By Capt Joseph R. John, June 14, 2017: Op Ed # 355  

"The American Flag" symbolizes the principles outlined in the US Constitution by the Founding Fathers. All members of the US Armed Forces raised their right hand and swore to protect and defend the US Constitution, and countless generations of those American Patriots have fought for and under "The American Flag."  

Flag Day is another of the many opportunities Patriotic Americans have to demonstrate their respect for “The American Flag,” and to set an example for younger generations that respect for “The American Flag,” demonstrates ones respect for the Republic.

Through the generations, "The American Flag" is the Patriotic banner under which the nation came together to reject the relentless efforts of America's domestic enemies to divide the Republic by race, religion, ethnicity, and gender.

Kindly click on the below listed link to view a short message.    

Putting Up the Flag

Combat Veterans through the ages have fought and died under “The American Flag.”   

Those who served or died under “The American Flag” are honored by being shrouded in it, after they cross the bar.   
 

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By Capt Joseph R. John, June 12, 2017: Op Ed # 354  

Obama appointed Comey, as Director of the FBI Comey let politics cloud his decisions as Director of the FBI and repeatedly did not operate the Bureau properly according to the rule of law.

Comey constantly engineered multiple misleading leaks to The New York Times that were  a “violation of his FBI Employment and Non-disclosure Agreements.” 

Comey said, in testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, that he leaked information in hopes that a Special Council would be appointed to investigate President Donald Trump in the Russian Scandal.  

Comey, in a press conference, publicly “cleared” Hillary Clinton for repeatedly violating Federal Security Laws by transmitting over 2000 Classified and Special Compartmented E-mail on an unclassified server for 4 years.

Comey refused to publicly clear President Trump after he told many Committee Chairmen in Congress and President Trump three times that he was not under investigation by the FBI, or collusion with Russia in the election.

Comey followed orders of Attorney General Loretta Lynch to call the “FBI Investigation” of Hillary Clinton violation of Federal Security Laws  a “Matter” and Comey did not write a memo to himself about what AG lynch said.

When President Trump told Comey ”hoped Comey could let the investigation of LTG Flynn go”; Comey said he felt pressure and in a double standard, he wrote a memo to himself about what president Trump said.

Comey refused to investigate the Criminal Money Laundering  of hundreds of millions dollars by Hillary and Bill Clinton of the Clinton Foundation that they set up in Canada to avoid having to abide by US Federal Laws.

Comey refused to investigate the transfer of 20% of the United States production of uranium to Russia for $145 million payoff to the Clinton Foundation, in which they were paid a $500…

By Capt Joseph R. John, June 7, 2017: Op Ed # 353

Ahmed Musa Jubril, Esq., a convicted felon who served 7 years in prison, is 46 years old.  Ahmed Musa Jubril is the Radical Islamic Terrorist Imam of a Dearborn, Michigan Mosque; he is called the “Preacher of Hate.”  The hateful teachings on his Jihadist Web site includes YouTube videos.  

The teachings of Ahmed Musa Jubril “inspired” one of the three Radical Islamic Terrorists---Khuram But (27 from Pakistani), Rashid Redouanne (30 from Morocco & Libya), and Youssef Zayhba (22 from Morocco), who killed 7 pedestrians and wounded over 50 others on the London Bridge on June 3, 2017; 18 of their victims remain in the hospital in critical condition.  

The three Radical Islamic Terrorists ran pedestrians down with the white van they leased, then when the van crashed to a full stop, they stabbed pedestrians and cut their throats with long knives, while yelling “Allah Akbar.”  The leader of the three terrorist, Khuram But, had ties with radical Imam Anjem Choudary who preached hate in a London Mosque.

Ahmed Musa Jubril , the “Preacher of Hate” should be charged with supporting terrorism, encouraging the oppression of non-believers, and promoting sedition with Muslims worshipping in his Mosque in Dearborn, and with followers on the Internet who watch his YouTube videos and visit his Web site. Mosques where Imams like Ahmed Musa Jubril are preaching hate are creating a serious problem for the future security of the Republic.

In the last 8 years the number of Mosques built in the United States have doubled from about 1500 to about 3000, and foreign trained Imams immigrated to the United States to preach in those Mosques.  A percentage of those foreign trained Imams are radicals who also preach hate, like Ahmed Musa Jubril and Anwar al-Awlaki (the Al Q’ieda Imam killed by a hellfire missile in Yemen).  Radical Imams preaching hate should be charged and…

By Capt Joseph R. John, June 5, 2017: Op Ed # 352

The unprecedented and reckless illegal spying and surveillance of Donald Trump and his Presidential campaign under the direction of the Obama administration has been unmasked.  

This is the first time in 241 years, a TREASONOUS plot to bring down the duly elected President of the United States and disenfranchise every American who voted for him, had been plotted for 7 months.  The TREASONOUS plot was entered into by a sinister group of individuals and organization under the leadership and guidance of Nazi Sympathizer George Soros and Obama’s Organization For America.  They refuse to accept the fact that the President of the United States was duly elected by the Electoral College, as every other US President in history.  

The sinister group of individuals and organizations include, but are not limited to John Brennan, Nazi collaborator Georg Soros, Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, Samantha Powers, Valerie Jarrett, Bill Ayers, Obama, CAIR, Keith Ellison, Tom Perez, the Communist Party USA, The Nation of Islam, La Raza, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Weather Underground, the Organization For America, and the Muslim Brotherhood working daily to bring down the duly elected President of the United States.

The below listed article exposes the illegal searches of metadata of known Americans by the Obama administration, that had more than tripled between 2013 and 2016.  Illegal searches, in violation of the US Constitutional rights of thousands of Americans, increased from 9,500 in 2013 to 30,355 in 2016.  In 2016, those whom the Obama administration spied on include Donald Trump, the Trump Presidential campaign staff, the Trump transition team, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Lindsey Graham, and it was reported in national news outlets that Obama spied on members of the Supreme Court, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some members of Congress.  

If there were ever a need for a Special…

By Capt Joseph R. John, May 22, 2017: Op Ed # 351

For 11 months, there has been daily “slanderous” and unsubstantiated charges, by the left of center liberal media establishment’s “propaganda”, that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, yet nearly a year later, there is still not a single shred of concrete evidence proving there was a collusion by the Trump campaign with Russia in order to defeat Hillary Clinton for the presidency.  

The unvarnished truth is that an inept and ineffective Hillary Clinton neither had a Presidential Campaign Theme that the press or that no one understood the meaning of, nor did she have an economic agenda—“Hillary defeated Hillary.”  The “False Russian Scandal” is a creation of Nazi Collaborator Soros, the New Democratic-Marxist-Muslim Party, and the Obama’s Organization For America. 

Last week, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, General John Kelly, USMC (Ret) said that the intensity and coordinated of the campaign to unseat the US President have crossed the line, and is now the equivalent of TREASON.  

We have uncovered proof of “massive collusion” with Russia that has been conveniently ignored by the left of center liberal media establishment, which can be fully comprehended by clicking on the below listed link!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=UkcxeJCPgz0

American citizens should consider the “alternative” being proposed to President Donald J. Trump by Nazi Collaborator Soros and Obama. 

The Democrat Party of President Truman, President Kennedy, and President Johnson was…

By Capt Joseph R. John, May 25, 2017: Op Ed # 350

Each year on Memorial Day we honor American Patriots who gave the last full measure of devotion in service to the Republic, so their fellow Americans could live their lives in freedom.  

Today and every day, we honor American Combat Veterans who gave up their tomorrows, and we honor members of the US Armed Forces, who are often separated from their loved ones for long periods of time, as they go into “Harm’s Way.”  

The nation also solemnly honors Gold Star families for their loss.  Those families feel the loss of their loved ones daily!   

Today and every day, we also honor all Veterans who served in the defense of the Republic.  At one point in their lives, Veterans wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount “up to and including their lives.”  America owes them a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid!

In the memory of members of the US Armed Forces who lost their lives in service to the Republic, we share the below listed link, with its moving video, that demonstrates how Americans came together to honor selfless American Patriots. 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ GJokaiyJNVA

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By Capt Joseph R. John, May 22, 2017: Op Ed #349 

In an unusual event in history, on May 21, 2017, the President of the United States addressed an extraordinary meeting of the leaders of 50 predominately Muslim nations who assembled in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  In a forceful, focused, and coherent speech of clarity and conviction, President Trump, projected the economic and military strength of the United States, and asked the 50 leaders to unite with the United States to stamp out Islamic extremism, drive out Islamic Terrorist from their countries, and work with the United States to create a peaceful world.  He stated that Iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, is behind a great deal of the terrorist violence in the Middle East.  

The text of the speech (in the below listed article), signaled a turning point in American Diplomacy, resulted in a $109 billion weapons agreement for Saudi Arabia, and an investment of $350 billion by Saudi Arabia in the United States over the next 10 years (which will create thousands of new jobs). The historic speech was covered “live” by major TV Networks and the international press in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and the FOX News Network in the United States. 

Although the historic trip and speech was a turning point in American Diplomacy, it was not covered by the left of center liberal media establishment in the US, including the NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and MSNBC TV Networks who blacked out all coverage. 

A recent Harvard University analysis of the above listed TV Networks and the liberal media establishment reported that 93% of the coverage of President Trump has been negative, with ”no” coverage of the President’s many successes.  Bob Woodward warned the media about losing their objective reporting, by “binge drinking anti-Trump Kool-Aide”, and advised them “To Stick to reporting.” Anti-Trump stories in Woodward’s Washington Post about James…

By Capt Joseph R. John, May 18, 2017: Op Ed # 348

For the first time in 241 years, the Republic and the Presidency is under a serious assault from within. This assault is being perpetrated by career bureaucrats in Washington, members of the intelligence community violating Federal Laws by leaking classified information, and by group of seditious organizations, listed below, who are determined to destroy a duly elected President of the United States. 

Those organizations and individuals include, but are not limited to, Nazi Collaborator George Soros’ Pro-Communist “Open Society Foundation”, 100 Progressive & Leftist organizations that Soros funds for millions of dollars annually, the Marxist Leninist Communist Workers Party’s front, “ANSWER.”  “ANSWER” was funded by “Open Society Foundation”, the Communist Party “Progress Unity Fund”, Al Sharpton’s “National Action Network,”  Obama’s Organization For America with 250 offices nationally, the left leaning Democratic Party, The New Black Panther Party, LA Raza, NOW, CAIR, the Communist Party USA, Black Lives Matter, the Muslim Brotherhood, The Weather Underground, American Immigration Lawyers Association, The International Refugee Assistance Project, The Nation of Islam, The Tides Foundation, Planned Parenthood, Amnesty International, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), American Federation of Teachers, CodePink, the Service Employment International Union, The International Refugee Assistance Project, a small group of “Rhino Republicans”, and other Anarchists & Radical, leftists groups.   

They have aligned themselves with these seditious groups of progressives, Socialists, Leftists, Marxists, Communists, and Radical Islamists who are determined to bring down a President of the United States, by all means possible, including continuing the violent demonstrations in the streets, that have been continued every weekend since inauguration day.

Because the…

By Capt Joseph R. John, April 13, 2017: Op Ed #344

Back when music was so wholesome and awesome.  It was during World War II that a song helped immortalize Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Glenn Miller Orchestra introduced ‘I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo’ in the 1942 musical ‘Orchestra Wives’ starring George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Cesar Romero, a young Jackie Gleason, with a dance number by the Nicholas Brothers. 

With a moderate swing tempo, writer Mack Gordon and composer Harry Warren produced a number one song capturing the wartime mood of a fella longing for his girl back home. 

Originally recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocals by Tex Behnke, Marion Hutton, and the Modern Aires; it was on the charts for 20 weeks, and garnered an Academy Award nomination as best song. 

As a result of the popularity of the tune, there really was a gal in Kalamazoo.  Sara Woolley (later Knight) was selected by her hometown to represent the “Gal In Kalamazoo.”  Her outgoing personality and good looks made the 19-year-old Kalamazoo College student an ideal spokesperson for the city. Her picture and story were published in newspapers, and she became a celebrity.  She received mail from her fans, including admiring servicemen, and made many public appearances to sell war bonds, and to promote Kalamazoo. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0
 

By Capt Joseph R. John, April 24, 2017: Op Ed # 346

The San Diego Unified School District formed a partnership with CAIR, a Terrorist Front Group, to become the first School District in the nation to approve an unhealthy indoctrination of American students about Islam and how to become 100% compliant with anti-Constitutional Sharia Law.  

The “Flawed Judgement” of the Inept San Diego Unified School District Board to partner with CAIR, in order to indoctrinate American students in Islam and anti-Constitutional Sharia Law is sufficient reason to initiate a recall election for the 4 Board Members who approved the reckless policy.  A recall would ultimately lead to a vote to remove the 4 Board members who exercised poor judgment and should be removed from office.  The policy initiated by CAIR would undermine the San Diego’s Public School system.

In 2007, in the Holy Land Foundation Trial, CAIR was found to be guilty in US Federal Court of a terror-funding plot.  The US Justice Department identified CAIR, as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror-financing conviction in the nation’s 240 year history. 

The FBI specifically identified CAIR as “a Hamas front group in the US and an entity of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee, a secret body set up to advance the Hamas terrorist agenda.”  The United Arab Emirates identified CAIR as a Terrorist organization in 2014 and banned them from operating in the UAE.  

This Islamization plan being driven into the San Diego School System by CAIR, as one of the Muslim Brotherhood International Terrorist Organization’s Front Groups, is in furtherance of the Muslim Brotherhood’s stated mission, the “Civilization of Jihad.”   

The Muslim Brotherhood and its Front Groups, like CAIR, have been designated dangerous International Terrorist Organizations and are outlawed in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrein, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia…

By Capt Joseph R. John, April 18, 2017: Op Ed # 345 

The below listed article is a firsthand historic account by one of the 16 pilots who participated in the “Tokyo Raid” against Imperial Japan; the raid was led by Lt Col James “Jimmy” Doolittle, US Army Air Corps. The “Tokyo Raid” was launched in retaliation for the December 7, 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Forces of Japan.  Seventy-five years later, Americans are still awed by the sheer courage, determination, and grit of the 80 Army Air Corps crew members who participated in the “Tokyo Raid” on April 18, 1942.

Admiral William “Bull” Halsey, USN, was in Command of Task Force 18 which was directed to approach within 480 nautical miles of Japan to launch the “Tokyo Raid” on Imperial Japan.  A Japanese picket boat was spotted 650 nautical miles from Japan; it was sunk by naval gunfire from the USS Nashville (CL-43) (11 Japanese sailors were rescued by the Nashville).  Out of an abundance of caution, even though Task Force 18 was 170 nautical miles away from the preplanned launch point, Admiral Halsey gave an early “go” signal to launch the mission to strike military targets in Imperial Japan, because the Task Force intercepted a signal the picket boat sent out after it sighted Task Force 18.   

At 8:00 AM on April 18, 1942, Admiral Halsey, launched 16 B-25B Mitchel twin engine, high winged medium bombers, from the deck of his flagship, the USS Hornet (CV-8) and from the USS Enterprise (CV- 6).  The Tokyo Raiders, later identified as the “Doolittle Raiders”, were well prepared to launch their assault mission from the Hornet and Enterprise because of the extensive training they had been required to conduct on short-runway takeoffs, at Eglin Field, Florida.

Lt Col Dick Cole, USAF (Ret), the only survivor of the original 80 crew members alive today, remembers the eerie silence as the 16 B-25B bombers, that had been previously launched from Hornet…

By Capt Joseph R. John, April 10, 2017: Op Ed # 343

It has been over 75 years since Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, USNA 1904, USN was Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, when on December 7, 1941, the Imperial Forces of Japan attacked the US Armed Forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  After the Roberts Commission investigated the events surrounding the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Admiral Kimmel was reduced in rank to Rear Admiral, and was subsequently Honorably Discharged in that grade.

Of the nine official investigations of the surprise attack by the Imperial Forces of Japan on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Roberts Commission was the only investigation that charged Admiral Kimmel with "dereliction of duty."  Indeed, several of the other investigations made specific findings to the contrary.  Recent writings on the subject of the Imperial Forces of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor indicate an increasing awareness, that it was patently unfair to place the full responsibility for the losses in Pearl Harbor solely on the shoulders of the US Naval and US Army Air Force Commanders in Hawaii on the date of the attack.

The general public, Veterans of WWII, and members of the US Armed Forces have never fully accepted the official findings of the Roberts Commission.  The lingering question is why the US military forces in Hawaii were not provided with the most current intelligence available to the Navy Department in Washington, DC about the potential of an impending attack by the Imperial Forces of Japan on Pearl Harbor.  

Indeed, with every new book, with the new information brought to light by responsible historians, and with a continuing list of new facts brought into focus by investigators of the events leading up to the attack on December 7, 1941---it is apparent that Admiral Kimmel and the Commander of the US Army Air Force in Hawaii were both unfairly blamed for the US…

 By Capt Joseph R. John, March 28, 2017: Op Ed # 342 

If you click on the below listed link, you will be able to view President Donald J. Trump’s UN Ambassador, Niki Haley, make a short statement at the UN.  Israel recently entered into a defensive alliance with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Oman, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.   

The defensive alliance was prompted by the Obama administration's very dangerous Nuclear Weapons Agreement with Iran that is allowing Iran to develop an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that will be able to strike the US with a nuclear weapon, which the Obama administration allowed them to develop. 
 

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After 8 years, the United States has a frank & responsible UN Ambassador who will ensure that Israel is treated in the same manner as every other member nation!   

The US Congress should terminate all funding for the UN Middle East and African “Muslin Only” Refugee & Resettlement Program, controlled by representatives from 43 majority Muslim member nations and members of the Muslim Brotherhood in leadership positions in the UN…

By Capt Joseph R. John, March 14, 2017: Op Ed # 341

The below listed video is one of the most important videos on the terrorist threat to the US; it explains why Muslim Extremist Groups (like ISIS & Al Q’ieda Sunni terrorists), the Muslim Brotherhood International Terrorist Group & their front groups, and Iran’s Hizballah Shiite Sleeper Cells in the US (collectively referred to as “Radical Islamic Terrorists”), are working together to defeat, what they consider a weak, divided, and vulnerable America, and why they believe they will be successful in destroying America from within, and will replace the US Constitutional form of government with a Sharia Law based government.  

Over the past 80 years, when the Nazi and Communist ideologies tried to destroy America from within, America mobilized its resources under the leadership of 12 US Presidents to defeat the threats.  Unfortunately over the last 8 years, because of the manner in which the Radical Islamic Terrorist ideology was dealt with by the Obama administration, that ideological threat to destroy the US Constitutional form of government has strengthened. 

When 80 Radical Islamic Terrorist attacks against Americans on US Soil occurred on his watch, the occupant of the Oval Office did not mobilize its resources like 12 Presidents before him, when they successfully opposed Nazism and Communism.  A blind eye was cast by Obama and Valerie Jarrett at the Iranian-backed Shiite Terrorist Group, Hezbollah ("The Party Of God") who set up hundreds of Shiite Terrorist Sleeper Cells in the US over the last 8 years; Obama and Jarrett were busy negotiating a very dangerous Nuclear Weapons Agreement that authorized Iran to develop nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles that could strike the US.

Hezbollah, which is headquartered in southern Lebanon has developed a broader presence in every country in North and South America than any other Radical…

By Capt Joseph R. John, March 7, 2017: Op Ed # 340 

Since the 1920s Russian Communists have tried to destabilize US elections, as they are currently trying to destabilize elections in France.  Russian Communists have been very successful in supporting candidates for Congress in the US who want to bring down the US Constitutional form of government.  Over the last 100 years, Russia promoted the philosophies of candidates in the US that resulted in the election of 70 Democratic members of Congress who are Socialists, Leftists, Communists, Progressives, and Muslims (you can easily obtain their names by making a request of Google for the “Socialists, Communists, and Progressives in Congress”).

The goal for all elections in the US should be to prevent the Russians, China, groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, and any other foreign power from influencing US Congressional and Presidential elections.  Following the defeat of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party and the left of center liberal media establishment have been promoting Russian conspiracy theories as the reason why Hillary lost the election.  The assertion is that the Russia worked with the Trump Presidential Campaign to hack the Democratic National Committee, to interfere with, and deny Hillary what she felt was her right to be elected to the presidency.  

The Russian narrative of collusion is fake news propped up by the left of center liberal media establishment, in order to delegitimize President Trump.  After 4 months of investigation, there is absolutely no evidence of collusion, or one source that the press can identify who can prove collusion.  The Director of National Intelligence in the Obama administration, James R. Clapper, stated that there has been no evidence that Russia colluded with anyone in the Trump Presidential Campaign Organization, that there is no proof that Russia affected the votes in any state, or that Russia’s actions actually caused Hillary Clinton to…

By Capt Joseph R. John, March 3, 2017: Op Ed # 339

The 112 endorsed Combat Veterans For Congress and the Board of Directors of the Combat Veterans For Congress PAC are pleased with the Senate’s confirmation and appointment of four American Patriots who have supported our efforts over the years, to fill four Cabinet positions in the Trump administration.

We congratulate neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson as the Republic’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Cong Ryan Zinke Cdr-USN (Ret) (SEAL) (R-MT-1) as the Republic’s Secretary of the Interior, Governor Rick Perry (USAF) as the Republic’s Secretary of Energy, and Cong Mike Pompeo (USA) (USMA ’86) (R-KS-4) as the Republic’s Director of the CIA.

President Donald J. Trump is very fortunate to have such Honorable American Patriots leading four government departments in support of his efforts to make “America Great Again.” 

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By Capt Joseph R. John, February 14, 2017: Op Ed # 338

 Obama’s destructive budget policy resulted in the accelerated erosion in readiness, fleet maintenance, and “Combat Effectiveness” of the US Navy’s surface, submarine, and air forces.  The below listed destructive policies, imposed on the US Armed Forces by the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike…

God Bless the noble souls of those “Honorable” US Marines from the Fifth Division who fought on Iwo Jima, gave the last full measure of devotion to their country on Iwo Jima, those who raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi pictured below, those “Honorable” US Marines who have gone before us, those “Honorable” US Marines still in combat in Afghanistan today, and those who continue to defend and protect the US Constitution!!!  Semper Fidelis. 


72 years ago today

“Not with a rope, but with Blood and Toil is the flag raised, and Devotion only can keep it aloft.”

U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, 23 February 1945 

Joe Rosenthal's famous photo of the second flag raising on Mount Suribachi. On Feb. 23, 1945, in the middle of one of the fiercest battles of World War II, a group of U.S. Marines carried a flag up the highest peak on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima and planted it there. Since 1947, the Marine Corps has attached six names to the famous flag-raising photo taken that day. And it says the case is closed.

The Six named Marines, left-right
Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon and Harlon Block. 
or - Ira Hayes, Harold Shultz, Michael Strank, Frank Sousley, Rene Gagnon and Harlon Brock
(dataomaha.com

From the Frederick Stevens Collection (COLL/5289) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections.
(Official USMC Photograph)

By Capt Joseph R. John, February 15, 2017: Op Ed # 337 

Nine appointees in the Obama administration, from one or more intelligence agencies, possibly NSA, CIA, or DNI, were involved in leaking sensitive information to the press, that resulted in General Mike Flynn’s resignation as the National Security Advisor.  The 9 individuals were political activists opposed to President Trump; they released transcripts of recorded phone conversations to the press of General Flynn conversations with the Russian Ambassador to the US (by law, the name of any US citizen in such a classified transcript must be redacted, hiding their identity from the press).  

General Flynn did not violate any laws in his conversations with the Russian Ambassador, and there was no collusion during the election.  Unfortunately, General Flynn failed to provide President Trump with complete information about the conversations he had with the Russian Ambassador, and misled Vice President Pence, resulting in the need for his departure.

Because of the degree of sensitivity of the information, only senior personnel in the intelligence agencies like John Brennan, and James Clapper would have received the subject information.  The goal of the 9 leakers was to take down the National Security Advisor; they imperiled National Security.  The intelligence agencies felt threatened by General Flynn criticism of how they operate, they opposed his plan to reveal the anti-US provisions of Obama’s flawed Iranian Nuclear Weapons Agreement, and they targeted him long before President Trump was elected.   

The FBI will end up investigating who released the classified transcripts to the press; those individuals should be charged with perpetrating a federal crime. The leaks over time created a nonstop press frenzy, and contributed in large measure toward the resignation of General Flynn.  The interference in domestic politics by intelligence agencies is a major threat to the…

By Capt Joseph R. John, February 13, 2017: Op Ed # 336 

One of the strengths of the United States is the Republic has been a melting pot for 240 years. The United States is made up of many cultures, including American citizens of Arabic descent who have served Honorably as members of the US Armed Forces since the turn of the 20th Century.  The estimated 7 million American citizens of Arabic descent have always maintained excellent relations with their relatives and many of their associates in friendly Arabic countries. 

American citizens of Christians and Muslims religious backgrounds, who are from Lebanese, Armenian, Assyrian, Jordanian, Moroccan, Egyptian, Bharani, Saudi Arabian, Turkish, Afghan, Omani, Syrian, Kurdish, etc. cultures have stood shoulder to shoulder with other Americans serving in the US Armed Forces, opposing ISIS Radical Islamic Terrorists perpetrating genocide against Christians of Arabic descent living in the Middle East.  

Members in the US Armed Forces of Arabic descent have fought heroically in support of the United States during WWI, WWII, the Korean Conflict, Vietnam, the Bosnian Conflict, Operation Desert Storm, the Iraqi Conflict, the Afghan Conflict, and in multiple World Wide Counterterrorist Operations against Radical Islamic Terrorists.  During Operation Desert Storm, 19 Arabic nations fought alongside of the US Armed Forces to evict Saddam Hussein from his invasion of Kuwait.

By clicking on the below listed link, you can watch the US Navy Band play an Arabic song, in the below listed video, Honoring the Arabic culture:

…

By Capt Joseph R. John, February 13, 2017: Op Ed # 335

By Capt Joseph R. John, February 6, 2017: Op Ed # 334

In the last 10 days, American citizens have been bombarded with fake news and outright lies, stating that there has never been terrorist attacks in the United States by foreign nationals from the 7 Muslim majority nations harboring Radical Islamic Terrorists, and that it is unconstitutional to prevent foreign nationals from entering the United States (6 times in the last 135 years the US legally prevented foreign nationals from entering the US; details are listed below).  

The fake news and intentional lies have been promulgated by the Democrat leaders in Congress, most national network news anchors (excluding FOX), the left of center liberal media establishment, the Muslim Brotherhood, and left leaning Hollywood celebrities who are making speeches and supporting massive demonstrations opposing the temporary moratorium on the entry of foreign nationals from 7 out of 43 Muslim majority nations that are harboring Radical Islamic Terrorists. 

The 7 Muslim majority nations that are harboring Radical Islamic Terrorists are Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Iran, and Libya.  Except for Iran, the governments of those 7 nations harboring Radical Islamic Terrorists lack identity controls, and are unable to verify that individuals residing in those countries, are who they state they are.   Only 7 of the 43 Muslim nations in the world have had a 120 day moratorium on refugee resettlement imposed upon them.  There are 47 Democrat members of Congress who support President Trump’s 120 day moratorium.  However, refugees from the 7 nations harboring terrorists, that are in dire straits, have been processed for entry into the US.

Two of those terrorist harboring nations, Iran and Libya, should probably never be permitted to send Muslim refugees into the United States, because Iran is largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, and Libya has absolutely no control over…

By Capt Joseph R. John, January 30, 2017: Op Ed # 333

Hundreds of thousands of travelers enter the United States every day, and out of 193 nations in the world, on Sunday, 325,000 passengers traveled to the US, and only 109 travelers from 7 terrorist-sponsoring countries were detained on Sunday in compliance with President Trump’s Executive Orders.  The Executive Orders imposed a 120 day moratorium on refugee resettlement, and a 30 day ban on those entering on visas from 7 terrorist-sponsoring countries.  Of the 109 detainees, less than a dozen were restricted from staying in the United States.  

The Trump administration has been sued for the “Terrorist Ban,” restricting foreigners from the 7 terrorist-sponsoring nations from entering the US.  The 7 terrorist sponsoring nations of Syria, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Libya, and Sudan have government positions filled by international terrorists, and have terrorist training camps operating within their borders.  The Islamic State has trained thousands ISIS Islamic Radical Terrorist from the 7 terrorist-sponsoring nations.  Many of the trained ISIS Radical Islamic Terrorist are returning to the 7 terrorist-sponsoring nations; it is critically important for the safety of the Republic to restrict the citizens of those 7 nations from entering the US.  

The below listed article discusses the lawsuit filed against the Trump administration’s “Terrorist Ban.”  It lists 5 organizations that are plaintiffs in the lawsuit.  The International Refugee Assistance Project, The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), The International Refugee Assistance Project, and The Open Society Foundation are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit; they have all received generous donations from the former “Nazi,” George Soros (Google his background).

The 6th and the 7th organizations that has been working very closely with…

By Capt Joseph R. John, January 26, 2017: Op Ed #332

Radical Leftist, Progressives, members of La Raza & SEIU, Socialists, the Muslim Brotherhood, Communists, 70 Democratic members of Congress, Soros Open Society Foundation paid demonstrators, and the left of center liberal media establishment have been demonstrating and complaining hysterically about President Donald J. Trump’s Illegal Alien initiatives.  The initiatives are designed to stop the massive influx of millions of Illegal Aliens and Middle East and Africa refugees who have been entering the United States over the last 8 years.  

For 8 years, the FBI was not allowed to vet the refugees from the Middle East and Africa to determine if they had ISIS terrorist ties.  The 94 Radical Islamic Terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of American citizens in the United States (2/3rd  of them in the last 4 years) were perpetrated by Middle East & African refugees or their descendants (many of those attacks are listed in the attachment).   

President Trump initiatives are designed to protect American citizens from millions of convicted criminal Illegal Aliens and suspected terrorists residing in over 300 Sanctuary Cities, to take action to try to prevent the type of terrorist attacks in the US over the last 8 years that have killed hundreds of Americans on US soil, and to free up employment opportunities for the 95 million unemployed American citizens who could fill millions of jobs that over 20+ million Illegal Aliens are currently filling (employed Illegal Aliens are either being paid under the table in cash, or are being paid very low wages by unprincipled business owners).    

President Trump will hire more US Border Patrol Agents, ICE Agents, and Custom & Border Protection Federal Law Enforcement Officers, will build a Border Wall to close the wide open southern border, will halt the entry of Middle East and African refugees (until a…

Along with every living US President, every US Senator, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and over 63 million American citizens, the Combat Veterans For Congress PAC celebrated the peaceful transfer of power from the Obama administrations to the Trump administration.   

As called for in the US Constitution, the 58 Inaugurations of each new US President, have always been a civil transfer of power for 228 years, and those 58 Inaugurations have never been political events.  We trust and pray that the newly elected Congress will support the American people by cooperating with President Donald J. Trump to:

     (1) seal the wide open southern border

     (2) enact new policies to protect the lives of American citizens who have repeatedly suffered through 94 Radical Islamic Terrorists attacks inside the United States

     (3) rebuild the strength of the US Armed Forces

     (4) rein in the irresponsible and out of control spending that has increased the national debt to exceed $20 trillion  

     (5) provide "all" American citizens with affordable medical care

     (6) reduce the federal tax charged all American citizens and US businesses. 

By Capt Joseph R. John, January 18, 2017: Op Ed # 331 

Since April 30, 1789, when George Washington was inaugurated in New York City, as the first President of the Republic, there have been 57 peaceful celebration of the inaugurations of the President of the United States.  Over the 228 years, the 57 inaugurations have never been about the man or his campaign, the celebration of the inauguration has always been about the “peaceful” transition of the “office.” 

Today of the 535 members of the US Congress, close to 70 Democratic members of Congress are Socialists, Leftists, Progressives, and fellow travelers with the Communist Party USA and the Muslim Brotherhood (an International Terrorist organization).  As of today, 60 Democratic drama queen members of Congress, many in the group of 70 previously referred to, have refused to attend the inauguration and have been trying to delegitimize the election of President Donald J. Trump, who received 306 votes of the Electoral College. 

Two of the 60 members of Congress who will not be attending the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, Rep John Lewis (D-GA-5), and Rep Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), also boycotted the inauguration of President George W. Bush in 2001, because they stated he was also not the legitimate US President.  Rep Lewis recently stated “I do not see the President-Elect as a legitimate President.”  President Jimmy Carter, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, President Barrack Obama, Hillary Clinton, the Supreme Court, and every US Senator, will attend the inauguration and support the peaceful transition of the Office of the President of the United States on January 20, 2017. 

A group in hysteria, calling themselves the Anti-Fascist Coalition, consisting of Leftist, Progressives, Socialist, Anarchists, Communists, members of the Muslim Brotherhood front groups, and TV Network Hosts (CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, and ABC) will support…

By Capt Joseph R. John, January 9, 2017: 330

For 8 years Obama failed to condemn the genocide perpetrated by Al Q’ieda, ISIS, and members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) who continued to butcher over 200,000 Syrian and Assyrian Christians.  Current media reports state Obama is trying to salvage, what he calls, “His Legacy.”  Obama will never be able to salvage “His Legacy”, because he turned a blind eye to the genocide that Al Q’ieda, ISIS Radical Islamic Terrorist, and members of the MB perpetrated against Syrian and Assyrian Christians.  Obama repeatedly ignored pleas by 56 US Congressmen, on both sides of the aisle, to provide Christian families with small arms weapons to protect themselves.   

Al Q’ idea, ISIS, and the MB crucified Christians, beheaded them, burned them alive, drowned them in cages, buried them alive, cut small children’s bodies in two, forced men to kneel in order to shoot them behind the head, and threw Christians from high buildings to their deaths.  In the last 2 years, ISIS has perpetrated 143 “Radical Islamic Terrorists” attacks in 29 countries, murdering 2043 people in “Hate Crimes” and “Crimes Against Humanity”; those murderous acts were executed to prevent Christians from exercising their “Freedom of Religion.”  

While Obama was ignoring the genocide in the Middle East, he minimized the 93 “Radical Islamic Terrorist” attacks in the United States (2/3rd of those attacks occurred in the last 4 years).  Yet for 8 years, Obama refused to allow personnel in the White House, the National Security Agency, the CIA, the FBI, Department of Defense, the Justice Department, 17 Intelligence Agencies, the US Armed Forces, and the State Department to properly identify terrorists killing Americans, as “Radical Islamic Terrorists” nor did he allow Government Agencies to associate ISIS, MB, MB Front Groups, or Al Q’ieda with Islam.  

House Speaker Paul Ryan called President Obama’s failure to protect persecuted…

We wish you a Healthy, Prosperous, and Happy New Year!

In the New Year we look forward to the following changes; the hollowed out US Armed Forces will be strengthened, there will be an improvement in the health care of Veterans, the US economy will recover at a 3% growth rate, that the massive violations of US Federal Immigrations Laws will finally cease, the repeated violations of the US Constitution will end, that there will be new affordable health care insurance program for all Americans, political correctness will be replaced by Freedom of Speech, and the subtle attacks against Judeo Christian religious beliefs in the US Armed Forces will no longer be promoted.

The creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, Charles Schultz’s, below listed philosophy is appropriate as we enter the New Year.

Charles Schulz’s Philosophy

You aren’t expected to actually answer Charles Schultz’s questions. To get his point, just read his E-mail straight through. 

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America. 

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. 

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress. 

6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

The point is-----none of us remember the headliners of yesterday, and they were not second-rate achievers. They were the best in their fields. 

But the applause died.  Awards tarnish.  Achievements are forgotten.  Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.  

Another series of questions to consider: 

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel…