Return to Kharg Island?

 

"Will Kharg Island be the lynch pin on which this war will be decided? Maybe. During the Eight Year War between Iran and Iraq, Kharg Island took a beating. But now it is back and acting like the oil distribution center that it was built to be. We want Kharg Island functioning normally. Why? When the good guys take over Iran, they will need the commerce. But to win this war, we might have to kill Kharg Island once again. Stay tuned..." 

Oh boy - now we have done it. Kharg Island which is sacrosanct or almost holy to the country of Iran, was bombed yesterday - by US. We took out every single square inch of the island which could be used for military purposes. But the oil terminals? We left those alone - for now. This was the clearest possible message that Donald Trump could send to the IRGC, who are now running the country. Keep the Strait of Hormuz open, or we will lay waste to the oil terminals on Kharg Island. Then the oil markets worldwide will be turned upside-down.

Closing, or even threatening to mine, the Strait of Hormuz is world terrorism on a grand scale. For us, a nation which us awash in oil and gas, it is a few more cents per gallon at the pump. For nations who depend on over 50% of their oil from the Middle East (and needing to transit oil through the Strait of Hormuz), this will be catastrophic. And it is not only oil, but also badly needed fertilizer. Anything which can perturbate normal transits through the Strait is deadly serious. So serious that Donald Trump would decimate Kharg Island just to get the attention of the Iranians. 

Currently, ships from many nations are stacked up like cordwood in the Persian Gulf. Why? They don't want to get mined or droned. The United States is working feverishly to neutralize as many Iranian threats as possible. But all it would take is one ship, hit by something which would damage it so severely, that it would sink. That would really gum things up - for a long time. Thus, Iran is playing one of the few cards it has left. Threaten chaos in the Persian Gulf, especially by the Strait. 

How is the war going, one might ask? Except for the loss of six brave Americans in the KC-135 plane crash this week, the war is going fine. The loss of one American (in my book) is one too many. But this is war. And with the number of assets we have in the area, many of whom are doing some very dangerous tasks, it is almost a miracle we have not had more dead and wounded. The fact we have not is a tip of the hat to Hegseth and his team on how they have trained and trained and trained again for combat of all types. 

Will Kharg Island be the lynch pin on which this war will be decided? Maybe. During the Eight Year War between Iran and Iraq, Kharg Island took a beating. But now it is back and acting like the oil distribution center that it was built to be. We want Kharg Island functioning normally. Why? When the good guys take over Iran, they will need the commerce. But to win this war, we might have to kill Kharg Island once again. Stay tuned... 

 

Snow what! (or) What snow?

"What am I going to do if it is horrible outside tomorrow? I will skip church and do my taxes. What will I do it is only sound and fury with little to no snow? Go to church and then do my taxes. What? No prepping? Nope - I (like many of us), have seen this movie before. Lots and lots and lots of times."

For those who have lived in this part of the country most of their lives (and are old enough), remember the Halloween Blizzard of 1991. Was it predicted? Yes, snow was predicted. But was a mega-storm predicted? Nope. Imagine the shock and awe on most of our faces when the Saturday after Halloween, we were all caught in a giant snow globe. Even though it was decades ago, folks are still talking about it. Yes, everybody has a story about that day.

That is one side of the equation. On the other side are what are known as phantom storms. Some weather guesser will get up in front of the camera, sweating and panting, and talk about the incoming "storm of the century". Everybody, with the great, late Halloween Blizzard still fresh in their minds, will go the grocery store, the liquor store, the gas station - and get all bunkered up to be hunkered down. Then the storm hits, and something happened to all the moisture it was supposed to bring. We end up with 2 - 4 inches of fluffy snow and most of us looked like we were fooled again. 

The storm which is going to hit tonight and paralyze us tomorrow is being called by the local fish wrap newspaper - historic. My take? That is the kiss of death. Meaning what? Maybe another phantom storm. Or - we could be surprised that the weather guessers might have one right for a change. I guess by this time tomorrow, we all will be ready to decide if it is weather guesser blather or another snowmageddon. 

What am I going to do if it is horrible outside tomorrow? I will skip church and do my taxes. What will I do it is only sound and fury with little to no snow? Go to church and then do my taxes. What? No prepping? Nope - I (like many of us), have seen this movie before. Lots and lots and lots of times.

Is Amy good for Minnesota?

 

"If the Republicans don't win the governor's seat as well as many other state positions, there is something very wrong here. The Democrats have ruined this state. Turned it into the laughingstock of America. Starting with Amy, we need to clean house. Disinfect it. Have a priest cast out all the demons that Zach and company let in during the 2023 legislative term." 

What is Amy Klobuchar good for? Minnesota? I could make a compelling argument that she is not. Then why in the world, after nest egging that senate seat for years, does she think she deserves to be the governor of Minnesota? After suffering fools via Mark Dayton and Tim Walz, why does Amy believe Minnesota deserves her? Good question. We all know her leadership style is vacant, and her list of accomplishments while in the senate is zilch. Voting no on everything Donald Trump wants. Voting yes, for all the cock and bull crapola that Biden and Obama wanted (and got us deep into trouble with). What then, is Amy? An empty suit. Or dress. Or whatever.

I remember one year at the fair, I had booth duty some place. I had the early "watch" so to speak, so I was there early. Walking in and then down the street towards the booth, I saw Amy approaching. I had nothing on my person which betrayed which booth I would be at. I acknowledged her as she passed. She ignored me like I was not even there. Do I hold a grudge for that rude behavior? Nope - but the stories on how she treats her staff seem now to be much more realistic. 

Minnesota fraud. Is Walz up to his eyeballs in this mess? Oh, yes. Ellison? Again, oh, yes. What about Amy? Maybe - but she sure needs to be looked at. Even if she has an ounce of dirt her from looking the other way (or worse), she needs to go and go soon. After decades of having gestapo like rule from Democrats in just about every lever of state government, we need a house cleaning. Starting with Amy. Send her back to the range. Give her one of Walz's Somali/Minnesota flags as a souvenir.

If the Republicans don't win the governor's seat as well as many other state positions, there is something very wrong here. The Democrats have ruined this state. Turned it into the laughingstock of America. Starting with Amy, we need to clean house. Disinfect it. Have a priest cast out all the demons that Zach and company let in during the 2023 legislative term. 

Back when Spendy Wendy was the governor, he got his mug on Time Magazine with an article called, "The good life in Minnesota". Today, our governor is called "Tampon Tim", and fraud committed anywhere in the US is called "Minnesota type fraud". There lies our legacy folks. Enjoy the ride and don't forget to pay your taxes. Somalia needs the money.   

California Nightmares

"When Governor Newsom was asked about this proposed threat, he blew it off. No way, Jose! Not in California! That might be play acting, or maybe he is that naive. And what if it is true? That a wave of drones was coming in from the Pacific. Do the good people of California know that to do when the sirens go off? Do they know to get into shelters? Just one drone with explosives strapped on it could turn a good day into a nightmare."

As if Newsome did not do enough damage to California. As if prices are not high enough in that once fine state. As if needless regulations did not constipate the normal flow of business in the Golden State. So, what gives then? Here is what gives. Drones. We maybe (or maybe not) have picked up some chatter that Iran has some assets, sleeper or otherwise, that have set their sights on California. An attack? On our homeland? Yes - seems like it is indeed a small(er) world these days.

Wait a minute! How in the world could a drone hit California from half a world away? Some ideas which have been put forth: 1) Drone ship. It is easy to hide smallish drones on ships which would be in range of big cities in California. One of the ships we sunk close to Iran (which was carrying drones) was the size of a WWII aircraft carrier. I could only imagine how many drones that ship was capable of holding.

2) Mexico. Iran (over the years) could have been working on a partnership with Cartels in Mexico to store drones. I am sure there is nothing better the Cartels would like than unleashing some chaos on our major cities in California. Are there Iranian assets in Mexico right now? Great question. 3) Sleeper cells in the US. Oh, boy here we go. Is it possible that Iranian assets snuck into our country during the four years of Biden's open borders? Could they have found a way to also bring in components to build drones while here? Not only possible, but maybe probable.

When Governor Newsom was asked about this proposed threat, he blew it off. No way, Jose! Not in California! That might be play acting, or maybe he is that naive. And what if it is true? That a wave of drones was coming in from the Pacific. Do the good people of California know that to do when the sirens go off? Do they know to get into shelters? Just one drone with explosives strapped on it could turn a good day into a nightmare.

Meanwhile, things are still going hot and heave over by Iran. With the Strait of Hormuz still up for grabs, the oil traders don't like this one bit. Once this is resolved, I think the rest will fall into place and Iran will waive the white flag. Why do I think so? Getting pounded by our heavy bombers on a daily basis will turn the most reluctant warriors into POWs. Just saying...

And with the USS Bush, we now have three

"When it has all been said and done, what will we have accomplished? Two things, really. First, we would have helped liberate Iran so that the vile threats from this country will be over. Peace should again come to the shire. Second, we have shown the world what a top-notch military looks like. I was going to say a precision military, but we are even better than that. We should all be proud. The good guys are about ready to win once again."   

Did you hear the news? The USS George H. W. Bush have left the comfy confines of Norfolk and is headed towards the Med to join the fray. Wait - why? Don't we already have two aircraft carriers over in theater? The USS Gerald R. Ford and the USS Abraham Lincoln are already on station, dishing out all kinds of pain and suffering to the Iranian Regime. When the Bush arrives, all full of rested pilots and lots of ammo, we will really be able to really open a can of "Whoop Ass" on the bad guys.

I give up. Don't we already have the best of the best off the coast of Iran right now. Sure do. But with a third carrier, we can offer attacks coming in from three different directions and keep an eye on the Houthis at the same time. What we are seeing here is the polar opposite of war of attrition. It is part of the Trump Doctrine. Hit them hard and then hit time harder again. Get this war over as quickly as possible with all the desired results obtained.

As soon as Iran suggested they might try and mine the Strait of Hormuz to really gum things up, off the carriers go our mighty fighter jets to hunt down and destroy any Iranian ship capable of laying mines. And just like that, about twenty more Iranian ships are hugging the bottom of the ocean. There might be some smaller boats still hanging around which are used for laying mines, but when we see them, they will be dust.

Now to get into the rumor mill for a bit. Israel is broadcasting into Iran to get ready to rise up, as the time for your freedom has come. That part is true. Here is the conjecture - the Mossad has been busy behind the lines, getting more of the lower levels of the regime eliminated. Between the US bombing the heck out of everything and Israel working the inside, this rumor might be true. As soon as the good people in Iran throw off the yoke of this treacherous theocracy, our heavy lifting will be over.

When it has all been said and done, what will we have accomplished? Two things, really. First, we would have helped liberate Iran so that the vile threats from this country will be over. Peace should again come to the shire. Second, we have shown the world what a top-notch military looks like. I was going to say a precision military, but we are even better than that. We should all be proud. The good guys are about ready to win once again.   

And what if, we have Iranian sleeper cells in our homeland?

"What happens next? Hopefully, nothing. But we need to be 'Alert times four' at all times. Watching each other's sixes. What if there are sleeper cells in sanctuary cities where ICE is not welcomed? How can we root that evil out of our country? That is a great question to a vexing issue. All we can do is hope and pray this sleeper cell alert is a false alarm. But remember - hope is not a plan. If the bad guys come knocking, we need to be ready for them."  

Scary thought, right? The fact we may have sleeper cells in our homeland. Trained and ready once they receive the "go" signal from their homeland. What is even more frightening, is that during four years under Joe Biden, we put out the welcome mat to anyone and everyone who wanted to come into America - unvetted. Is it possible that sleeper cells from a place like Iran (who hates us) could have crossed our border during those four years. Not possible - probable.

One of the things l learned when I had a high-level clearance in the Navy, was a simple truth. What is being reported in the public sector, and what is really happening are often very different. But for everybody's protection, it needs to be that way. I did hear on the news yesterday that our intel services had intercepted a coded message which looked like it could have been a signal to a Iranian sleeper cell. Why report that rather than keep it under wraps? To prepare the American people. This far away war could be coming home to roost. The target(s)? Soft targets - the softer the better.

What are the Senate Democrats doing to help in this heightened threat environment? Nada. Zip. They are holding the DHS funding hostage, so the Coast Guard, TSA, and the Selective Service are going without pay. Wait - are we not at war right now? Is this not an "all hand on deck" event? Why would Schumer and the Senate Democrats do something so foolish? Ask them, as most normal folks don't have a clue on why they did it now.

Here is my biggest fear about sleeper cells. Since they were able to come into our country unvetted before Trump was sworn in (for the second time), is it possible they could have brought some WMD materials with them? Automatic weapons? RPGs? Chemical agents? Bio agents? The list could go on and on. Even though our government is now in a state of enhanced readiness and alert, there are not enough good guys to thwart just a few bad guys who want to do vulnerable Americans harm.

What happens next? Hopefully, nothing. But we need to be "Alert times four" at all times. Watching each other's sixes. What if there are sleeper cells in sanctuary cities where ICE is not welcomed? How can we root that evil out of our country? That is a great question to a vexing issue. All we can do is hope and pray this sleeper cell alert is a false alarm. But remember - hope is not a plan. If the bad guys come knocking, we need to be ready for them.  

The "Save America Act" - better than 80 -20

"Rather than just comply and vote to pass this thing, the Democrats have decided this would be a nice hill to die on. Trump has had it with this bunch of bedwetters. He has made it known that no other bill will be signed until the Save America Act is passed, and on his desk, waiting to be signed." 

By now, most have heard of the Save America Act. It should be passed and signed into law ASAP. Why? It is something whose time has come. In fact, whose time has come a long, long while ago. In any event, time to get it done. How do I know it is something the people want? The polling has been very constant. High majority of whites, almost as high majority of blacks, high majority of Hispanics, almost 100% of Republicans, and (here is the shocker) - a majority of Democrats. There is only one group in America who is against this much needed legislation - elected Democrats. Huh?

The Save America Act is necessary to ensure that only an American citizen can vote. Sounds noble - who in the world could be against this very important bill? Brace yourselves - only those who like to cheat. I know this is a shocker, but there are people in this country who are dishonest. Who commit fraud in Minnesota. Who cheat. Who lie. Who vote when they are not entitled to. Will the Save America Act take care all ballot box cheaters? Nope - but it will cut them down to size.

The paid for Democrats in the Senate respond by saying, "This will disenfranchise women, minorities, and whomever else is too dense to have a valid ID these days!" Boy, what an insult! I would be hopping mad if I were in one of those categories. Here are some facts of life: First - Since you need an ID to do just about anything these days, it would be hard not to have one. Next - Since it is March, and if it gets passed into law this month, that leaves over 1/2 year to get an ID. If voting is important to anyone, there is the runway.

Rather than just comply and vote to pass this thing, the Democrats have decided this would be a nice hill to die on. Trump has had it with this bunch of bedwetters. He has made it known that no other bill will be signed until the Save America Act is passed, and on his desk, waiting to be signed. If the paid for Democrats decide to play footsie with this issue like they did the DHS funding, they might as well just go home. Mission accomplished. The Coast Guard, TSA, and other elements of the DHS continue to work without pay, and soon they might just stop coming in all together. Not a smart thing to do in a time of war - but nobody ever accused this group of being smart.

We have come a long way since how we as a nation acted during World War II. Everybody pitched in. Everybody was committed to win. Today, many on the left are only committed to one thing - how to hate the Orange Man more and more every day. For Senate Democrats, even it is means ruining the country. FDR would be spinning in his grave if he could see show today's Democrats act in a time of war.