Keyword: afterthemidterms https://freerepublic.com/tag/afterthemidterms/ en-us Mon, 9 Nov 2026 21:18:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 I listened to Massie drone through his articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth and I recognized the sickness immediately. We fought under this ridiculous worldview during GWOT, and it cost us dearly. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402421/posts ransomnote: For Free Repubilc's language rules, I've replaced a word with '[redacted]'.InfantryDort@infantrydort·52mNah man. I’m not gonna let this go unchecked. As a GWOT veteran I can’t.I listened to Massie drone through his articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth and I recognized the sickness immediately.We fought under this ridiculous worldview during GWOT, and it cost us dearly.Massie is merely an acolyte of the bloodless bureaucratic religion that puts the lawyer in the center of the kill chain, treats every American use of force like a moral emergency, and somehow always finds more sympathy for the enemy being hunted than for the... X.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402421/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2026 21:18:35 GMT Was Eliminating the Iran Nuclear Threat Worth the Political Price? Put Yourself in the President’s Position https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4401912/posts Politicians and presidents sometimes make Faustian bargains. They make trade-offs. The stereotypical Faustian bargain is one in which someone sells his or her soul to the devil in exchange for money or fame. But let’s say you’re the president of the United States, and the two options before you are to keep your country safe or to better position you and your party to hold onto power. It all centers on a country that has been chanting “Death to America" since 1979, and that is very close to obtaining nuclear weapons and delivery systems that could wipe out its neighbors,... PJ MEDIA https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4401912/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2026 14:27:55 GMT Trump Was Right to Take On Iran, and Two Years of Refilling Oil Tanks Is a Bargain https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401275/posts On October 22, the energy analysts at Kpler reported a number that the drive-by media refused to report. The volume of Iranian crude floating outside the blockade zone had fallen to zero, down from roughly 136 million barrels when the war began in February. No new Iranian cargo had loaded since August 25. Because payments lag deliveries, Kpler expects the associated revenue to dry up by mid-December. For a regime that has spent 45 years converting oil into terror and rockets, that is the sound of the register closing. President Trump’s decision to finish what the June 2025 strikes began... The Enterprise https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401275/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:43:46 GMT