Reasons for confiscating Venezuelan oil tankers

 James L Wells Digital Creator

Trump Isn’t “Pirating Ships” — He Must Seize and Sell 300 Venezuelan Oil Tankers to Satisfy an International Court Judgment Owed to U.S. Companies
A lot of people are reacting emotionally to the idea of oil tankers being seized, but most of the outrage comes from not understanding what is actually being discussed.
So let’s slow this down and explain it clearly, legally, and step by step.
This is not war.
This is not piracy.
This is judgment enforcement — the same principle used every day when courts seize bank accounts, property, aircraft, or cargo from someone who lost in court and refuses to pay.
1. What Venezuela did (the part that always gets skipped)
In the 2000s, under Hugo Chávez, Venezuela seized oil projects owned by foreign companies, including major U.S. firms such as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips.
This wasn’t a policy disagreement.
It was expropriation:
• Contracts were broken
• Assets were taken
• Compensation that had been agreed to was not paid
That is not controversial. It is historical fact.
2. What the courts decided
Those U.S. companies didn’t complain on social media.
They went to international arbitration and U.S. courts — the proper legal venues.
They won.
The rulings were:
• Final
• Binding
• Enforceable
Venezuela lost and was ordered to pay tens of billions of dollars in damages.
3. The real problem: Venezuela refused to pay
Here is the key point most critics ignore:
Venezuela refused to comply with the court judgments.
In any legal system — domestic or international — when a party:
• Loses in court
• Owes a judgment
• Refuses to pay
…the law allows creditors to seize commercial assets belonging to the debtor outside its borders to satisfy the judgment.
This is called judgment enforcement.
Countries do not get a free pass simply because they are countries.
4. Why oil tankers even enter the conversation
Venezuela’s primary commercial asset is oil.
Oil moves on oil tankers.
Those tankers:
• Carry state-owned Venezuelan oil
• Are commercial property, not military or diplomatic assets
• Can be lawfully seized by court order in cooperating jurisdictions
This is no different in principle from seizing:
• A bank account
• A plane
• A shipment of goods
Calling this “piracy” is legally incorrect.
Piracy is theft without lawful authority.
This is court-ordered seizure to collect a debt already ruled on.
5. The math everyone avoids
Let’s use conservative, realistic numbers so no one can claim exaggeration.
• Estimated unpaid court judgments: ~$35 billion
• Oil price used: $62 per barrel
• Typical large oil tanker (VLCC): ~2 million barrels
Value of one full tanker:
• Gross value: ~$124 million
• Net value after realistic court-sale discounts: ~$115 million
Now do the math:
$35,000,000,000 ÷ $115,000,000 ≈ 300 tankers
That’s where the number comes from.
Not one tanker.
Not ten.
About three hundred.
One tanker only covers about one-third of one percent of what Venezuela owes.
6. What this means — and what it does NOT mean
This does not mean:
• Tankers are being randomly grabbed
• This is a military action
• The goal is punishment
It does mean:
• Courts already ruled
• A debt legally exists
• Enforcement is the only option left when payment is refused
When Donald Trump talks about seizing oil shipments, he is not inventing a new power.
He is talking about using existing legal authority to enforce judgments Venezuela already lost.
In plain English:
You took property, you lost in court, you refused to pay — so your commercial assets are seized and sold until the debt is satisfied.
That is how the rule of law works.
7. Why you don’t see hundreds of tankers seized
Because enforcement is:
• Legally narrow
• Jurisdiction-dependent
• Deliberately targeted
Venezuela also structured its exports to:
• Avoid enforceable ports
• Use intermediaries
• Break shipments into smaller pieces
So tanker seizures are rare, careful, and strategic, not mass roundups.
Tankers are leverage, not a magic wand.
The bottom line
• Venezuela seized U.S. assets
• Venezuela lost in international court
• Venezuela refuses to pay
• The debt is ~$35 billion
• A tanker is worth ~$115 million net
• It would take ~300 Venezuelan oil tankers to make the judgment whole
This is lawful enforcement, not piracy.
This is accounting, not aggression.
This is what happens when court rulings are ignored.
Final thought
People arguing “this sounds extreme” are missing the most important fact:
The court already decided.
Once that happens, enforcement isn’t optional — it’s inevitable.
Everything else flows from that reality.
#Venezuela #oiltanker #OilTankerSeizure #pirates #piracy #Trump #captured

Late !

 James L Wells Digital Creator

Democrats are all butt hurt over what Trump said about Reiner but you never said a word when Reiner said he wished that the assassin hadn’t missed, when Trump was shot in Pennsylvania. So STFU.”

Let’s be very clear about what actually happened.

When President Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, a real assassination attempt that could have ended his life and sparked national chaos, Rob Reiner publicly wished the shooter hadn’t missed. That wasn’t metaphor. That wasn’t hyperbole. That was celebrating the potential murder of a political opponent.

And where was the outrage then?
Where were the media lectures about “violent rhetoric”?
Where were the think pieces about “dangerous language” and “threats to democracy”?

Silent. Completely silent.

But now the same people clutch their pearls because Trump says something sharp about Rob Reiner?

You don’t get to play moral referee after excusing an explicit wish for assassination. You don’t get to lecture anyone about civility when you said—out loud—that the country would be better off if a bullet had landed differently.

This isn’t about Trump being “mean.”
This is about double standards so obvious they’re insulting.

If wishing death on a political opponent doesn’t disqualify you from polite society, then spare us the fake outrage when someone fires back with words.

You don’t get outrage without consistency.
And you don’t get credibility without honesty.

 I read this a few times thinking I was missing something but I wasn't. the punishment for being in the country illegally is DEPORTATION! Isn't it ? OR jail and then deportation. These people represent the states of America ???

 The Whiskey Cowboy    Dec. 17th 2025 

Since media outlets have now shifted their narratives to "Trump supporters turn on him", it is time for me to weigh in on the issue.

With the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, by their son, the VAST majority of people (on every social/political side) recognized it for what it was; a horrible tragedy. They were able to put their personal views about Reiner aside, and simply empathize with the immediate situation. And thus their comments reflected that.

But Trump is another story. Trump lacks a filter. It is one of his FAULTS. Not using a filter when needed is not the same as lacking one. And Trump, well, there it is.

 
His forwardness is often praised by those who support him, but let's be honest, it CAN create issues. And it did this time.

Trump has had an interesting "relationship" with Reiner. Reiner was a very vocal and abrasive critic of Trump. He was also quite the leftie. And I will leave it right there. We all know the deal. And TRUMP did as well.

That said, Trump should have left his critiques about Reiner out of his comments concerning his death... PERIOD... FULL STOP.

But Trump is Trump, so there it was. And what it was, was an embarrassment that he himself seems to not be able to see. And he can't seem to grasp that while he does not speak for US, what he does and says does reflect on us to various degrees.

 
This said, the Left have a very hard time separating the HIRED HAND with THOSE WHO HIRED HIM. And let me be clear, Trump is a hired hand. He is not a King, nor our LEADER. He is hired to run the Government.... which works for US. This truth is lost on so many now days, to include a lot of folks on the right.

However, because so many have this false notion about the job and those who hold it, they think they MUST support and DEFEND every action "their guy" makes. But do we? No. And counter to what normally happens with the left, the right DOES NOT.

The left have also been saying that MAGA and Trump supporters (I must make the distinctions because not all who support him are MAGA, as in how the left views it) blindly follow Trump; and that Trump could do and say ANYTHING and the zealots (which they say ALL who support him are) would not have a problem with it... and SUPPORT it.

Well that is simply not true. And a good example is his comments after Reiner's death. People on the right, and yes those who support Trump, have called it out for what it was.... disgusting and unacceptable. Understandable, but unacceptable. And because of this the left are proclaiming some sort of victory, or that Trump has lost support; and people are walking away from him.

This is simply not true. They are calling out bad behavior. It's that simple. Trump is not perfect. But the right is also not willing to toss out the baby with the bathwater when it comes to the person they HIRED to DO A JOB. They weigh the good with the bad, and they recognize the utility of the man... not the "divinity" of the man. And Trump does not speak FOR us. He speaks for HIMSELF. And we can either agree or disagree with what he says, or does. Thus, here we are.

But the LEFT can't do that. They claim "we" worship those we support, but we DO NOT. THEY do. It is more of the standard projection from their side. They see THEMSELVES (though deny it) in EVERYONE ELSE. It is a subconscious thing "If I think this way, THEY MUST AS WELL". But we don't.

Now let me get to the whole Charlie Kirk matter. Many are comparing the two situations (Kirk and Reiner) as if they were THE SAME THINGS. But they are not. Both were killed. Both were murdered. But one was a murder from a drug addicted offspring for PERSONAL matters; and done in PRIVATE; and the other was an ASSASSINATION for social/political reasons.... AT A PUBLIC EVENT.

And those who can't see the difference are not worth the time trying to explain it to.

But that's all I have to say on this matter. And you won't find me commenting on it again. Cheers.

 I've posted this before and I think it deserves another look 

 

IN TODAYS WORLD OF BLACK VS WHITE , THIS TRAGEDY IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN, EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO HAPPEN TO BE IRISH...THEY WILL NEVER FORGET !! 

 

Well, you learn something every day...
IRISH: THE FORGOTTEN WHITE SLAVES
October 1, 2014 · 

They came as slaves: human cargo transported on British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands, men, women and even the youngest of children.

Whenever they rebelled or even disobeyed an order, they were punished in the harshest ways. Slave owners would hang their human property by their hands and set their hands or feet on fire as one form of punishment. Some were burned alive then had their heads placed on pikes in the marketplace as a warning to other captives.
We don’t really need to go through all of the gory details, do we? We know all too well the atrocities of the African slave trade.

But are we talking about African slavery? King James VI and Charles I also led a continued effort to enslave the Irish. Britain’s Oliver Cromwell furthered this practice of dehumanizing one’s next door neighbour.

The Irish slave trade began when James VI sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. His Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers in the West Indies.

By the mid 1600s, the Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat. At that time, 70% of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves.

Ireland quickly became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants. The majority of the early slaves to the New World were actually white.

From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade.

Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain’s solution was to auction them off as well.

During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children between the ages of 10 and 14 were taken from their parents and sold as slaves in the West Indies, Virginia and New England. In this decade, 52,000 Irish (mostly women and children) were sold to Barbados and Virginia.

Another 30,000 Irish men and women were also transported and sold to the highest bidder. In 1656, Cromwell ordered that 2000 Irish children be taken to Jamaica and sold as slaves to English settlers.

Many people today will avoid calling the Irish slaves what they truly were: Slaves. They’ll come up with terms like “Indentured Servants” to describe what occurred to the Irish. However, in most cases from the 17th and 18th centuries, Irish slaves were nothing more than human cattle.

As an example, the African slave trade was just beginning during this same period. It is well recorded that African slaves, not tainted with the stain of the hated Catholic theology and more expensive to purchase, were often treated far better than their Irish counterparts.

African slaves were very expensive during the late 1600s (£50 Sterling). Irish slaves came cheap (no more than £5 Sterling). If a planter whipped, branded or beat an Irish slave to death, it was never a crime. A death was a monetary setback, but far cheaper than killing a more expensive African.

The English masters quickly began breeding the Irish women for both their own personal pleasure and for greater profit. Children of slaves were themselves slav

Even if an Irish woman somehow obtained her freedom, her kids would remain slaves of her master. Thus, Irish mothers, even with this new found emancipation, would seldom abandon their children and would remain in servitude.

In time, the English thought of a better way to use these women to increase their market share: The settlers began to breed Irish women and girls (many as young as 12) with African men to produce slaves with a distinct complexion. These new “mulatto” slaves brought a higher price than Irish livestock and, likewise, enabled the settlers to save money rather than purchase new African slaves.

This practice of interbreeding Irish females with African men went on for several decades and was so widespread that, in 1681, legislation was passed “forbidding the practice of mating Irish slave women to African slave men for the purpose of producing slaves for sale.” In short, it was stopped only because it interfered with the profits of a large slave transport company.

England continued to ship tens of thousands of Irish slaves for more than a century. Records state that, after the 1798 Irish Rebellion, thousands of Irish slaves were sold to both America and Australia. There were horrible abuses of both African and Irish captives. One British ship even dumped 1,302 slaves into the Atlantic Ocean so that the crew would have plenty of food to eat.

There is little question the Irish experienced the horrors of slavery as much (if not more, in the 17th Century) as the Africans did. There is also little question that those brown, tanned faces you witness in your travels to the West Indies are very likely a combination of African and Irish ancestry.

In 1839, Britain finally decided on it’s own to end its participation in Satan’s highway to hell and stopped transporting slaves. While their decision did not stop pirates from doing what they desired, the new law slowly concluded this chapter of Irish misery.

But, if anyone, black or white, believes that slavery was only an African experience, then they’ve got it completely wrong. Irish slavery is a subject worth remembering, not erasing from our memories.

But, why is it so seldom discussed? Do the memories of hundreds of thousands of Irish victims not merit more than a mention from an unknown writer?

Or is their story to be the one that their English masters intended: To completely disappear as if it never happened.

None of the Irish victims ever made it back to their homeland to describe their ordeal. These are the lost slaves; the ones that time and biased history books conveniently forgot.

Peter Thomson is with Ayòdęlę Ala-Elah.

 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 — 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧
Trump is on his Affordability Tour right now — laying out the exact playbook to crush inflation and put money back in your pocket.
The mechanics are solid.
The math is brutal.
The direction is dead-right.
Yet, here is what even the most hard-core strategist’s on Trump's team are missing, not because they're wrong, but because they're too smart:
Trump speaks at the level of world leaders.
Most Americans just want to know why eggs are $8 and rent ate their raise.
That’s where we come in.
We translate.
We expose.
We don’t flinch.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐣𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞
Stay with me… You’ll see where I going.
When I opened my dojo, I named it “Bushido of Benson.”
MiISTAKE… Forty of years of martial arts — I understood something that the average non-martial artist would not know. Bushido simply translated means "the way of the gentleman warrior"…. Honor, courage, truth — the word was everything to me.
To every parent driving by?
It sounded like a sushi bar or a cult.
Enrollment was dead for months.
Lesson learned the hard way:
Speak their language or lose them forever.
Trump knows how to fix the country.
The elites who wrecked it speak in lies and jargon so you never figure it out.
Tonight I’m speaking plain.
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𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 — 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐇
Every illegal immigrant on public support costs us roughly $68,000 a year — schools, hospitals, welfare, prisons.
Multiply by 15–20 million.
That’s TRILLIONS stolen from your pocket.
The same people who scream “compassion” never offer to pay your family’s share of the bill.
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𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 = 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Stores don’t eat theft.
They raise your prices.
Insurance doesn’t eat vandalism.
They raise your rates.
Every “defund the police” politician just gave you a secret tax.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬
Prices never come back down.
Ever.
Deflation only happens in depressions — and nobody wants that.
The real game is:
Slow the bleeding of new inflation
while putting more cash in your hands than the government can steal.
They know this on CNBC.
They’ll never say it on CNN.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐅𝐨𝐫
Government workers don’t pay taxes.
Their “taxes” come from the same pot they’re paid from.
It’s an accounting trick.
Only private-sector workers actually fund the system.
We need soldiers, cops, border agents — real ones.
We don’t need another 87,000 IRS agents shaking down waitresses.
The left wants 40% of jobs on the government payroll.
Trump wants it back under 20% — like when America was rich.
If you’re a government employee… You're not being disrespected… We need you… We just need the elite… While trimming those who work at home from their phone for an hour a day while sitting in a hot tub. 
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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬
He’s not buying gold toilets.
He’s building rockets, cars, and factories.
Every factory = tens of thousands of $80k–$150k American paychecks.
Those paychecks pay the taxes that actually run the country.
Tax the builder → kill the jobs → collapse the revenue.
Reward the builder → everyone eats.
The same politicians screaming “tax the rich” just added $7 trillion to the debt while your groceries doubled.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐨.
Professors.
Pundits.
Politicians.
Bureaucrats.
They understand every word I just wrote.
They teach the opposite on purpose.
Because an ignorant voter is a controllable voter.
Trump brings the plan.
We bring the red pill.
Share this before they memory-hole it.
America’s affordability is coming back — whether they like it or not.

share truth not outrage - hope not fear

R** S*******

 

meant for thanksgiving day

 StudentFor Liberty November 27th 2025

Today, we celebrate the most capitalist of holidays!

Four centuries ago, when the Pilgrims first settled in the New World, they arrived with a plan for collective property ownership. They believed that farmland should be worked communally, and the harvest shared equally among everyone.
Unsurprisingly, they starved. As Lawrence Reed wrote for the Foundation for Economic Education, “Everybody was happy to claim their equal share of production, but production only shrank. Slackers showed up late for work in the fields, and the hard workers resented it.”
After two years of death and misery, they made a critical change:
They divided the common property into private plots.
Owners could produce what they wanted and freely keep or trade it.
According to reports from the time, this change “made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been.” Suddenly, there was enough food not only to feed themselves but also to share with the Wampanoag.
Thanksgiving isn’t just a day of gratitude and togetherness—it’s also a reminder that pursuing self-interest, within the framework of freedom, is one of the greatest ways to benefit others.

 

 

Donald Trump For President      November 27th 2-25

Dakota Meyer, Medal of Honor Recipient: "I've worn the uniform. I've been shot at. I've been in gunfights where hesitation got people killed. So when I watch six elected members of Congress in a fully choreographed video tell U.S. service members that they can refuse illegal orders, every alarm in my body went off. This was not meant to help the troops. It wasn't about legality. It was about sowing doubt inside the one institution that cannot afford doubt. The bottom line up front: our troops are not the ones who need reminders about illegal orders."

This same question has gone through my mind many, many times. Like Jim Jordan for example. I listened to him many times and thought "What a great investigator and lawyer, then his cases seem to fall apart, Does he ever get anyone convicted and/or jailed for their crimes? None that I've ever seen. I like Jim and his style, but he never goes far enough....

 

Don't know this site but this seems about right...

 Non Labeled Americans

Kolby Kyle

Biden’s Autopen Circus Finally Caught Up With Him

Well look at that. After four years of watching Grandpa “Where Am I?” scribble his name with a robot pen like a geriatric Jedi, Trump finally walked in, flipped the lights on, and exposed the whole clown show for what it was.

Turns out about ninety two percent of Biden’s “official signatures” weren’t even his. They were courtesy of the Autopen — the Presidential version of forging your mama’s name on a field trip permission slip. And now Trump just wiped every one of those documents off the books like they were written in invisible ink.

Let that sink in: Our country was being run by a mechanical Sharpie because the man allegedly in charge couldn’t tell the difference between a bill, a sandwich, and a Secret Service agent.

And now the best part?

Biden already told the New York Times he “personally approved every decision” about the Autopen. Well congratulations, Joe — you just volunteered for perjury charges. That’s what happens when you brag about doing your job after everybody spent two years claiming you weren’t mentally capable of doing… anything.

This is the fallout of electing a man who needed flash cards to remember his dog’s name, while his aides ran the country like interns on a caffeine bender. They even used the Autopen to pump out pardons for his family. That’s not leadership — that’s a clearance sale on corruption.

And now the DOJ is digging into whether Jill Biden was basically propping him up Weekend-at-Bernie’s style while he battled a terminal diagnosis and a collapsing memory. If any regular person did that to their husband, DHS would be hauling them away in handcuffs for elder abuse.
Trump didn’t just cancel a stack of fake signatures.
He exposed the rotten hill the whole operation was built on.

And the same folks who spent years screaming “Democracy!” are now quietly panicking because the autograph machine they used to run a presidency is about to become Exhibit A in court.

Welcome back to accountability, America.

It’s about damn time someone put the crayons away and handed the Oval Office back to an adult.

Dear GOD....Let this be true!!!

DEP0RTATI0N CALLS TURN INT0 ACTI0N AS REP. ILHAN 0MAR GETS TAGGED IN A SCANDAL THAT C0ULD C0ST HER EVERYTHING    US Daily News 

What started as murmurs hɑs become ɑ politicɑl eɑrthuɑke. Wɑtchdogs hɑve officiɑlly linked Representɑtive Ilhɑn Omɑr to ɑ federɑl frɑud cɑse involving defɑulted student loɑns — loɑns she ɑllegedly lobbied on while never pɑying off her own. With her congressionɑl sɑlɑry now in the crosshɑirs, critics sɑy this isn’t just hypocrisy… it’s criminɑl. Cɑlls to hɑve her removed from office — ɑnd even the country — ɑre getting louder by the hour. Is this ɑ politicɑl hit job or ɑn ɑccountɑbility reckoning long overdue? ɑnd whɑt hɑppens if the House ɑctuɑlly moves to gɑrnish her pɑy? 

 The truth being once the military begins to decide on its own which orders it will obey and which it won’t, or which President they prefer, you cease to have civilian control over the military, and you no longer have a Republic. All readers should say this aloud.

Steve Ewell

November 24 at 9:48 AM ·

Duty, Honor, Country. This is not political for me, I’m not crazy about either side; it’s a question of survival of our Republic.

Sounds rather dramatic, but true. Congressmen Slotkin, Kelly, Deluzo, Goodlander, Houlahan and Crow, this so-called “Gang of Six,” deliberately chose to sow seeds of discontent and doubt within the military by attempting to erode the trust and command of the civilian leadership of the United States military by inferring orders given by the civilian leadership are illegal, and not to be followed. All done to undermine the current administration.

I spent over 30 years in our nation’s Navy. From combat operations, Intel operations, to foreign nation engagement, my 51 years of military and government service highlight what prior generations from WWI & II, Korea, Viet Nam discovered… “you cannot politicize the military.” The truth being once the military begins to decide on its own which orders it will obey and which it won’t, or which President they prefer, you cease to have civilian control over the military, and you no longer have a Republic. All readers should say this aloud.

Civilian Control of the military was the focal point of our political/military training of African and Middle East nations I oversaw at the end of my career. To this day it remains the centerpiece of our mil-to-mil engagements.

The sad truth… competing factions within an armed institution is exactly how many African and Middle East countries collapsed from within, starting corresponding civil wars. For those that say this can never happen in the United States, all I will say, it’s a slippery path once it starts… I have seen it first-hand. No country is immune. Externally countries appear strong, all countries internally, including our great nation, are fragile by nature.

For me, I am incredulous. We are willing to sacrifice our quality of life and our country for the hate of one man… that was legally elected as our President. Yes, we have our problems, but we are extremely lucky to be Americans… and to live in this country. For the “uninformed” that take issue with my proud to be an American sentiment, go live in another country, under their laws and taxes as a resident for a couple of years. I lived in Europe for 17 years. Until you do that, you don’t get to compare the U.S. to another country, you have no meaningful yard stick.

A side note, there were many Presidents I did not like over my 51-year government career, no matter, I still pledged my life to support the elected President and the Constitution. Why does the Gang of 6 think things should be different now? Especially since they are all ex-military. Pure political theater, at the expense of the country.

If the “Gang of 6” is so concerned over the powers given to the Commander and Chief under our Constitution, introduce legislation to change the Constitution. While hard, not impossible. My guess, none are willing to do this because it would be political suicide. So, the easy… and cowards’ way out… sew dissention in our military for political gain, at the expense of the country.

A couple of points for the readers and our illustrious “Gang of 6:”

1. No combat operation ever occurs without thorough legal review at multiple levels

2. Combat operations are fast paced. There is no room for debate over any order

3. The public should read a military operations order- nothing is left to interpretation

4. Target lists are thoroughly vetted by the Intel and legal community
5. Combat Rules of Engagement are black and white, decided ahead of time, with legal review

6. As a Carrier Air Wing Strike leader, our military lawyers had the final say on strike plans, ensuring international law was followed. Back in the day, we all hated the lawyers

7. All levels of the military are trained in ethics, as well as what constitutes legal/unlawful orders

8. Legal orders are based on fact, not opinion
9. Just because you don’t like an order does not make it an illegal order. This statement is directed to the Press, Politicians, Public. Our Military members know the difference

10. When asked by the press, not one of the “Gang of 6” could identify an illegal order given by the President, or any other civilian leader in the Military Chain of Command. Why?

11. I invite our esteemed Gang of 6 (not their staffers) to visit any number of failed countries, take time to study a bit of history on why nations fail… after which they should all offer a full retraction

12. “We have your back” says the Gang of 6. I assure you, if any military member, is naïve enough to follow through on their request to ignore orders, they will face the full wrath of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and there is nothing this Gang of 6 can do to stop it. Again, these politicians are using military service members as political pawns in a game of chess we can only lose

13. For clarification, our Congressman and Senators are not leaders, they are elected representatives. This country only elects 51 leaders (50 governors and 1 President)

14. The ballot box is the place for ironing out differences, not sewing distrust and attempting to create factions inside our military.

… but the Gang of 6 already knows all of this…

Past and present generations cling and fight for their families, friends, values, freedom, and love of country. These concepts remain the only important things in life… and they are worth dying for. Leave our military out of the Politics…

R** S*******

Not intended to be a "HATE POST, more of a SURVIVAL POST....

 I copied this post from one of my cousins, along with the request to copy and paste and pass this info on to everyone you can    November 22nd 2025 

It has already started! In New York City, where the Twin Towers were hit by airplanes, piloted by MUSLIMS, they just elected a MUSLIM mayor. So much for "NEVER FORGET"  In the recent U S elections 38 out of 76 MUSLIMS on thr ballots WERE ELECTED, At this rate it won't take long before THEY are in control......THINK ABOUT IT !!

The Muslim religion is the fastest growing religion per capita in the United States, especially in the minority races Last month I attended a training. During the training session there was a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths, who each explained their beliefs.

I was particularly interested in what the Islamic Imam had to say. The Muslim gave a great presentation of the basics of Islam, complete with a video.

After the presentations, time was provided for questions and answers. When it was my turn, I directed my question to the Muslim and asked:
'Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that most Imams and clerics of Islam have declared a holy jihad [Holy war] against the infidels of the world and, that by killing an infidel, (which is a command to all Muslims) they are assured of a place in heaven. If that's the case, can you give me the definition of an infidel?'
There was no disagreement with my statements and, without hesitation, he replied, " Nonbelievers"

I responded, 'So, let me make sure I have this straight. All followers of Allah have been commanded to kill everyone who is not of your faith so they can have a place in heaven. Is that correct?'
The expression on his face changed from one of authority and command to that of a little boy who had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.'

He sheepishly replied, 'Yes.'

I then stated, 'Well, sir, I have a real problem trying to imagine The Pope commanding all Catholics to kill those of your faith or Dr. Stanley ordering all Protestants to do the same in order to guarantee them a place in heaven!'

The Muslim was speechless.

I continued, 'I also have a problem with being your friend when you and your brother clerics are telling your followers to kill me! Let me ask you a question:

Would you rather have your Allah, who tells you to kill me in order for you to go to heaven, or my Jesus who tells me to love you because I am going to heaven and He wants you to be there with me?'
You could have heard a pin drop.

Needless to say, the organizers and/or promoters of the 'Diversification' training seminar were not happy with my way of dealing with the Islamic Imam, and exposing the truth about the Muslims' beliefs.

In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the US. to elect the President.

I think everyone in the U.S. should be required to read this, but with the ACLU, there is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference.

Copied & pasted - Please do the same.

This is what they need to do...WEED them ALL out !!

KENNEDY DROPS “OMAR FILE” ON SENATE FLOOR: ONE SENTENCE, 42 SECONDS OF DEAD SILENCE, CAREER-ENDING BOMBSHELL – HG ·November 19, 2025 

In what political commentators are already calling one of the most shocking moments in recent Senate history, Senator John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana stunned the chamber and viewers nationwide with a single, devastating disclosure that left Congresswoman Ilhan Omar speechless and the Senate floor in 42 seconds of suffocating silence. The incident, now dubbed the “Omar File,” unfolded during what had been a routine vote on border security, only to erupt into an extraordinary display of political theater and viral drama.

A Moment of Complete Silence

It was mid-morning, and the Senate was engaged in procedural votes, the sort of legislative slog that often produces little more than predictable commentary. Sen. Kennedy, a Republican known for his razor-sharp wit and ability to command attention with minimal flourish, rose from his seat. He carried nothing but a single, unmarked manila folder. No aides rushed to his side. No notes were consulted. There was no preamble, no shouting, no theatrics.

He approached the microphone, and the chamber quieted almost instinctively. Senators, staff, and C-SPAN cameras immediately focused on him. Kennedy opened the folder slowly, deliberately, and read one sentence into the microphone, his voice steady and unwavering:

“Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, on recorded call, March 14, 2023: ‘When Somalia calls, I answer first. America is just the paycheck.’”

The effect was instantaneous and overwhelming. Forty-two seconds of dead, suffocating silence followed. Not a cough, not a shuffled note, not a whisper. The C-SPAN audio captured only the faintest rustle of papers. The chamber seemed frozen in time.

Congresswoman Omar’s mouth opened, but no sound emerged. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, seated nearby, froze mid-note, her pen suspended in air as if gravity itself had paused. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s gavel hovered ineffectually over the proceedings, unable to restore order or even break the stunned quiet.

Kennedy, unshaken by the gravity of the moment, closed the folder with a precise motion and looked directly at Omar. His voice dropped, soft but cutting:

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