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Strange Things Are Happening
American Thinker ^ | 19 Jul, 2026 | Clarice Feldman

Posted on 07/19/2026 4:49:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber

On one hand, we are winning the war with Iran. This week, bombings greatly accelerated and are not likely to end without real capitulation and surrender. On the other hand, the Vice President seems to be at odds with the administration, unhappy that we are in a (winning) war and casting blame for the failure of his peace effort, which is really only Iran’s fault.

On one hand, the President has declassified documents credibly showing foreign influence and interference with our elections. On the other hand, major news outlets seem determined to keep their viewers from knowing this. If viewers did know how insecure our elections are, they might support remediation measures -- like SAVE -- to the detriment of the media’s darlings, the Democrats, whose decades-long election cheating is manifest.

The president has made clear that he regards what are known as the groypers as stupid and not worth paying attention to:

Donald J. Trump • O

@realDonaldTrump I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon -- Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs. They're stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too! Look at their past, look at their record. They don't have what it takes, and they never did!

Yet, this week Vice President Vance, who has yet to distance himself from Tucker Carlson, had a lengthy three-hour interview with Joe Rogan in which he blamed Israel for the war in Iran and, by inference, suggested the President is a tool of Israel.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: americanhatingtroll; americansphincter; iran; rubio2028; vance; vanceistoast
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To: Vermont Lt

That is the “problem” with the internet. It is also a “problem” with free speech. Even loons and people who are wrong get to be heard. The internet just made it a whole lot worse.


41 posted on 07/19/2026 7:41:37 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Vermont Lt

— We have killed their leader
— Achieved air supremacy
— Crushed their nuke program

Many here are ‘Low IQ’ and fail to understand/recognize that
President Trump does not want to create a humanitarian
crisis for the Persian people (who are not our enemy)…
we cannot destroy their infrastructure.


42 posted on 07/19/2026 7:43:10 AM PDT by mosley
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To: mosley

we cannot destroy their infrastructure.


We can destroy their infrastructure, but we would rather avoid doing so.


43 posted on 07/19/2026 7:47:44 AM PDT by marktwain (----------------------)
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To: marktwain

Of course…


44 posted on 07/19/2026 7:50:26 AM PDT by mosley
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To: Alberta's Child

Not when it comes to Iran…
Low IQ

…..so let’s gift Iran to the Chicoms?
& let them help the IR build a nuke that
they would not hesitate to use?


45 posted on 07/19/2026 8:01:46 AM PDT by mosley
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To: curious7

That is a wonderful quote!


46 posted on 07/19/2026 8:21:05 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: mosley

It would likely be several nukes.


47 posted on 07/19/2026 8:21:43 AM PDT by marktwain (----------------------)
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To: MtnClimber

Never heard of a stalking horse?

This is like the MOU — an instrument intended as a setup. Who turns on JDV? => they are not allies and must be purged.


48 posted on 07/19/2026 8:27:17 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: Gen.Blather
What matters is their power and their control over the economy.

At this point you'd have to ask, "What economy?" Even 100% of ZERO is still zero.

49 posted on 07/19/2026 8:39:37 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: MtnClimber
Something does not seem right with Vance.

He gets too close to the truth, and that unnerves certain people. The kind of people who think this time regime change is gonna work...

50 posted on 07/19/2026 8:52:03 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: SMARTY
I don't know why that kind of vigilantism isn't going on right now with the Iranian population.

Because you don't appreciate how attacks by an external force rally people to the flag. Bin Laden had Democrats and Republicans arm in arm singing America the Beautiful. Bibi and Trump have pushed the public toward their government by bombing school girls, etc.

51 posted on 07/19/2026 8:54:55 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Gunslingr3

Valid point.


52 posted on 07/19/2026 8:58:55 AM PDT by Kudsman (Free, free Wakanda!)
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To: Vermont Lt

The problem with “American” Thinker is the heavy emphasis on foreign countries.


53 posted on 07/19/2026 9:02:44 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: MtnClimber

Vance is the only one who hasn’t been compromised.


54 posted on 07/19/2026 9:03:51 AM PDT by nonliberal (Pinochet did nothing wrong.)
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To: Vermont Lt

“The problem with American Thinker is that anyone can write an article and have it “published.””

Did anyone force you to read it?

Could it also be argued that the problem with Free Republic is that anyone, such as you, can write a post and have it “published”?


55 posted on 07/19/2026 9:10:26 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Gen.Blather

“The Iranians “win” by not losing.”

Historically, when a nation is getting there asses bombed into oblivion, without being able to stop the bombing, they are losing.

However, with all the new rules of warfare amongst the deep thinkers, all Iran has to do is to declare victory, and American forces have been defeated.


56 posted on 07/19/2026 9:13:27 AM PDT by odawg
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To: MtnClimber
Something does not seem right with Vance.

Could very well fall under, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"

57 posted on 07/19/2026 9:24:48 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: nonliberal

I watched the Joe Rogan interview with Vance. Some people were making noise about it, but I did not see anything wrong with what he said.


58 posted on 07/19/2026 9:25:03 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Celtic Conservative; All
The IDF and their intelligence community certainly must know some relevant particulars.

Without a full frontal assault on a group or a position, a surgical strike on the primary criminals is what I was talking about

59 posted on 07/19/2026 9:27:20 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: Vermont Lt

“Really? Define “winning.”

I think ‘winning’ will be when the despots running Iran are gone and we have assurance that Iran won’t be getting nukes.

Not clear when that will happen. I personally think it will because the despots are making too many enemies.


60 posted on 07/19/2026 9:30:16 AM PDT by cymbeline
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