Bumper Sticker Rhetoric vs. Cold, Hard Facts

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Please share everywhere!! By Craig Andresen – The National Patriot – Commentary

For far too long, some on the right side of the political aisle have spewing venom at President Trump regarding his handling of the war against the Iranian regime. Some, like Mark Levin and Victor Davis Hanson have been critical regarding one recurring clarion call that has, as yet, not been undertaken in a scale large enough to make a real difference…”ARM THE IRANIAN PEOPLE!!” Others, have chosen to post to social media, and via her blog that Trump, has completely mishandled the war, doesn’t know what he’s doing and lied to the Iranian people, just to cite a few of her complaints.

I, and others who have disagreed with such assessments of the strategies and tactics so far employed against the Iranian regime have been referred to, as brown-nosers, up Trump’s butt and the “Trump can do no wrong brigade.” It doesn’t matter that in many of my commentaries I have clearly stated what I believe to have been mistakes made by President Trump, nor has it seemed to matter that I have provided receipts regarding what I and others see as legitimate and well-applied strategies and tactics.

I have always believed that pragmatic responses to issues are far better than emotional tantrums.

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The F3EAD Process – A Necessary Delay In The Iran War

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Unfortunately, there are some out there, even on our right side of the political aisle, that proclaim loudly, ad nauseam about how President Trump has no idea what he’s doing regarding the Iran war, is a fool, and that President Trump has been “out-Trumped” by Iran.

God forbid anyone would disagree with them or offer receipts and facts showing that despite making mistakes, there has always been a time tested and successful strategy in play and they are labeled by the ad nauseam critics as being up Trump’s butt, brown-nosers or the “Trump Can Do No Wrong Brigade.”

Among the ad nauseam complaints has been the lack of kinetic action against Iran’s Pick-Axe Mountain, and to be fair, many have raised that concern. Also amongst the ad nauseam complaints from the “Trump can do no right brigade” with regard to the Iran war has been the “recent” revelation of reports of Russia “beating the blockade” and delivering weapons and weapon parts to Iran. I want to be very clear on this point…I’m not saying that the “recent” reports are wrong. What I am saying is that the reports are not recent, and there IS a certain tactic, or strategy in play here.

The question that should be asked by those wondering why kinetic action hasn’t been taken against Pick Axe or against weapons deliveries from Russia is “why not?,” but that doesn’t appear to be of concern to some as even though perfectly good reasons exist…to the most staunch members of the “Trump can do no right brigade,” they just don’t care. It interrupts their anti-Trump Iran war ad nauseam-palooza. Nonetheless, military and intel strategies and tactics do exist, and for good reasons.

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Bipartisanship – A Whisper of a Bygone Era

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AI defines “Bipartisanship” as – “A political situation in a two-party system where opposing parties find common ground through compromise and cooperation to pass legislation or form public policy.”

Ironically, perhaps sadly AI itself is now the focus of decidedly partisan politics. The left side of the political aisle seems to want it heavily regulated and controlled by the government. The right side of the aisle wants minimal government interference in the development process of AI. The left wants data centers funded by utility rate payers but the right sees that as an abuse of taxpayer’s dollars. The political left wants to share the R&D involved in building and refining said technology with America’s geo-political and technological advisory, China while the political right remains staunchly opposed to such a notion.

 The left seems set on referring to it as Artificial Intelligence while the right seems to like the renaming of it to Super Intelligence.

Put another way, the future of technology and for that matter the future of mankind’s everyday lives has no common political ground.

If we can’t even find common ground regarding how to manage the process of building a new form of technology that will permeate our future in ways we can’t even now imagine…is there any real hope for a political future where bipartisanship can exist? Personally, I am not optimistic in that regard. Like the horse and buggy, gas street lights, TV’s that only picked up 3 or 4 channels, not wearing pajamas when one went out in public and knowing the difference between males and females…bipartisanship may well be on its way to becoming a whisper of a bygone era.

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Iran’s Regime – Low on Time, Out of Leverage, Long on Desperation

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As the Islamic regime in Iran grows more desperate, knowing that they are being economically choked to death, knowing their leverage via the Strait of Hormuz is gone, and facing the reality of their dwindling military capabilities, one thing remains clear…their apocalyptic death-cult is planning for a last-ditch, blaze of barbaric savagery akin to what I described at the end of my commentary a week ago as “burning their country to the ground so they can rule over the ashes.”

I’ll get back to this shortly.

While the IRGC does indeed fear military responses should they decide to strike Israel, from both Israel and the U.S., and while they know (even though they would never admit it) that such strikes would be devastating to the regime, there is something they fear even more…the Iranian people. The IRGC understands that an all-out military operation by Israel, by the U.S. or what would most likely be a combined U.S., Israeli military campaign unlike anything ever seen can, and would destroy IRGC and regime personnel, they also know only the Iranian people can truly topple the regime and remove the 7th century, 12 Shia ideology from power.

So, what will the regime’s “burning their country to the ground so they can rule over the ashes” look like…at least in part? Near the end of our RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS broadcast last Tuesday, September 29th, at the 1:21:45 mark you will hear in that discussion Diane Sori bring up “bio-weapons.” Diane said “if they were smart, they would not shoot them at Israel…” To be clear, “smart” has nothing to do with their calculation. DESPERATION has EVERYTHING to do with it, but it goes much deeper than most people think as some believe Israel is likely to be the regime’s primary target for that final desperation hail Mohammad.

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The Future of the Middle East – The Bigger Picture

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Last week, it was reported that senior military leaders held a private meeting in Germany to discuss the ongoing conflict with Iran and regional security. That meeting, as it has been called, was engineered by the U.S., and hosted by Admiral Brad Cooper, included the military chiefs of staff from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt.

That in and of itself is remarkable because the participants don’t always agree with one another regarding political, cultural or military points of view, but it gets even more remarkable when one considers the one participant not included in the aforementioned list – Israel.

That’s right, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir had an equal seat at that most incredible assemblage of military leaders. From what we know, Adm. Cooper reassured participants that the U.S. would maintain its military footprint in the Middle East despite recent regional escalations and attacks on American bases but that was just the opening statement. The topics under discussion included an exchange of intelligence and assessments regarding regional war developments and Iranian attacks on military installations, reviewed American strategic proposals to safeguard and expand protected commercial ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and the recent escalations involving Houthi forces in Yemen.

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Anti Trump War Rhetoric vs. Reality’s Receipts

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Enough already with the virtue-signaling from those who disagree with the current strategy being employed against Iran, and the constant blaming of President Trump for mishandling the war, or making promises he hasn’t kept, or the claims that if Trump won’t finish the job, Israel will finish it for him.

And what happens when someone disagrees with the virtue signaling sorts? They will quickly proclaim that those who disagree with their opinions are “up Trump’s butt,” “brown nosers,” “Trump can do no wrong sorts” or “liars.”

Personally, I believe there have been mistakes made. For instance, I believe Trump was wrong to say, as he did in early March, 2026, that defeating the Iranian regime would only take 4-5 weeks, something he repeated several times before eventually dropping that line for a more non-descript timeline. What I believe he should have said from the jump was – “We’ll remain in this fight until the Iranian regime and the IRGC no longer hold the world hostage to their tyranny, brutality and terrorism.” Here’s another mistake I believe Trump has made – saying he will not stop until Iran unconditionally surrenders. That’s not ever going to happen and I made that very clear in my commentary, “The Mullah’s Madness Unmasked” back on May 10th, 2026. More on that later in this commentary.

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The U.S. War Strategy vs. Iran – -A Textbook Masterclass

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By Craig Andresen – The National Patriot – Commentary

With regard to any who believe that President Trump has mismanaged the war with Iran, or any who, in their opinions believe that President Trump has ignored the lessons of history, made his strategic decisions based on advice from those who simply don’t understand how to fight or win a war, ignored his top cabinet and military advisors or built his strategy purely around political and/or personal aggrandizement, that simply couldn’t be further from the truth.

The strategy employed by the U.S. against Iran is very well documented, tested, successful and goes back much, much further than most would believe.

The basis for what has developed into the current strategy started with Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, (5th Century BCE) ‘Sun Tzu’s The Art of War repeatedly frames victory not just through battles but through breaking the enemy’s alliance network, using spies and deception, and depleting the enemy’s state treasuries while preserving your own resources.’ 

The Arthashastra, an ancient Indian piece written by Kautilya in India, roughly a century after ‘The Art of War,’ became the first formal version of the strategy listing four elements rather than Sun Tzu’s three. After the end of WWI, ‘The Twenty Years’ Crisis,’ by British political scientist E.H. Carr again narrowed it back to three elements.

During WWII, the U.S. engaged in the four element strategy and soon after the end of WWII, United States military and defense strategists formalized it as only the U.S. military can…with an acronym and it has been the blueprint taught by our military through leadership and academy classes ever since. That is certainly not to say it has always been followed and obviously, when not, our efforts have suffered for it, but it does remain the U.S. military blueprint to this day.

The acronym?

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Where’s Waldo and Weapons of War

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Over the past couple of weeks, and over the past several months, two questions regarding certain aspects of the war with Iran have continued to crop up. Both are rather interesting questions, and both seem to have complex answers.

No, I’m not talking about why we’re doing this, that or the other thing, or for that matter, why we’re not doing this, that or the other thing. These questions are a bit more eclectic…perhaps more on the ethereal side of things but one thing is certain, both involve conspiracies…and corresponding theorists.

Let’s just be honest, if it’s in the news, its fodder for conspiracy theorists and that’s nothing new. Conspiracy theories have been around since ancient times and have been centerpieces of civil, and not so civil debate from watering holes to water coolers. Anything that’s unknown automatically lends itself to unending chatter, and even some things that are verifiable facts become the subject of those who simply refuse to accept facts as facts.

In the latter category – the Earth is round. It is NOT flat, but that hasn’t stopped the Reynolds Wrap cap crowd from proclaiming we round Earthers and full of beans. Here’s the question they just can’t answer…IF the Earth IS flat, what’s on the underneath side of it? I ask because regardless of how flat one makes a pancake, it still has two sides.

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The Iran War – Options vs. Alternatives Part 2

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Please Click LIKE at the bottom of this commentary, and share it everywhere!! By Craig Andresen – The National Patriot – Commentary

The strategy employed by the U.S. against the Iranian regime should be pretty clear by now except to some critics of President Trump who are getting close to stage 3 TDS. The strategy, as I have said many times, is to use our military to cut the Iranian regime off from the one thing they need the most…money…while systematically eliminating remaining targets that threaten not only our military, but Iran’s Arab State neighbors, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and potential ground operations that may well be coming soon against the IRGC.

Evidence that the strategy is working can easily be found if one pays attention to reports, not only from our military, CENTCOM or our media, but also from more unlikely sources like Iran itself.

Sure, there are those who are fit to be tied over pauses in the action, and over “negotiating” with the enemy, but I believe that those who have adopted the talking points of the IRGC, in that “The U.S. is losing the war,” or that “Trump is a fool and doesn’t know what he’s doing,” would rather continue to virtue-signal their own personal armchair quarterback belief that they could do better if they, not President Trump were running the show.

As for the most recent “pause” for so-called “negotiations,” just over a week ago, it wasn’t President Trump, nor was it Steve Witkoff or Jared Kushner who suggested it, rather it was Admiral Bradley Cooper, Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) who advised it and for a very interesting reason…the U.S. military had run out of targets related to the Strait of Hormuz. This isn’t to suggest that Iran has nothing remaining with which to threaten shipping, just that the IRGC hasn’t exposed any of what they may have left or where they’ve been hiding it for about a week.

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The Iran War – Options vs. Alternatives Part 1

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Please Click LIKE at the bottom of this commentary, and share it everywhere!! By Craig Andresen – The National Patriot – Commentary

Political analysts, think-tank sorts, some religious and/or theocratic scholars, and various other critics have been quick to argue that President Trump is “mismanaging the war” because he simply “does not understand radical Islam or the Iranian regime’s death-cult mindset.” Some on the right side of the aisle also claim that “Trump is losing the war.” Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. I believe our president has a much better understanding of the radical Islamic mindset than do some of his critics, I believe he has a much deeper understanding of the broader Middle East mindset than his critics claim he has, and I know that there is no easy way to fight ANY war, especially one with so many moving pieces as this one.

While President Trump’s primary stated purpose for this war is to prevent Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon, we all know that the only way to ensure that is to create regime change in Iran. Here’s the problem with the U.S. engineering regime change – we have a terrible success rate in doing that. Viet Nam, Korea, and several recent attempts in the Middle East…including in Iran in 1979 leap to mind. But that’s not the only issue we face. Go too fast and you create a vacuum of power. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, don’t want to do that again.

Go too slow, you wind up as a tourist in Hanoi pretending it was an adventure on your bucket list for decades.

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