According to the recently published “Afghanistan Papers,” for over eighteen years, U.S. civilian and military leaders have been simultaneously clueless and deceptive. “We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan — we didn’t know what we were doing,” said Douglas Lute, a three-star Army general who served as the White House’s…
Welcome to the week where, for the third time in US history, we shall have a presidential impeachment. If you are not a student of American history, the previous times were that of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. The most recent, Bill Clinton, had to do with lying under oath,…
Once upon a time, one had to try hard to convince folks of the true intentions of the progressive socialist left, not anymore. The left in America is so emboldened that they feel empowered, and no longer hide who, and what, they are. One need only look at what is transpiring…
“A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.” (USSR Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) “On the morrow of each conflict I gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of every sort and kind.” (Italian Fascist Dictator…
Clare Lopez, a member of the CCNS, discusses the aftermath of the killing of Quds Forces leader Qasem Suleymani. She discusses the ideology that drove him, and the “Twelvers.” He set up jihad terror militias all across the Middle East. He was enemy no. 1 for both Israel and the…
Gen. Paul Vallely, a founding member of the CCNS, and John Naimi of the Cyrus Force discuss the attack that killed Qasem Soleimani with Ann Vandersteel, host of the Steel Truth. Naimi discussed how Soleimani gained the status of general, with so much blood on his hands. Vallely discusses how…
In this interview on One America News, CCNS member Clare Lopez discusses the 40 year war that Iran has waged, what doctrine motivates the Iranian government to pursue their goals, and how President Trump is a different kind of president than they have faced before.
Yes, I know many of us have been focused on the one “I” word, Iran. But, if there is anything we have come to learn about the progressive socialist left, they do the “Kansas City Shuffle” very well. That song is from the soundtrack of the movie “Lucky Number Slevin,”…
Their countries wanted them dead because of their ideas. You’ve probably heard of one – Jamal Khashoggi. His 2018 murder inside a Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey sparked international outrage and front page headlines. Khashoggi was a Washington Post columnist, and his brutal killing at the hands of Saudi government agents naturally sparked anger and a vociferous defense…
In this interview with host Tom Trento, CCNS member Clare Lopez discusses the recent attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad by Iranian proxy forces (this interview took place prior to the killing of Qassem Soleimani). She talks about the recent history and relationship between Iraq and Iran, the various…
The answer is exemplified by the 1980 to 1988 Iran-Iraq War, where we allow, even encourage, the fanatics to kill each other, given their seemingly insatiable appetite for internecine warfare, preferably, without an American presence. It is a foreign policy based, not on altruism or quaint notions of “breaking the cycle…
Well, I guess y’all can surmise from the topic of this missive the identity of this week’s recipient of our Old School Patriot “Stuck on Stupid Saturday” recognition. Yes, our first of the new year, 2020, “Stuck on Stupid Saturday (SOSS)” award goes to the Ayatollah Khamenei, supreme leader of…