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Oh! Donald, you’re at it again! Why, OH, Why bomb Iran again? Many think the bombing is unnecessary and mean-spirited. Let’s review the pathetic American military war strategy in the Middle East since 1948. President Harry Truman refused to allow General Douglas MacArthur to cross the Yalu River in 1949 to consummate a victory in … Read more
An anti-Israel group will rally the day after Town Meeting to celebrate what it hopes will be Town Meeting referendum victories. The referendum asks voters to approve several initiatives, including withdrawal of Vermont Air National Guard F-35’s from the strike force now aimed at further military action against Iran. The Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation … Read more
The late President Reagan played a crucial role in dismantling the scourge of Soviet communism, while you, Mr. President, are committed to consigning the standard bearers of Islamic terrorism to their well-deserved demise. Mr. President, you have repeatedly pointed out that appeasing tyrants invariably fails to satisfy them and only serves to whet their appetite. … Read more
We are a society of strong words, fair intentions, and little conviction for living up to either. After Hitler exterminated 6 million Jews, the world vowed it would never sit idly by and let another massacre happen; not on our watch. Then we watched Pol Pot kill 3 million Cambodians. China is incarcerating as many … Read more
Two of the 14 Marine Corps Leadership Traits are Initiative and Decisiveness, and President Trump certainly took some initiative and was decisive with his decision to bomb Iran and decapitate its leaders. (Other traits include Dependability, Tact, Integrity, Unselfishness, and Loyalty, which are subjects for a different column.) As was the case with his decision … Read more
I landed in Israel on Friday in the early afternoon, and at passport control, I was asked whether I was aware of the situation with Iran and whether I really wanted to enter. I said I knew it was tense, and looking back, I wonder how much the passport officer actually knew about what was going to … Read more
The world is heavier today – not with grief, but with the weight of justice finally rendered. On February 28, 2026, the era of the “Shadow of God” ended in a plume of fire. Ali Khamenei, the butcher who turned Iran into a prison and the Middle East into a graveyard, was erased from existence in a surgical strike … Read more
I’ll open with this. There are a lot of reasons to be distressed about the US and Israeli attacks on Iran and its response. The Peace president, many will say, ought not be lobbing ordinance hither and yon. But what if it brings peace? Real peace. And despite what the Trump haters think or the … Read more
The waters of the North Arabian Sea are no longer just a transit corridor; they have become the center stage for what military analysts describe as the most significant American force-generation event in over a decade. As of this week, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Carrier Strike Group has officially taken up station, marking the arrival of … Read more
For forty-seven years, a shadow has stretched across the Plateau, a shadow cast by a regime that traded the brilliance of a thousand-year civilization for the darkness of a medieval theocracy. The air in Iran today is thick, not with the smog of industry, but with the heavy, stifling scent of a dying era. As … Read more
What’s in a name? A great deal. Democracy, fascism, and communism represent different systems of government. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are also titles for other religious systems. Whereas democracy is defined as the rule of the people, by the people, for the people, Islam is defined as the rule of Allah, by Allah and his … Read more
In lieu of the current Iranian protests in Iran, let us make a note of it: If we remain divided, there will not be a chance against the robust Islamic regime with the vast and destructive power apparatus that has no problem using it against their own population, as they did in the 2009 Green Movement. … Read more
This week, on The Elsa Kurt Show, we return from a short break to unpack Minnesota’s daycare fraud scandal, a fatal ICE encounter with an activist, contempt for congressional process from the Clintons, a debate on decorum after a presidential middle finger, and Iran’s potential regime shift. Facts, video evidence, and accountability drive the conversation.
Iran’s Uprising vs. America’s Fake Oppression” How America’s “anti-fascist” protesters scream at ICE while Iranians pay “bullet fees” to bury their dead—and why calibrated U.S. action could end the theocracy for good. If America were the fascist nightmare the radical left claims, half the protesters outside ICE offices would already be dead. They wouldn’t be … Read more
In the streets of Tehran, the smell of cordite and the roar of a nation in revolt have rendered the “calculated” language of Washington and Brussels obsolete. But as the Islamic Republic’s house of cards teeters on the edge of a terminal collapse, a second, equally parasitic threat is circling the carcass: the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK). … Read more
In June 2009, the streets of Tehran were flooded with millions of protesters in what became known as the Green Movement. Following a disputed election that kept Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power, the world watched as Iranian citizens – led by youth and women – demanded “Where is my vote?” The crackdown that followed was brutal: … Read more
Today, on the Morning Update, a slightly different take on why people in Iran are taking to the streets. Not so much liberty and human rights, or the oppressive theocracy, as economics and kitchen-table issues. Ep 78 Links: More Morning Update Here! Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok on X – … Read more
As of January 2026, the streets of Tehran, Isfahan, and Mashhad are alive with a sound the Islamic Republic has spent forty-seven years trying to silence: the roar of a people who no longer fear their oppressors. What began as a localized strike by shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on December 28, 2025, has transformed … Read more
Today, on the morning update, Iranians have been protesting for days. Will this be the moment where they free themselves from the Mullahs, … Ep 76 Links: More Morning Update Here! Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. We need your donations to keep truly independent New Hampshire-based media alive for another 20 years. … Read more
For years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been playing a long game on American soil. While the regime chants “Death to America” in the streets of Tehran, their ideological foot soldiers have been quietly embedding themselves in the ivory towers of our universities. But at the University of Arkansas, the mask hasn’t just slipped – it … Read more