By Gerald Honigman

There’s an old-adage regarding the hypothetical question about what really was responsible for a problem or a series of problems, one particular thing or another…

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Peloni:  Naturally, after not having joined the war against Iran, the Gulf nations expect their share of the winnings.

“The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stressed on Thursday the importance of Gulf states participating in any talks between Iran and the United States to end the war in the Middle East,” UAE news said.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MARCH 26, 2026 17:10

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As Chinese siblings are charged with planting an IED at CENTCOM headquarters, the question must be asked.

by Robert Spencer | Mar 27, 2026

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Was there just an attempt to carry out a mass casualty attack at CENTCOM headquarters?

MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida is where the headquarters of CENTCOM, the United States Central Command are located. CENTCOM oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and some areas of South Asia, and that means that it is involved in U.S. actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Recently, an improvised explosive device was discovered outside a gate at MacDill; it didn’t go off, but if it had, the damage could have been extensive. Was someone targeting CENTCOM? And if so, who?The more one examines this story, the more questions multiply.

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Clips From the Memri Archive

MEMRI | Mar 27, 2026

Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf. By Seyed Shahabbodin, Vajedi – Akkasemosalman.ir, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

Iranian Majlis speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf (sometimes spelled Ghalibaf), who is now responsible for strategic decision-making in the regime,[1] is a former IRGC commander who has served in numerous regime roles since the Islamic Revolution in Iran. He is reportedly close to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.[2]

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by Pierre Rehov  •  Gatestone Institute  •  March 27, 2026

• This is not containment. It is disarmament. It is the eradication of Iran’s nuclear ambitions as a strategic variable. And it is accompanied by equally stringent regional and military demands: the cessation of financing, arming, and directing the organizations of the proxy terrorist network that has defined Iranian power projection for decades…. The United States is not seeking behavioral change. It is demanding total transformation.

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Peloni:  Iranian intransigence has been their worst strategy.  The expectation that Trump will roll over and go away defies the reality that Washington is intent upon having Iran shift from being a Chinese facing game piece in the Great Game of Geopolitics to becoming an American facing game piece.  This would give America the control over energy which aligns with US strategy for the future.  If Trump fails to achieve this goal, Iran will remain seated with China, giving them a great advantage in the further development and exploration of AI, which is limited by access to energy reserves.  Controlling energy reserves has an economic component of course, but the future will be built on AI, and this requires ready access to energy reserves such as exist in Venezuela and Iran.  Controlling these reserves are literally the key to the winning the AI war…but this requires Trump having his way in Iran and Trump’s Achilles heal remains to be the length of the war which should be understood to be on a timer.  The Iranians understand this, which is why they feel they can manipulate Trump into accepting defeat, but for Trump, not gaining control over Iran comes with significant counterpunch in the form of him not being able to control Iran’s vast energy reserves.

Israeli officials express uncertainty over Trump’s intention, IDF seeks to damage regime as much as possible

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 27, 2026

Graphic of Iranian areial defense system production site following Israeli Air Force strikes.  Photo by IDF.

The Israeli military is racing to take out as much of Iran’s military equipment and the production sites necessary to restore it, amid uncertainty over how long U.S. President Donald Trump intends for the war to continue.

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Israfan | Mar 25, 2026

Averted Tragedy in Chicago: Synagogue Shooting Plot Unveiled

The FBI’s Chicago division. Photo by File:Chicago’s New F.B.I. Headquarters.jpg: Supaflyrobbyderivative work: Georgfotoart – This file was derived from: Chicago’s New F.B.I. Headquarters.jpg:, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

The streets of Chicago are a little safer today, thanks to the vigilance of law enforcement. Federal authorities recently unveiled charges against a Chicago man accused of plotting a violent attack against a local synagogue, a stark reminder of the ever-present threat of antisemitism lurking beneath the surface of our society.

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Peloni:  In the article linked below, Lee Smith reports that Joe Kent left his intelligence in the Trump administration amid internal disagreements within the Trump administration over policy toward Iran. It describes concerns raised about his conduct, including references to an FBI investigation into alleged unauthorized disclosures of information.

It also discusses statements Kent has made criticizing U.S. policy and referencing Israel’s influence, presenting these as part of broader internal tensions.  Notably, Kent was a known critic of Trump’s when he was appointed to his role as DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s deputy.  From here Smith turns his attention to DNI Gabbard, noting her position within the administration and her views on the Iran conflict which had historically been contrary to that of Trump.  From here Smith next raises questions about Gabbard’s handling of internal issues related to leaks.

The article concludes by describing an ongoing shift within the administration as it aligns around Trump’s Iran policy, suggesting that officials associated with dissenting views may face removal, including Gabbard.  Importantly, Gabbard was never a good fit for a position as DNI which would place her in a role which would certainly be expected to be critical to dealing with Trump’s Iran’s position.  Notably, prior to her confirmation, I raised the question of Why is Tulsi Gabbard’s Judgement So Bad, but there were other voices relating concerns about her appointment.

Lee Smith | Tablet | Mar 23, 2026

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https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/joe-kent-out-tulsi-gabbard-next

Woke mayor smiles warmly upon oppression and violence.

by Robert Spencer| Mar 24, 2026

Mormons once had a reputation for being conservative, but those days are gone forever. Salt Lake City is so woke that it even adopted the pride flag as an official city flag in order to circumvent a ban on flying anything but the official national flag, the state flag, city flags and a few others on municipal property.

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Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | March 26, 2026

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*The following video was produced by J. P. Katz, a producer of short thought-provoking docutrailers, podcasts and films. The video is based on Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger’s article.

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Peloni & David Fieldstone

Mark opens his Saturday Mar 21 show: with a summary of historical challenges raised against President Lincoln by the press and his political opposition, something which Mark notes has been forgotten due to Lincoln’s ultimate decisive victory in the American Civil war.  Mark contends that as Lincoln has come to be counted among the great presidents of the US, that Trump will be similarly revered.  This comparison of course would necessitate Trump achieving a decisive victory over Iran in a similar vein to Lincoln’s victory over the Confederacy.

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Alen Zheng, 20, Is Charged With Planting an Improvised Explosive Device at MacDill Air Force Base; Sister Ann Mary Zheng, 27, Arrested on Charges of Evidence Tampering.

Sam Cooper | The Bureau | Mar 26, 2026

MacDill Air Force Base. Screengrab via Youtube

Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed indictments against a man who has fled to China and his sister who remains in Florida, charging them with an improvised explosive device plot targeting MacDill Air Force Base — the nerve center of American military operations against Iran — in a case that raises urgent questions on motive and whether geopolitical factors could be at play.

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Peloni:  As explained below by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, there has been a longstanding battle waging thru Israeli society which has seen fit to eliminate the power in the state which lies with the people, rendering the democratic nature of Israel to be quite void.  This is a painful, but honest, depiction of the state of affairs within the state of Israel which is garnering greater and greater support to seek a reset via radical and unconventional means.

Israel’s claim to be the “only democracy in the Middle East” has become increasingly farcical. 

Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Esq. | INN |  Published: Mar 23, 2026

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https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424458

Man killed in Nahariya amid relentless Hezbollah attacks | Trump doubles down on Iran talks, warns ‘no turning back’ otherwise | Israel confirms IRGC’s Navy Commander was killed

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 26, 2026

16:35 – One man killed, another wounded in Hezbollah rocket attack on Nahariya

One man was killed and another wounded after a rocket strike amid a 10-rocket volley that Hezbollah fired at the northern city of Nahariya.

Magen David Adom said it had to declare the death of a man who was fatally wounded by shrapnel, while another man was rushed to the hospital in serious condition.

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How denial, cowardice, and failed leadership are reshaping the West

Michel Benchimol

Europe is now living inside the consequences of its own illusions.
Britain and Canada are not far behind—they are following the same script, just a few years later.

For decades, Western political elites sold their populations a comforting fantasy: that mass immigration without meaningful integration, multiculturalism without hierarchy of values, and tolerance without limits would produce harmonious, diverse societies.

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Peloni:  Sanity and critical thinking remain the greatest crimes imaginable in nations obsessed with legitimizing its own destruction.

Listen to the terrorists. They’ll tell you why they’re doing it.

by Daniel Greenfield | Mar 26, 2026

Hamas soldier storming Alumim in southern Israel during October 7 Massacre. Photo by CCTV footage: No human authorship – I24, Public Domain, Wikipedia

Most Islamic terrorist attacks start out as mysteries and end up as unsolvable enigmas that are put down to mental illness, random circumstances or the phases of the moon. But sometimes an Islamic terrorist inconveniently explains in great detail exactly what he did and why he did it.

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Americans should be shocked and concerned that someone capable of believing outrageous conspiracies could rise to a position of such importance.

Moshe Phillips | Mar 23, 2026

Joe Kent. Photo by Office of the Director of National Intelligence – DNI.gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia

Perhaps the most shocking thing about the remarks Joe Kent released when he resigned as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center was just how illogical what he had to say was.

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Peloni: Rabbi Pesach Wolicki talks with Dr. David Wurmser about Trump’s continued voiced preference to enact the Venezuela model of regime transformation over regime change.  This remains to be a disturbing proposition which Trump continues to support, most recently with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the current Iranian Parliamentary Speaker.  Wurmser provides a detailed history of Ghalibaf’s record as a repressive member of Iran’s establishment which would lead to the betrayal of the Iranian people, Iran’s neighbors and the very American interests which supported its entry into this war. 

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