Where’s Waldo and Weapons of War

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Craig Andresen

By Craig Andresen – The National Patriot – Commentary

Over the past couple of weeks, and over the past several months, two questions regarding certain aspects of the war with Iran have continued to crop up. Both are rather interesting questions, and both seem to have complex answers.

No, I’m not talking about why we’re doing this, that or the other thing, or for that matter, why we’re not doing this, that or the other thing. These questions are a bit more eclectic…perhaps more on the ethereal side of things but one thing is certain, both involve conspiracies…and corresponding theorists.

Let’s just be honest, if it’s in the news, its fodder for conspiracy theorists and that’s nothing new. Conspiracy theories have been around since ancient times and have been centerpieces of civil, and not so civil debate from watering holes to water coolers. Anything that’s unknown automatically lends itself to unending chatter, and even some things that are verifiable facts become the subject of those who simply refuse to accept facts as facts.

In the latter category – the Earth is round. It is NOT flat, but that hasn’t stopped the Reynolds Wrap cap crowd from proclaiming we round Earthers and full of beans. Here’s the question they just can’t answer…IF the Earth IS flat, what’s on the underneath side of it? I ask because regardless of how flat one makes a pancake, it still has two sides.

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The Iran War – Options vs. Alternatives Part 2

Posted on August 2, 2026 by Craig Andresen

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The strategy employed by the U.S. against the Iranian regime should be pretty clear by now except to some critics of President Trump who are getting close to stage 3 TDS. The strategy, as I have said many times, is to use our military to cut the Iranian regime off from the one thing they need the most…money…while systematically eliminating remaining targets that threaten not only our military, but Iran’s Arab State neighbors, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and potential ground operations that may well be coming soon against the IRGC.

Evidence that the strategy is working can easily be found if one pays attention to reports, not only from our military, CENTCOM or our media, but also from more unlikely sources like Iran itself.

Sure, there are those who are fit to be tied over pauses in the action, and over “negotiating” with the enemy, but I believe that those who have adopted the talking points of the IRGC, in that “The U.S. is losing the war,” or that “Trump is a fool and doesn’t know what he’s doing,” would rather continue to virtue-signal their own personal armchair quarterback belief that they could do better if they, not President Trump were running the show.

As for the most recent “pause” for so-called “negotiations,” just over a week ago, it wasn’t President Trump, nor was it Steve Witkoff or Jared Kushner who suggested it, rather it was Admiral Bradley Cooper, Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) who advised it and for a very interesting reason…the U.S. military had run out of targets related to the Strait of Hormuz. This isn’t to suggest that Iran has nothing remaining with which to threaten shipping, just that the IRGC hasn’t exposed any of what they may have left or where they’ve been hiding it for about a week.

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The Iran War – Options vs. Alternatives Part 1

Posted on July 26, 2026 by Craig Andresen

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Political analysts, think-tank sorts, some religious and/or theocratic scholars, and various other critics have been quick to argue that President Trump is “mismanaging the war” because he simply “does not understand radical Islam or the Iranian regime’s death-cult mindset.” Some on the right side of the aisle also claim that “Trump is losing the war.” Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. I believe our president has a much better understanding of the radical Islamic mindset than do some of his critics, I believe he has a much deeper understanding of the broader Middle East mindset than his critics claim he has, and I know that there is no easy way to fight ANY war, especially one with so many moving pieces as this one.

While President Trump’s primary stated purpose for this war is to prevent Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon, we all know that the only way to ensure that is to create regime change in Iran. Here’s the problem with the U.S. engineering regime change – we have a terrible success rate in doing that. Viet Nam, Korea, and several recent attempts in the Middle East…including in Iran in 1979 leap to mind. But that’s not the only issue we face. Go too fast and you create a vacuum of power. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, don’t want to do that again.

Go too slow, you wind up as a tourist in Hanoi pretending it was an adventure on your bucket list for decades.

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Hormuz and Beyond

Posted on July 19, 2026 by Craig Andresen

Far too many people, even some on the right side of the political aisle have a narrow view regarding the Strait of Hormuz and are far too quick to condemn Trump for “mishandling the war.”

They claim that President Trump has made the war against Iran “all about oil” and “all about the Strait of Hormuz” proclaiming over and over again that “we don’t get any oil from Hormuz, and we should have left the Hormuz situation to those that do get their oil from it.” To suggest, or believe that the U.S. doesn’t benefit from shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, or that others should have been left to deal with it because we don’t benefit from it is myopic and in some cases, hypocritical.

It’s time to set the record straight, especially for those who have complained that the war is all about oil, and everything else has been ignored.

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Socialism – The DNC’s Master Plan

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Craig Andresen

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Socialism. It doesn’t work. Anywhere. It never has and it never will, but today’s liberal knotheads in the U.S. claim that it just hasn’t been done the right way.

Here’s a hint…there is no “right way” to drop an anvil on your foot so that it doesn’t leave you wishing you hadn’t done it.

For those chirping about how different socialism is from communism and trying to claim that Republicans and Conservatives don’t know the difference between them, we do, and we also know that socialism, according to Marxist theory, is the transitional phase immediately following the overthrow of capitalism. During this stage, the “working class” controls the state and economy, eventually paving the way for a fully realized, stateless, and classless communist society.

I put quotation marks around “working class” for a reason and I’ll get back to that shortly.

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Our Quirky Founding Fathers

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Craig Andresen

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Those of us lucky enough to have received an education rather than an indoctrination think of our nation’s Founding Fathers as serious men on a mission. History books are filled with their grand achievements, their deep thoughts, boldness, courage and their vision for a new nation.

That particular association of the Founders regarding their gravitas has been made more compelling through paintings and etchings depicting them as very serious fellows, but there are things about them that while true, seem to have been glossed over unless one is willing to take a deeper dive into their…quirkiness.

Let’s start at the top with the Father of our Country – George Washington.

We all know that certain presidents have been known to spout off from time to time. Harry S. Truman reportedly had no problem calling a “son-of-a-bitch” a “son-of-a-bitch,” and both LBJ and Nixon were widely known to use colorful language, but a deep dive into our first president reveals the man had an explosive temper and a short fuse. He was also, reportedly, fond of swearing.

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“The Deal” – Pragmatism vs. Emotionalism

Posted on June 17, 2026 by admin

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A pragmatist is a person who approaches problems, decisions, and beliefs based on practical, real-world results rather than abstract theories, ideals, or emotions.

When it comes to the Middle East, there is no shortage of emotional responses, theories and ideals. I understand those points of view and while I certainly do NOT agree with such emotional anti Semitic views as expressed by the vast majority of the liberals, I DO stand with Israel, the Jewish people and Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Netanyahu has wisely stated, “If Israel’s enemies put down their weapons today, there would be peace, If Israel put down her weapons today, there would be no Israel.” That is a very pragmatic view. It is based in historical reality. Since 1948 when Israel officially became a nation, they have wanted to live peacefully with their neighbors, but the fact remains, Israel’s neighbors have, for the most part, wanted Israel eliminated.

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The Caregiver’s Revenge

Posted on June 7, 2026 by Craig Andresen

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After 4 very long years of the Joe Biden occupancy of the Oval Office, after 4 very long years of nonsensical yarns blathered by the dazed and confused Joe Biden, after 4 very long years of watching Joe Biden stumbling, bumbling, falling on stairs, falling off his bike and wandering aimlessly about the White House lawn…what I’m about to get into should come as no great surprise.

After the whole world saw Biden shaking hands with invisible people…time and time again, after the whole world listened while Biden related a conversation he had had with an Amtrak Conductor years after that Conductor had died, a story Joe told time and time again, after the whole world watched creepy Joe sniffing girl’s hair…time and time again and listening while the old dolt related a yarn about his uncle being EATEN BY CANNIBALS…what I’m about to get into certainly isn’t breaking news.

In 2020, Joe Biden campaigned from his basement, and when he was allowed out of his habitat, crowds were, at best, sparse, comprised of 10’s of people, and Joe wasn’t allowed to talk to the press. But he supposedly got 81 million votes.

Uh-huh.

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The Forensic Flogging of a Dead Horse

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Craig Andresen

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An autopsy is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; or the exam may be performed to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.

Sometimes, an autopsy isn’t really necessary if one simply employs common sense.

Here’s an example…let’s say that someone in early 2022 goes skydiving, jumps out of a perfectly functional airplane at 12 thousand feet, and that person’s parachute fails to deploy. Now, common sense would lead one to believe that it wasn’t the fall, rather the sudden stop at the end of it which was the cause of death. However, liberals would have listed that skydiver’s cause of death, after an autopsy, as being directly related to COVID-19.

The recently released autopsy report regarding Kamala Harris and the sudden stop experienced at the end of her 2024 campaign, is no less insane.

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Operation Let Them Talk

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Craig Andresen

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Every time a prominent liberal opens their pie-hole, what comes out is pure rubbish, propaganda or nonsense which prompts those on the right to label them as idiots. It’s a fair assessment. For the most part, it is accurate and an apt description of the mental acuity of said liberals.

Some on the right wish the prominent liberals, be they from the media, Hollywierd or the halls of congress would just sit down and shut the hell up, but I believe that would be a mistake.

Operation Let Them Talk, simply put, could well be the best thing for those on the right side of the political aisle who seek election. Day in, and day out, the liberals are creating political ads for 2026, and 2028…for Republican candidates.

Let me give you a few examples.

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The Iran War – Options vs. Alternatives Part 2

The Iran War – Options vs. Alternatives Part 1

Hormuz and Beyond

Socialism – The DNC’s Master Plan

Our Quirky Founding Fathers

The Caregiver’s Revenge

Operation Let Them Talk