Posted on 11/11/2026 6:00:00 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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What the polls told us going into the election was not that Americans were inalterably opposed to war with Iran; they were opposed to NOT WINNING a war with Iran.
As General George S. Patton famously said in a speech to his troops during World War II, “Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time.”
Donald Trump’s entire public persona was built around winning: The Art of the Deal, The Art of the Comeback, and The Apprentice were all about Donald Trump the winner.
And right now, despite all the statistics about targets destroyed, ships sunk, and the wreckage of Iran’s economy, thanks to Iran’s “rope-a-dope” strategy, Donald Trump looks like a loser.
When history looks back on Donald Trump’s second term as president, all of his other accomplishments—rebuilding American manufacturing, ending the open borders policy and the illegal alien invasion that accompanied it, driving the crime rate down to the lowest point in decades, achieving the lowest poverty rate and the highest employment numbers ever (and more)—will all be forgotten in the face of the results—or lack of results—in the war he launched to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
The way to stop having “forever wars” is to win the wars in which we engage. To avoid going down in history as one of the greatest losers ever to occupy the White House, Donald Trump has only one choice—renew offensive operations against Iran until the political ideology that motivates Iran’s nuclear weapons program is destroyed and a real victory is achieved.
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Yep. I did not think going in was a good idea in the first place. Republicans paid an extremely high price for it. Now that the price is paid however....dammit we have to win it. That does not mean boots on the ground. That does not mean we have to launch waves of additional airstrikes. Just keep the naval blockade in place. Without being able to export oil and gas, they will go bankrupt. They’re not made of money. They have to pay their thugs because those thugs have families too. When they can no longer afford to pay them, the mullahs will fall....and their economy was already in terrible shape last year - that’s what triggered the uprising to begin with.
We have to reroute the fossil fuels so that something like blocking the Strait of Hormuz by Iran....will be meaningless.
Our blockade has been very effective.
Unfortunately Patton’s words did not play out in Korea, Vietnam or the Sand Box wars. There was sort of a win with Korea and Vietnam, as they were Cold War wars and the USSR did collapse. So the Cold War was a win.
I don’t think the American people do not want any more laundromat wars such as the 20 year Afghan war where the military industrial complex lined the pockets of politicians.
And America does not want to lose another war.
So I agree. Trump must win the Iran war. A win of anything would feel great about now.
His legacy is the midterm loss. Nothing in Iran will change that. History might politely ignore his failure if he returns to his original platform and wins back Congress. Read my lips: no new wars, border security and election security.
It will be Trump accounts. It will take time.
“A government that spends its wealth on foreign wars will soon find its own people in want.” - Thomas Jefferson
“The character of a nation is defined by its ability to maintain peace in a world of conflict.” - George Washington
“A republic must be master of its own destiny, unswayed by the winds of foreign conflict.” - Thomas Jefferson
“The most effective weapon in a diplomat’s arsenal is not the sword, but the pen.” - Benjamin Franklin
“Foreign entanglements are the seeds of domestic discord.” - John Adams
“The cost of maintaining a large military for foreign purposes is a tax on the liberty of our people.” - John Adams
“Our constitution provides for the defense of the nation, not for the policing of the world.” - James Madison
How can any American disagree with the founders of our great Republic.
Nope, winning it may end up being accomplished someday, but it won’t be finished with a bunch of bombs and dead American troops.
Such and excellent post.
Those lessons have been forgotten because they show wisdom.
Globalists do not like that .
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1062883646508416
It is critical for modern Americans to understand that faith is real, including the Islamic faith. It is wrong, but they are committed and the Iranians DON’T MIND DYING to usher in the Twelfth Imam. Stupid secular Americans, who don’t take the Christian faith seriously, can’t believe people take any faith seriously. We may not have to drop a nuke on them, but we WILL have to keep nuclear materials out of their hands. This might requite an uber-stealth CIA/Mossad suicide squad going into Pickaxe mountain and blowing up the materials so it becomes radioactive.
Hard to say because the Bible makes clear that in the End Times the multinational war against Israel will begin with Persia (Iran).
Trump lost his mojo.
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