When those in power betray the will of the people, they don't just fail one leader, they violate the Constitution itself.

Real change has never come from the powerful but from courageous citizens who refuse to look away. If we want a Republic worth passing on, we must demand truth, insist on justice, and hold every leader to the standard our Founders built this Nation on.

That is a principle every combat commander learns early, and it is one we should be applying to the situation in front of us right now.

We have multiple wars unfolding at the same time, and the pace of decision-making has to match the complexity of the threat. Ukraine has nearly fallen out of the public conversation, yet thousands of people are being killed every day. That war has not paused. It has simply moved out of the headlines. The same is true of the conflict in Iran that we are currently engaged in.

Every one of these fights deserves clear-eyed attention and a full set of options on the table.

I believe there are solutions to the war in Ukraine and to the conflict we are navigating today against Iran. Solutions exist when leaders preserve flexibility, listen to honest counsel, and refuse to lock into a single course of action before the situation demands it.

The moment a commander surrenders his options, he surrenders his initiative. The moment a nation surrenders its options, it ...

Roots, Rights, and Reason!

The Book, “The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies” written by yours truly and my good friend, Michael Ledeen (may he RIP) is as valid today as it was when it was written (circa 2016). The book argues that the U.S. is losing a generational war against radical Islamists and their state allies (e.g., Iran, Syria & others) due to political woke weakness. The book calls for an aggressive, "all-out" strategy to win. You can get a copy at:

https://a.co/d/0dMjmCVf