POLITICAL: U.S. military involvement everywhere, but not in Sudan?

Monday, June 15, 2026

https://tuckercarlson.com/morning-note?

Marshall Worth
June 4, 2026

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Please Drop the Act

According to the people who constantly demand U.S. military involvement in foreign nations, America must send its troops to die around the world in the name of humanitarianism. We are the international community’s good guys, Lindsey Graham and his friends say, which means we are obligated to fight the bad guys.

This argument has surfaced countless times. Whether their focus is on Iran, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Iraq, Syria, or nearly any other country that permanent Washington decides to demonize, neocons always tend to fall back on the same basic messaging: going to war is the right thing to do.

What’s interesting is that this so-called morality never seems to apply to Sudan. Corporate cable news networks rarely report on this, but the African nation is home to some of the most brutal atrocities taking place anywhere on Earth. This AP News report shines a light on the details. They are jarring.

“The United Nations calls sexual violence one of the ‘most defining features’ of Sudan’s war, now in its fourth year,” the piece reads. “Many women have been subject to sexual slavery and forced to pay ransoms for their release, sometimes up to $10,000,” it continues.

The article centers around interviews with three women, each of whom says they are victims of abduction and sex slavery at the hands of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF). One of the women recalled RSF fighters ambushing her on the street as she fled her home, forcing her to strip before binding, beating, and transporting her to an abandoned desert village. Once there, she and her fellow captives, some of whom were teenagers, “lay bound in a shelter, urinating on themselves” and “were raped multiple times by different men.”

“The captors would enter [the chambers] and choose who they wanted, untie them, assault them, and bind them again,” the AP reported.

This cycle lasts until the victims die or find a way to buy their freedom. Ransoms routinely run high enough to force the women and their families to sell their cars, homes, and plunge into debt. All just for a chance of release.

Imagine if this precise thing were happening in Iran. Mark Levin and his allies would spend months lecturing the American public about how the Iranians needed freedom, and they would demand that the president drop everything to deliver it. Nothing would matter to them more than saving the women kidnapped by the evil Mullahs, even if doing so meant tanking the U.S. economy, getting our soldiers killed, gifting terrorists troves of new recruitment material, and blowing trillions of taxpayer dollars. This is bigger than politics, they would say in unison. It is about basic decency.

How come no one seems to feel that way about Sudan? The answer exposes the entire pro-war scam. Neocons have no concern for the people of Iran, Venezuela, or any of the countries they demand the United States “set free.” If they did, then they would also care about Sudan, Uyghur Muslims in China, and albinos in sub-Saharan Africa. Their true motives are entirely different; they only sing songs about “liberating the people” to brainwash well-meaning Fox News viewers into believing that globalist foreign policy is of deep moral purity.

Instead of insulting the public’s intelligence with lies about their deep worry for the well-being of Iran’s population, warhawks like Levin should drop the act and be honest about their true reason for wanting war. They pushed for Operation Epic Fury because they thought it would help Israel, not America or the Iranian people. Every honest person knows it.

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AS a little L libertarian, I don’t want “foreign adventurism” and “foreign entanglements”.  Hence, the USA should:

  • Declare Sudanese diplomats persona non grata
  • Cut off all “aid” to Sudan and anyone who supports them
  • Stop all travel visas to and from Sudan
  • Stop anyone from coming to the US that is from Sudan

That’s should shine a laser focus on the problem that they represent.

If that doesn’t work, then there is always Letters of Marque and Reprisal!

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GUNS: In Civil War 2.0, it appears that insurgents always win; war 5.0 will change the paradigm of war AGAIN

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

https://qr.ae/prp8Rx

Aditya Sharma
Moderator at the Munitions Annex2y

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If every US gun-owning civilians started rebelling against the government for some reason, how hard would it be for the US military to stop them?

With all due respect, good sir, I do suspect that you’ve framed this question incorrectly. Instead of saying:

“If every US gun-owning civilians started rebelling against the government for some reason, how hard would it be for the US military to stop them?

You should have asked this:

If every US gun-owning civilians started rebelling against the government for some reason, how long would the government last?

Why would I say this? After all, doesn’t just about every defense study from the post-war era rank the U.S. Military as one of the most powerful armed forces in the world? The answer to this question, you see, is really simple.

There are 100 million gun owners and at most 3 million members of the military and police[1][2][3].

Even if we round up the numbers of police and military to 5 million, it would still be quite a stretch to see them fighting a well-armed group that is nearly 20 times as large as they are. This is despite ignoring several facts that don’t look good for the military:

Supply chains largely dependent on civilians

If the reason for civil war is gun confiscation, it’s highly unlikely that the military, being mainly conservative, will support war against it’s own citizens[4]
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Continous failures throughout history to successfully defeat insurgencies. Let’s look at three examples to prove my point:

  • Vietnam: The US entered a poor, devastated, war-torn nation. Should have been an easy fight, right? Wrong. After all those years, they had to pack up and leave – and we all know the result
  • Iraq 2.0: They should have taken this one easily – flat terrain, overwhelming firepower, willing politicians, and poorly-trained and led opponents. Yet after 20 years, there has been no result.
  • Afghanistan: Same as the last two. A nation of illiterate goat-herders pushed back the world’s strongest fighting force. This was, of course, only a short while after they kicked out the Soviets.

None of these three examples looks good for the US. However, it gets worse. American gun owners are better equipped, educated, and funded than any of Afghanistan, Vietnam, or Iraq ever were. Not only are American gun owners well equipped, but they are well led too, with 18.2 million veterans – many of whom are likely experienced with asymmetric warfare from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam[5]. They understand the doctrines and policies set in place to combat an insurgency – and how to work around said doctrines.

Ignoring all these drawbacks that the military faces, and negating any pragmatic and moral argument and simplifying this motion down to a question of numbers, the military still does not win. Under any circumstances. Sorry.

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All politicians and bureaucrats need to run out in front of the parade and pretend to be leading.  If the parade turns on them, then they are toast.

‘If a battle can’t be won, don’t fight it,’ cautioned Sun Tzu, the revered Chinese warrior from 544-496 BC ”The Art of War’

“Let us hope our weapons are never needed – but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny.” – Edward Abbey

“…if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”
— Churchill, The Second World War, vol. 1, The Gathering Storm (London: Cassell, 1948, 272, on the British guarantee to Poland in Spring 1939.)

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POLITICAL: The O’Reilly Stewart debate; the 2012 Lincoln Douglas equivalent?

Friday, October 5, 2012

http://www.therumble2012.com/index.html

Bill O’Reilly. Jon Stewart. 2 podiums. 1 Air-Conditioned Auditorium. “O’Reilly v Stewart 2012: The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium” will be streamed live, Saturday, October 6th at 8pm ET from Lisner Auditorium at The George Washington University. O’Reilly and Stewart will take an entertaining and comedic approach to today’s pressing political issues in an attempt to find the best direction for America. “The Rumble 2012” will surely be a must-see event! If you pre-order by October 1st, you can suggest a question that Jon and Bill may answer during the debate. Pre-Order Now to be a part of the action! 

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MY question:

How can we get the girls and boys home from AfPak and Iraq? Only Ron Paul gave us a choice to get them out. With him out and basically BHO43 and Mitt have the same non-policy. The “anti-war” movement has been shown to be astroturf for the democrats. But the Taft wing of the R’s was definitely an anti war tradition. Given the blood and treasure wasted, how do “we” get out? Viet Nam, Republic of taught “We, The Sheeple” nothing!

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POLITICAL: Forwarding me a “FW: KISS Concert – Patriotic” video really knotted my shorts

Saturday, February 11, 2012

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:03 AM, LUDDITE wrote:

SUBJECT: FW: KISS Concert – Patriotic

And two inet forwards in the message:

>KISS CONCERT…. A GEM!!
>This was filmed in Iraq at a USO tour of a US Marine Base. If you believe in God and country, play it and spread it around.
>Just click below.
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>God Bless America.

>>KISS CONCERT…. A GEM!!
>>Well, I got tears in my eyes! Who would have thought that KISS even knew the words or music to these songs!
>>No makeup and no costumes–just straight up!! It is truly worth a few minutes of your time to watch!
>>Don’t pass this one up! Kiss’ Military Salute. Some people may think that Gene Simmons & the band “KISS” were strange
>>people, but I think Gene got it right this time!This was filmed in Iraq at a USO tour of a US Marine Base. If you believe in
>>God and country, play it and spread it around. Just click below.
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5MtdIO23MKM
>>God Bless America.
>>Wow!!!!!
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SO I RESPONDED:

Properly used, I’d be as big a flag waver as the next guy. BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), since at least WW2, the politicians have USED the military as a prop. We’re getting a lot of good girls and boys killed and maimed so that “We, The Sheeple” can feel good and sing patriotic songs and pat themselves on the back. I watched the video and looked at the faces. How many of them are dead, wounded, or destroyed by PTSD now? Vets have to tin cup on TV for Wounded Warrior to try and put the pieces back together.

Argh!

I guess I’ve finally grow up and like Dorthy keep looking behind the curtain. I keep seeing a crass manipulation of the booboisie.
Maybe I’m over reacting, but there’s now a big push to go to war with Iran. Ron Paul is painted as a crazy old coot because of his anti-war, anti-military adventurism, anti-foreign agression. And, we have chicken hawks running for office and pontificating on the boob tube advocating for war, who have never served a day in their lives. And whose children will never serve a day in their lives.
This video really put a knot in my shorts. I was at the AmLeg last night chatting with an 81 year old Korean War vet, and with both agreed that the politicians should be on the front line for this nonsense. And, they want women to have equal rights to come home in body bags.

We may not have the draft to scare kids, and the wars may look like video games, but they are just as deadly. And, like I say to old people about nursing homes, dying may not be the worst fate that can come about.

Argh!

I feel I’m a patriot because I support the troops. I want them all home today. OK that’s not practical, tomorrow. Spike the guns and, as Ron Paul says, “catch the first thing smoking heading this way”. Or something like that.

Argh! squared!!

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GOVERNACIDE;

Friday, January 6, 2012

http://bigpeace.com/jbernard/2011/12/29/the-united-states-government-is-being-willfuly-ignorant-in-the-current-middle-eastern-war/

The United States Government’s Willful Ignorance Is Costing Soldiers’ Lives
Posted by John Bernard, 1st Sgt. USMC (ret.)
Dec 29th 2011 at 5:23 pm

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To that end, it has been my contention that this administration, the past administration and the entire upper end structure of the military machine has failed miserably. Not only have they chosen the wrong strategy to achieve a definable victory for their nation, they chose one that has been disproportionately brutal for our forces while providing cover for the enemy and the population that has proven over and over again to be untrustworthy.

History has defined and will continue to define only a miniscule number of opportunities for a theater-wide application of the precepts of Counterinsurgency Doctrine to have been efficacious. Even a casual glance at the human terrain in either Iraq or Afghanistan, with Syria and Iran to possibly follow, should have given the critical thinker everything they needed to adequately keep COIN under lock and key in the vault of terrible ideas.

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First of all, if someone can point me toward the ongoing, public record of support for America in either of these operations or the public record of Muslim denunciation of the actions of the “terrorist” or “radicalized” Muslim or Jihad as a war doctrine, Taqiyya as a deceptive practice with the intent of keeping the enemy off balance, please show me?

The clear evidence only suggests groups as defined by those who willingly strap on bombs and those who do not. Unfortunately, we know that from within the second group comes the financial and spiritual support for the first.

Suggesting you can parse these two and do harm to one while garnering support for said harm from the “moderates” simply misses the truth about religion – all religion!

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We watch the wanton destruction of human life by the forces of Islam and the associated silence from the “moderates” every day. Is it the contention of those who submit to the “two Islams” vision that we should continue to assume the best of a people whose religion is belligerent to non-believers?

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The First Sargent correctly imho distills the “problem” into the concept: “It not what we think, it’s what it is that counts.”

Their “moderates” support their “extremists”.

Any failure to recognize this fact in policy, strategy, or tactics dooms us to failure. And, failure, in this case, translates into dead human beings. Soldiers and civilians on both sides are lost due to the stupidity of our leadership. Or lack there of.

We need to get the girls and boys out of the fire zone until we figure it out.

“We, The Sheeple” learned nothing from Viet Nam.

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