This week‚ three American soldiers died at the hands of an Iranian proxy group that used a drone to strike an American base in Jordan. The Biden administration immediately leapt into action by issuing a strongly worded statement‚ while simultaneously proclaiming that it wanted to avoid escalation. Which‚ of course‚ is precisely the wrong thing to do when faced with aggression from a smaller‚ hostile adversary. The right thing to do? Punch it in the mouth hard enough to deter further aggression. That is something former President Donald Trump knew innately. On Dec. 31‚ 2019‚ Iranian-backed proxy groups stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Iraq‚ killing a U.S. contractor. “Iran is orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq‚” Trump tweeted. “They will be held fully responsible.” On Jan. 2‚ 2020‚ the defense secretary said there were “indications” that Iran was planning “additional attacks” on American targets. On Jan. 3‚ 2020‚ the U.S. military killed Iran’s top terrorist commander‚ Qassem Soleimani. This led to teeth-gnashing from the American Left‚ which declared such an activity a major escalation. Iran blustered that the assassination was “tantamount to opening a war against Iran.” Trump then threatened‚ “Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans‚ or American assets‚ we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago)‚ some at a very high level &; important to Iran &; the Iranian culture‚ and those targets‚ and Iran itself‚ WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD.” Iran fired some missiles at some empty sites. That was the end of that particular exchange. It turns out that if there is one party in the Middle East that wants a U.S.-Iran war less than the United States‚ it is Iran. Which is how deterrence works. That’s what makes it so absurd that the Biden White House’s first Middle Eastern goal upon taking office was to destroy deterrence against Iran. The White House first declared itself in opposition to the Saudi regime‚ chiding Mohammed bin Salman over human rights violations; the White House removed the Iranian-backed Houthis from the terror list; the White House tried to reopen Iranian nuclear talks. Despite the White House’s idiocy‚ Sunni-Israeli peace seemed to be in the offing. In fact‚ as a result of the White House’s idiocy‚ Saudi Arabia had drawn closer to Israel than ever before as a defensive measure against a resurgent Iran. So Iran acted. Iran acted knowing that the Biden administration is cowardly in its approach to foreign affairs—that it’s willing to slow-walk aid to American allies under pressure but unwilling to countenance the credible threats of military force by which deterrence is established. And now the Biden administration continues to vacillate. After spending the months since Oct. 7 repeating ad nauseam an admonition to Iran not to escalate its violence—”Don’t!” every Biden official‚ including President Joe Biden himself‚ has repeated—Iran has indeed escalated its violence. It turns out that saying “Don’t” to aggressive foreign powers isn’t nearly as effective as saying “Don’t‚ or you may not be breathing tomorrow.” Napoleon Bonaparte once supposedly stated that his military policy was an “iron hand in a velvet glove.” When the iron hand disappears‚ replaced with fluff‚ there isn’t much for Iran to fear. And in an election year in which the president deeply fears a further conflict with Iran‚ Iran isn’t the party being deterred. America is‚ at the cost of American lives. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM. The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Weakness Breeds Aggression appeared first on The Daily Signal.

In 2007‚ Alex Collier said that he was taken by aliens and spent almost three months on a huge alien mothership‚ while only 18 minutes passed on Earth during this time. Collier was a former US Army pilot and may have been one of the first US military personnel to go public with his UFO and/or alien sightings. According to Collier‚ it happened in 1989 while he was in an undisclosed location in a corn field. He was tired and fell asleep right on the field‚ and when he woke up‚ he found himself on board an alien ship. It was lying on the table. “As I lay on this table‚ there was a ‘man’ who was very tall‚ maybe seven feet tall‚ with pale blue skin and was physically flawless. All I could tell you was that I recognized these men right away‚ had no fear‚ and instantly adored them.” He lived there for almost three months and says that on this ship were the so-called Andromedans‚ inhabitants of the Andromeda galaxy. This galaxy is 740-830 kiloparsecs distant from our Milky Way galaxy. Alex Collier “During these three months‚ I had the opportunity to learn about their society and observe them‚ and I was also a little like a fish in an aquarium‚ because many of them themselves observed me and listened to my thoughts. At that time‚ they taught their children information about our world‚” says Collier. According to Collier‚ the Andromedan ship was truly huge‚ approximately 800 miles in diameter. At the same time‚ it “intersected in different dimensions.” Koller had difficulty explaining what this meant: “The outside of the physical ship stretched for 800 miles‚ and this was due to the physical laws of the dimension in which it is located. Inside it‚ other physical laws were in effect … the minute you stepped over its threshold‚ you found yourself in another dimension‚ and your physical shell has undergone changes. “They gave me a belt that I had to wear that held my atoms‚ molecules and cells together – it literally formed a cocoon around me‚ but I could touch them and they could touch me. “Physically you felt lighter than them‚ taller than them‚ and had more energy. One of their days was equivalent to 31 days in our world. So they thought I was unwell because I had to sleep regularly.” Basically‚ during his stay on the ship‚ Collier communicated with only two aliens whose skin was blue. Their names were Vissey and Moroanei and they told Collier that the Universe was created 21 billion years ago and was home to about 135 billion humanoid creatures. “They’ve come to see me because my family’s genetic lineage goes back to them‚ and they told me that I was here as part of an outpost 62‚000 years ago. I attempted to break up an argument between two other visiting aliens and was slain‚ which has placed me in the Earth’s reincarnational cycle‚” he adds. Collier says that Andromedans live unusually long and that Vissey was 43‚000 years old and Moroaneus about 1‚700 years old. At some point‚ a small metal object was placed on his head‚ after which various scenes from his past lives began to appear on the monitors on the walls of the ship. “If this is the true nature of our universe and how it works‚ then we must realize that there is more to us because we are also connected to this process on most levels‚ if not all‚” says Collier. Collier spoke in detail about this case at a conference in Japan in 2007: The post “I lived 92 days on an alien ship‚” says former US Army pilot appeared first on Anomalien.com.

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