I continue to support our intervention into Iran for 3 reasons.
* They now have ballistic missiles that can hit withing the EU
* The can't be allowed nuclear capabilities
* We have to stop the terrorism of the Iranian proxies: Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthies.
And there is an important 4th reason: We must stop further threat from Iran by overthrowing the Islamic State. We need to get far more aggressive, perhaps hitting Carg Island.
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I highly recommend the teaching of the Golden Rule in all of our Public Schools. I think the impact would be both positive and transformative.
Teaching the Golden Rule should be part of every school curriculum
The Golden Rule Vs the 10 Commandments in Public Schools
Well then, it's time to put away that lovely Taylor Venetian cutaway, pick up a rifle, and volunteer for military duty against Iran and to exhort your children to do the same!
Bruce, as far as I know, does not possess the skills of a B-2 pilot, the timing of an F-16 pilot, or the skills to service F-35's. I suppose he could report to Raytheon, but does he possess programing skills at that level? This is not the Revolutionary War where we go out in the shed, find our musket, and hike off through the woods to find the Red Coats.
How committed would you be if your children and grandchildren were conscripted - males and females, alike? What if you personally paid through deaths of your loved ones? Someone has to die. I'm not trying to be mean; I'm being realistic. I was in the military.
Correct. My point being that if people had "skin in the game" they would pay attention to political decisions that affect them. It would then be every voter's decision as they considered the fate of their daughters, sons, sisters, brothers and usually, most importantly, themselves. Apathy could cost them their lives; or, if the choice to fight is right, they would enter war seriously - not trivially.
Do you remember WMD? The same comments were made that you just regurgitated. Iraq had no WMD.
It's very simple: if it's true that Iran has the weapons you mentioned, then Israel too should be bombed.
India has nukes, and that prompted Pakistan to acquire them. Same with Russia and the US.
You cannot bomb a country into submission; the one time that worked was Japan in 1945. Do you want that again?
There was never a good reason to go to war against Iran. Btw, the Neocons took out Iraq, the sworn enemy of Iran. That was a good decision. You see, Neocons never look long-term; they just bomb.
The WMDs of Iraq can not be equated with the Islamic Theocracy in Iran. Apples and oranges.
You are probably correct about 10/07. I think Trumps push to deny Iran Nukes is good intentioned but either China or Russia could just give them a few nukes. The is why it is so important to overthrow the Islamic Theocracy in Iran and replace it was a secular government.
I have studied the Koran, Hadiths and Sunna's etc. along with Islamic history. That is because I've lived in the Dearborn area for 72 years. I really do think most of the Muslim people, in Dearborn, are fine but there are some radical bad apples.
Islam is a dangerous parasitic political ideology which began with the Hijra into Medina in 622. They overtook the government and beheaded, raped and murdered thousands. And the very same script has repeated for the last 1400 years.
Keep in mind the theocracy was foisted on the Iranians who are largely Persian and not Muslim. In the past year alone Iran has slaughtered over 100,000 secular dissidents. 47 years of this Islamic crap is enough.
I'm not comparing two countries. I'm commenting on the same inane strategy the Neocons use. They don't care about anything except war. No logic, no strategy, certainly no exit strategy. They don't care about anything, even our soldiers; they don't care about costs or debt. They only care about their insane version of democracy that is psychopathic-driven.
You think there is a strategy behind these non-human leaches? Nope, their plan in Iraq was to strike other countries; Iran was next. Documents are available. This never happened because the military got their asses wiped because of simple road bombs. It never works out, never.
The strategy in Iran was believing Netanyahu, who claimed killing the leader would work; it didn't, and it never does.
Trump stepped on his dick; now he's trying to bomb his way out. It won't work; it never does.
Again there were no WMDs in Iraq while Iran has called for the death of Israel and the US for nearly 50 years . . . and they are basically a death cult. I was a Systems Analyst for most of my career so I tend to study each issue separately. I want to see the Abraham Accords signed. I want peace in the region. None of that is possible if the US simply walks away. Plus it will be seen as a sign of weakness by China and other countries.
I'm an Old Perennial Hippie so me first instinct is never to go to war. But sometimes the Neocons push for war, but in other cases the wars come for you. History is messy. You should hope we can overthrow the Iranian regime.
I can see why traffic at your own site is so slim Bruce. You are essentially advancing the same agenda as can be seen on any of the main-stream media sites, all of which are owned or controlled by the same people you appear to support. Katie Couric actually does a better job of it than you do and I would suggest that you leave the job to her.
I also find it a bit deceitful that you enter the sites of other contributors for the sole reason of advertising your own substack pages. This is both specious and disingenuous. Furthermore, your grasp of both history and theology could use a little more workout time. You advocacy of the Golden Rule becomes pure hypocrisy when you seek to hijack the pages of other contributors solely for the purpose of driving readers to view your substack page. You are not in the same league as John Leake.
It is true my reach has been reduced over the past 6 years -- from 7000 reads/essay to about 700 read/essay. Some of this is due to an explosion in SubStack bloggers -- a lot of it has been due to shadow banning and being permanently suspended from Facebook in January 2026.
John Leake is a great thinker and writer. He obviously did a lot of research for this essay. I'm just responding to his essay and apparently there are a lot of people who have responded to my posts -- both positive and negative. In any case thanks for writing me.
Like Thou shalt not steal? Like when Iran nationalized their oil and the US and British had to protect their investment of Iran's oil and overthrow Iran's democratically elected leader in 1953, known as Operation Ajax?
I agree that teaching the Golden Rule and Ten Commandments in school would be helpful so when the kids grow up, they will not elect leaders who take other countries' natural resources.
History is both complex and messy. But I maintain my position. The Theocratic Regime of Iran has got to go. They pose an existential threat to both Israel, the Gulf nations and the United States. If I were president I would be considering going after Carg Island. THAT would break them though there could be unanticipated ramifications that are beyond my pay grade. One thing that does worry me is the fact there are probably Iranian sleeper cells in the US due to Biden letting 25 million unvetted Illegal Aliens in during his administration.
I agree with much of what you say Bruce. Before going after Kharg Island I would want to have a workable end-game . . . What to do with it? At this point messy as you allude to and as it IS, feet on the ground invasion is necessary to FULLY put down the never say die factions and free the people of this country. This is not an option at this stage in American politics. The Best we can do now, I figure, is to degrade their infrastructure back to the stone age and implement Abramic-like accords, cooperation with Saudi Arabia and other neighbors to prevent their subsequent attempts at rising again. Walk away with eyes from the sky on the nuke activity and bomb at will anything in that area.
your comment does not address mine. At ALL. You reference an apparent one mis-targeted bomb that, according to Iranian lying news sources killed little girls. What if that is not true? but, regardless, the rest of the hundreds of thousands of bombs subsequently dropped did NOT kill little girls, did they? So.
To MY point: the places holding nuclear fissionable materials are in the middle of mountain desert and not near little girls schools. The point I was making is to watch those tiny spots and bomb those army units like crazy if they try to use them.
It is not clear what you are concerned about with that.
Agreed. And the other thing we need to do -- internationally -- is fully expose Political Islam for the parasitic ideology that it represents and practices. I really don't think many Muslims have a good understanding of their books just as many Christians haven't actually read the entire Bible.
I wrote a 460 page series of essays on that very subject. I'll post a link to the first essay in this series. The rest of these essays can be found in my SubStack archives.
And don't get me wrong as I think, having lived in Dearborn for 72 years, that most Muslims are good people. But part of what concerns me is that Islam is inherently antisemitic and -- after the 10/0/23 massacre and subsequent invasion of Gaza this antisemitism -- has now infected more Muslims, the Left and even people like Tucker Carlson on the Right.
By the way Facebook permanently suspended me in January 2026 for writing this series of essays. Obviously I must have of offended some individual or group. I had been on Facebook since it started in 2004.
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The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification
How Mass Muslim Immigration is an important part of the larger Globalist Control Agenda
I think you are mostly stupid, but at least you are fighting a few good fights. Iran already has nucs, there is incontrovertible proof that Israel killed its own people and falsely blamed others to start their war, the threat of terrorism is nothing compared to a nuc war by Pres Dump!
You are probably correct about 10/07. I think Trumps push to deny Iran Nukes is good intentioned but either China or Russia could just give them a few nukes. The is why it is so important to overthrow the Islamic Theocracy in Iran and replace it was a secular government.
I have studied the Koran, Hadiths and Sunna's etc. along with Islamic history. That is because I've lived in the Dearborn area for 72 years. I really do think most of the Muslim people, in Dearborn, are fine but there are some radical bad apples.
Islam is a dangerous parasitic political ideology which began with the Hijra into Medina in 622. They overtook the government and beheaded, raped and murdered thousands. And the very same script has repeated for the last 1400 years.
Keep in mind the theocracy was foisted on the Iranians who are largely Persian and not Muslim. In the past year alone Iran has slaughtered over 100,000 secular dissidents. 47 years of this Islamic crap is enough.
No. I have nothing in common with the originators of onlyfans, who boast of their homeland having "the gayest city in the world". I share values with the people who believe in family with a mother and father, and raising manly, honorable sons and virtuous daughters. Those are my values too. You stand with those who want to attack others in order to force their children to be exposed to pride week and entice their daughters into prostitution. The real reason you hate all Muslims is because they won't submit to this as easily as the west did. Basically, you want the US to kill others so their children can be delivered to the Epstein Club. No. Hell no. Don't want to be a part of anything you are in, either.
Not sure if that was directed at me but I have nothing to do with onlyfans and also think most Muslims are good people. The problem is there is a contingent of Muslims, pushing Political Islam, that do want to subvert our country as well as the EU and other First World Countries. I have said the same thing about Netanyahu who I despise. But that doesn't mean I hate all Jews. Most Jews are also good people. It sounds like you are trying to make a Straw Man argument out of whole cloth -- basically fabricating a big fat lie. Good luck with that.
I don't want to see anyone killed. I'm sure the 250,000 Christians in Africa didn't want to be raped and murdered by Muslim theocrats either. Why is it that the Muslims and the Left are always so selective when they talk about who is being oppressed? How many articles have you read where Muslims condemn the slaughter and abuse of Christians? Close to zero. And no one ever points that our besides me it seems.
So yes I advocate teaching the Golden Rule in our Schools. And I do think the effects would be positive and transformational. The Golden Rule is really about reciprocity and is hard, to impossible, to have a positive effect in the middle of sectarian division or in the middle of a war -- declared or otherwise.
There is a lot of "othering" pushed by power elites in our world, as it justifies killing the "others". That feeds their power.
This technique is common in "Christian", Muslim and Jewish hierarchies.
"Who would Jesus kill?"
[I'll point out that Jesus was crucified as a "Troublemaker" 7 days after he drove the money-changers from the temple with a whip and overturned their tables.]
I'm really not "othering" anyone. I'm really just an old Perennial Hippie. LOL
I've lived in the Dearborn area for 72 years in what used to be the largest Muslim enclave in America. And I have always maintained that most Muslims are good people. The same can be said about Jews and Christians. Every group has their bad apples, right?
I love the story of Jesus -- an incredible role model for all of us. I have never been a great fan of the Abrahamic religions as they all originated to control the masses. Today we know so much more than what was understood with the inception of Judaism, Christianity and more recently Islam. The very fact we have religion, burying rituals, speech, writing etc. is due to the Brain Explosion some 75 to 150 thousand years ago.
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Human Evolution, the Brain Explosion, the Abrahamic Religions and the Enlightenment
Perhaps a true understanding of our origins can act as a catalyst to unite humanity.
So we do not fundamentally disagree. The core feature of Abraham in my mind was that he was about to kill Isaac on "God's" say-so, an odd characteristic for a loving father...
Jesus taught "God the Loving Father", which I believe to be a different deity from Yaweh-the-jealous-and-vengeful.
We human herds are effectively grazing animals since agriculture, managed by our own apex-predator class, "elites", "sociopaths", "lines of kings and nobles", and notably Financiers creating debt slaves.
I seek and endeavor to accept Divine Guidance from God the Loving Father, who I don't differentiate from Dharmadatu, the consciousness of the entire Universe.
YMMV...
Michael Hudson, in his Economic Historian hat, writes an informative essay:
I've been reading Michael Hudson's writing for many years and love his concept of a Debt Jubilee. He recommends:
The economist recommends replacing income tax with land, monopoly and natural resource tax, banning absentee ownership, and empowering the government to distribute land to the population.
How you implement a Debt Jubilee is way above my pay grade. How do you do this fairly in an era where most of us are being reduced to debt slaves. Perhaps we should engage people like Hudson and AI to offer their solutions through specific policy backed by thorough analysis.
I do have to agree with John Leake in that most wars were not meant to be won. One of the many theories about the Viet Nam War was that the economy could not absorb the large numbers of Baby Boomers who were about to enter the job market. I got a Red File from the Federal Government for my Anti-War efforts which began in High School (1971). To this day I treat it like a trophy. LOL
If Trump only had a compassionate brain he would remove the 176 thousand dollar ceiling on Social Security. That would go a long way towards making Social Security solvent for our children and grandchildren. If he did that today it might just save us from Democratic Socialist Majorities in the House and Senate this November. But without a doubt, much more needs to be done.
John, I just want to be sure you understand the reasons, your friends apparently being unable to elicit, but that most sane people behind the Iran war feel justified in holding:
-- They took our embassy staff captive for about 1.5 yrs and never said " uuum, sorry!" but instead "Death to America" and at every opportunity since then have effectively killed and maimed US citizens and armed forces in the Middle East for half a damn century. Payback, so.
-- They have(had?) ICBM's and have told us and shown they will use them. This must be made impossible. They will certainly use them on their neighbors as they have shown and this will disrupt WORLD trade and energy supplies. Neutralization, so.
-- They have no government but a totalitarian one; their people have been neutralized against reversing the dictators' hate-filled rules: Murder of opponents, rape of women, terror against the people of Iran. Freeing the people to rule with sanity, so.
-- They DID have the critical mass and materials to make nuclear bombs and place them in America. Perhaps you do not care or see this as a real threat but most sane folks do. The fissile materials need to be so disbursed as to make them untenable to reconstitute or removed. Defense of the American People, so.
-- The three Hamas, Houthis, whatever nutcase groups, are supporting Iran's projection of terror throughout the middle east against not only Israel but other Muslim nations also. How do you think Trumpie was able to get them all to go along with the Abraham Accords? No one likes these terrorists running Iran. Defense of the Middle East against the ONE rogue actor, so.
John, just imagine: How much more calm the world would be without these idiots wrecking the center of the Asian continent? What would happen to the price of oil? What would happen to the economies of many countries around the world.
We are four months into this! You could at least wait 9 mo or so before whining like a "panican".
"A statement heard frequently feels familiar and normal, thereby creating a strong cognitive bias to believe it. Psychologists call this the illusory truth effect." - John Leake, Mind Viruses
Folks, JFK was likely murdered because he refused the Neocons and their war plans in Vietnam and Cuba. (Look up Operation Northwoods) These evil, unelected Neocons, along with immoral elected officials, wanted JFK replaced by Johnson, who was a Neocon.
Officials in DC, including presidents, are owned by powers who gain great wealth from wars. Nothing about war is truthful. The first casualty of war is truth.
Listen to John. He's giving out truthful information. If you're for war, you have bought the propaganda and need to review your thinking process. The war makers count on your support.
JFK was murdered by Israel acting in conjunction with CIA assistance and cover. The CIA had been compromised by James Jesus Angleton, starting in the mid 1950s. There is a reason that a shrine to Angleton service to Israel is in place at the Hill of Heroes in Israel. Johnson himself had been purchased by Israel (or at least Jewish/Zionists interests in the US, even before WWII, when he was a struggling Congressman. LBJ was clearly involved in the murder of James Forestall and his behavior during the USS Liberty attack, was treasonous by any measure.
Honestly, little the government does benefits, "we the people". The Iran war is not being fought at face value. Secrets in the dark. Money changing hands. Propaganda all around.
And don't forget it was the USSR/Russia that largely won that one - 27 million dead souls, not a family untouched and the Red Army accounted for about 80% of German military deaths.
So true, John. I didn't bring that up because I get enough shit as it is with the truth about war. But you're absolutely correct. The propaganda rhetoric has damaged so many American minds.
Netanyahu, presiding over a state that has not signed the NPT, has been trying to sell “Iran is about to get a nuclear weapon” literally his entire career, 40 years. He finally found a President dumb enough or compromised enough to sign off. America will be humiliated in this war; I just hope that it’s Trump, the politicians, and AIPAC that pay the price and not our troops.
Nice piece, John. The question about how these wars have helped U.S. citizens unaffiliated with the MIC is useful, but perhaps more persuasive to a general public is how they have HURT U.S. Citizens. We're about to hit the mother of all such hurts:
as the loss of the high-sulfur heavy ("sour") crude imported from Russia and the Mideast causes the loss of most of our diesel and aviation fuel, two of the most important energy media upon which our society is based. Diesel for farm tractors and associate equipment, diesel for the truck that move food (and fuel) and all the consumer goods we take for granted. Aviation fuel to move goods fast enough for just-in-time inventories. All in the context of a worldwide depression which will be resulting from a world in the same condition. We won't know what hit us, because the media is not warning people of the coming storm to allow some degree of preparation.
I hope people choose freedom. I mean, come on, what's the point of being a slave if the master has stopped feeding and sheltering you? Taking your life into your own hands at that point can only be an improvement. The known, promised future is perpetual misery. They've made that clear. Only the unknown has the possibility of better times.
The tip of the iceberg. The war on American citizens through allowing drugs to infect the population for example. Taxing and killing is what our representatives do best.
Just as an addendum and point of information regarding “Somalia (1992–1994)”: The U.S has conducted at least 76 air strikes in Somalia so far this year.
It appears Trump is deliberately creating a major energy and economic crisis for the Satanic Cult that controls everything. The idea that the flow of oil can be restarted by dropping more bombs isn't credible. The actual outcome most likely matches the actual goal which is to deliberately restrict the world's energy and other products from the area.
War is the lifeblood for the Vampire Squid that is the State. Just two questions for those supporting war against Iran: are you volunteering to go fight yourself? Urging your kids to enlist?
Except for these occasional screeds I generally enjoy what you write. This current one does nothing to entice me to buy your book. “ Indeed, were it not for the delusions generated by debt financing and air power, they would see the Iran War for what it is—a preposterously ruinous and criminal enterprise waged by a senescent President who has no coherent strategy, and who is too beholden to his ego and his billionaire cronies to serve the interests of We the People.”
John on more of a lowkey vibe can you show us your reaction at the time to Mr. Obama's 70 days of continuous bombing Libya on behalf of France?
Or maybe you were a tad upset over Clinton's Bosnian War and the Kosovo War and his and Bush's reluctance to put in ground troops but NATO's feckless response again put pressure on both POTUS from Globalist.
You know you forgot to mention the European World War II. We weren't attacked "per se", but why was that conflict ok?
Japanese did attack us, but I guess we were too harsh in dropping two atomic bombs to bring their radical ideology to a surrender? Just asking.
Your beef if you choose to investigate is at the Hague and start with the British Bretton Woods "System" that still haunts us through the IMF, and purposely weakened the US economic sovereignly and replaced it with an allegiance to Globalist Bankers.
They enjoyed our years in Afghanistan. These wars you mentioned were inspired by the old European world order, the invisible hand.
Trump is overturning this fiscal Euro-dynamic and they (Carney) are just beginning to realize it.
The Middle East is a Globalist playground to keep tensions high, prices high, and supply short. Iran is the key put into motion by the overthrow of the Shah.
Sure hope you are right about endgame. Totally agree that the Banksters are the problem. There is a quote of dubious origin "Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world."
I continue to support our intervention into Iran for 3 reasons.
* They now have ballistic missiles that can hit withing the EU
* The can't be allowed nuclear capabilities
* We have to stop the terrorism of the Iranian proxies: Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthies.
And there is an important 4th reason: We must stop further threat from Iran by overthrowing the Islamic State. We need to get far more aggressive, perhaps hitting Carg Island.
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I highly recommend the teaching of the Golden Rule in all of our Public Schools. I think the impact would be both positive and transformative.
Teaching the Golden Rule should be part of every school curriculum
The Golden Rule Vs the 10 Commandments in Public Schools
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/teaching-the-golden-rule-should-be
Well then, it's time to put away that lovely Taylor Venetian cutaway, pick up a rifle, and volunteer for military duty against Iran and to exhort your children to do the same!
and take also ALL TRUMP's CHILDREN..
That makes no sense. It does not follow logically. Seems like an emotional argument.
What doesn't follow logically?
Bruce, as far as I know, does not possess the skills of a B-2 pilot, the timing of an F-16 pilot, or the skills to service F-35's. I suppose he could report to Raytheon, but does he possess programing skills at that level? This is not the Revolutionary War where we go out in the shed, find our musket, and hike off through the woods to find the Red Coats.
I was a Systems Analyst so did write applications etc. But at 72 I'd be lucky to get a job a McDonalds. LOL
Who benefits? follow the money.
Have you or your community have now or in the past benefitted directly from any wars that the American Empire has manufactured?
Is America now more united, more prosperous, healthier, better educated, and I don't mean indoctrinated.
Wish you Peace.
Know what you mean. Sounds like you are not a candidate for being kidnapped off the street to be sent to the front lines of Ukraine. LOL
At 72 I don't think they would take me. LOL
How committed would you be if your children and grandchildren were conscripted - males and females, alike? What if you personally paid through deaths of your loved ones? Someone has to die. I'm not trying to be mean; I'm being realistic. I was in the military.
The armed forces of the USA . . . NONE of them are conscripted!
That ended in 1974.
There is no been a draft or conscription since 1974. When you serve there are consequences. It's not like your working for Taco Bell.
Correct. My point being that if people had "skin in the game" they would pay attention to political decisions that affect them. It would then be every voter's decision as they considered the fate of their daughters, sons, sisters, brothers and usually, most importantly, themselves. Apathy could cost them their lives; or, if the choice to fight is right, they would enter war seriously - not trivially.
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Do you remember WMD? The same comments were made that you just regurgitated. Iraq had no WMD.
It's very simple: if it's true that Iran has the weapons you mentioned, then Israel too should be bombed.
India has nukes, and that prompted Pakistan to acquire them. Same with Russia and the US.
You cannot bomb a country into submission; the one time that worked was Japan in 1945. Do you want that again?
There was never a good reason to go to war against Iran. Btw, the Neocons took out Iraq, the sworn enemy of Iran. That was a good decision. You see, Neocons never look long-term; they just bomb.
The WMDs of Iraq can not be equated with the Islamic Theocracy in Iran. Apples and oranges.
You are probably correct about 10/07. I think Trumps push to deny Iran Nukes is good intentioned but either China or Russia could just give them a few nukes. The is why it is so important to overthrow the Islamic Theocracy in Iran and replace it was a secular government.
I have studied the Koran, Hadiths and Sunna's etc. along with Islamic history. That is because I've lived in the Dearborn area for 72 years. I really do think most of the Muslim people, in Dearborn, are fine but there are some radical bad apples.
Islam is a dangerous parasitic political ideology which began with the Hijra into Medina in 622. They overtook the government and beheaded, raped and murdered thousands. And the very same script has repeated for the last 1400 years.
Keep in mind the theocracy was foisted on the Iranians who are largely Persian and not Muslim. In the past year alone Iran has slaughtered over 100,000 secular dissidents. 47 years of this Islamic crap is enough.
Why invading Iran was unavoidable
Why Global De-Islamification is necessary
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/why-invading-iran-was-unavoidable
An Anti-globalist view on the Israeli Massacre by Hamas and the explosion of global Antisemitism
The funding of Mass Migration and Religious extremism is but part of the Globalist Agenda
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/an-anti-globalist-view-on-the-israeli
I'm not comparing two countries. I'm commenting on the same inane strategy the Neocons use. They don't care about anything except war. No logic, no strategy, certainly no exit strategy. They don't care about anything, even our soldiers; they don't care about costs or debt. They only care about their insane version of democracy that is psychopathic-driven.
You think there is a strategy behind these non-human leaches? Nope, their plan in Iraq was to strike other countries; Iran was next. Documents are available. This never happened because the military got their asses wiped because of simple road bombs. It never works out, never.
The strategy in Iran was believing Netanyahu, who claimed killing the leader would work; it didn't, and it never does.
Trump stepped on his dick; now he's trying to bomb his way out. It won't work; it never does.
Again there were no WMDs in Iraq while Iran has called for the death of Israel and the US for nearly 50 years . . . and they are basically a death cult. I was a Systems Analyst for most of my career so I tend to study each issue separately. I want to see the Abraham Accords signed. I want peace in the region. None of that is possible if the US simply walks away. Plus it will be seen as a sign of weakness by China and other countries.
I'm an Old Perennial Hippie so me first instinct is never to go to war. But sometimes the Neocons push for war, but in other cases the wars come for you. History is messy. You should hope we can overthrow the Iranian regime.
I can see why traffic at your own site is so slim Bruce. You are essentially advancing the same agenda as can be seen on any of the main-stream media sites, all of which are owned or controlled by the same people you appear to support. Katie Couric actually does a better job of it than you do and I would suggest that you leave the job to her.
I also find it a bit deceitful that you enter the sites of other contributors for the sole reason of advertising your own substack pages. This is both specious and disingenuous. Furthermore, your grasp of both history and theology could use a little more workout time. You advocacy of the Golden Rule becomes pure hypocrisy when you seek to hijack the pages of other contributors solely for the purpose of driving readers to view your substack page. You are not in the same league as John Leake.
It is true my reach has been reduced over the past 6 years -- from 7000 reads/essay to about 700 read/essay. Some of this is due to an explosion in SubStack bloggers -- a lot of it has been due to shadow banning and being permanently suspended from Facebook in January 2026.
John Leake is a great thinker and writer. He obviously did a lot of research for this essay. I'm just responding to his essay and apparently there are a lot of people who have responded to my posts -- both positive and negative. In any case thanks for writing me.
Israel is not threatening the world!
Ha, really. They seem to respond to any crisis with violence. They are a huge threat.
Like Thou shalt not steal? Like when Iran nationalized their oil and the US and British had to protect their investment of Iran's oil and overthrow Iran's democratically elected leader in 1953, known as Operation Ajax?
I agree that teaching the Golden Rule and Ten Commandments in school would be helpful so when the kids grow up, they will not elect leaders who take other countries' natural resources.
History is both complex and messy. But I maintain my position. The Theocratic Regime of Iran has got to go. They pose an existential threat to both Israel, the Gulf nations and the United States. If I were president I would be considering going after Carg Island. THAT would break them though there could be unanticipated ramifications that are beyond my pay grade. One thing that does worry me is the fact there are probably Iranian sleeper cells in the US due to Biden letting 25 million unvetted Illegal Aliens in during his administration.
I agree with much of what you say Bruce. Before going after Kharg Island I would want to have a workable end-game . . . What to do with it? At this point messy as you allude to and as it IS, feet on the ground invasion is necessary to FULLY put down the never say die factions and free the people of this country. This is not an option at this stage in American politics. The Best we can do now, I figure, is to degrade their infrastructure back to the stone age and implement Abramic-like accords, cooperation with Saudi Arabia and other neighbors to prevent their subsequent attempts at rising again. Walk away with eyes from the sky on the nuke activity and bomb at will anything in that area.
What about the schoolhouses, sir? Did you think it was a good lick to hit that one girls school on the first day of the war? Nits make lice, right?
your comment does not address mine. At ALL. You reference an apparent one mis-targeted bomb that, according to Iranian lying news sources killed little girls. What if that is not true? but, regardless, the rest of the hundreds of thousands of bombs subsequently dropped did NOT kill little girls, did they? So.
To MY point: the places holding nuclear fissionable materials are in the middle of mountain desert and not near little girls schools. The point I was making is to watch those tiny spots and bomb those army units like crazy if they try to use them.
It is not clear what you are concerned about with that.
Agreed. And the other thing we need to do -- internationally -- is fully expose Political Islam for the parasitic ideology that it represents and practices. I really don't think many Muslims have a good understanding of their books just as many Christians haven't actually read the entire Bible.
I wrote a 460 page series of essays on that very subject. I'll post a link to the first essay in this series. The rest of these essays can be found in my SubStack archives.
And don't get me wrong as I think, having lived in Dearborn for 72 years, that most Muslims are good people. But part of what concerns me is that Islam is inherently antisemitic and -- after the 10/0/23 massacre and subsequent invasion of Gaza this antisemitism -- has now infected more Muslims, the Left and even people like Tucker Carlson on the Right.
By the way Facebook permanently suspended me in January 2026 for writing this series of essays. Obviously I must have of offended some individual or group. I had been on Facebook since it started in 2004.
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The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification
How Mass Muslim Immigration is an important part of the larger Globalist Control Agenda
Bruce Cain Dec 07, 2025
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/the-urgent-need-for-global-de-islamification
I think you are mostly stupid, but at least you are fighting a few good fights. Iran already has nucs, there is incontrovertible proof that Israel killed its own people and falsely blamed others to start their war, the threat of terrorism is nothing compared to a nuc war by Pres Dump!
With due respect, that is garbage.
Specifically WHAT is garbage?
You are probably correct about 10/07. I think Trumps push to deny Iran Nukes is good intentioned but either China or Russia could just give them a few nukes. The is why it is so important to overthrow the Islamic Theocracy in Iran and replace it was a secular government.
I have studied the Koran, Hadiths and Sunna's etc. along with Islamic history. That is because I've lived in the Dearborn area for 72 years. I really do think most of the Muslim people, in Dearborn, are fine but there are some radical bad apples.
Islam is a dangerous parasitic political ideology which began with the Hijra into Medina in 622. They overtook the government and beheaded, raped and murdered thousands. And the very same script has repeated for the last 1400 years.
Keep in mind the theocracy was foisted on the Iranians who are largely Persian and not Muslim. In the past year alone Iran has slaughtered over 100,000 secular dissidents. 47 years of this Islamic crap is enough.
Why invading Iran was unavoidable
Why Global De-Islamification is necessary
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/why-invading-iran-was-unavoidable
An Anti-globalist view on the Israeli Massacre by Hamas and the explosion of global Antisemitism
The funding of Mass Migration and Religious extremism is but part of the Globalist Agenda
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/an-anti-globalist-view-on-the-israeli
No. I have nothing in common with the originators of onlyfans, who boast of their homeland having "the gayest city in the world". I share values with the people who believe in family with a mother and father, and raising manly, honorable sons and virtuous daughters. Those are my values too. You stand with those who want to attack others in order to force their children to be exposed to pride week and entice their daughters into prostitution. The real reason you hate all Muslims is because they won't submit to this as easily as the west did. Basically, you want the US to kill others so their children can be delivered to the Epstein Club. No. Hell no. Don't want to be a part of anything you are in, either.
Not sure if that was directed at me but I have nothing to do with onlyfans and also think most Muslims are good people. The problem is there is a contingent of Muslims, pushing Political Islam, that do want to subvert our country as well as the EU and other First World Countries. I have said the same thing about Netanyahu who I despise. But that doesn't mean I hate all Jews. Most Jews are also good people. It sounds like you are trying to make a Straw Man argument out of whole cloth -- basically fabricating a big fat lie. Good luck with that.
you sound like and strangely carry the same name of the biblical ancient murderer....
Yes I do. Don't let the worry you. LOL
"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."
You don't want to be killed. Neither do Iranians, Palestinians and Lebanese.
How do you interpret the Golden Rule?
I don't want to see anyone killed. I'm sure the 250,000 Christians in Africa didn't want to be raped and murdered by Muslim theocrats either. Why is it that the Muslims and the Left are always so selective when they talk about who is being oppressed? How many articles have you read where Muslims condemn the slaughter and abuse of Christians? Close to zero. And no one ever points that our besides me it seems.
So yes I advocate teaching the Golden Rule in our Schools. And I do think the effects would be positive and transformational. The Golden Rule is really about reciprocity and is hard, to impossible, to have a positive effect in the middle of sectarian division or in the middle of a war -- declared or otherwise.
You are "othering" Muslims as a group.
There is a lot of "othering" pushed by power elites in our world, as it justifies killing the "others". That feeds their power.
This technique is common in "Christian", Muslim and Jewish hierarchies.
"Who would Jesus kill?"
[I'll point out that Jesus was crucified as a "Troublemaker" 7 days after he drove the money-changers from the temple with a whip and overturned their tables.]
I'm really not "othering" anyone. I'm really just an old Perennial Hippie. LOL
I've lived in the Dearborn area for 72 years in what used to be the largest Muslim enclave in America. And I have always maintained that most Muslims are good people. The same can be said about Jews and Christians. Every group has their bad apples, right?
I love the story of Jesus -- an incredible role model for all of us. I have never been a great fan of the Abrahamic religions as they all originated to control the masses. Today we know so much more than what was understood with the inception of Judaism, Christianity and more recently Islam. The very fact we have religion, burying rituals, speech, writing etc. is due to the Brain Explosion some 75 to 150 thousand years ago.
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Human Evolution, the Brain Explosion, the Abrahamic Religions and the Enlightenment
Perhaps a true understanding of our origins can act as a catalyst to unite humanity.
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/human-evolution-the-brain-explosion
So we do not fundamentally disagree. The core feature of Abraham in my mind was that he was about to kill Isaac on "God's" say-so, an odd characteristic for a loving father...
Jesus taught "God the Loving Father", which I believe to be a different deity from Yaweh-the-jealous-and-vengeful.
We human herds are effectively grazing animals since agriculture, managed by our own apex-predator class, "elites", "sociopaths", "lines of kings and nobles", and notably Financiers creating debt slaves.
I seek and endeavor to accept Divine Guidance from God the Loving Father, who I don't differentiate from Dharmadatu, the consciousness of the entire Universe.
YMMV...
Michael Hudson, in his Economic Historian hat, writes an informative essay:
He Died for our Debt, not our Sins
https://michael-hudson.com/2017/12/he-died-for-our-debt-not-our-sins/
I've been reading Michael Hudson's writing for many years and love his concept of a Debt Jubilee. He recommends:
The economist recommends replacing income tax with land, monopoly and natural resource tax, banning absentee ownership, and empowering the government to distribute land to the population.
How you implement a Debt Jubilee is way above my pay grade. How do you do this fairly in an era where most of us are being reduced to debt slaves. Perhaps we should engage people like Hudson and AI to offer their solutions through specific policy backed by thorough analysis.
I do have to agree with John Leake in that most wars were not meant to be won. One of the many theories about the Viet Nam War was that the economy could not absorb the large numbers of Baby Boomers who were about to enter the job market. I got a Red File from the Federal Government for my Anti-War efforts which began in High School (1971). To this day I treat it like a trophy. LOL
If Trump only had a compassionate brain he would remove the 176 thousand dollar ceiling on Social Security. That would go a long way towards making Social Security solvent for our children and grandchildren. If he did that today it might just save us from Democratic Socialist Majorities in the House and Senate this November. But without a doubt, much more needs to be done.
Complete garbage.
Be specific. What is complete garbage?
John, I just want to be sure you understand the reasons, your friends apparently being unable to elicit, but that most sane people behind the Iran war feel justified in holding:
-- They took our embassy staff captive for about 1.5 yrs and never said " uuum, sorry!" but instead "Death to America" and at every opportunity since then have effectively killed and maimed US citizens and armed forces in the Middle East for half a damn century. Payback, so.
-- They have(had?) ICBM's and have told us and shown they will use them. This must be made impossible. They will certainly use them on their neighbors as they have shown and this will disrupt WORLD trade and energy supplies. Neutralization, so.
-- They have no government but a totalitarian one; their people have been neutralized against reversing the dictators' hate-filled rules: Murder of opponents, rape of women, terror against the people of Iran. Freeing the people to rule with sanity, so.
-- They DID have the critical mass and materials to make nuclear bombs and place them in America. Perhaps you do not care or see this as a real threat but most sane folks do. The fissile materials need to be so disbursed as to make them untenable to reconstitute or removed. Defense of the American People, so.
-- The three Hamas, Houthis, whatever nutcase groups, are supporting Iran's projection of terror throughout the middle east against not only Israel but other Muslim nations also. How do you think Trumpie was able to get them all to go along with the Abraham Accords? No one likes these terrorists running Iran. Defense of the Middle East against the ONE rogue actor, so.
John, just imagine: How much more calm the world would be without these idiots wrecking the center of the Asian continent? What would happen to the price of oil? What would happen to the economies of many countries around the world.
We are four months into this! You could at least wait 9 mo or so before whining like a "panican".
Come on, man!
"A statement heard frequently feels familiar and normal, thereby creating a strong cognitive bias to believe it. Psychologists call this the illusory truth effect." - John Leake, Mind Viruses
Thanks for buying the book and reading it!
Like safe and effective.
That would be one. True.
Folks, JFK was likely murdered because he refused the Neocons and their war plans in Vietnam and Cuba. (Look up Operation Northwoods) These evil, unelected Neocons, along with immoral elected officials, wanted JFK replaced by Johnson, who was a Neocon.
Officials in DC, including presidents, are owned by powers who gain great wealth from wars. Nothing about war is truthful. The first casualty of war is truth.
Listen to John. He's giving out truthful information. If you're for war, you have bought the propaganda and need to review your thinking process. The war makers count on your support.
JFK was murdered by Israel acting in conjunction with CIA assistance and cover. The CIA had been compromised by James Jesus Angleton, starting in the mid 1950s. There is a reason that a shrine to Angleton service to Israel is in place at the Hill of Heroes in Israel. Johnson himself had been purchased by Israel (or at least Jewish/Zionists interests in the US, even before WWII, when he was a struggling Congressman. LBJ was clearly involved in the murder of James Forestall and his behavior during the USS Liberty attack, was treasonous by any measure.
I fully agree with you John, though I would add that Trump is Blackmailed and Bribed too.
I’m so fed up with the line/lie: “If Iran got nukes, it would be a disaster for the whole world…It would be all over.”
BUT…
Of all the countries in the world that have nukes (many enemies of ours) ONLY ONE HAS USED A NUCLEAR WEAPON against another country: Only the US!
Honestly, little the government does benefits, "we the people". The Iran war is not being fought at face value. Secrets in the dark. Money changing hands. Propaganda all around.
History will prove you wrong about the war in Iran.
A lot of people told me that about the Iraq war in 2003.
This is a much different President than anyone we have ever had.
They say that in every war. What war was won since WW2?
And don't forget it was the USSR/Russia that largely won that one - 27 million dead souls, not a family untouched and the Red Army accounted for about 80% of German military deaths.
So true, John. I didn't bring that up because I get enough shit as it is with the truth about war. But you're absolutely correct. The propaganda rhetoric has damaged so many American minds.
Netanyahu, presiding over a state that has not signed the NPT, has been trying to sell “Iran is about to get a nuclear weapon” literally his entire career, 40 years. He finally found a President dumb enough or compromised enough to sign off. America will be humiliated in this war; I just hope that it’s Trump, the politicians, and AIPAC that pay the price and not our troops.
Nice piece, John. The question about how these wars have helped U.S. citizens unaffiliated with the MIC is useful, but perhaps more persuasive to a general public is how they have HURT U.S. Citizens. We're about to hit the mother of all such hurts:
https://dickatlee.com/oil
as the loss of the high-sulfur heavy ("sour") crude imported from Russia and the Mideast causes the loss of most of our diesel and aviation fuel, two of the most important energy media upon which our society is based. Diesel for farm tractors and associate equipment, diesel for the truck that move food (and fuel) and all the consumer goods we take for granted. Aviation fuel to move goods fast enough for just-in-time inventories. All in the context of a worldwide depression which will be resulting from a world in the same condition. We won't know what hit us, because the media is not warning people of the coming storm to allow some degree of preparation.
I hope people choose freedom. I mean, come on, what's the point of being a slave if the master has stopped feeding and sheltering you? Taking your life into your own hands at that point can only be an improvement. The known, promised future is perpetual misery. They've made that clear. Only the unknown has the possibility of better times.
The tip of the iceberg. The war on American citizens through allowing drugs to infect the population for example. Taxing and killing is what our representatives do best.
Just as an addendum and point of information regarding “Somalia (1992–1994)”: The U.S has conducted at least 76 air strikes in Somalia so far this year.
hey, that is great to hear!
It appears Trump is deliberately creating a major energy and economic crisis for the Satanic Cult that controls everything. The idea that the flow of oil can be restarted by dropping more bombs isn't credible. The actual outcome most likely matches the actual goal which is to deliberately restrict the world's energy and other products from the area.
War is the lifeblood for the Vampire Squid that is the State. Just two questions for those supporting war against Iran: are you volunteering to go fight yourself? Urging your kids to enlist?
Except for these occasional screeds I generally enjoy what you write. This current one does nothing to entice me to buy your book. “ Indeed, were it not for the delusions generated by debt financing and air power, they would see the Iran War for what it is—a preposterously ruinous and criminal enterprise waged by a senescent President who has no coherent strategy, and who is too beholden to his ego and his billionaire cronies to serve the interests of We the People.”
John on more of a lowkey vibe can you show us your reaction at the time to Mr. Obama's 70 days of continuous bombing Libya on behalf of France?
Or maybe you were a tad upset over Clinton's Bosnian War and the Kosovo War and his and Bush's reluctance to put in ground troops but NATO's feckless response again put pressure on both POTUS from Globalist.
You know you forgot to mention the European World War II. We weren't attacked "per se", but why was that conflict ok?
Japanese did attack us, but I guess we were too harsh in dropping two atomic bombs to bring their radical ideology to a surrender? Just asking.
Your beef if you choose to investigate is at the Hague and start with the British Bretton Woods "System" that still haunts us through the IMF, and purposely weakened the US economic sovereignly and replaced it with an allegiance to Globalist Bankers.
They enjoyed our years in Afghanistan. These wars you mentioned were inspired by the old European world order, the invisible hand.
Trump is overturning this fiscal Euro-dynamic and they (Carney) are just beginning to realize it.
The Middle East is a Globalist playground to keep tensions high, prices high, and supply short. Iran is the key put into motion by the overthrow of the Shah.
Sure hope you are right about endgame. Totally agree that the Banksters are the problem. There is a quote of dubious origin "Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world."