Stolen Elections Have Global Consequences, and Those Who Ignore It Own the Carnage

Topic: Elections

Those living in the Western Hemisphere are waking up to the news of what some are calling Israel’s “9/11,” a coordinated attack perpetrated by Palestinian terror group Hamas in which a not yet determined number of innocent civilians were gunned down in cold blood amidst covering rocket attacks.  As I write, more than 100 are reported dead and nearly 1,000 are reported wounded, with those tolls certain to rise as accurate casualty counts are compiled.

Hamas, which launched its attack from the Gaza Strip, pictured above in green, is supported financially and militarily by Iran, a nation that just enjoyed the good fortune of receiving over six billion in funds that had been frozen by sanctions, all so five American prisoners could be freed.  This is not to say that I want to see Americans detained by foreign powers indefinitely, but even Mitt Romney was correct to call paying international bullies to release hostages a “terrible idea,” and one that only encourages the taking of more hostages.  That makes two things I agree with Romney on in the past month, with the other being his decision to leave public life forever.

Iran, flush with a windfall of new cash, is now free to continue about their business of waging proxy wars in the Middle East to its west and funding the continued destabilization of Afghanistan to its east.  I have been home from Afghanistan for more than a dozen years, and it was long known even when I was there that Iran was the main sponsor of violence and ensuing casualties to coalition forces not only there, but in Iraq and other dangerous nations around the region.  President Trump, after ordering and overseeing the killing of Iranian General and Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, celebrated justice, in that Soleimani himself oversaw delivery of Iranian weaponry and deployment of strategic forces used to target Americans for many years, and finally paid the price for his evil at the cost of his life.

While I make assessments in expectation of being right, it’s not always nice to be right.  There are some things I would like to wrong about.  For instance, I would love to have a clean election next fall, and even though I expect it to be a circus act that makes 2020 look like a walk in the park, I’d love to be wrong and eat crow while basking in a glorious victory.  The news this morning falls into the category of realized events that I wish I wasn’t right about.

In February, I appeared on War Room in an unfamiliar capacity.  All my appearances on Steve Bannon’s show up until that date had been related to the same topic you know me for – election integrity; however, in that appearance, Bannon peppered me with questions about the Chinese spy balloon and the war between Russia and Ukraine that were questions you’d normally ask a senior field grade officer, if not a general officer.  To my surprise, I had a smooth segment and received great feedback and specifically, commendations from those who had never seen me function in the intelligence officer capacity I had once operated in 24/7, often under great stress.

It was made clear to all that the incompetent regime currently governing the United States is bereft of leadership, especially in war, peace, and foreign policy.  While the America First mindset no longer supports unjustified foreign wars, we had a President who, in four years, was on the precipice of world peace, and who knew how to strategically exorcise demons like Soleimani without plunging countless fighting units into the midst of unwinnable conflicts.  If you recall, as the 2020 quasi-election approached, President Trump brokered a peace agreement between the prosperous, oil-rich United Arab Emirates and Israel, with expectation that other once-hostile nations would “normalize” relations and in doing so, create peer pressure on truly hostile nations to at least “lay low.”