An Open Letter to Candace Owens (We’re Just Asking Questions) [2903 words]  

By Oded J.K. Faran and Walter E. Block

Candace Owens speaking with attendees at the 2021.  By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America - Candace Owens, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106623128Candace Owens speaking with attendees at the 2021. By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Candace Owens, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

Dear Ms. Owens,

We have been observing your recent commentary on the tragic death of Charlie Kirk with considerable interest. You have built a substantial platform on the foundation of aggressive skepticism, refusing to accept official narratives at face value and demanding transparency from public figures. Given these principles, we trust you will appreciate when we apply the same rigorous scrutiny to your own conduct and circumstances.

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March 16, 2026 | 12:32 am | Comments »

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Dozens of airstrikes target Iran-backed militias across Iraq  

Peloni:  A major source of support for Iran comes from the Iranian militias in Iraq.  Eliminating these forces would go a long way towards eliminating Iran’s grip on Iraq, which would very much improve US-Iraq relations.

By Bridget Toomey | March 13, 2026

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot and commander performs a high-speed pass during the Oregon International Airshow Sept. 21, 2019 in McMinnville, OR. The F-35 Demo Team co-headlined the show with the Royal Air Force Red Arrows. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook) Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot and commander performs a high-speed pass during the Oregon International Airshow Sept. 21, 2019 in McMinnville, OR. The F-35 Demo Team co-headlined the show with the Royal Air Force Red Arrows. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook)

Airstrikes, likely conducted by the US as part of the US-Israeli operation against the Islamic Republic, have continued targeting Iran-backed Iraqi militias. On March 12, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an official Iraqi security institution largely comprised of Iran-allied militias, told the Iraqi News Agency that US forces have conducted 32 airstrikes against PMF headquarters in the governorates of Anbar, Babylon, Diyala, Kirkuk, Nineveh, Salah al Din, and Wasit since February 28. The United States has not commented on any offensive military operations in Iraq.

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March 15, 2026 | 9:36 pm | Comments »

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The Great Aliyah to Israel has Begun.  

Unprotected Jews are leaving a West that has lost its moral compass.

Barry Shaw The View from Israel | Mar 15, 2026

An explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, in what the city’s mayor described as “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community.”
Tight security at Jewish schools and institutions has been strengthened even more following attacks in recent days on synagogues in Rotterdam and in Liege, Belgium.

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March 15, 2026 | 8:55 pm | Comments »

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Even Notorious Terror Group Hamas Thinks Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes On Neighbors Are Too Much  

Peloni:  When a genocidal death cult tells its bosses that they are out of control, are they likely to listen?

Harold Hutchison Media Reporter | Daily Caller | March 14, 2026

Hamas soldier storming Alumim in southern Israel during October 7 Massacre. Photo by CCTV footage: No human authorship - https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/1701089730-watch-cctv-footage-shows-gas-station-employees-hiding-from-hamas-terrorists, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=142152140Hamas soldier storming Alumim in southern Israel during October 7 Massacre. Photo by CCTV footage: No human authorship – I24, Public Domain, Wikipedia

The radical Islamic terrorist group Hamas urged Iran to stop attacking its neighbor in the Persian Gulf in a Saturday statement.

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March 15, 2026 | 8:22 pm | Comments »

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Selected War Updates Mar 15  

IDF has plans to fight until Passover or later | South Korea will coordinate with U.S. for warships in Strait of Hormuz | Israeli FM: No direct talks with Lebanon

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 15, 2026

21:04 – 3,329 Israelis evacuated to hospitals since start of war, says Health Ministry

Since the beginning of Operation “Roaring Lion”, 3,329 people were evacuated to hospitals for treatment, the Ministry of Health said. 76 of them are currently still hospitalized.

Among them is one who is in critical condition; seven in serious condition; 13 in moderate and 55 in good condition.

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March 15, 2026 | 7:58 pm | Comments »

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The Soldiers Are Innocent  

Peloni:  Every step taken to secure the Leftist control over the bureacratic state onlys serves to certify its defeat.  Notably, two pivotal scandals, the Sde Teiman Prison Affair and the Spy Affair, were forced to be resolved using insanity pleas to excuse the actions which caused significant harm to the reputation and security of the state, it also revealed the level of duplicity which would be taken to ignore any further investigation holding others accountable for their role in these matters, even as the insanity pleas should only have shielded those who claimed this defense.  So, literally scores of potentially complicit defendants will go unquestioned in these scandals as judged by the judges and prosecutors whose role in these matters are themselves publicly questioned… and this is an even greater scandal which all can see quite readily.

Avi Abelow

The soldiers are innocent.

After over a year of global humiliation, accusations, and headlines portraying Israeli soldiers as monsters, the case against the IDF fighters in the so-called Sde Teiman prison affair has collapsed.

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March 15, 2026 | 2:12 pm | 4 Comments »

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Lebanon, Israel reported to hold talks soon, could include recognition of Jewish State  

France’s Macron offers to host negotiations in Paris, says Hezbollah must ‘halt reckless advance’

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 15, 2026

Lebanon is reportedly seeking negotiations with Israel to end the conflict between the Jewish State and Hezbollah, after the Shia terror group began attacking in support of Iran.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that Lebanon is ready to “engage in direct talks” with Israel, and even offered to host the talks in Paris.

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March 15, 2026 | 1:49 pm | Comments »

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How Trump Is Defusing Iran’s Oil Bomb  

Thanks to the U.S. president’s keen political acumen, the Islamic Republic has lost a key point of leverage.

Mudar Zahran | Am Thinker | March 14, 2026

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n March 11, Iran attacked an oil-producing site in Oman.  The strike hit fuel storage tanks at the Port of Salalah, a major energy hub on Oman’s Arabian Sea coast used for tanker refueling and storage.  Reports say drones hit several tanks and set parts of the facility on fire.

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Iranian Regime Clerics Flee to Safe Harbor of Canada?  

Sundance |  Mar 14, 2026

This is quite a remarkable development.  Someone in the Toronto airport captured video of Iranian Cleric Hojjatoleslam Morteza Tayebi arriving in Canada yesterday [Video Here].  As the story is told, apparently 700+ members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who carry out regime terrorism, reside or have dual citizenship in Canada. [HERE]

“The individual observed in the Pearson Toronto Airport videos, carrying a suitcase while dressed in clerical attire, is Hojatoleslam Morteza Taieb.  According to some reports, he holds residency or citizenship in Canada and travels between Iran and this country.” {Source}

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March 15, 2026 | 2:45 am | 1 Comment »

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Explosion rocks Amsterdam Jewish school in what mayor says is ‘targeted attack’ against Jewish community  

Paul Schnee:  It is almost impossible to believe that this is the same country whose citizens and resistance fighters saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis by hiding families, forging documents, and rescuing children from deportation centers.

Highly brave and impressive actions included the 1941 February strike against anti-Jewish measures, hiding people like Anne Frank, and smuggling children out of Amsterdam’s Hollandsche Schouwburg to safe houses.

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March 15, 2026 | 12:22 am | 1 Comment »

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China’s ‘Antisemitic Wave’  

Peloni:  When reading this important essay by Hugh Fitzgerald, please take note of the fact that Washington’s interest in this war have always been motivated by its China policy.  When doing so, as Haviv Rettig Gur recently noted, you will grasp many things which would otherwise never be apparent.

Old hatreds, new propaganda from Beijing.

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It used to be said that China was one of the very few places on earth that had never experienced antisemitism. That proud boast can no longer be made. At the direction of Xi Jinping, China has turned up the volume of its official Israel-hatred, for reasons of state, including the desire to win Arab favor and contracts, and because the Chinese figure that if Israel is a loyal and effective ally of the United States, then it must perforce be understood to be an enemy of China. More on China’s display of state-encouraged antisemitism can be found here: “China Unleashes ‘Antisemitic Wave’ Amid Gaza Conflict, New Report Shows,” by David Michael Swindle, Algemeiner, February 24, 2026:

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March 14, 2026 | 7:14 pm | 1 Comment »

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The War With Iran Was Decades in the Making  

From the 1953 coup to the Islamic Revolution, Washington helped create the regime it now confronts—and stopping halfway will only guarantee a worse war later.

Michel Benchimol 

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The missiles flying across the Middle East today are the delayed consequences of decisions made decades ago in Washington and Tehran. If this war ends halfway, the next one will be far worse.

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March 14, 2026 | 5:38 pm | Comments »

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HUGE ESCALATION: U.S. Crosses Iran’s ‘RED LINE’ By ‘Obliterating’ Kharg Island Military Targets  

Peloni:  An important context can be gleaned from the military strikes on Kharg Island.  So long as the strikes are targeted at the military installations while preserving the oil infrastructure, it can be assumed that the outcome of the war is still directed towards a Western focused govt taking over in Iran, as the oil would provide the financial basis of this emerging Western aligned regime.  Should the military strikes begin to target the oil infrastructure, it would signal an understanding by the US that the existing regime is too well entrenched and that the oil infrastructure provides support for this entrenchment, thus making it a necessary target.  Kharg Island is a pivotal aspect of Iran’s economic lifeline, so US attacks on it provides an important bellwether insight into the US strategic outlook.  The economic model supporting the existing regime and its various regional/global proxies would be greatly compromised if the energy infrastructure on Kharg Island was destroyed, but destroying it would also compromise any regime which might emerge as a result of such an attack

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Israel shifts to hyperlocal targeting in Iran as regime military power degrades (March 11-13 updates)  

Janatan Sayeh

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The Iran conflict has entered a new phase after US–Israeli strikes have destroyed key military infrastructure, killed thousands of regime personnel, and degraded Iran’s missile and drone launch rates. Israel has shifted toward hyperlocal targeting of repression units and regime figures inside Tehran, often aided by intelligence from Iranians on the ground. Simultaneously, the Islamic Republic has publicly projected stability after Mojtaba Khamenei’s elevation to supreme leader, despite Khamenei’s continued absence from public view and some signs of internal strain.

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March 14, 2026 | 5:00 pm | Comments »

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