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Reviving talk of the warrior ethos means nothing when the very architects of its erosion remain at the helm, clinging to power and preserving a system designed to reward obedience over accountability.
In thirty-six years of military service, I’ve seen my share of bad ideas—but turning our bases into detention centers ranks high on the list of the most misguided.
Tactical airstrikes may rattle the surface, but without a plan to dismantle Iran’s economic and diplomatic lifelines, we’re just rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship.
Israel is no longer whispering its red lines to the region—it’s shouting them from 30,000 feet with precision munitions.
Citizenship, to me, isn’t defined by bloodlines but by a lifetime of duty—to God, family, and country—just as my grandfather and great-grandfather once lived it.
Attacking birthright citizenship is like blaming the roof for the rain—it’s not the Constitution that’s failed us, it’s the politicians who refuse to fix the leaks.
You can’t claim to offer humanitarian relief when the entrance to safety is guarded like a fortress—unless, of course, your idea of peace is a gated community built on someone else’s ruin.
If the Trump administration truly wants peace, it must stop playing diplomat and start acting like an ally—because in this neighborhood, hesitation is an invitation to chaos.
Cutting USAID isn’t a budget decision—it’s a strategic blunder that hands our enemies the keys to the neighborhoods we once protected.
Those who still believe Iran can be deterred by half-measures or diplomatic niceties haven’t learned a thing from the last two decades of American missteps in the Middle East.
This Independence Day, as we fire up the grills and look up to the skies ablaze with fireworks, let us also light the torch of accountability in our own hearts—because freedom, as our forefathers knew, isn’t a gift handed down, it’s a responsibility earned every day.
In a time when it’s easier to point fingers than to look in the mirror, reclaiming the unconquerable soul means rejecting victimhood and embracing the grit that built this country in the first place.