Israeli pilot shoots down Iranian-piloted plane

In what's being described as a historic first, an Israeli pilot manning a F35 fighter jet gunned down an Iranian jihadist pilot manning a Russian made Yak130 jet over Tehran:

An Israeli pilot in a U.S. built F-35 stealth fighter took out a manned Russian-made Iranian fighter jet over Tehran early Wednesday, reportedly a historic “world first” during Operation Epic Fury.

An Israeli F-35 ‘Adir’ fighter jet, using the jet’s Hebrew name that translates to “Mighty One,” downed a Russian-made Yak-130 in air-to-air combat, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on X.

“This is the first shootdown in history of a manned fighter aircraft by an F-35 ‘Adir’ fighter jet,” the IDF said.

Until now, in the assault on Iran the F-35 jets, a product of the U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin, have reportedly only downed unmanned military targets, including drones.

It’s also the first time in more than four decades that the Israel Air Force engaged in air-to-air combat with manned aircraft.

“The last time IAF jets shot down a manned enemy aircraft was on November 24, 1985, over Lebanon. In that incident, an IAF F-15 downed two Syrian MiG-23 fighters,” according to the Times of Israel.

This is also informative of how Iran's relying on Russian-made machinery, and it's repugnant but not suprising the neo-communists of Russia would continue to supply the Religion of Peace with weapons.

Tucker Carlson is against rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple

The insufferable pseudo-conservative Carlson continues his anti-Israel tirades with assaults on the right to reclaim sovereignty over the Jerusalem Temple:

Anti-Israel media personality Tucker Carlson sparked controversy after claiming that Israel’s war is allegedly driven by a goal of destroying the Al-Aqsa Mosque and building the Third Temple in its place.

In an episode of the "Tucker Carlson Show," he asked, "How did all these guys wind up wearing patches suggesting the point of this war was the destruction of one of the holiest places in Islam and the rebuilding of a temple that is totally anathema to Christianity?" [...]

He accused, "Chabad has been pushing in a pretty subtle way, unless you look carefully, for the reconstruction of the Third Temple."

And this is exactly why the Temple Mount, as it's called today, needs to be reclaimed for Judaist worship. Carlson also disgustingly puts words in the mouths of Christians who're realists, and says exactly what the Islamic world wants to hear. And the worst part is that it was undoubtably his full intention to kowtow to the Religion of Peace. He's really being a humiliation lately. What next, will he say women who wear skimpy clothes are criminals? It's sickening to ponder what other awful positions Carlson harbors at the expense of sane societies.

The moral and strategic imperative

Some important points made here as to why Donald Trump's decision to take down Iran's totalitarians was moral and strategic:

For nearly half a century, the Islamic Republic of Iran has waged a calculated, ideological and often merciless campaign against the United States, Israel and the broader Western world. It has done so not only through rhetoric - the ritualistic chants of “Death to America" and “Death to Israel" that echo from Tehran - but through bloodshed. Through proxy militias. Through bombings, hijackings, kidnappings and missile strikes. Through the systematic sponsorship of terror as an instrument of statecraft.

President Donald J. Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s military infrastructure and cripple its path to nuclear weapons was not rash adventurism. It was a long-overdue reckoning.

For decades, American presidents have absorbed the blows of the Islamic Republic while hoping to manage or moderate it. That experiment failed. Iran did not moderate; it metastasized. It expanded its network of terror proxies across Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. It embedded itself as the principal state sponsor of global terrorism. And it moved steadily toward nuclear capability, all while proclaiming its intent to eradicate Israel and challenge American power. [...]

In 1983, Iran-backed terrorists bombed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 17 Americans. Months later, Hezbollah - created, funded and directed by Tehran - slaughtered 241 U.S. service members in the Marine barracks bombing. It remains one of the deadliest days in American military history. CIA station chief William Buckley was kidnapped and murdered. American diplomats were targeted. Airliners were hijacked, passengers tortured and executed.

Lest we forget, Ronald Reagan ran away by withdrawing virtually all military from Lebanon at the time, and left the murders of the diplomats and soldiers otherwise unavenged. Nor did Reagan make any serious effort on his part to stop Iran's totalitarians before they built up the missile launching horror network Israel and the USA's militaries are now battling to destroy. Now, it can be said that Trump's avenging the victims of Iran's dark minions from that time 4 decades ago.

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Iran’s proxies - Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad - unleashed suicide bombings across Israel. Buses exploded in Jerusalem. Shopping centers were turned into charnel houses. University cafeterias became scenes of carnage. Americans were among the dead. [...]

And then came October 7.

Hamas - an Iranian-backed terror proxy armed, trained and financed by Tehran - carried out one of the most barbaric massacres in modern Israeli history. Nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered in southern Israel. Families were butchered in their homes. Young people were gunned down at a music festival. More than 250 people were taken hostage, dragged into Gaza in scenes that horrified the civilized world.

Among the victims were 46 Americans. At least 12 Americans were kidnapped.

Hamas did not act in a vacuum. It is part of the Iranian axis. Its arsenal, its training, its ideological alignment - all trace back to Tehran. The October 7 massacre was not simply a regional skirmish; it was the violent manifestation of Iran’s long-standing strategy to encircle and weaken Israel through proxies while avoiding direct confrontation. [...]

Beyond the strategic dimension lies a moral one. The Iranian people themselves have endured decades of repression under a draconian theocracy. Women have been beaten for defying compulsory dress codes. Protesters have been imprisoned, tortured or executed. Elections are tightly controlled. Journalists are silenced. Religious minorities are persecuted.

Economic mismanagement and corruption have impoverished a population rich in culture, history and potential. Nationwide protests over rising prices and political repression have been crushed with lethal force. Thousands have died in crackdowns.

All the above are serious reasons to bring down Iran's mullahcracy. They funded evil, and even committed evil on their own home turf. And all that part is hopefully coming to an end now, during Trump's administration.

Update: here's also a commentary about how this war is like a variation on defeating Haman, the abominable Persian politician who tried to annihilate Jews, but was defeated by queen Esther and her uncle Mordecai, and all this is why the Purim holiday is celebrated today.

Western governments are literally forfeiting public squares to Islam

Whatever the outcome of the war against Iran's mullacracy, western governments are still enabling Muslim takeovers of the public square, and Dearborn, the city where Henry Ford ran much of his car manufacturing, is one of the leading examples:

In the U.S., the dispute has moved into residential neighborhoods. In Dearborn, noise laws set limits of 70 decibels during the day and 60 at night, and prohibit loudspeakers between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Although within those limits, several mosques broadcast the Islamic call to prayer over outdoor speakers for short periods during the day.

Some residents describe an “invasion of privacy” reaching into their own yards. Andrea Unger has lived in the same house for more than 40 years. She told the city council that the broadcasts carry into her home and that she does not wish to hear prayers amplified into her yard. She described being awakened by early morning calls before 7 a.m., though one mosque later eliminated its early broadcast after complaints.

In 2025, 40 residents signed a petition to the city council to request relief. Instead of defending the residents, the Muslim police chief compared the noise to church bells. The state has chosen to accommodate the loud group over the quiet citizen.

For those objecting, the issue is whether amplified religious sound should project into private homes at all, even when it operates within municipal limits.

Dearborn's become a prominent example of how Islam's conquered a segment of the USA, and anybody who doesn't seek ways to expel the conquerors from Michigan will never see a change in the sad situation they now have there. The same can be said for nearby Hamtramck.

5o percent of Iranian missile launchers destroyed, and let's hope the rest are too

Yaakov Lappin's written about the current results in the war against Iran's tyrants:

The joint Israeli-American military campaign against Iran, now in its third day, has systematically decapitated the Iranian regime’s leadership from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei down, while causing extensive damage to its ballistic missile program.

A military official speaking on Sunday provided a detailed assessment of the severe damage inflicted upon the Iranian weapons industry and missile program during the ongoing operation. According to the official, hundreds of Iranian terror regime missiles were successfully destroyed, and the production of at least 1,500 additional ballistic missiles was entirely prevented in the past two days.

The strikes dismantled approximately 200 ballistic missile launchers and rendered dozens more completely inoperable. The official noted that this meant that 50 percent of the regime’s ballistic missile launchers active at the time were destroyed.

We have to hope all launchers will be smashed, because that's the only way to ensure no more of this. Even the Hezbollah in Lebanon must be stopped for the same reasons. For now, it looks like all possible successors to the now eliminated Khamenei have been wiped out as well, and that's also important.

In related news, 3 USA soldiers were unfortunately murdered by Iranian fire during operations

Three U.S. service members were killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Sunday.

Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions and are in the process of being returned to duty, CENTCOM, which comprises U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central and South Asia, wrote in a statement.

“Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing,” read the CENTCOM statement, the first about casualties since the U.S. and Israel launched a joint mission against the Iranian regime on Saturday. The U.S. calls the operation “Epic Fury,” Israel titled it “Roaring Lion.”

“The situation is fluid, so out of respect for the families, we will withhold additional information, including the identities of our fallen warriors, until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified,” CENTCOM added.

This is terrible, but was also sadly inevitable that there could be casualties, as happens in many wars to vanquish evil. Condolences to the families of the victims.

That said, if there's something else right Donald Trump is doing now at his end of the spectrum, it's indicating he understands why sending ground troops to Iran is something that may have to be done (also via JNS):

President Trump told The Post Monday that he’s not ruling out sending US ground troops into Iran “if they were necessary” — adding that Operation Epic Fury was “way ahead of schedule” by taking out dozens of Tehran’s top officials.

“I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground — like every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground.’ I don’t say it,” Trump said after launching strikes Saturday to decapitate Iran’s military and political leadership. “I say ‘probably don’t need them,’ [or] ‘if they were necessary.'”

Trump told the Daily Mail on Sunday that he estimated the war would last “four weeks or so,” but hinted to The Post Monday that that timeframe could be shortened.

Trump is correct that whether public opinion - especially among conservatives - is surprisingly opposed to taking action against barbarians, it can't be allowed to get in the way of seeking justice and punishing evildoers, both at home and abroad. Because if they don't do so overseas, how can they be expected to prove convincing at home?

That said, it's regrettable if Trump is still sticking by the delusion of recognizing Ahmed al-Sharaa as a legitimate leader of Syria. When here, there's doubtless plenty of Yazidi, Druze and Christian representatives in the area who could prove far better and more rational in the role of leadership. Continuing to marginalize them will only be a bad omen.

Senegalese jihadist murdered 3 people at bar in Austin, Texas

A Muslim immigrant from Senegal committed murder at a Texas bar before being gunned down by police, and now authorities have discovered more evidence of his ideological drivings:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has discovered evidence at the scene of the mass shooting at a popular Austin nightclub that indicates a potential nexus to terrorism. During a press conference held in Austin early Saturday morning, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Alex Doran of the San Antonio FBI office said the evidence was discovered on the shooter and in his vehicle. [...]

Speaking at the latest press conference, Doran told reporters that the FBI is working with the Austin Police Department to collect and process evidence at the scene, including the agency’s evidence response team and digital forensics specialists. Commenting on the nexus to terrorism, Doran said, “It’s still way too early in the process to determine an exact motivation, but there were indicators that, on the subject and in his vehicle, indicate potential nexus to terrorism.”

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis provided more details on the shooting, telling reporters the incident began when the suspect, who has not been identified, drove his large SUV-type vehicle up to Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden and began shooting toward the establishment with a pistol. According to Davis, the shooter struck several patrons at the bar who were on the patio and at the front of the establishment.

Here's more:

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) echoed the reports on the shooter’s shirt with an X post: “I’ve heard from multiple sources that the Austin shooter wore a shirt saying ‘Property of Allah.’ — in addition to Quran in car, and naturalizing from Senegal just over a decade ago”

And the worst part is that the monster was apparently doing it out of revenge for taking down the Iranian ayatollah:

A law enforcement official told AP that the attacker was wearing clothing with an Iranian flag design and declared “Property of Allah." The shooting occurred a day after the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran.

Police shot and killed the gunman at the scene. According to authorities, he used both a pistol and a rifle during the attack. [...]

The suspect was identified by the Department of Homeland Security as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne. DHS said Diagne first entered the United States in 2000 on a B-2 tourist visa. He became a lawful permanent resident six years later after marrying a US citizen and was naturalized as a US citizen in 2013.

According to multiple individuals briefed on the investigation who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity, Diagne was originally from Senegal.

Authorities discovered “indicators" on the suspect and in his vehicle that led the FBI to examine the possibility of terrorism, said Alex Doran, the acting agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio office.

Some could say the monster was an Iranian sleeper agent, and that's another reason the spread of Islam over past decades in the west is so abominable, because of all the danger it's led to domestically. One more reason why a denaturalization process and exiling is needed to deal with these trojan horses.

Update: here's more news about what the investigation found.

Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are joined in their shoddiness by another veteran commentator

Robert Spencer talks about whether the USA military's attack on Iran led by Donald Trump will avail the Iranian people, and discusses the now classic rotten apples on the right who're just as bad as leftists. And along the way, a most eyebrow raising example comes up:

This is what most irritated Trump’s critics on both the left and the right: the fact that America was intervening at all. Both leftists and the new, antisemitic, isolationist “woke right” that sees Israel behind every U.S. foreign policy move have insisted that any U.S. intervention in Iran will turn out to be prolonged, disastrous, and unsuccessful just as the misguided and botched interventions into Iraq and Afghanistan were.

The former conservative wunderkind and gadfly Milo Yiannopoulos, now reduced to a pathetic Jew-hating attention-seeker, wrote: “O Allah, preserve Ayatollah Khamenei – O Allah, indeed we place You in their throats, and we seek refuge in You from their evils.” He was just looking for clicks and notoriety, but he unwittingly encapsulated the “woke right” ethos: if a military action is undertaken in cooperation with Israel, it must be evil in itself, and opposed to the extent of allying oneself with the regime that screams “Death to America” and has been on a war footing against the United States since 1979. Milo is just a more flamboyant and outlandish version of Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Nick Fuentes, who are plenty outlandish as it is.

Well. This is definitely telling. I recall Yiannapoulos seemed to be trying to downplay the idea that murdering prostitutes in a video game was somehow a petty issue simply because it was all part of a mere computer program. But he ran the risk of normalizing violence in real life by minimizing it in a video game, and it's definitely not a laughing matter. As a result, Yiannapoulos made himself look as bad as that disgusting "feminist" named Anita Sarkeesian from Canada.

And now he's acting as some kind of apologist for Iran's Islamofascists?!? Groan. Just what we need, another bizarre grovelor from the fringes of the right. It's absolutely terrible. I'm not sorry he's been largely rejected based on disturbing statements he made about sexual abuse, though I suspect most leftists wouldn't care what he says at this point, save for trying to make the right look worse in every way than the left. How do creeps like Yiannapoulos manage to win favor of certain crowds before being unmasked as the frauds they are? Just plain aggravating as it's repulsive.

Former Iranian "president" Ahmedinejad wiped out

One of the most vile antisemitic politicians in Iran has been obliterated along with a bodyguard of his:

According to Iranian reports, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed together with his bodyguard during an Israeli airstrike on the country, while under house arrest.

Serving as Iran's sixth president between 2005 and 2013, Ahmadinejad is remembered as one of the Islamic Republic's most extreme and antisemitic voices. He was open about his aspiration to destroy Israel.

In 2009, his controversial reelection set off the largest protests in post-revolution Iran's history until that point. The regime under his lead responded with a bloodbath, killing dozens and sending hundreds to prison.

I guess it's an irony he was put under house arrest later, probably part of the ayatollah's intention to throw him under the bus, and now both can appear before the highest court. Such a vile tyrant Ahmedinejad also was, and now he's also gone for good.

9 casualties in Beit Shemesh

As the war on Iran's tyrants continues, there have sadly been Israeli casualties, and in Beit Shemesh, as many as 9 people were murdered by an Iranian missile that struck a shelter:

At least nine people were killed in a direct missile strike on a residential building in Beit Shemesh on Sunday, officials said, as rescue operations continued at the scene amid extensive destruction.

Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service also said 28 people were wounded in the strike, including two in critical condition and two in serious condition. One person was listed in moderate condition and 14 were lightly wounded. Among the critically injured was a 10-year-old girl. Several of the lightly wounded were children. Some individuals were initially reported unaccounted for as search and rescue efforts continued.

IDF spokesman for foreign media Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani accuses the Iranian regime of deliberately targeting civilians. "Since the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion the Iranian regime has targeted civilians. We know this is their strategy. In their last attack, they killed many civilians in the town of Beit Shemesh. The Iranian regime is a terrorist regime."

There is immense destruction at the scene in Beit Shemesh, and eight houses were damaged and almost completely destroyed. Some of the dead were in a synagogue shelter, which, according to testimonies from the scene, took the direct hit.

There's more photographs from the tragic scene here. What's the odds this was a building constructed at the behest of Haredis who don't have enough sense or responsibility to get the best and sturdiest of construction products to build the synagogue, or even the shelter? Last year, during Operation Rising Lion, there was a similar case in Bnei Brak, and it's sad possibility the casualties in Beit Shemesh came as a result of bad construction development. What does it take for them to learn? That said, condolences to the victims' families, and let's remember that it's truly the fault of Iran's jihadists for this tragedy.

Update: here's news of who the victims were:

The names of three of the nine people killed in the Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh have been cleared for publication: Sarah Elimelech, her daughter Ronit Elimelech, Oren Katz, and Gavriel Baruch Revach (16), of blessed memory.

The deadly incident occurred when an Iranian ballistic missile made a direct hit on a shelter located inside a synagogue in the city. According to initial assessments, several of the victims were inside the shelter at the time of impact, while others were in adjacent buildings.

Ballistic missiles carry heavy explosives, and it was said on the news that the IDF's arrow defense system wasn't used when this occurred. Now, a terrible tragedy of war has resulted. Again, condolences to the victims.

Update 2: here's Sky News' coverage of this tragedy.

Confirmation that Khamenei was obliterated

The IDF announced they received intel confirmation that the most recent ayatollah in Iran has been punished along with 2 of his cronies:

On the eve of Purim 5786 (2026): A senior Israeli official said Saturday night that according to data received by the defense establishment, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was eliminated in the heart of Tehran.

According to additional reports received during the day, Khamenei’s close adviser, Ali Shamkhani, recently appointed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as Secretary of the Supreme Defense Council, was also eliminated. During Operation Rising Lion, Shamkhani’s home was struck and he was trapped under the rubble for three hours but survived.

In Israel, it is also estimated that the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Pakpour, was eliminated in the opening strikes of Operation Roaring Lion on Saturday morning. Pakpour was appointed to his position after his predecessor, Hossein Salami, was eliminated by Israel in Operation Rising Lion.

Nasir Zadeh, who is believed to have been eliminated Saturday morning, served as Chief of Staff of the Iranian Air Force. He also served as commander of the Iranian Air Force and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Iran’s armed forces.

Here's more news:

8:45 PM: Iranian state media has confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S-Israeli strikes, saying: “To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return,” the New York Times reported.

8:20 PM: Iranian state media has reportedly admitted that multiple members of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s family were killed during U.S-Israeli strikes, including his daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law, according to Reuters. So far, state media has yet to confirm President Donald Trump’s assertion that the Supreme Leader was killed on Saturday.

And one of the reasons the raid's been successful so far is because the military found impressive ways to sabotage Iran's air defenses:

The United States military reportedly deployed Tomahawk missiles and new “one-way” attack drones during its opening strikes against the Islamist regime in Iran on Saturday.

Iran’s air defence systems were reportedly “effectively suppressed” by a “multi geographic command and control” strategy that was designed to “overwhelm Iran’s defenses,” U.S. officials said, according to Chief National Security Correspondent for Fox News Jennifer Griffin.

Griffin reported that in the strikes launched by President Donald Trump, the U.S. military used new capabilities, including “one-way attack drones” for the first time in combat alongside Tomahawk missiles during the initial wave of strikes.

She said that the strikes focused on “high value targets” such as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facilities, Naval sites, and “underground facilities” likely linked to the nation’s nuclear programme.

“There were hundreds of targets in what is being described to me as a multi-day operation,” Griffin reported, adding that U.S. officials claimed that the Iranian response has so far been “ineffective” and that the strikes have “effectively suppressed their air defenses.”

Even so, it's a shame that so far, they were unable to prevent the dark forces of Iran from launching more missiles, with the targets even including other neighboring Arab/Islamic states. We must hope that the effort being carried out so far will eventually avail in stopping Iran's attacks altogether, and good riddance to filthy Khamenei.

Lady IDF commander says enlistment "equality" doesn't avail women

Odelia Kedmi, a former IDF official who's a combat veteran, told Israel National News that the way the IDF's been handling female recruitment does no good for them:

Odelia Kedmi, former IDF commander and deputy mayor of Zichron Yaakov, leading activist, and advocate for women’s gun licensing, spoke to Arutz Sheva-Israel National News about IDF service and gender equality.

“Twenty years ago, I was one of those women serving in a combat unit," Kedmi recalled. “Everything I say comes from my own experience. From that, I truly believe women are just as capable as men. But in the army, I quickly learned that the expectations for women were much lower. That’s when I realized there was a bigger story at play - that women were sometimes being used to promote agendas I wasn’t even aware of."

She gave a vivid example: “When we had to pass an obstacle course, the first obstacle was a wall. Except for maybe one girl in the unit, no one could climb it with full gear. It was frustrating. Eventually, the commander suggested emptying our water bottles, then removing magazines, and later even placing a bench to help us over. That would never happen for men. I’ve heard of situations where male soldiers could be pulled over a wall without help - that simply wouldn’t happen."

Despite these frustrations, Kedmi says encouragement from leadership and the goal of integrating women into combat units kept her motivated. But she warns that the army isn’t fully transparent about the challenges women face: “Women are more likely to sustain severe injuries in combat units, and most don’t complete the full process. Yet the army is reluctant to release this information, so we have very little data."

She also highlighted broader structural issues, including the integration of haredi soldiers. “If the army wants women in every unit, including commando units, we must consider how new populations will impact unit dynamics. There isn’t enough real discussion on this," she said.

Well Haredis can't continue to act like having women around in any situation is literally a problem, and can't force the IDF to accomodate their "values" at the expense of female staffers. Besides, just like ordinary male soldiers, the Haredis are supposed to be defending the women's safety and dignity, not belittling it, and that's why it's wrong, morally or otherwise, to do disgusting things like turn backs to a lady instructor, and even demand women don't sing when it's not even a synagogue they're in. After October 7, 2023, it's especially vital to consider such bizarre "customs" can't be used anymore.

Beyond the army, Kedmi has worked to expand women’s access to gun licenses. “I’m saying that if you lie to women, you hurt women. And women are absolutely capable. My criticism is towards the system, the army, which is not doing enough to understand what the real potential of women is. If you choose to put women in combat units, are you using their potential to the maximum? I absolutely believe in women, and I see it with my own eyes. They are amazing when they have a gun in their hand, and the feeling that you can control a situation and that you’re not helpless - that is women's empowerment. I was fortunate enough to help broaden the criteria in the Knesset so that women can possess a gun license. Before October 7, about 3,000 women were licensed; now nearly 30,000 are. Women instructors and observers are now eligible in the army to carry a gun, and that empowers them to protect themselves."

Looking ahead, Kedmi stresses that reform is necessary. “One of the blessings of our times, especially post-October 7, is that we woke up. We clearly see areas that need serious repair, particularly in the IDF. The public must pressure elected officials to act. My goal is to protect women and ensure they can serve safely and effectively."

Of course, let's not forget that it was certain repellent male staffers who led to the situation as well, after they ignored warnings and one commander even told an observer she was "imagining" things, which is stunningly offensive, irresponsible and entirely removed from reality. Any army commander who takes that kind of approach has no business working as in the military and should be ostracized by wider society.

Melissa Gilbert continues to embarrass herself while Timothy Busfield's sexual abuse trial continues

The actress Melissa Gilbert, who's been standing by her 3rd husband Timothy Busfield despite the severe accusations against him, didn't please most people when she posted a video of herself dancing:

Timothy Busfield's wife, Melissa Gilbert, openly stayed by his side after his arrest on child sex abuse charges.

After supporting her 68-year-old husband in court, her business went on as usual, including posting upbeat content online, but hasn't quite been getting a positive reaction. Melissa, 61, returned to working on her lifestyle brand, Modern Prairie, including crafting up someone Instagram videos for the Instagram. In fact, she even seemed unbothered as she posted a video of herself dancing.

She selected the song You Gotta Be by Des'ree, which includes lyrics like "You gotta be bad / You gotta be bold / You gotta be wiser / You gotta be hard / You gotta be tough / You gotta be stronger."

I think when somebody makes use of a lyric with the word "bad", something's gone terribly wrong. Whatever she's thinking, it's nothing good.

Melissa didn't elaborate in terms of what exactly in her life she was handling, but her recent appearance alongside her husband at court appeared to take a strain on her.

The comments weren't supportive of Melissa's casual approach to the burning issue. Critics attempted to shame her, calling her recent actions "embarrassing" and "delusional."

Considering she ostensibly addressed serious issues before she closed down her Instagram page when it turned out her own hubby was a monster, that's exactly why what she's doing now is so insulting to the intellect. It's important to note that one of Busfield's earlier victims testified against him during the trial:

According to RadarOnline, Julie Roberts’ sister-in-law, Eliza Roberts, testified in a deposition in 1994. She accused Timothy of expressing a desire to perform oral sex on her. He allegedly insisted he’d be “so great in bed” and said his wife at the time was a “lousy f**k.” Timothy was married to his second wife, fashion designer Jenny Merwin, at that time, before they divorced in 2007. He married Melissa six years later.

Eliza’s statement came two years after she married Julie’s brother Eric. At that time, she was supporting a 17-year-old girl who claimed Timothy sexually assaulted her on the film Little Big League set. Criminal charges were never filed in this alleged incident. Timothy, who denied the allegations, settled the Minnesota teen’s lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.

The ruling in the lawsuit can certainly make clear something was wrong with the whole picture, and Busfield should've been indicted. The past has caught up with him now, and his career gone down the drain, with only himself to blame for all the harm he caused over past years. As for Gilbert, she's not improving the situation at all, and should dance herself out of sight after acting as Busfield's apologist.

The foreign sources that aided and abetted the October 7, 2023 jihadist bloodbath

Larry Taunton wrote about the now tragic history of the October 7, 2023 jihad attack on Israeli targets, and how certain totalitarians also had a role in the barbarism, along with certain western sources:

Oct. 7 was years in the making and could not have been successfully executed without the aid and discretion of the people of Gaza. Moreover, it involved the assistance of numerous foreign players: China supplied the vehicles which were smuggled across the Egypt-Gaza border through tunnels; North Korea supplied weapons; Iran supplied weapons, technology, and training; and Qatar supplied money to build homemade weapons and to pay terrorists and the Gazans who worked for them.

In other words, Oct. 7 was an act of war.

It was planned with the precision of a Pearl Harbor. And like Pearl Harbor, the attack caught the enemy off-guard and flatfooted. There were indicators an attack might be coming: Israeli SIM cards, thousands of them, lighting up all over Gaza the night before the attack; Hamas carrying out military exercises openly; reports that key Hamas leaders were going to ground; laborers from Gaza with Israeli work visas caught smuggling weapons into Israel, and so on.

There's only so much evil that was undoubtably planned in the 20th century itself, and now we've experienced the horrific results. And in addition to the communists of China and such, there's also the following:

I inspect the package again: “UNRWA. I don’t understand.”

“I found it in one of the captured pickup trucks the terrorists used,” he says. “They were carrying antibiotics and emergency aid kits —”

I can fill in the rest: — paid for by US tax dollars.

As Taunton continues to note, the Biden administration played a very horrific part in this as did the UN, along with a certain Israeli figure:

More than two years after the attack and a legal fight to keep it classified, Assaf Shmuelevitz’s name had just been released by the Supreme Court of Israel, but not much more than his name. According to Ynet News:

Shmuelevitz is accused of impersonating an IDF captain in the early days of the war following the October 7 massacre, entering military command centers, recording classified conversations, collecting sensitive information, and passing it to unauthorized individuals.

Lawyers for Shmuelevitz have entered what in U.S. legalese might be called an insanity plea. SM rolls his eyes at the mention of it. Shmuelevitz’s role remains unclear: whether he was acting alone; who his handlers were, if, indeed, he had any; and the damage that he did or didn’t do. What is clear to my lunch companion is the role the Biden administration played in the Oct. 7 massacre.

SM’s feelings about Trump’s wobbly predecessor are reflected in Netanyahu’s remarks a few days earlier. The prime minister claimed Biden bore at least some responsibility for Oct. 7 because his administration slapped a weapons embargo on Israel that left the IDF with insufficient ammunition. Predictably, this was followed by fierce denials from Democrats. But this was the least of it.

The Biden administration funded Oct. 7.

This is something that'll definitely be recalled in repugnance in history and years to come. What Biden led to is in some ways much worse than what Jimmy Carter led to in his time. And now, the tragedy's struck most repulsively. Read more of the article in full.

The war against Iran is on again

Today, both Israeli and USA military forces launched a new raid against Iran's deadly missile sources, and may have eliminated ayatollah Ali Khameini:

Israel said on Saturday that it has taken part in a U.S.-led military operation in Iran, with Jerusalem reportedly targeting the top leadership of the Islamist regime in Tehran.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were among those targeted by Israeli forces on Saturday in strikes conducted in conjunction with an attempt by the United States to destroy Tehran’s missile programme, the Times of Israel reported.

The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, as well as Iran’s defence and intelligence chiefs, were also said to be targeted in the strikes. It is currently unknown which, if any, strikes were successful at the time of this reporting.

The Israeli Defence Forces said that it had struck “hundreds of targets” in Western Iran as part of its so-called “Operation Roaring Lion”. Targets included missile launchers, the IDF said.

Meanwhile, New York Times reporter Christiaan Triebert published a satellite image purporting to show the destruction of Khamenei’s compound in Iran. It is unclear if the Ayatollah was in the compound at the time of the apparent attack.

The IDF did express cautious optimism Khameini was blasted, and we should definitely hope he was. There may have been a report a few months ago though, that he was planning to follow Syria's ousted dictator Assad in fleeing to Russia. Which only makes clear why they're still a serious danger too. Mainly because, based on how many Muslims are in Russia today, what if they use that as a means of taking over from where the communists leave off?

Here's more about Reza Pahlavi's response:

The son of the last Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, called on the country’s military, police, and security forces to abandon the “crumbling” Islamist regime of the Ayatollah amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Saturday.

“Decisive moments lie before us,” the exiled crown prince of Iran said amid a major military operation launched in the early hours of Saturday by U.S. President Donald Trump in conjunction with Israeli forces targeting the rogue nation’s missile programme and leadership apparatus.

In a statement on social media, Reza Pahlavi said that the military operation initiated by President Trump should be seen as a “humanitarian intervention” targeting the Islamist regime — “and its machinery of killing” — rather than a strike on the country and people of Iran.

“However, despite the arrival of this assistance, the final victory will still be achieved by us. It is we, the people of Iran, who will finish this task in this final battle. The time to return to the streets is approaching,” he said.

We can only hope this operation will finally deliver justice and bring down a regime that Ronald Reagan did nothing to prevent from reaching the levels of dangerous power and tyranny they were at until now.

Winston Churchill's statue in London was vandalized by anti-Israel jihadists

Britain's Islamic nightmare continues as the statue of a war hero was vandalized by what they brought in:

The large bronze statue of British hero and wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square has again been defaced, this time by ‘pro-Palestine’ attackers.

Winston Churchill’s statue outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament, the national legislature his personality dominated for 40 years as a member, government minister, and two-time Prime Minister has been vandalised overnight. The statue and plinth was painted with messages in red, including “Zionist war criminal”, “free Palestine”, “stop the genocide”, “globalise the Intifada”, and “never again is now”.

A fourth side was tagged in Dutch, with messages including “Groeten uit Den Haag” [‘Greetings from the Hague’], and “Káp Nâh” [‘cut it out’ rendered phonetically for the distinctive “lower-class Hague accent”].

The culprit was arrested. As has been reported here, it was activists from the Netherlands who were responsible for this particular act. And no doubt, they know Churchill spoke out against Islam in his time, in his book The River War. And sadly, for all we know, Keir Starmer will probably let the statue be destroyed and never show any remorse.