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  • Iran Assessment – 8may26 (updated 9may26)

    George Rebane Starting with the bottom line, I am very disappointed in the lack of progress, nay, backsliding in how the administration’s apparent policy and visible actions toward Iran are being implemented.  A week or so ago President Trump promised that holy hell would rain down on Iran if the ragheads started firing on our…

  • Scattershots – 3may26 (updated 8may26)

    George Rebane Republicans continue to miss the boat on understanding the mind of America’s main street.  On the internet and broadcast media Republican mavens are self-assured that Democrats are heading for an election disaster, since they can smugly point out all the failures and follies of leftwing public policies.  But that doesn’t mean a thing…

  • Scattershots – 18apr26 (updated 19apr26)

    George Rebane The Dems path to power is to expand their voter base by taking, say, $500 from a maker and giving $100 to each of five takers, thereby losing one vote while gaining five.  In its various forms this paradigm defines the Democrats’ only reliable route to election victories since they have no other…

  • Mines Muddled in the Hormuz

    George Rebane President Trump, as is his wont, has again been sending a bevy of mixed signals on the disposition of the Strait of Hormuz.  First it’s sealed to all traffic, and then it’s going to be open to traffic not benefiting Iran.  First, it’s mined and we have to clear it, and then it’s…

  • The Barn Circled, Again

    George Rebane The Mirage of Diplomacy: Why We Keep Falling for the Iranian Negotiation Trap The definition of insanity, as the old adage goes, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. By that metric, the international community’s approach to the Islamic Republic of Iran has shifted from hopeful…

  • Scattershots – 11apr26

    George Rebane Large trucks marked with the Red Crescent and filled with stuff bought and paid for through the American Red Cross are allowed to enter Iran in order to provide relief for the country’s civilian population.  Many of those Iranians, held in eternal ignorance, now spend their days in regime approved street demonstrations shouting…

  • The 7apr26 Iran Cease-Fire?!

    George Rebane Both sides have cranked up their propaganda machines since the 28feb26 start of the Iran war.  The Right can’t do enough happy dancing to celebrate the military operation’s success, and the Left has seen nothing but an illegal, pointless, and ineffective offensive that has failed to resolve any of the claimed issues for…

  • Scattershots – 23mar26 (updated 26mar26)

    George Rebane Millionaire taxes on the rich don’t work.  Massachusetts tried that in 2023 and lost $4.2B in state revenues.  A large number of the rich just high-tailed it out of the state.  This is not reported in the lamestream media, so none of the Democrat voters know about it and will no doubt support…

  • The Iran Propaganda War

    George Rebane The Democrats are winning the Iran propaganda war hands down in the lamestream media and in the polls.  Their daily anti-American, anti-Trump screeds have successfully convinced over half of our population that the war was ill-conceived, and is being poorly executed with no clear objectives to be achieved.  That none of this is…

  • Iran War – on the edge of quagmire?

    George Rebane We have definitely become bogged down in our prosecution of the Iran war.  As we enter the war’s third week, it is clear that no material progress has been made toward ending the conflict for at least the last seven days.  Iran has successfully hunkered down and continues to launch missiles and drones…

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