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Re: Mr. President, Can You Get Iran Right?

“Americans are in for a very rude awakening. We are dealing with madmen. Gas prices are going to look pretty cheap after the next attack on U.S. soil. Pulverize what is left of the IRGC and keep taking out its rogue leaders.” —California

“If President Trump ‘gets Iran right,’ it will be the first time in history anyone has.” —South Carolina

“Warn the Iranian population of Tehran in advance, giving them at least 48 hours or so to vacate the city. Then, flatten the city. The mullahs might then realize that Trump really is a threat to their well-being. Perhaps the people of Iran might also take on the mullahs and finally remove them from power.” —Massachusetts

“Alexander is spot on. After Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. was finally getting serious. We need to stop negotiating with Satan. We need to do this now — time is not on our side. Let’s get this accomplished on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the brutal Islamist attack on our nation.” —Texas

“The pleasures of peace foster a delusional pride in thinking that security is easy and that any violent conflict is unnecessary. It’s likely that voters believe the Iran conflict is a reckless gambit by a foolish megalomaniac. In reality, POTUS is playing for Iran to fold its hand (with its ‘wild card’: a nuclear weapon), or else he will play his ‘Trump card’: conclusive military action followed by a U.S.-friendly regime.” —Missouri

Re: Losing the Bubble

“President Trump’s letter to Iran would be better received if it was sent to the Arab and EU nations that are within range of any nukes Iran may fire off. They will be the ones that most suffer. Their own lack of acceptance of the facts makes them targets. The EU has allowed so many member nations to be infiltrated by prospective terrorists that it has paralyzed its ability to stand up for itself or anybody else for fear of a terror outbreak. Arab states have lived with this threat since the ayatollahs took over. I’m surprised they didn’t immediately jump on board each time the U.S. took steps against terror states.” —California

“The Democrat Party has not lost the bubble; it no longer exists as anything other than the DSA, which co-opted and subsumed the party in 2020. That is how the entire puppet administration of Joe Biden was accomplished. The latent Fabians who were hiding all jumped out of the woodwork in 2020 and took over.” —Utah

Re: Woke 1 and the Failure of DSA Pollaganda

“To illustrate the Democrats’ lying, just look at Abigail Spanberger in Virginia. Talk about having lying down to a science. She ran on a moderate venue. On her first day in office, she poured that right down the drain. You get what you vote for, and we have to look behind the rhetoric for the truth.” —Arizona

“Another reason polls are failing: Asian phone scam gangs. Formerly, someone with time on his hands could string along a scammer with nonsense conversation, but the recent development of AI voice analysis makes it possible for scammers to use voice samples to generate scam material. For example, a recorded ‘Yes’ can be used to raid a bank account over the phone if the bank uses voice-printing for security. Other uses include the grandparent scam. It’s not safe to talk to strangers on the phone.” —Minnesota

Re: America’s Greatest Test Is Here

“Folks, examine the term ‘sedition.’ It falls just short of treason, as sedition typically involves promoting subversion or resistance through words or actions rather than waging open war or an outright treasonous act against the nation. In my humble opinion, the DSA and those in support of it are seditionists and an imminent danger to our constitutional Republic.” —Massachusetts

Re: Hating Capitalism, but Loving Free Enterprise?

“The socialists like to talk about ‘the people’ owning the means of production, but in reality, the party apparatchiks own it. Capitalism, particularly since the invention of mutual funds, allows the common man to literally own shares of profitable enterprises. But crony capitalism is rightly despised because it uses political favor to gain a structural advantage over competitors or taxpayers. It is a step on the road to socialism and is most apparent in Chinese business practice.” —Minnesota

Re: Zuckerberg’s Bet: Open Source AI as a Check on Big Tech Power

“Over the decades, most of the mainstream media have become spokespersons for the Democrats — Pravda USA. The Internet, which is largely uncontrolled, has been the salvation. On the Internet, one can find ideas and opinions from the bizarre Left to the equally bizarre Right. However, within the bell curve of Internet content, one can find enough rationally presented information to make the mainstream media, in its current role, irrelevant. Limiting control of AI to a few, particularly including the government, is dangerous.” —New Hampshire

Re: The Hilarious Leftmedia Pearl Clutching Over Air Force One

“TMZ, and the MSM in general, angrily want to introduce alternative logic and strategy into how the president was scurried away from a prospective threat. They are mad because they have now realized that the Secret Service, by positioning them to be sacrificial, has put full meaning into the adjective ‘useful’ in the expression ‘useful idiots.’” —California

Re: Vance’s Progress Against Fraud

“While I agree that our welfare dependency programs breed fraud, bureaucratic bloat, and permanent employment for professional charitable bleeding hearts, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson is naive and historically illiterate to believe that the U.S. had no fraud and was built on trust 100 years ago. Dishonesty and vice have been and will always be with us.” —North Carolina

Re: Tackling Head Start

“Sometimes Head Start does good work. My daughter and her husband run a Head Start subsidized daycare in Indiana, and it is a great, safe, wonderful place for children. Their coordinator has been helping them understand the regulations while also putting the children’s needs first. Head Start there is very well done, with regular inspections, and I would trust it more than the other private daycares in the area.” —California

Re: What Does Trump’s Vax Order Actually Do, and Why Are the Groomers So Mad?

“Why do physicians back trans medication/treatment other than psychological care? Answer: Follow the money. There is a continuing stream of money for ‘treatment,’ but that dies when the mental confusion is cured.” —Florida

Re: Coddling the College Freshmen

“Thank you for writing this. As a UM alumna (2001) and a psychologist, I know my alma mater has been on a steady decline for the past 20 years, and it is extremely disappointing. Our future is doomed if this type of thing keeps up.” —Tennessee