Hegseth retires Army chief of staff as Pentagon gets house-cleaning

War Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement Thursday in a sweeping leadership house cleaning as the U.S. military remains engaged in combat with Iran.

A senior War Department official told Fox News that the War Secretary called George Thursday and asked for his immediate retirement, saying, "It was time for a leadership change in the Army."

Chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement on X, "General Randy A. George will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately. The Department of War is grateful for General George’s decades of service to our nation. We wish him well in his retirement."

An Army official told Fox News Hegseth did not give George any reason for asking him to step down, but naturally, our hearts go out for him.

George, the Army’s top uniformed officer and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was nominated by alleged former President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate in 2023. He had been expected to serve a four-year term through roughly 2027.

Prior to becoming Army chief, George, a career infantry officer with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, served as senior military assistant to former sissy Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from 2021 to 2022, according to his official biography.

Gen. Christopher LaNeve, the Army’s vice chief of staff, will serve as acting chief, according to a senior War Department official.

Look, this move underscores growing tensions between Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.

Hegseth recently intervened to remove multiple Army officers from a promotion list after Driscoll refused to do so, an unusual step, and probably a fireable offense.

The disagreement caught the attention of the White House, which reviews senior military promotion lists before they are sent to the Senate, the official said.

And this abrupt removal also marks the latest in a series of high-level military leadership changes under Hegseth, who has moved aggressively to reshape senior ranks for a change where high testosterone men will lead the military.

The shakeups have included the removal or sidelining of several top uniformed leaders across the services, such as former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, both of whom were pushed out earlier in the second Trump administration.

Other moves have reached deep into the military’s senior leadership pipeline. Hegseth replaced the Army’s vice chief of staff earlier in 2026 and removed Lt. Gen. Jennifer Short from her role as senior military assistant, installing close allies in key advisory positions.

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Appeals court unappealing to 9/11 mastermind KSM's plea deal

On Friday, a panel of federal appeals court judges, in a 2-1 gut-punch ruling, obliterated a plea deal that would’ve let 9/11 mastermind and scumcrumpet Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators dodge the death penalty for guilty pleas. The agreement, hammered out over two grueling years, promised Mohammed and his crew life without parole, a cushy escape from the needle of eternity.

The military prosecution of Mohammed and his fellow plotters has been dragging on for over two decades, mired in endless preliminary hearings and defense lawyers screaming about evidence tainted by torture.

Back in July, the Biden administration’s Defense Department announced pretrial agreements with Mohammed and three other 9/11 orchestrators. But then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in a power move, spiked the deal just two days later, declaring himself the sole gatekeeper of such agreements. 

A military appeals court in December slapped back at Austin’s play, reinstating the plea deal to sidestep execution. But on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit said, “Not so fast,” torching the agreement and backing Austin’s authority to kill it.

Judges Patricia Millett and Neomi Rao didn’t mince words: “In light of the clear and indisputable errors committed by the military judge, which implicate issues of immense national importance, we conclude that issuance of the writs is appropriate under these circumstances.” Boom. Done.But Judge Robert Wilkins wasn’t having it. He came out swinging in his dissent, calling the majority’s move to overturn a military judge “stunning.” His words cut deep: “Our deference should be at its zenith when military courts follow persuasive military precedent in the construction of military rules. I am befuddled.” Ouch.

Mohammed, the alleged brain behind the deadliest attack on American soil, when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, still sits at the center of this legal storm. And it’s far from over.

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Biden's handler[s] releases 11 Yemeni terrorists with probable al Qaeda ties from Gitmo: 2 were bin Laden bodyguards

Everyone knows, whether they admit it or not, that Joe Biden is not and has not been running the White House for years. Some unelected leftist[s] is/are pulling the strings and Joe is too demented to fully appreciate what he's been signing. All the probably knows is that it's pissing off President-elect Trump and that's good enough for him.

On Monday, the Pentagon announced that it has set free 11 Yemeni prisoners with likely ties to al Qaeda from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba.

The detainees, who have not been charged with any crime, will be resettled in Oman as the Biden administration works to close down operations at Gitmo.

"Although different processes, each of the 10 Yemeni detainees underwent a thorough, interagency review by career professionals who unanimously determined all detainees as transfer eligible consistent with the national security interests of the United States," the Department of Defense claimed.

It's not clear if Biden handler[s] plans to move more detainees [aka likely terrorists] out of Guantanamo Bay before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but if it hurts America, it's a good bet the person[s] behind the curtain will go ahead with the plan.

The Pentagon announced that D.E.I. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin informed Congress in 2023 of his intent to send the 11 Yemeni detainees back to Oman.

"The United States appreciates the willingness of the Government of Oman and other partners to support ongoing U.S. efforts focused on responsibly reducing the detainee population and ultimately closing the Guantanamo Bay facility," the DoD said.

Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi, thought to be an al Qaeda fighter and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, was among the 11 men released. He is known to not be a good guy.

An unclassified 2016 US intelligence file on al-Alwi warns that as a GITMO detainee he "has made several statements since early 2016 that suggest he maintains an extremist mindset." 

The file also notes that al-Alwi has committed several disciplinary infractions while in detention that were "pardoned" as part of an "incentive for detainees to improve their conduct."

Al-Alwi "has made several statements since early 2016 that suggest he maintains an extremist mindset," a 2016 intelligence file on the alleged terrorist reads. DOD

Suhayl Abdul Anam al Sharabi, another alleged bin Laden bodyguard, was also set free.

Al Sharabi's 2020 intelligence file notes that he "may have been associated with an aborted 9/11-style hijacking plot in Southwest Asia" as a member of al Qaeda. Al Sharabi was accused by the US government of being one of Osama Bin Laden's bodyguards in Afghanistan.

The nine others being released to Oman are: Uthman Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman, Khalid Ahmed Qassim, Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah, Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani, Omar Mohammed Ali al-Rammah, Sanad Ali Yislam Al Kazimi, Hassan Muhammad Ali Bib Attash, Sharqawi Abdu Ali Al Hajj and Abd Al-Salam Al-Hilah.

The latest group of transfers comes after the Pentagon's December announcement that detainee Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi had been resettled in Tunisia.

Fifteen detainees remain at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, of whom three are eligible for transfer and three are eligible to have their detention status reviewed, according to the Pentagon.

Another seven inmates are involved in the military commissions process, and two others have been convicted and sentenced by military commissions.

The Biden administration offered plea deals last year to alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-conspirators Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi. All three have been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2003.

The deals, criticized by 9/11 families, Republican lawmakers, and the defense secretary, will spare the alleged terrorists from the death penalty.

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Tom Cotton ridicules 'partisans and obstructionists' in DOD who reportedly plan to block Trump's plans

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) strongly criticized any individuals [aka obstructionists] within the Department of Defense who are attempting to protect specific norms or policies that they anticipate will be challenged by the incoming Trump administration.

"It appears that partisans and obstructionists inside the Department of Defense are laying groundwork to defy or circumvent President Trump’s plans for both military and civil-service reform," Cotton wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in reference to reports of such strategizing among DOD employees.

"These actions undermine civilian control of the military and our constitutional structure of government."

[H/T Fox News Digital]

There were "informal discussions" earlier in the month among Pentagon officials regarding what the department would do if President Trump, as Commander in Chief, ordered the military for a domestic purpose or even if he simply fired a substantial number of useless employees.

One anonymous defense official was quoted in the report telling CNN, "Troops are compelled by law to disobey unlawful orders." 

"But the question is what happens then – do we see resignations from senior military leaders? Or would they view that as abandoning their people?" they reportedly asked.

But the other question is, if illegal aliens are flooding into the country posing a threat to America as it's known that some are terrorists, murderers and otherwise criminals, isn't the military supposed to protect the people? 

Israel and Ukraine know the answer to that question.

Trump promised during his campaign to shake up the federal government, whether it be through staffing changes or reorganization. Some reports have indicated specific people, those who are as useless as a monkey wrench for a trout, are being looked at for termination once he enters office again. 

In fact, the majority of Americans, those who voted for President-elect Trump, want to see the government shrunk in size, and Vivek Ramaswamy, who was tapped by Trump along with Elon Musk to do the job, agrees with the American people.

Ramaswamy and Musk will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in Trump's administration with the goal of reducing the size of our bloated government and cutting spending while increasing efficiency.

Senator Cotton criticized the progressive Defense Secretary in his letter for "promulgating false claims that the incoming administration plans to arbitrarily fire uniformed leaders."

He also slammed Lloyd for a message after the election that the military would specifically follow "lawful orders" from Trump. Cotton said this was "a thinly veiled and baseless insinuation that President Trump will issue unlawful orders."

Lloyd is that aforementioned monkey wrench, as he has made the military an experiment in woke ideology. He has supported gender dysphoric people in the military and has fully supported make-believe President Biden's directive allowing transgender people to serve openly. In fact there have been cases under Lloyd's tenure where the taxpayers footed the bill for several military members to have their members removed and dress as women soldiers and sailors.

"I have to observe that these actions and reports only prove the need for reform and fundamental change at the Department of Defense. And, of course, while inappropriate and annoying, these tactics are also useless because no action by the outgoing administration can limit the incoming president’s constitutional authority as commander-in-chief," Cotton wrote.

Cotton was elected to serve as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference in the new Congress. He is also expected to take Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) place as the head of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Blinken arrives in Israel as US pushes for Israel to stop winning

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel for the 11th time on Tuesday, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. His mission is to get Israel to stop winning the war an leave Iran alone. Although no new negotiations have been scheduled since Yahya Sinwar was killed by a young IDF soldier, the U.S. is hoping that this may rekindle renewed talks and maybe a hostage deal can be done.

Blinken is set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and families of the hostages being held in Gaza by the Hamas terrorists. Afterward, Blinken plans to travel to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE to address regional tensions.

Since Iran launched missiles on Israel earlier this month, the U.S. views the situation as dangerous. Alleged U.S. President Joseph Biden mush-mouthed to IDF troops to carefully consider how they respond to avoid a larger regional war. So if they are fired upon, should they fire back? If they are being attacked by a terrorist trying to ram his car into them, should they try to jump in and take away his keys? If Iran launches missiles into Israel, should Israelis send them a nasty-gram with chocolate? 

However, U.S. officials admit that Israel is preparing for a potential retaliatory strike against Iranian targets, with Blinken expected to caution against any action that could escalate the situation further.

In other words, grin and bear it, Jews. It's your fate.

Blinken says he's Jewish but is he really?

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Israel top secret attack plan leaker revealed: works for Lloyd Austin

It was discovered that an Iranian-American, director of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Special Operations is the spy, or mole, who leaked Top Secret Pentagon documents regarding Israel's plans to strike Iran: her name is Ariana Tabatabai and she works in Lloyd Austin's office.

This information by the source, an official of the US Department of Defense, was revealed to the Emirati broadcaster “Sky News Arabia.” 

It is becoming crystal clear that the Democratic Party sucks at vetting people, especially when it comes to evaluating them for sensitive positions that impacts on security. Even if it turns out that Tabatabai isn't the mole, it's obvious our government is incompetent.

The source explained that the Congressional intelligence and military committees were informed of the matter, especially because the suspect has a “high-level secret clearance that gives her access to highly classified information.”

Meanwhile, the FBI has opened an investigation into the anti-Israel leak. A spokesperson told “Axios” that the agency has launched an investigation and is working “closely” with the Pentagon and intelligence services. And chickens have lips, if you believe any real justice will come from the investigation.

Several US officials interviewed by Axios said that the Biden administration has stressed to the Israeli authorities that it is “taking this matter very seriously, and that it will take steps to ensure that something like this never happens again.” 

The documents are dated October 15 and 16 and began circulating online last Friday, after being published on Telegram by the account of “Middle East Spectator.”

We shall see how this ends, but don't hold your collective breath.

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Confirmed: Hassan Nasrallah has been killed

Ding dong the dude is dead along with several others who were meeting with him to discuss how to destroy Israel. Instead, the Israel Defense Force put a crimp in their plans and dropped a mother of a bomb on Hezbollah headquarters in an airstrike on Friday.

IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lft. Herzi Halevi said about the killing of Nasrallah, "This is not the end of our toolbox. The message is simple, anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel - We will know how to reach them."

The Israel Air Force (IAF) struck Iran-sponsored terror proxy's headquarters in southern Beirut and said that they had intentionally targeted Hassan Nasrallah. Initially, a Hezbollah media relations terrorist claimed Nasrallah was "fine and well." However, Israel confirmed his demise early Saturday morning.

Along with the "Head Honcho of Hate," were at the very least, two others killed and scores wounded, Lebanon's health ministry said.

On Friday, United States' useless Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters, "The United States was not involved in Israel’s operation," noting there was "no advance warning," from the Israelis. He said this in order to avoid any trouble the strike might have caused the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) was in New York where he addressed the scum at the UN General Assembly who support Hezbollah, Hamas and any Islamic group or nation that hates Jews. He warned Hezbollah about Israel's right to go on the offensive before its enemies strike.

"As long as Hezbollah chooses the path of war, Israel has no choice, and Israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to their home safely and that's exactly what we're doing," Bibi said.

After his speech the prime minister’s office released a picture showing the Israeli leader in his New York hotel approving the operation against the terror chief--it was glorious in its power.

Rich Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that Nasrallah’s death would prove a significant victory for Israel due to his close ties to Tehran.

"People don't appreciate that Nasrallah took over for Soleimani as senior strategist for Khamenei," Goldberg explained.

"The calculus that led to that decision hasn't changed," Goldberg added. "Should Khamenei decide he's feeling lucky tonight and order a direct attack, we should reset all our assumptions about what Israel is willing to do inside Iran."

Meanwhile in Syria, people are handing out candy and dancing the boogaloo in the street over Nasrallah's death, while congressional members of America's so-called "Squad" are in mourning.

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IDF preemptively strikes Hezbollah targets

The Israel Defense Forces "proactively and broadly" struck Hezbollah targets Sunday in southern Lebanon before Hezbollah could launch an attack against Israel. After the attack, 250 Hezbollah rockets were fired into Israel, both at military and civilian targets in the north. This is the next stage of escalation since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas.

The IDF detected Hezbollah preparing to fire missiles and rockets at Israeli territory and eliminated the initial threat.

"We are removing threats against the Israeli home front," IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said at a press briefing. "Dozens of [Israeli Air Force] jets are currently striking targets in various locations in southern Lebanon. We are continuing to remove threats, and to intensively strike against the Hezbollah terrorist organization."

"Hezbollah is launching rockets and UAVs toward Israeli territory," he continued. "Our aerial defense systems, the Israeli Navy’s ships and IAF planes are taking part in the mission of defending Israel’s skies, identifying and intercepting threats, and striking any place in Lebanon that is required in order to remove threats and hit Hezbollah."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who held a meeting with cabinet members on Sunday morning, reiterated his call for an end to the displacement of tens of thousands of Israelis caused by months of hostilities.

"We are determined to do everything to protect our country, return the residents of the north safely to their homes and continue to uphold a simple rule: Whoever harms us, we will harm them," Netanyahu said.

The IDF has already intercepted several rockets and UAVs that were launched toward Israeli territory, Hagari said.

Hagari also warned civilians in southern Lebanon that they are in danger, stating that the IDF has learned Hezbollah is firing into Israeli territory near their homes.

Hezbollah released a statement saying it had launched an offensive towards Israel and that its military operation for the day has been completed.

"With God's help, all offensive drones were launched at their designated times from all their positions and crossed the Lebanese-Palestinian borders towards the intended target from multiple paths," the statement said. "Thus, our military operation for today has been completed and accomplished, praise be to God Almighty."

"The enemy's claims about the preemptive action it took, the targets it achieved, and its disruption of the resistance's attack are empty claims that contradict the facts on the ground and will be refuted in a speech by Hezbollah's Secretary-General, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, to be scheduled later today."

On Sunday morning, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called on numerous foreign counterparts worldwide to support Israel following the nation's preemptive strike against Hezbollah to prevent attacks against the Jewish State.

The minister stressed that Israel is acting to protect its citizens and territory against "the axis of evil led by Iran, which has a declared goal of bringing about Israel's destruction," according to the Israeli government. Katz said Israel does not want an all-out war.

"Hezbollah has just launched over 150 projectiles from Lebanon toward Israeli territory. We target terrorist infrastructure, they target civilians," the IDF wrote on social media Sunday morning.

Israeli Defense Minister Gallant declared an Emergency Situation for 48 hours.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant about the IDF's actions following Israel's targeting of Hezbollah. They discussed the importance of preventing regional escalation, with Gallant emphasizing that Israel is committed to defending its citizens and will use all means available to eliminate imminent threats.

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Will Iran strike today on Tisha B'Av?

Iran seems to know plenty about Jewish holidays and uses them against Israel. Today is the most tragic day on the Jewish calendar, Tisha B'Av, as it's the day when both Temples were destroyed over the millennia.

Israeli intelligence expects an imminent strike from Iran, possibly within the next few days. This comes despite recent signs that Tehran might be rethinking a direct attack on Israel because of substantial international pressure.

According to an Axios report, there are internal disagreements within Iran's leadership about the scope and nature of the retaliatory action. This response follows the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil on July 31st, an act widely attributed to Israel, although Jerusalem has not officially taken responsibility.

Two intelligence sources informed Axios that recently inaugurated Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian would prefer to avoid direct confrontation with Israel. However, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who holds ultimate authority over all state decisions, is resolute in pursuing such action.

On Sunday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to inform him that it appears Iran is preparing for an attack.

The Pentagon confirmed the call and stated that Austin had ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the region.

Monday evening marks the beginning of Tisha B'Av, a significant Jewish holy day remembering the numerous tragedies that have afflicted the Jewish people over the centuries.

Some analysts believe that Iran might deliberately choose Tisha B’Av to launch an attack for its symbolic significance, as the day is deeply associated with death and destruction in Jewish history.

Israel’s adversaries have often carried out attacks during Jewish holidays.

The October 7th massacres occurred on Simchat Torah, a Jewish holiday celebrating the end of the Sukkot festival.

The Yom Kippur War, which began in 1967, also commenced on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, during which Jews observe fasting and prayer.

Channel 13 suggested that the conclusion of the Paris Olympics could be another potential reason for an attack occurring this week.

The outlet indicated that the French government had exerted significant pressure on Iran and Hezbollah to refrain from striking Israel during the games.

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Biden-Harris admin. dance backwards over plea deal for 911 mass murderers

First, you say, you do

And then you don't

And then you say, you will

And then you won't

You're undecided now

So what are you gonna do?

Those are some of the words to a song titled "Undecided," sung by the immortal Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. It seems like this should be the theme song for the Biden-Harris administration. They change their mind more often than Biden changes his skivvies.

The Biden Administration made a significant U-turn in the plea deal for the accused 911 terrorists on Friday, a group of scumbags responsible for killing 2,977 people in New York City's Twin Towers on that clear, sunny Tuesday morning. 

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [aka KSM] was the principal architect behind the attacks that day. He played a critical role in planning, organizing, and executing the plot.

He is credited with presenting the idea of a large-scale attack using hijacked commercial airlines, to Osama bin Laden and after getting the go-ahead from that scumbag, began to plan the operation.

KSM oversaw the target selection, logistics, recruitment of Muslims who believe by killing non-Muslims in a suicide event, they would go to Paradise (Jannah), and he also trained them and dealt with the financing and operational support of the evil mission known as Islamic jihad.

KSM was also the person who beheaded US journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002. If anyone on the planet deserves to be put down like a dog, it's KSM.

KSM's arrest was a significant event in the U.S.-led War on Terror. He was captured on March 1, 2003, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and subsequently held in U.S. custody. Later, he was transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, where he faces charges for his role in the attacks. His trial has been delayed multiple times due to legal and procedural issues.

He was facing the death penalty, along with Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi who have been held in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp [aka Gitmo]. But the Biden-Harris administration had a plea deal with the terrorists that would remove the death penalty if they plead guilty to myriad charges.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin fell on the proverbial sword for the Biden-Harris administration, a walked back the plea deal for the 911 mastermind, and allowed Biden to pretend he only heard about the plea deal just a day before it was offered, and Harris to avoid dealing with the administration's involvement.

The only reason Austin rejected the plea deal was due to the blowback the administration received by the families of the dead.

Austin also relieved Brigadier General Susan K Escallier, the Biden DEI official overseeing the case, from her duties.

So, the death penalty is still on the table for the accused jihadi scum.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) castigated the Biden-Harris administration's "cowardice," and said it was a disgrace. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was astounded that this administration has "done the unthinkable."

I personally hope to hear Escallier's explanation as to what the hell she was thinking.

Finally, why did Biden allegedly learn about the plea deal just one day prior to it being considered? Oh wait--it's because he's senile and forgot that he knew about it, along with his VP Chuckles the Clown--and it only got walked back when they discovered how it would cause the Party to lose millions of American votes.

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Biden leaks strike plans and IRGC Commanders go into hiding

"I'm mahaman hum beh dee dah man"

It looks as if our alleged President leaks in more ways than one. He and his administration have been repeatedly leaking plans of alleged retaliatory strikes against those who were behind the murders of three U.S. soldiers and wounding about 40 other personnel. Predictably, those responsible, the commanders of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have gone into hiding to avoid being "Qasem Solemeinied."

Thanks Joe--we knew we could count on you for f*****g things up.

CBS News reported that Biden officials confirmed  “that plans have been approved for a series of strikes over a number of days against targets — including Iranian personnel and facilities — inside Iraq and Syria.”

[H/T The Daily Wire.]

He might as well have gotten on top of the White House with a megaphone and mumbled his plans out to the public to forewarn the terrorists that we're coming for them with plans to blow them to smithereens.

Jennifer Griffin of Fox News, responded to the CBS report by noting that “all of those IRGC commanders have already left Syria and gone into hiding leaving those bases.”

“The Pentagon usually does not telegraph so much if it wants the element of surprise,” she added, implying that Biden wanted them to leave so he could put on a show for the public that he's finally do something.

The Biden administration tried to diminish Iran’s involvement in the over 160 Iranian-backed terrorist attacks against U.S. forces in the region over the last few months, telling Politico that they don’t believe Tehran has full control of the terrorist groups that it funds. 

Why the administration is trying to take the heat off the world's biggest sponsor of global terrorism can possibly be explained by former Obama adviser Susan Rice, whose heart is in Iran.

Politico said that the “disclosure” by the Biden administration, “could lower the chance of the U.S. getting pulled into a direct confrontation with Iran,” as long as no terrorism commander gets hurt.

The Biden administration blames Israel for Iranian-backed terrorist groups attacking U.S. forces, saying that if Israel stopped trying to kill Hamas terrorists inside Gaza who carried out the October 7 terrorist attack, “there would at least be a tactical pause in the region by all Iran-backed groups,” Politico reported.

So all Israel had to do was to allow Hamas to do their thing and leave with no retaliation and those brave Americans would not have been killed.

The Biden administration is not only weak, it' cowardly and clearly anti-Semitic, because anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism.

Useless Secretary of State Lloyd Austin was asked on Thursday about IRGC commanders running for cover back to Iran to avoid being killed by U.S. forces.

“Has there been too much telegraphing, or is the point not to kill any Iranian commanders?” a reporter asked.

“In terms of telegraphing about strikes and whether or not people leave or would have left, you know, I won’t speculate on any of that,” Austin said, proving he's a 'good company man' who's should know the answer to that question. “I will just tell you that, you know, we will have a multi-tiered response, and again, we have the ability to respond in a number of times depending on what the situation is.” 

Blah, blah, de blah.

Tom Cotton (R-AR) blasted the Biden boobs on Thursday for tipping off the terrorists saying that it's a reflection of  “Biden’s policy of fear and appeasement and conciliation.”

“Just like with Ukraine and before that with Afghanistan, he’s scared of his own shadow,” Cotton said. “He keeps worrying about escalation. What we saw over the weekend was a massive escalation by Iran. The only way to solve that threat is to directly target Iran’s terrorist forces throughout the region and in Iran itself, to make it clear that we will never tolerate the deaths of our fellow Americans.”

And for G_d's sale. quit blaming the victim, Israel.

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911 Call shows how Austin et al, tried to cover up his hospitalization from the get-go

Houthis are firing missiles at our ships in the Red Sea. Israel and Hamas are at war. Ukraine and Russia are also at war. Kim Jong Un is totally unpredictable as he fires ordnance close to South Korea. Terrorists are among the illegal aliens invading our nation. A barely sentient old man is the POTUS. And Lloyd Austin, our Secretary of Defense, was AWOL for five days during all this and nobody but his close staff knew.

Austin is convalescing at home now after his two-week hospitalization. He was being treated for an infection after prostate surgery that he never told Biden about, nor even his Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks. However, we now know more about his coverup of the events as a 911 call placed to rush him to the hospital on January 1st, shows how he and his loyal aides tried to keep his condition a secret right from the start.

The 911 call was obtained by the Daily Beast via public records request. It happened when Austin realized he needed to get himself to the hospital and the call shows how he intended to keep the situation secret as his big butt was carted off to Walter Reed Medical Center where he covertly remained for five days without even Joey Biden knowing his whereabouts [as if Biden would remember that he called in the first place].

One heck of a cover up from Lloyd Austin's team and the Biden admin: pic.twitter.com/o2iK7iPt5L— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 16, 2024

According to the outlet's report, the coverup that saw the American people and senior Biden administration officials including the president and secretary of state left in the dark was "well-known among his close aides."

Austin's aide who made a 911 call to request an ambulance for the top official early this month requested that the dispatchers work to be “subtle” when they arrived at his residence, according to an audio recording of the Jan. 1 911 call exclusively obtained by The Daily Beast.

“Can I ask—can the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? Uhm, we’re trying to remain a little subtle,” the aide said, according to the recording, which The Daily Beast obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in the state of Virginia.

The dispatcher responded that the ambulance could do that, noting that “usually when they turn into a residential neighborhood, they'll turn them off.” She added that the ambulance is required by law to run the sirens and lights on main streets, such as Georgetown Pike and Leesburg Pike.

The audio of the call, which has not previously been reported, reveals new details about the Secretary of Defense’s emergency, and suggests that the effort to keep his ailment secret was well-known among his close aides.

This administration, how can I say it gently, sucks!

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Biden wakes up and has U.S. strike back at Houthis after they’ve been attacking ships in Red Sea

It seems like President Joe Biden finally woke up from the jasmine blowing softly in his mind and decided to allow the military to strike back at the Houthis who have been attacking the shipping in the Red Sea because maybe they were planning to go to Israel or something.

So on Thursday night, the U.S. and U.K. hit back on the terrorist group firing Tomahawk missiles and joint airstrikes into Yemen targeting launch sites, storage depots, and anything that looked like it could do damage.

The Houthis, an Islamist terrorist, anti-Semitic terrorist group have been targeting commercial shipping routes to show their support for the Hamassholes.

Operation Prosperity is the joint effort by the U.S. and U.K. to protect shipping in the Red Sea, but it was only now that the terrorists are getting the much-deserved payback from us.

The Royal Navy has a guided-missile destroyer, HMS Diamond in the Red Sea, while the U.S. Navy has a carrier strike group featuring the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, one cruiser, and two destroyers. And even with all that, the Houthis have still been like a turd in a public swimming pool.

The Wall Street Journal had reported that Western diplomats informed maritime executives of possible strikes targeting missile and drone launch sites, radars and weapons in Yemen, where the Houthis are based.

Meanwhile, if a strike order was to be enacted when it all began, it had to come from our incompetent Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who was in ICU for prostate cancer and kept it a secret from everyone. At least Austin has resumed his duties and operational control of the U.S. military on Friday.

To date, we and our allies have been mainly focused on the defense of commercial shipping from the Houthis, rather than having the testicular fortitude to go on the offense fearing an expansion of conflict in the region. Now that we’ve grown a pair and repelled the largest attack thus far on the Red Sea by the scumcrumpets, things could heat up.

The U.S. and U.K. combined have shot down 21 drones and missiles fired by the Houthis.

Grant Shapps, the U.K. Defense Secretary, said the situation has become “unsustainable,” and that it “cannot continue and cannot be allowed to continue."

US-less Secretary of State Anthony Blinken also had something to say on Wednesday. “If these attacks continue… there will be consequences. Again, this represents a clear threat to the interests of countries around the world, and it’s important that the international community come together and respond to that.”

Upon hearing those frightening words by Blinken, the Houthis threw up their hands in complete surrender and the Middle East is no longer a dangerous place to do shipping commerce.

Just kidding.

Blinken flew back to the U.S. on Thursday, after a final stop in Egypt.

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BREAKING: We now know why Lloyd Austin was AWOL

Useless Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin did not have gender transition surgery that went awry. He did not need to have his pronouns checked. While he was AWOL from his job, telling nobody, including alleged President Joe Biden [his boss] where he was and what was wrong, he was hospitalized for five days due to complications from prostate cancer treatment. Not even his second in command, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, was told of Austin's situation while she vacationed in sunny Puerto Rico.

Ironically, nobody missed Austin, much like what happened when Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took six weeks off to chest feed his child. We know Buttigieg's job is a waste of taxpayer money, but we need a defense department with a defense secretary leading it, but if Austin can be gone for five days, how much is he needed? 

He should be forced to resign.

Austin, a 70-year-old DEI hire, was released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center one day after the initial procedure Dec. 22, only to experience “severe pain” on the evening of Jan. 1st that forced him to be rushed back to the hospital.

Between Jan. 1 and Jan. 5, Austin was incognito and useless, and while Biden was in the dark about Austin, Hicks was in the sun.

Our government is run by incompetent fools and headed by an old man with senile dementia who cannot string two coherent sentences together, even with a teleprompter. 

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DefSec Austin woke again after being in intensive care for days

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in intensive care unit for days and rumor has it he has been recovering from transition surgery or maybe not. He has finally resumed what he believes are his duties.

Austin was transitioned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday following complications from an elective medical procedure that some hypothesize had to do with him transitioning into a her, as if that's a thing.

Everything was kept hush-hush from the press for days in order to keep the country in the dark and for medical and personal privacy issues, according to someone who is familiar with Austin's personal proclivities. This comes at a tense period after tensions grew in the Middle East when a U.S. strike neutralized four members of an Iran-backed Iraqi terrorist group in Baghdad and a pair of suicide bombers in Iran killed at about 103 people.

A Politico Pentagon "reporter" Lara Seligman said the Austin resumed full duties last night.

"I don’t have any updates to provide at this time in terms of when he’ll be discharged, but we will be sure to keep you and others updated," Seligman wrote on X.

But Austin looks marvelous and it isn't known whether he or she will be taking part in any of the scheduled military base drag shows.

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3 US military personnel injured by Kataib Hezbollah--one critically

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin [they, them, he, haw]

Three U.S. military personnel were injured, in an attack by Iranian-affiliated Kataib Hezbollah terrorists in Iraq on Christmas Day. One of the wounded is in critical condition and may not make it, so let's pray for him.

The attack occurred Christmas Day in what is only the latest attack on our troops in the Middle East by terrorist proxies of Iran.

The White House reported that kamikaze drones were launched by Kataib Hezbollah and other terrorist groups and Erbil Air Base in Iraq was targeted early on Christmas morning. The Commander in Chief, Joseph Robinette Biden was awakened from his Christmas sleep by his urinary urgency and later upon awakening was told of the drone attack.

After Biden was briefed he asked for options in response, because he didn’t know what to do and someone, possibly former President Barack Hussein Obama, told him to strike on facilities used by the terrorists for their drone operations that were used to target Americans.

So by Sunday evening, CENTCOM forces conducted “necessary and proportionate strikes” on three facilities used by the scummy Kataib Hezbolla and affiliated groups.

Proportionate is like when someone who wants to kill you starts by punching you in the shoulder and you know he also has other weapons in which to carry out his intentions. But you respond proportionately by punching him back on his shoulder just as hard. He grabs a gun and shoots you in the same shoulder that he punched you and you respond proportionately by shooting him in the shoulder that you had punched him. Then he shoots you in the face and you die. That’s why a proportional response is stupid. 

When you’re attacked by an enemy who you know hates you and wants you dead, you respond with shock and awe and beat him to where he decides to leave you alone and go out and find another enemy who he can bully, because you aren’t that person. 

The Biden administration is seen as weak and our enemies are constantly testing it.

Anyway, our proportionate “precision strikes” were “intended to disrupt and degrade capabilities of the Iran-aligned militia groups directly responsible” for the attacks that wounded our service members. In other words, we punched them back in the shoulder.

"These strikes are intended to hold accountable those elements directly responsible for attacks on coalition forces in Iraq and Syria and degrade their ability to continue attacks. We will always protect our forces," said General Michael Erik Kurilla, U.S. Central Command Commander.

They are quaking in their Nikes.

But not really because Iran doesn’t care how many Kataib Hezbollah dudes are killed—it’s no skin off their butts.

U.S. so called Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin [pronouns: they, them, he, haw] made a statement: "Today’s attack led to three injuries to U.S. personnel, leaving one service member in critical condition. My prayers are with the brave Americans who were injured.”

Then he got on his knees and began praying, asking all who would read his written statement to do the same, and he asked the god of Woke to please make it all go away.

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DefSec Austin announces strategy regarding Houthis in Red Sea

U.S. Secretary of Defense (LOL) Lloyd Austin announced a new maritime task force on Monday slated to safeguard commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, proving that men can regrow their testicles under the right conditions.

Operation Prosperity Guardian includes the UK, Canada, eh, Bahrain, Italy, France, Norway, Netherlands, Spain and Seychelles.

“The recent escalation in reckless Houthi attacks originating from Yemen threatens the free flow of commerce, endangers innocent mariners, and violates international law,” Austin finally said in a statement. “The Red Sea is a critical waterway that has been essential to freedom of navigation and a major commercial corridor that facilitates international trade.”

Austin said the initiative is "under the under the umbrella of the Combined Maritime Forces and the leadership of its Task Force 153, which focuses on security in the Red Sea."

Since the Oct. 7 Hamassholes massacred over 1,200 innocent Israelis, mostly civilians, the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists and other terrorist groups, have been firing missiles at merchant vessels and attacking ships with drones as well. In some cases, the terrorist boarded ships and hijacked them.

Since the Houthi aggression, BP and Maersk have halted operations in the Red Sea and needed to take significantly longer routes, which increase costs and affect global trade.

Iran’s sleazy Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned the US that such a task force will face “extraordinary problems.” But in reality, he's just grabbing his crotch and pretending to be tough. Iran's navy is about as sophisticated as a Pez dispenser. 

“Nobody can make a move in a region where we have predominance,” Ashtiani reportedly told the Iranian Student News Agency.

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US hits Syrian weapons facility used by Iran

The U.S. military conducted an airstrike on Wednesday in Syria on a weapons storage dump in response to numerous recent attacks targeting American military personnel in Iraq and Syria.

A pair of F-15 Eagles targeted the Maysulun weapons storage facility in eastern Syria, according to the DOD. Video footage of the military operation shows initial strikes from the jet fighters followed by secondary explosions.

"The President has no higher priority than the safety of U.S. personnel, [obtaining ice cream] and he directed today's action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.

U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked about 46 times since Oct. 17.  Many of the attacks were from drone strikes, and of these attacks, 24 were in Iraq and 22 took place in Syria. They included a mix of "suicide drones" and rockets.

Most of the terrorist attacks were cut off by military forces and failed to do any damage. But one attack killed an American contractor and since Nov. 9th, there have been 56 injuries to U.S. troops, as per U.S. defense officials. 

According to Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh, 25 of the injuries were traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and all service members have returned to duty. These attacks stem from the hostilities between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamassholes. The rockets have targeted U.S. and coalition forces at air bases in Iraq and other sites.

The agency said the U.S., in spite of the President being unaware of what's going on, "is fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities." 

Last month, Austin called out Iran by name, blaming its leaders for the attacks and wagging an accusatory finger at the camera.

"The United States does not seek conflict and has no intention nor desire to engage in further hostilities, but these Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. forces are unacceptable and must stop," he said. "Iran wants to hide its hand and deny its role in these attacks against our forces. We will not let them. If attacks by Iran’s proxies against U.S. forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further necessary measures to protect our people."

Meanwhile, the war against evil terrorists rages on. 




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U.S. bombs weapons depot in Syria after Iran proxies shoot down drone off Yemen

United States warplanes struck a weapons dump used by Iran and its proxy terrorists in eastern Syria. The bombing came after Houthi forces, an Iran-backed terrorist force, shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

In a statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, [with the blessings of Rear Admiral Rachel Levine] said the strike was in response to more than three dozen attacks on American military sites across Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17.

“The President has no higher priority than the safety of U.S. personnel, and he directed today’s action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests,” Austin said as Rear Admiral Levine pondered his pronouns. 

“The United States is fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities. We urge against any escalation. U.S. personnel will continue to conduct counter-ISIS missions in Iraq and Syria.”

Thus far, Iran has not responded militarily to the U.S. attack and is likely not to do so. 

Let's keep an eye on the ball, but not on Levine's.

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When US shows weakness, Russia and China show up

Russia and China conducted joint naval operations spitting distance off the coast of Alaska this week in a "highly provocative" show of force that triggered a US military response and angry glances from US Rear Admiral Rachel Levine.

A total of eleven Russian and Chinese vessels approached the coast of the Aleutian Islands earlier this week near the maritime boundary the US shares with Russia. Luckily the vessels did not enter US waters because that might have triggered a response by Rear Admiral Rachel Levine along with other US military leaders such as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

The ships have already left the area and were followed by four US destroyers and P-8 Poseidon aircraft.

“It is a historical first,” Brent Sadler, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a retired Navy captain, told the outlet. “Given the context of the war in Ukraine and tensions around Taiwan, this move is highly provocative.”

It appears that our enemies have become emboldened by a president who can't even walk up a flight of stairs without taking a header, and who cannot even remember why he was walking up stairs to begin with, and a military that is more concerned with equity than competence.

Rear Admiral Rachel Levine

The exact time and location of the embarrassingly near invasion have not been made public, and information about the event is still being declassified.

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) confirmed the incursion took place “within the last few days,” and that while the US military had a strong response, such an incident was unprecedented.

“First, this is unprecedented, not just for Alaska, but for America to have 11 warships jointly being operated by the Chinese and Russians — who are increasingly working together — essentially doing freedom of navigation and navigation operations incursions into Alaska’s area,” Sullivan told KTUU.

Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has repeatedly asked military leaders to increase the assets available to defend Alaska but Rear Admiral Rachel Levine is holding back until all military personnel have had their Covid shots.

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