Eisenhower said about Preventive war.
The distinction between preventive war and preemptive war lies primarily in the timing and immediacy of the perceived threat. A preemptive war is a first strike conducted in response to an imminent attack, where intelligence indicates that an adversary is about to strike. In contrast, a preventive war is launched against a potential future threat, based on strategic calculations that an enemy may become too powerful if not confronted early.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (President and 5 Star General) firmly rejected the concept of preventive war. He famously declared, “Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing,”. His views were consistently expressed in speeches and news conferences, notably in August 1954, and were formally enshrined in U.S. national security policy, which rejected preventive war as a legitimate strategy.
All of which brings up the question of does the end justify the means? Eisenhower didn’t think so. But then, what military experience did he ever have?
Different time, different place, different circumstances, same sinful human nature.
He was a Rank Amateur, I say… total hack. Preventative, not Preemptive… yes, indeed… thanks for the history lesson. “Spot on!”, as they say.
Eisenhower did not have an enemy on the verge of possessing an unassailable shield of missiles and drones protecting their nuclear ambitions and arsenal from all comers.
If, indeed, Iran was allowed to put in place such an impenetrable barrior…
It can be argued, someone, sooner or later, would likely have to do what Eisenhower did to Japan.
(Misgivings, not withstanding)
This is all an example of the “trolley problem”… isn’t it?
The trolley problem…
a philosophical exercise meant to test the distinction between the moral weight of the actions we choose versus the consequences of inaction.
Do we choose an action that kills one person or, no action that results in five deaths?
What if the stakes are higher?
Much higher.
Thermonuclear higher!!
“unassailable shield of missiles and drones”
The new goalpost. Now it’s not ICBM’s (illogically) launched against New York City in some imaginary Future World scenario… it’s ACTUALLY more of a localized “unassailable shield”.
Seriously, make up your frickin’ minds on this.
The “local shield” (missiles and drones)
protects the nukes.
The nukes are the threat.
The threat will be leveraged.
They’ll do as they damned well please.
They’ll “Aquire” what they damned well please.
They’ll launch them at whomever they damned well please.
They’ll transport/give them to wherever they damned well please; and threaten to vaporize whomever they damned well please.
They’ll transport them to allies who will do whatever they damned well please.
What they have been doing will continue…
On a GLOBAL SCALE
Their not gonna give a sh!t about goalposts!!
The shield we cut through like a hot knife through cold butter?
This is a very good point.
“Imminent” threat means the danger is real and expected. It does not mean you need to wait until an attack is already underway.
I, for one, say I’m glad we kicked their ass…..
We done what needed doing….
Time for our “allies” to hold the hot potato….
NO MERCY!
They can’t. Underfunded for decades, undermanned, DEI Wokesters, riding our coattails. They have some special forces, but limited depth, weapons, and ammunition. Thin inventories were wiped out for Ukraine.
Sucks to be them…..
Now that wasn’t so hard was it? Couldn’t this have been done earlier? A short one-sentence explanation was all we got and that is not enough for an event on this order of magnitude. Rubio explained it in two minutes. Could have been done much earlier by anyone in the administration. Better late than never I guess. But disappointing. What do we get next time a one minute explanation?
Ask Susie Wiles.
Whiner extraordinaire. I crown you Queen of The Never Satisfied™️
I’m assuming this is the quality of information & format going out directly to the American People on the new app –
Brilliant – clear, concise, efficient, and no middle-men corrupting Agenda 47 with corrupt deliberate MIS-interpretations.
Excellent.
Rubio’s little clip here sounds precisely like it was extracted from your bog standard, Neocon Debate Stage answer to some national security question posed by some CNN talking head. Exactly two minutes, too… it’s like he just had to rifle through some old papers and slap that on top of current events…
For those who refuse to actually listen to the clip below in order to understand the detail of what we’re dealing with, I’ve hunted down the transcript for your convenience… 20 seconds of reading is all that’s needed… 30 seconds, tops…
“MUST-SEE: Tulsi Gabbard makes BOMBSHELL CONFESSION at Senate hearing”
SEN. OSSOFF: “That opening statement, as submitted to the Committee in advance of this hearing [but, curiously, I believe not actually delivered in her opening statement], stated that as a result of last summer’s airstrikes, ‘Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was obliterated,’ correct?”
DIR. GABBARD: “That’s right.”
SEN. OSSOFF: “And is that, in fact, the assessment of the Intelligence Community?”
DIR. GABBARD: “Yes.”
SEN. OSSOFF: “So the assessment of the Intelligence Community is that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was obliterated by last summer’s airstrikes?”
DIR. GABBARD: “Yes.”
SEN. OSSOFF: “In the opening statement you submitted to the Committee last night also stated, ‘there has been no effort since then to try to rebuild their enrichment capability,’ correct?”
DIR. GABBARD: “That’s right”
SEN. OSSOFF: “And that’s the assessment of the Intelligence Community?”
DIR. GABBARD: “Yes.”
SEN. OSSOFF: “The White House stated on March 1st of this year that this war was launched and was, ‘a military campaign to eliminate the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime.’ That’s a statement from the White House. ‘The imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime.’ Was it the assessment of the Intelligence Community that there was an imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime?”
DIR. GABBARD: “The Intelligence Community assessed that Iran maintained the intention to rebuild and to continue to grow their nuclear enrichment capabilities.”
SEN. OSSOFF: “Was it the assessment of the Intelligence Community that there was a, ‘imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime?’ Yes or no?“
[At this point, Gabbard becomes shifty in her seat and evasive for the remainder]
DIR. GABBARD: “Senator, the only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the President ––”
SEN. OSSOFF: “False.”
DIR. GABBARD: “–– and he made that determination.”
SEN. OSSOFF: “This is the worldwide threats hearing where you present to Congress national intelligence, timely, objective and independent of political considerations. You’ve stated today that the Intelligence Community’s assessment is that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was obliterated, and that ‘there had been no efforts since then to try to rebuild their enrichment capability.’ Was it the Intelligence Community’s assessment that, nevertheless, despite this obliteration, there was a, ‘imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime?’ Yes or no?”
DIR. GABBARD: “It is not the Intelligence Community’s responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat ––”
SEN. OSSOFF: “Okay, here’s the problem ––”
DIR. GABBARD: “That is up to the President based on a volume of information that he receives.”
SEN. OSSOFF: “No, it is precisely your responsibility to determine what constitutes a threat to the United States. This is the worldwide threats hearing where, as you noted in your opening testimony, ‘you represent the IC’s assessment of threats.’ You are here to ‘represent the IC’s assessment of threats.’ That’s a quote from your own opening statement. And so, my question is, as you’re here to present the IC’s assessment of threats, was it the assessment of the Intelligence Community that, as the White House claimed on March 1st, there was a, ‘imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime.’ Yes or no?”
DIR. GABBARD: “Once again, Senator, the Intelligence Community has provided the inputs that make up this annual threat assessment ––”
SEN. OSSOFF: “You won’t answer the question.”
DIR. GABBARD: “It is the nature of the imminent threat that the President has to make that determination based on a collection and volume of information intelligence that he is provided with.
SEN. OSSOFF: “You’re here to be timely, objective, and independent of political consideration.”
DIR. GABBARD: “Exactly what I’m doing.”
SEN. OSSOFF: “No, you’re evading a question because to provide a candid response to the Committee would contradict a statement from the White House.”
Right. She won’t throw her boss under the bus just to make him happy.
Him being Ossoff.
Dir Gabbard was doing her job and doing it well.
No gotcha except in minds predetermined to be un Ameican,
No retorts from the “imminent threat” crew?
I’ll wait.
Hello mr Alinsky. we don’r fit your group…..go else where.
I admire his persistence and trust he’ll stay. Let us all know when you own this site– only then may you dictate who gets to post and who does not.
You seem to think you own this site, with your constant harassment of Treepers you don’t happen to agree with. Might be a good idea to stop pretending you’re the Treehouse Police.
Practice what you are preaching.
Exactly.
You forgot your raised pinky sniff sniff with a slight twirl of your glass.
You should donate to Ossoff’s campaign. Maybe even volunteer to canvass for him. You sound like you’d be more comfortable with the commies, so why put it off? Your non-stop whining is pointless and irritating. So go join your true fellow travelers and be happy.
I agree, cadence is unnatural.
This also is the same line of arguments that I’ve heard for over a decade: Iran is X weeks away from a nuclear weapon.
If Iran actually gained a nuke…. Would they use it?
The Ayatollahs like to live well. They’re not jihadis.
I believe the real Marco Rubio does the best he can to support the interests of our country, and he is highly articulate and gifted. Overall my respect has grown since end of 2024. But I’m not sure this is actually him.
Unril you glow in the dark…….what does it take to wake up some people?
Perhaps I am a dinosaur, a relic, but what happened to supporting your country even when you knew the actions were imperfect?
MAGA!
That’s not for people like mr. piddles, who has to scream and cry every time it rains.
IDF strikes Iranian regime chemical manufacturer
The factory, owned by the Tofiq Daru Company, was the principal supplier of fentanyl for the Iranian regime’s research and development agency.
The IDF struck a factory that transferred chemical substances used in the Iranian regime’s development of chemical weapons on Tuesday, the IDF announced.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-891860
According to the IDF, Tofiq’s factory disguised itself as a civilian company, but was used by the regime for the production of substances utilized in the research and development of chemical weapons.
“The Tofiq Daru Company knowingly and systematically supplied this deadly substance [fentanyl] to the SPND organization, which used it to conduct research and development of chemical weapons,” said the IDF.
IRGC Threatens U.S. Companies Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have warned they will target the operations of several major U.S. and international firms in the region starting April 1, in retaliation for actions against Iran.
Companies named:
Apple,
Boeing,
Cisco,
Dell
G42
General Electric
Google
HP
IBM
Intel
JPMorgan
Meta
Microsoft
Nvidia
Oracle
Palantir
Spire Solutions
Tesla
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2039055297919004991#m
Wait… so the Iranian Mafia wants to cripple themselves even further? Great plan!
Reporter: Iran threatened a bunch of U.S. companies in the region today.
President Trump: “With what? With BB guns? They don’t have much left to threaten”
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2039104931253170336#m
BREAKING:
The United Arab Emirates plans to join U.S. military efforts to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz, WSJ reports.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2039147237083640317#m
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM): “U.S. forces drop precision munitions on underground military targets deep inside Iran to further degrade the Iranian regime’s ability to project power in meaningful ways beyond its borders.”
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2039150480572535049#m
BREAKING
Report from Iran: The Natanz nuclear facility has been struck U.S. / Israeli Air Force
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2039055926468997278#m
U.S. State Department confirms American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad by a man tied to the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hizballah.
Iraqi authorities have detained a suspect, and the State Department is coordinating with the FBI to secure her release. All Americans are urged to leave Iraq immediately; the country remains at Level 4 Travel Advisory.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2039076372857995474#m
Arab media Footage shows the abduction of U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson in Baghdad.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2039030641962942830#m
This should all have been explained to the public a month ago. Preferably it should have been a short prime-time message from the President within 24 hours after the start of the operation.
Why?
We had 50 years of the Iran Mafia screaming “Death to America”, Kill countless Americans and commit Terrorist Acts directly or through proxies, if that wasn’t enough reason to take out this Cancer, no Prime Time Message of any lenght would have been enough.
For anyone listening rather than whining, President Trump made this clear a month ago. So did Sec. Hegseth, Sec. Rubio, Gen. Caine, Sec. Bessent, Mr. Witkoff, The Press Secretary, and many other spokespersons for the Executive. Then you had Sundance come here and wrap it all up in easy to understand paragraphs.
Everyone can spare me their fake disappointment. Stop The Whining.
JUST IN
Mehr News: Mobarakeh and Khuzestan steel plants were struck in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Significant.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2039089378023153790#m
NEW
Harvard Harris Poll: Key Takeaways on Iran & the War:
•76% say the U.S. is currently winning the war against Iran
•64% say Iran violated its nuclear deal
•62% view Iran as a direct U.S. national security threat
•67% say Iran is a leading source of instability, terrorism, and war
•68% believe the Iranian people do not support the regime
•73% support Israel over Hamas
•51% support U.S. Israel strikes on Iran,
54% say the campaign is justified
Support for the war is heavily split politically, Republicans strongly back it, Democrats largely oppose
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2038751198430498925#m
Democrats oppose everything Pres Trump does. They however supported Obama, Clinton and Bush’s incursions
I have doubts about any Harvard Harris poll’s objectivity. But even in this likely phony poll, it looks to me like about 2/3 largely back what we’re doing. The 51% and 54% stats are likely rigged. Screeching democommies account for something less than 30% or even less. Which is still too much.
During 2020 covid/blm riots and onward, it seemed like the coastal states were most targeted for an organized self destructive internal weakening (ie ny and California) with the severest restrictions, propaganda, voter fraud etc..
Simultaneously, Florida was allowed to become known as the freedom state and lured millions of independent minded freedom lovers.
Next Texas, the southern border was overrun by illegals and cartels.
What struck me back then was how it all seemed like a strategic, methodical covert softening of our country’s protection by enemy forces.
The nagging question I was left with was why Florida. Why was Florida allowed to buck the tyranny and be known for it?
It was odd. Now I wonder, if the purpose of gathering the fiercest opposition to tyranny into Florida was because how close it is to Cuba.
Could it be possible that President Trump is dismantling an imminent threat to our soil by (China’s?) proxies, Venezuela, Iran and Cuba? Would it make sense that they were planning on triggering a catastrophic event like a tsunami etc off the coast of Florida?
This theory seems a little out there but I wonder if what’s going on is completely different than what we are being told.
…Using an underwater nuclear bomb developed by Iran off the coast of Florida?
Nothing that we are being told so far seems coherent or compelling enough to warrant this type of decisive action by President Trump. Not the Israel story, not the disconnect of relation between Cuba Venezuela and Iran. Like what do these three countries have to do with each other and in what relation to the USA?
Another interesting possible connection that i wonder about is how intertwined the cartels are with Venezuela, Ukraine, China (and Hezbolla? (iran)) but where does Cuba fit in?
Confusing all of it. The fog of war.
I thought the timing was because Israel was attacking. We need a conventional missile shield too.
Excellent. And they are right, no nukes for the death cult.
This president started a war without a clear plan for what victory is supposed to look like. Then he failed to win quickly, either because he was getting bad advice (likely) or didn’t listen (even more likely).
Now, with domestic pressure mounting and gas prices skyrocketing ahead of the primaries, he wants to cut his losses before achieving any war goals.
But if you ask out loud what he has actually achieved, everyone responds, “How dare you?!!! The man’s a genius! He’s so brilliant; nobody knows what his plan is.”
We should never go to war if we (i) have no objective or plan, (ii) cannot or will not clearly define what victory looks like, and (iii) do not fully intend to win.
Just like in Gaza: President Trump threatened to obliterate Hamas, disarm them, and remove them… then decided not to disarm them, and insisted that the Gaza-Egypt border be opened because, once again, liberals and isolationists at home pressured him. Now Hamas is rearming and regrouping for the next attack.
This guy is clearly confusing PR with actual warfare.
But let’s not talk about war for a second… It’s complicated. Let’s talk about real estate, shall we? A Republican judge just ruled that Trump violated procedure when he decided to build a White House Ballroom. Think about it! This is a man who has been a real estate developer for most of his life. Shouldn’t he be familiar with the process of legal due diligence and how to obtain proper permitting documentation before starting construction? It’s not as if the federal government had not enough lawyers on their payroll who could have warned him and mapped out the proper procedure…
Now we want the same man to fight wars and implement our agenda? How much more incompetence can this movement actually take?
Only a complete moron would expect plans for battle against an opponent to be written down for review and acceptance by civilians.
The White House Ballroom proceeds as planned. There is no “law” regarding what can and cannot be done in terms of White House construction.
Stop The Whining.
Unbelievable. A man who has been involved and made his bones in commercial real estate for over 4 decades did not perform due diligence with the implementation of the White House ballroom project. Give me a friggin’ break!
No, not if that’s a pattern of behavior and how he conducts his business.
Who said something about his battle plans, you nit? Trump doesn’t seem focused on winning this war, and that’s why I’m questioning his actions and motives that got us here in the first place.
What was the plan? Did he even have a plan? Again, what were the objectives? Bomb them a bit and then withdraw? Destroy their infrastructure? Regime change? And what goals have been achieved?
Again, Iranians are launching rockets every day. As they say, ‘the war ain’t over when the enemy is shooting at you.’
I understand this may be uncomfortable and emotional, but the facts remain the facts, and you have offered no argument to counter my point.
Again, this feels eerily similar to the Epstein files situation: “nothing to see, move on.”
Not going to happen. Not this time. I voted for him three times, spent a small fortune on his campaign (you can buy a decent house for that money). And I’m left with what exactly? Just another lie?
But, but, but… He is fighting the Democrats and the GOP Senate here at home, right? Wrong! Trump doesn’t need to fight anyone to stop his ATF from targeting law-abiding Americans over pistol braces that the ATF previously ruled legal, only to reverse their decision.
He also doesn’t need the GOP Senate to eliminate the filibuster in order to prosecute major participants in illegal spying on Americans, election interference, conspiracy, and other high crimes.
We have evidence of Special Counsel meetings with at least two federal judges to illegally strategize how to get a former president and nominee for the second term. That’s a RICO case right there.
What about mass deportations? This was and is 100 percent legal. Illegal immigrants can and should be deported. Why did he cave and withdraw ICE from Minnesota?
There is a clear pattern of caving or failing to follow through on his part. But, god forbid, somebody dares to bring it up… It’s “blasphemy.” Yeah, right…
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Concern troll alert
“… Gas prices skyrocketing…” Uhh, no. The average increase in U.S. gasoline price is still under $1/gallon… as compared to Joey Bidumb’s high prices in 2022 and as compared to Germany $9 U.S./gallon pump price on its way to $10 U.S. even with their government’s mandate of once – per – day price increases.
Gasoline prices have risen more than ~30 % over the past month since the war in. That’s pretty bad.
The national average price is now over $4 per gallon, the highest since 2022. Oil prices, the main driver of gasoline costs, have increased roughly 50 % or more recently. It will arrive at the pump eventually.
I don’t care about Germany. I care about the average American family’s ability to pay for groceries and how they will vote this November.
And calling me a concerned troll or any other names won’t solve the problem.
Can you honestly answer any of these questions:
What was the plan?
What were the main war objectives? Bomb them a bit and then withdraw? Destroy their infrastructure? Regime change?
What goals have been achieved?
ICYMI, Iranians are launching rockets every day. As they say, ‘the war ain’t over when the enemy is shooting at you.’
How about wiping out apocalyptical Shia radicals that are a threat to the entire world. Might be an idea, considering that they envision martyrdom through death, rather than respecting life.
What a great idea… except Trump ain’t doing this. He’s declaring victory just like he declared the DOJ had no more Epstein files to release and that there was nothing there.
By the way, Iran is also using illegal cluster bombs. No pushback from the media or the UN on this.
These protesters piss me off. There isn’t a day that goes by without a protest. If it’s trues these people are being paid to be there, why can’t somebody with money go there and pay them more to leave?
Very good.