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By wavering on Ukraine, slighting Zelensky, and shrinking from firm NATO leadership, the Trump team signaled to Putin that American resolve could be tested without consequence.
Where we lived with villagers and tied bottom up security to district and provincial governance, VSO and ALP held ground the centralized model could not, and when support was cut the Taliban wasted no time reclaiming the countryside.
Treating Gaza peace as a photo op while sidestepping Hamas, Iran and hard security realities is a recipe for another collapse, not a durable path to freedom or safety.
When loyalty and television polish outrank operational competence, we get a Secretary of Defense who mistakes bluster for strategy and puts American troops and national security at risk.
From where I sit, you don’t win trust by lecturing warfighters; until Pete Hegseth owns his gaps, listens hard, and speaks candidly with the President and the flag officers, he’ll keep driving the people he must persuade into polite, passive resistance.
Gathering 800 flag officers isn’t leadership—it’s pageantry that burns money, time, and focus we can’t afford to waste.
Free speech isn’t a partisan luxury—it’s the guardrail that keeps America from skidding back into the ditch we saw with the Sedition Act, and any leader who treats criticism as a crime is steering us toward that wall.
In a world where Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and Pyongyang probe for cracks, we can’t afford partisan whiplash or service parochialism; we need a disciplined, apolitical, truly joint force—built on honor, courage, and commitment—resourced to deter and ready to fight tonight.
Secretary Hegseth’s message, though well-meaning, felt more like recycled political rhetoric than the authentic, forward-looking leadership our troops deserve.
The two-state solution cannot be seriously considered without acknowledging the corrosive role of Iran’s proxy militancy and the cycle of violence it sustains between Israelis and Palestinians.
A two-state solution may hold the promise of peace and self-determination, but the hard truths of history, security fears, and fractured leadership continue to stand in its way.
I lost 72 of my brothers in arms, and will not remain silent while the Constitution they died defending is eroded by partisan politics.