SITREP: IRAN CONFLICT

We are now on the 24th day of active U.S. and Israeli strike operations against Iran. What began on February 28 as a coordinated campaign targeting Iran's nuclear infrastructure, missile program, and military command structure has expanded significantly in scope and is now touching nine countries across the region.

CENTCOM has confirmed strikes on more than 7,000 targets inside Iran since February 28. The U.S. military has confirmed 13 American fatalities from Iranian counter-strikes across the region, with an additional six service members killed when a refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq.

Iran has responded by launching strikes across nine countries: Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel. Iranian missiles have repeatedly targeted the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain.

Iran's military has declared it is prepared to close the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely and attack regional infrastructure if President Trump follows through on his threat to strike Iranian power plants.

Nearly 50 percent of global urea and sulfur exports and 20 percent of global LNG transit the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump announced a five-day pause on strikes against Iran's power grid, citing what he described as productive conversations and a positive tone from Iranian interlocutors. Iran's Foreign Ministry immediately denied that any dialogue had taken place, calling President Trump's characterization an attempt to lower energy prices and buy time.

The five-day pause buys time but does nothing to resolve the structural issue.

Bahrain has intercepted and destroyed 143 missiles and 242 drones since February 28. Saudi forces shot down 47 drones in a single day, including 38 within a three-hour window. Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, one of the largest in the Middle East, was struck by Iranian drones, sparking a fire.

The Pentagon has requested an additional $200 billion for war operations. The cost to the U.S. as of March 19 was estimated at $18 billion. The conflict has been described as the world's largest supply disruption since the 1970s energy crisis.

The five-day pause is not a ceasefire. It is a pressure valve. The Strait of Hormuz remains the decisive terrain, economically, strategically, and diplomatically. Iran understands this and is leveraging it. The administration is managing competing pressures: oil prices, allied cohesion, questions of congressional authorization, and an Iranian regime that has replaced Khamenei but has not collapsed.

The hard questions remain unanswered. What is the defined end state? What does a post-conflict Iran look like under whatever governing structure emerges? Who holds the ground, secures the nuclear material, and prevents the power vacuum from being filled by forces hostile to U.S. interests? What, if any information can be provided to the U.S. public about activation of Iranian sleeper cells inside the United States?

Thomas Jefferson famously declared, “The constitutional freedom of religion [is] the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights”.

As a primary architect of American religious liberty, Jefferson, along with other founders, advocated for a strict separation between church and state, holding that government should not interfere with matters of conscience.

We should applaud those who understand this principle and then stands up for the value of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all of humanity.

Joseph DeMarzo Amen 🙏🏼

Sharia law is incompatible with constitutional law. They will never admit or submit.

BREAKING: Flynn Family statement about today’s DOJ settlement regarding my case.
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Today, after ten years of fighting, I have reached a settlement agreement with the United States Government in my case regarding the Russian Hoax FBI lawfare against me.

Nothing can fully compensate for the hell that my family and I have endured over these many years—the relentless attacks, the destruction of reputations, the financial ruin, and the profound personal toll inflicted upon us all. No amount of money or formal resolution can erase the pain caused by a prosecution that should never have been brought.

This ordeal stemmed from partisan government officials in a coordinated effort to pursue an innocent man as part of a broader campaign to undermine President Trump and his administration. It was a relentless, partisan pursuit that weaponized federal law enforcement in an audacious and unjust manner.

Yet this settlement goes far in demonstrating that the current Department of Justice, under the leadership of President Trump, Attorney General Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Blanche, and other dedicated departmental leaders, is committed to bringing accountability for the bad acts of those partisan actors. It marks a meaningful step toward righting a profound wrong.

There should never again be such a brazen attempt to weaponize federal law enforcement against political opponents or innocent citizens. It is essential that we remain guardians of the rule of law. A huge part of that guardianship is accountability, holding those who abuse power to answer for their actions.

It is not this Department of Justice that created this crisis of politicized justice, but they are doing right by truly pursuing justice now—ensuring that the facts prevail and that such abuses are not repeated. This resolution, while imperfect, brings to an end this chapter of injustice. This small measure of accountability should help the nation heal regarding the abuses of the past. It allows my family and me to move forward.

My family and I remain grateful for the support of so many who stood by us. It was their support and our faith in God Almighty that sustained us and gave us the strength to endure. I will continue to advocate for the restoration of integrity in all our institutions.

I hope the Army and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are paying attention.

“[B]ureaucracy functions as a precision weapon against innovation; it renders [our Soldiers] irrelevant by removing the freedom to experiment, integrate, learn, and deliver effects” at the speed war demands.

Like it or not, our nation is at war and our Soldiers deserve only the best.

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/how-to-kill-a-multidomain-task-force/

They didn't come after me to destroy me. They came after me to destroy what you would learn once I started peeling back the layers. That distinction matters more than most people will ever stop long enough to consider. The target was never a man. The target was the truth, and the millions of Americans who might finally wake up if it ever reached them. Once you understand that, everything that happened begins to make a different and far more disturbing kind of sense.

The leaks, the lies, the lawfare — none of it was chaos. It was choreography. A small and deliberate group of people calculated every move, knowing that the most effective deception is the kind that never looks like deception at all. At the highest levels of power, corruption does not announce itself. It disguises itself as justice. It wears the uniform of the process. It presents itself as the system working exactly as the founders intended. That is precisely what makes it so dangerous, and that is precisely what they were counting on you never being willing to believe.

"All warfare is based on deception." — Sun Tzu

Mr.President

Thank you for taking the time to reach out and for signing off on my statement below. You, better than ALL others, understand the monumental challenges our nation faces here at home and overseas. May God continue to watch over and protect you.

“Palm Sunday is a paradox … it is a lesson in the volatility of human allegiance and the profound distinction between worldly power and divine authority.”

What follows in this Roger Stone Substack post is a timeline and history lesson on what is the most important season for Christians.

https://www.stonecoldtruth.com/p/the-week-that-redeemed-mankind

Arkansas, your vote tomorrow could decide who controls the integrity of your elections for years to come. Get out and vote for Bryan Norris in the Republican runoff for Secretary of State. Bryan is a Christian, a veteran with 21 years of service, a devoted husband and father, and exactly the kind of man Arkansas needs running one of its most critical offices. Faith, integrity, and a proven record of duty. That is what shows up on the ballot tomorrow.

Polls are open March 31st — do not sit this one out.

Breaking: …what if none of it was an accident (COVID)?

A post-COVID narrative feature film on what actually happened to our country during one of the most troubling periods in recent history. Sign up before it too gets canceled.

The story is written by a former member of Congress, author and talk show host.

“State of Deception” tells the harrowing and true story of deep state spying, secret lab leaks, riots, and orchestrated pandemic psychosis that harassed, censored and isolated young and old alike.

They even had the gall to shut down our churches.

https://www.givesendgo.com/stateofdeception

Breaking: The MAGA divide—is making America great again making America divided again?

We do not have to think alike to stand together. Our strength has never been built on strict uniformity; it has been our shared commitment to freedom and liberty. If we hold fast to those principles, disagreement on other matters becomes not a weakness, but proof that liberty is alive.

We have not lost our country, but it is at real risk. We are in a season where vigilance matters more than comfort.

Many people feel that the distance between leaders and everyday citizens has grown, and that frustration is real. The system is under strain, but it is not beyond repair.

Read more here:

https://genflynn.substack.com/p/is-making-america-great-again-making

FBI Director Kash ???

https://www.stonecoldtruth.com/p/cuban-intel-colonel-ivette-garcia?utm_medium=web

Breaking: Easter is not the final chapter, it is the first chapter of a long journey that America has been on for 250 years.

General George Washington knew it and didn't just fight for America, he believed God was writing the story and Easter was proof that the darkest chapter was never the last one.

Read the full story at the link below.

https://genflynn.substack.com/p/the-easter-faith-that-forged-a-nation

In a move reminiscent of others I’ve personally witnessed and are precedent in the annals of U.S. military and world military history, especially during a time of war, this decision by the SecWar is a righteous, no nonsense decision.

We cannot be playing games with ANY resources we have while people’s lives are on the line.

Our uniformed military leaders need to understand these are very serious times and despite political nonsense and games that are typically played by politicians, the expectation for uniformed military leaders is vastly higher. And it must stay that way. The SecWar should consider a clean sweep of the Army leadership and get them focused on War Winning. I suspect he will.

SITREP: IRAN CONFLICT | Day 35

REGIONAL SPILLOVER:

This war has not stayed in the Middle East. Iran made sure of that on day one.

The Strait of Hormuz is blocked. That single chokepoint carries roughly 20 percent of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas. With it closed, prices have increased to over $100 a barrel. Kuwait's international airport has been shut since February 28. Iranian drones and missiles have struck the Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery, desalinization plants, and port infrastructure across Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

HOMELAND THREATS: WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW

The threat does not stop at our water's edge any longer. Iran has spent decades building infrastructure inside this hemisphere precisely for moments like this. Americans need to understand what that means practically.

PHYSICAL THREAT:

The day Operation Epic Fury launched, a gunman walked into a bar in Austin, Texas and killed three Americans. He was wearing an Iranian flag on his shirt. Federal investigators are actively treating the conflict as the primary motive. That case is open. It is not the only concern.

Iran's IRGC and Ministry of Intelligence have active personnel networks operating in Mexico, Canada, Central America, and South America. These are not hypothetical sleeper cells pulled from a thriller novel. They are documented, they have operated in coordination with Mexican cartels before, and those same cartels are already using weaponized drones to conduct assassinations. The combination of Iranian operational intent and cartel drone capability in our own hemisphere is something federal law enforcement is watching in real time.

CYBER THREAT:

Iran-aligned hackers have already hit Stryker, one of the largest medical technology companies in the United States, disrupting operations across its network. An IRGC-linked group called Hydro Kitten has announced its intent to target the U.S. financial sector. CISA, the FBI, and the NSA have all issued formal warnings to critical infrastructure operators, including those covering water systems, energy grids, and communications networks.

On the consumer side, threat analysts have tracked over 7,300 active phishing campaigns exploiting this conflict, impersonating your phone carrier, your airline, and your bank. They are designed to steal your credentials and compromise your accounts. It is an active campaign targeting ordinary Americans.

Do not click on unsolicited links.

Verify anything that arrives unexpectedly in your inbox or on your phone before you trust it.

DIPLOMACY: IS THERE AN OFF-RAMP?

Pakistan is attempting to broker talks. Messages have been exchanged between Washington and Tehran through back-channels, including U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. President Trump has said the war could end within two to three weeks and that a formal deal is not a prerequisite for the U.S. to stand down.

Whether that holds depends entirely on what Iran does next and whether the coming escalation against power plants and energy infrastructure breaks their will to continue or hardens it.

Both paths remain open. Neither is guaranteed.

BOTTOM LINE:

The homeland threat is real, assessed, and active. The primary vector is cyber, targeting infrastructure, institutions, and individual Americans. The secondary threat is physical, operating through proxy networks and pre-positioned assets currently in this hemisphere.

Stay informed and keep the brave men and women fighting for this nation in your prayers. And pray for President Donald J. Trump as he carries the weight of these decisions at one of the most consequential moments in modern American history.

The next two to three weeks will be decisive.