Mary Beth Long

Former Asst Sec Defense, Chair NATO/HLG, CIA case officer, attorney, Professor of Practice Intel & Foreign Policy, CEO/Boards/entrepreneur/advisor & adventurer

[Mary Beth Long @mbldefense]

Thank you for this. It’s been five years and the wound remains.

[John “TIG” Tiegen @TigTiegen]

As we approach August 26, I want to remember the 13 American Warriors killed at Abbey Gate in Kabul in 2021.

11 Marines.
1 Navy Hospital Corpsman.
1 Army Soldier.

They were standing their post during the evacuation of Afghanistan. They were doing what they were trained to do. In the middle of chaos, danger, and uncertainty, they stayed stood the line.

That is why I wrote “They Stood the Watch.”

This song is about more than how they died. It’s about duty, Brotherhood, Courage, Sacrifice. It is about the men and women who stand where they are told to stand, protect the people in front of them, left, right, behind them and no matter what keep doing the job when everything around them is falling apart.

Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover
Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo
Sgt. Nicole L. Gee
Cpl. Hunter Lopez
Cpl. Daegan W. Page
Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez
Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza
Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz
Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum
Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola
Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui
Navy Hospital Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak
Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss

John 15:13

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

When August 26 hits, remember their names.

Remember their families.

Remember the brothers and sisters who were there and still carry that day with them.

They answered the call.

They stood the watch.

Never let 13 become just a number.

#AbbeyGate #TheyStoodTheWatch #13warriors #NeverForget #USMC #USNavy #HospitalCorpsman #USArmy #GoldStarFamilies #John1513

[Adi @Adi13]

Please listen to the experts

"They’ve been working on this for 40 years, and it’s working.” In this clip, @daliaziada, @ISGAP Research Analyst, reveals the long-term plan the Muslim Brotherhood has pursued to infiltrate American society and politics from within. Based on a 100-year plan outlined in their own Explanatory Memorandum, the Brotherhood’s strategy is built on: - Patience and gradualism - Targeting key events - 9/11, the BDS campaign, and the aftermath of October 7 - Quietly embedding themselves in institutions while avoiding public scrutiny “It’s not spontaneous. It’s deliberate - and it’s been unfolding for decades"

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

For years, we were told the possibility of a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology was a conspiracy theory. Now Anthony Fauci's former senior adviser, David Morens, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by concealing COVID origins records.

https://t.co/ESQyTvfmKW

[Ezra A. Cohen @EzraACohen]

A role model for all Americans.

[David Collier @mishtal]

A question:
More than 30 Christians have just been murdered in Nigeria by Islamist gangs. Yesterday, a mass burial was held.

Eleven of the victims were Christian children - butchered with machetes.

So why doesn't @BBCNews (or the rest ofUK media) want to tell you about it?

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

Remarkable work by Admiral Cooper, @CENTCOM and the U.S. military.

As I’ve argued for months, the regime played the Hormuz card at its weakest and it is now a shrinking strategic asset.

More on today’s The Iran Breakdown with @FDD’s @rich_goldberg: https://t.co/V6MavovBhS

[Paul Sperry @paulsperry_]

BREAKING: A new court exhibit reveals a relative of James Comey sent a blistering text to wife Patrice Comey lambasting them for posting "a call for violence" against President Trump, asserting: "I have held my tongue for a long time, but I just can't do it anymore. You guys have really gone off the deep end over the years with your TDS. "86 47" is a call for violence no matter how you spin it. You should be ashamed of yourselves. I am thoroughly embarrassed to have ever defended the absolute coward that is your husband. You and Jim are some of the least accepting, most hypocritical people I've had the displeasure of knowing. I hope Jim goes to jail for his crimes."

[Amjad Taha أمجد طه @amjadt25]

Breaking NEWS
The Islamic regime in Iran is about to learn the hard way.

While the EU still trades with the regime, the UAE has suspended all commercial activities, trade exchanges, and financial transactions with Iran until further notice in defence of peace, security, and humanity.

Now ask yourself: who is still helping keep this regime economically alive?

[Mary Beth Long @mbldefense]

Anyone who thinks a deal w/ the regime in Iran will be adhered to by them is wrong.

Iran's military chief just announced a $30,000 reward for anyone who kills or captures a US soldier.

They call that “an indicator”.

Empower and arm Iranians. Return Persia to her glory.

[Mary Beth Long @mbldefense]

This weekend I spoke with an intelligent, lovely person aghast at the killing of Palestinians by Israel. Totally unaware that Israelis were forced by their own govt to leave a thriving, successful Gaza (and are not responsible for its TOTAL decline).

The bad guys are winning the information battle with propaganda.

Enjoyed your book “Danger Close”.

[Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne]

This is pretty damn interesting. It is also consistent with what Mark Twain found nearly 200 years later.

“Palestine” was composed of Jews & Christian Arabs. Then in the late 19th century, European Jews showed up, started small businesses, Muslims migrated there to work in them.

[Mary Beth Long @mbldefense]

@IDF - do your thing. @IDFFarsi

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

BREAKING: Iran’s army chief Amir Hatami has reportedly offered a $30,000 reward for every U.S. soldier killed or taken captive.

[Mary Beth Long @mbldefense]

Can you imagine if the school had taken the children to a synagogue and handed them the Torah, or to the Catholic Church and invited them to kneel and try a mock confession ?

I have no issue with Islam, or any other religion in a free America (which separates church and state). I DO HAVE ISSUES with indoctrination and exploitation of minors.

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

Cut all federal funding to this school district

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

Cut all federal funding to this school district

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

Hamas use of child soldiers is disgusting and without honor. As well as all the groups that do not acknowledge it and push statistics without context or details.

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

Iranian regime is able to send arms to Sudan in coordination with our Pakistani mediator friends.   Insane.

[ROOZ @ROOZVA]

Absolutely devastating takedown from @JasonMiyaresVA.

Under Spanberger & Democrats:

❌$37 BILLION in proposed new taxes
❌Effective cost of hiring up 22.5%
❌$1 BILLION annually in new energy costs

Spanberger has been a total disaster for Virginia.

[Mary Beth Long @mbldefense]

An unpopular (in some sectors) but important view. The UAE was right from the get-go and if you take offense, or disagree, I challenge you to read the MoBro writings and best-known speakers: they wish the destruction of the West and adherence to an Islamic tradition that calls for violence against those who oppose it.

[Amjad Taha أمجد طه @amjadt25]

A letter to the West,

Greetings,

Stop confusing cowardice with tolerance. What you see as illegal immigrants is a pre-planned invasion of your country without tanks or soldiers. There are countries that have recently poured billions of pounds into Muslim Brotherhood terrorists who became activists and citizens in your countries, and their job is to defend every criminal, be the lawyer of every rapist, and make sure all those who are illegal become legal and become the next governor or MP, and later, prime minister. This is a long-term plan.

They use democracy as an Uber to power then complain about the destination.

Look around you. They now protest against you and your Western civilization. They call you Islamophobic if you dare to mention Muslim Brotherhood terrorists, such as Hamas terrorists, or Sudan's Muslim Brotherhood-led army, which killed over 2 million Christians and 500,000 African Muslim children and women.
They will control your democracy through dictatorial rules.

They discovered your greatest weakness: your tolerance can be weaponized against you.

They use your freedom of speech to defend Muslim Brotherhood terrorists.
They use your courts to protect Hamas and Iran's networks.
They use accusations of “Islamophobia” to intimidate critics.
They use democracy as a ladder to power, then attack the very values that built that ladder.

Yesterday, Muslim Brotherhood ideology demanded a platform. Today, it demands political influence. Tomorrow, it will demand that you remain silent.

Stop confusing cowardice with tolerance.

Investigate the Muslim Brotherhood. Ban terrorist organizations. Prosecute criminal financing. Deport non-citizens who lawfully qualify for deportation because of serious crimes or terrorism and never allow extremists to turn citizenship into a weapon against the country that welcomed them.

Your children should not inherit a country too frightened to defend its own laws, freedoms, and civilization.

Democracy is not a suicide pact. Tolerance is not surrender. Freedom does not require giving extremists the tools to destroy freedom.

Wake up. Defend your country. Defend your children. Defend your civilization before those who despise it become powerful enough to dictate its future.

Regards,
God bless your beautiful civilization and protect it from extremism, terrorism, and backwardness.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

“Far more people are dying in Nigeria than in Palestine. Last year, 500,000 Christians were killed. But the activists are not protesting or saying anything. To me, that’s hypocrisy.” Well said.

[Bert Mizusawa @GenBert2026]

A friendly reminder: after promising Virginians no new tax increases as Governor, Mark Warner signed a historic $1.6 billion tax increase into law in 2003.

People don’t change. The propaganda does.

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

God bless this man. Yes - you are right. Millions of Americans have been waiting for accountability. This is why we should not ignore the desperate thashings of the guilty who are lashing out in every way they can.