We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.
I asked Grok to list the major attacks on the U.S. by Iran and Hezbollah over the last 47 years. Now I'm wondering why it took our leaders so long to do anything significant beyond sanctions and limited responses.
When all the Marines were killed in 1983 while sleeping in their barracks, our country basically did nothing to retaliate, and in 1984 we withdrew all troops from Lebanon... that's basically a retreat imo.
1979: US Embassy hostage crisis (52 Americans held 444 days)
1983: Beirut bombings — 17 killed at Embassy + 241 Marines (Iran-backed Hezbollah)
1996: Khobar Towers bombing — 19 US airmen killed
2003–2011: Iraq — 600+ US troops killed via Iranian EFPs & militias
2020: Missile strikes on US bases in Iraq (100+ injured)
2023–2024: 180+ proxy attacks on US forces (3 killed in Jordan)
For so much of this, I was young, unengaged, and stupid. So glad President Trump is doing what he is doing now!
This is probably a long shot, but if anybody happens to be in DC this weekend and plans on visiting Arlington, I would love to see a fresh photo of my husband’s grave in Section 60.
SSG Alan W. Shaw
Section 60, Grave 8451
B Co 1/12 Cav, 1st Cavalry Division
November 10, 1975 - February 9, 2007
There’s just something about knowing people still stop by, still say his name, still remember. 🇺🇸⭐🇺🇸
Training hours, rookie. Training hours. You’re way out of your league, here. Like you always are. That flyby didn’t cost you a cent.
Now, imagine the impact on a 10 year-old watching it, jumping up and down, and waving American flags. Then he tells dad he wants to be a pilot. That’s priceless.
That’s how dreams start, bro. Quit pissing on America!
Big respect to New York Giants QB Jaxson Dart for stepping up and introducing President Trump at tonight’s rally in New York!
In a league and a city where going against the grain can cost you everything, Dart showed real courage by publicly standing with the man who puts America First!
As a retired Air Force pilot, I know what leadership under pressure looks like — and supporting a President who backs our military, secures our borders, and puts strength over weakness is EXACTLY the kind of backbone we need more of in this country!
Good on Jaxson Dart for choosing patriotism over popularity.
Jaxon Dart > Colin Kaepernick
The silent majority is getting louder. Who else is tired of the pressure to stay quiet?
1 AM. Arkansas. A dog won't stop barking.
A father walks down the hallway. Opens his 14-year-old daughter's bedroom door.
The bed is empty. The window is open.
He already knows the name of the man who took her.
He's known it for three months.
Aaron Spencer is 37 years old. Army veteran, 82nd Airborne, deployed to Iraq. Farmer. Husband. Father of a little girl who used to sleep with the light on.
The man who took her is named Michael Fosler. 67 years old.
Three months earlier, when she was still 13, Arkansas had arrested Fosler and charged him with 43 separate crimes against her.
Sexual assault of a minor.
Internet stalking of a child.
Sexual indecency with a child.
Possession of child pornography.
43 counts. Against a 13-year-old girl.
43.
The judge looked at all of it. And set the bond at $50,000.
Fifty. Thousand. Dollars.
Then she wrote "no contact order" on a piece of paper and called it justice.
Fosler walked out the same day.
And on the night of October 8, 2024, he came back for her.
That's when Aaron Spencer grabbed his Glock 19.
That's when Aaron Spencer climbed into his Ford truck.
That's when Aaron Spencer stopped waiting for the system to save his daughter.
He found Fosler's truck on Highway 31. His little girl was inside it.
He chased him six miles. High beams flashing. Horn screaming. Begging him to pull over.
Fosler did not pull over.
So Aaron rammed the truck into a ditch.
Drew his pistol.
And fired sixteen rounds.
Fifteen of them found the man who raped his daughter.
Then he picked up the phone, called 911, and said the only words a father can say in that moment:
"Michael Fosler is dead on the side of the road for trying to kidnap my daughter. I had no choice."
The state charged him with second-degree murder.
The prosecutor went on TV and said, quote: "We don't live in the Wild West."
The judge slapped him in a jail cell.
And every father in this country went silent for a long, long minute.
Then something happened that nobody predicted.
Aaron Spencer, awaiting trial for killing the man who raped his little girl, announced he was running for Sheriff of Lonoke County.
A murder defendant. Running for the badge.
The whole country laughed. The pundits called it a stunt. The papers called it impossible.
March 3, 2026. The voters of Lonoke County walked into the polls.
They did not laugh.
They gave Aaron Spencer 53.5% of the vote.
They threw out the incumbent sheriff who had locked him in a cell. They gave him a 27-point landslide.
The father who killed his daughter's rapist is now the Republican nominee for sheriff in a county where Trump pulled 76%.
His murder trial begins June 22, 2026.
Five weeks from today.
If he wins the trial, his name stays on the November ballot.
If he wins November, he becomes the sheriff who answers 911 calls in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
The father. With the badge. Of the same county that arrested him.
This is what happens when a system lets a 43-count predator walk free for $50,000.
This is what happens when a judge writes a paper order instead of doing her job.
This is what happens when a father decides he is done waiting.
There is something left in this country.
Something the courts cannot kill.
Something the judges cannot bond out.
Something the prosecutors cannot silence.
It is called a father.
And in Lonoke County, Arkansas, 53.5% of the voters just looked Aaron Spencer in the eye and said:
"Sir. You did the right thing. Now come run the whole damn sheriff's office."
His trial starts in five weeks.
God bless Aaron Spencer.
And God bless every American standing behind him.
There are 345 names on the EOD Memorial wall. All of them died while conducting EOD operations both at home and abroad.
They were all sons and daughters.
Most had families of their own.
This Memorial Day weekend, take a minute to remember them, and every service member who has given the last full measure.
Take a minute to think about their families, and friends. Their kids who are without a parent.
But also, have a good day. It’s ok to be happy on Memorial Day
It’s what they would have wanted.
@RizzlyBear1969@EODHappyCaptain Never claim I am perfect but I will guarantee that I will always strive for perfection and never accept failure.
Don’t be sorry, be better.
Bill Maher asks how the government is “failing the poor so badly” when he pays “60 PERCENT” of his earnings in taxes.
“Last week was tax day… I paid the government probably almost 60% of what I earn. That’s a lot.”
“And I… wouldn’t mind if Bernie Sanders would stop saying the rich don’t pay taxes.”
“The top 10% pay 72% of all federal income taxes. And the bottom half, 3%.”
“The Democratic Socialists talk about socialism like we don’t already have a lot: Social Security, unemployment, Medicare, nutritional assistance, Medicaid, Obamacare, disability, housing subsidies.”
“How can you be soaking the rich and failing the poor so badly? How can it be that the federal government alone took in over 5 trillion in taxes last year, and we still need that?”
“Are we really this incompetent and corrupt?”
Speaking as someone inside Iran who stayed connected through Starlink during the total internet blackout, I want to say this loud and clear:
President Trump’s recent video on Truth Social — showing Iranian protesters writing “President Trump please help” on walls, waving Lion and Sun flags alongside American flags, replaying raw footage of the revolution and saying “I’m with you, I will fight for you and I will win for you” — is music to our ears.
The flames of the Lion and Sun uprising have not died down. They are simply waiting for the right moment to roar again.
It was @realDonaldTrump, alongside @netanyahu and @PahlaviReza who told us to stay in our homes, stay safe, and wait until help arrives and Operation Epic Fury is complete. That’s exactly what millions of us have been doing.
There is enormous pent-up anger, grief, and anxiety inside Iran right now — but also real hope. All of it is ready to be unleashed the moment the opportunity comes.
The Iranian people are deeply pro-America. We need America’s support to finally envision a free Iran — a nation where values very similar to American ones can flourish once more, just as they did before 1979 and the arrival of this cursed, evil regime.
Make no mistake: this is not a regime that will fade away or soften its terror on its own. Trust me when I say we have tried every possible path short of war. We exhausted every peaceful option — massive street protests, open resistance, attempts at gradual reform, dialogue, you name it. None of it worked. The regime’s only consistent answer has been bullets, executions, and fresh waves of fear.
Right now there is deep internal fighting among regime figures. Mullahs and the IRGC are turning on each other, while the so-called “reformist” faction is nothing but the same old Islamic Republic in nicer clothes and smoother language. Do not be fooled by them. The only reason they are clashing is because their money flow has been disrupted, so they blame one another and scramble for more power.
We tried to bring this regime down before, but we were mostly unarmed while they were armed to the teeth. Over 40,000 were slaughtered in cold blood, with many more executed, tortured, or thrown in prison. We need help to level the playing field. Then we will rise again—and this time, we will succeed. When we do, we will never forget who stood with us; our debt will be paid in full and more.
Iranians are more pro-America than many Americans on X, because we have seen American values and said: “Yes, that is what we want too.” That includes the First Amendment — which needs no explanation — and the Second Amendment, which hits especially close to home. An armed Iranian people could never have been oppressed like this for so long. No one should ever have to surrender their guns, and no one should have to hide like a criminal just for having free internet. I should not be forced to run and conceal myself for simply owning @Starlink.
The Iranian diaspora has been our voice when we had no internet. They have accurately represented us during these protests while the talks were happening, making it clear we reject any negotiation with this regime and want Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to represent the Iranian people — because no one inside this regime ever can.
We are anxiously waiting for the opportunity. Let’s see if it comes. But make no mistake: the majority of Iranians feel exactly as I do. Make Iran Great Again.
The world will soon understand why we say:
Anything for freedom. Anything to end this evil.
#IranMassacre
#IranRevolution2026
#KingRezaPahlaviForIran