Author Archive: Stephen Green

March 6, 2026

GOVERNMENT IS STUPID, EXHIBIT #1,000,006:

There’s no surer way to make something more expensive than government trying to make it more affordable.

Posted at 11:59 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

GOOD GAL WITH A GUN: Felony Stupid: Woman Forces Entry on Des Moines Home.

There’s dumb and then there’s felony stupid. Stannita Wilson probably couldn’t spell “felony stupid” but she lived it boldly and with pride. At 46, Wilson should have known that life is harder if you make stupid choices, but bless her heart, she still tries. In this case, the questionable decision-making turned a Saturday night in Des Moines into a one-woman home invasion tour.

A homeowner, probably minding his or her own business with a cup of warm milk and a Wheel of Fortune rerun on the tube before bed, heard a shrieking lunatic in their back yard and banging on the door. That was Wilson.

Then the banging started on the back door. The far-too-polite soul unlocked it — probably because Midwestern manners, you know — and BAM, in stormed Wilson like she owned the place, acting like a violent fool and attacked the homeowner.

Fortunately, in addition to Midwestern manners, the victim was also in possession of a firearm. The un-named homeowner had grabbed it before calling 911, a move that may have saved their life.

Exit quote: “Please don’t shoot me no more.”

Posted at 11:44 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

CONSISTENCY IS THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS OR WHATEVER:

At least admire the rapid turnaround time.

Posted at 11:28 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

HMM:

Not sure if I buy this report or not, but it isn’t as though Chinese gear has proven effective in either Venezuela or Iran

Posted at 10:57 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

EVERYONE HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH: Iran had a plan to fight Israel and the US. It all collapsed after October 7.

And yet, since the joint US-Israeli airstrikes against Iran began over the weekend, killing its supreme leader and devastating the regime’s military and infrastructure, the response from the axis of resistance has been fairly feeble.

The Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah, which in the past has boasted of the ability to destroy Tel Aviv, fired a “handful” of rockets into Israel, which prompted a much larger campaign of airstrikes by Israel in southern Lebanon and Beirut. Wary of being dragged into yet another war, the Lebanese government has taken the unprecedented step of banning military activities by the group. Yemen’s Houthis, who dramatically shut down most global shipping through the Red Sea two years ago, have been conspicuously quiet. Militants in Iraq claimed a drone attack on a US military base in Erbil, but the attack was intercepted without any casualties, and some groups seem to be staying quiet.

The impotent response is part of a larger story of the Iranian regime’s collapse from a fearsome military power to a weakened state fighting for its survival against an emboldened America and Israel. Rather than secure it from attack, its strategy of backing proxy forces in conflicts abroad played a critical part in dragging it into the existential crisis it faces now.

And while there are a number of factors that led to its unraveling, there’s one clear moment when it all started to go south: Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

That terror invasion was so despicable that it required being a vicious antisemite — or a fairly ordinary leftist — to dismiss or excuse it.

Posted at 10:42 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES:

Hey, conservatives aren’t the ones making the new rules — we’re just asking questions.

Posted at 10:26 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY, TRUMP-STYLE: ‘Decapitate and Delegate’: Trump Tests New Model of U.S.-Led Regime Change.

This century, America sank into two of its longest wars—in Afghanistan and Iraq—following lightning strikes that removed governments deemed threats to U.S. national security. Those quagmires helped fuel the MAGA movement, which rallied around Trump’s promises of avoiding overseas military entanglements.
Now, Trump is putting his pledges and American firepower to the test.

With an ethos that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summed up as “We’re not dumb about it,” Trump has committed the country to a war that he has said will last only weeks, following the success of a military raid that was done in one night.

In both Iran and Venezuela, Trump has said the target country’s fate is ultimately up to its citizens—even as he floats preferred successors and the U.S. exerts military pressure from above. The goal is to extract tangible wins for the U.S.—access to oil, reduced migration and decreased drug flows, a weakened adversary—without the risks of deploying large ground forces.

Trump’s approach reflects both his desire to avoid repeating this century’s wars and his disdain for what he has called the “failed policy of nation building.” His preference is to work with friendlier governments that can provide tangible benefits to be sold as “America First” triumphs.

Trump’s new strategy, a State Department official quipped, can be summed up as “decapitate and delegate.”

It’s working well enough so far in Venezuela.

Posted at 10:11 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

DATA REPUBLICAN GETS RESULTS:

“DataInterpretr and I are following up with every single representative to make sure we get names of specific NGOs so we can make sure that zero federal dollars are going to them.”

Posted at 9:55 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

THE “SPREADING” IS BEING DONE BY IRAN, WHICH HARDLY HAS A NEIGHBOR LEFT IT HASN’T ATTACKED: More Tankers Come Under Attack as US-Iran Conflict Spreads.

A Bahamas-flagged crude oil tanker was targeted by an Iranian remote-controlled boat laden with explosives while anchored near Iraq’s Khor al Zubair port, according to initial assessments.

A second tanker at anchor off Kuwait was taking on water and spilling oil after a large explosion on its port side.

Nine vessels have come under attack since the conflict broke out between the U.S., Israel and Iran on Saturday. Iran launched a wave of missiles at Israel early on Thursday and also sent drones into Azerbaijan, injuring four people.

Hang on, bumpy ride ahead.

Posted at 9:40 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

WELL:

Posted at 9:24 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Trump’s Not Taking His Eyes Off of the Narcoterrorist Cartels. “It would almost be understandable of President Trump and his team got preoccupied with what’s happening in one part of the world and lost temporary focus in another. Not this crew. Despite everything going on in the Middle East, Team Trump is still focused on the major problems on this side of the world.”

Posted at 9:09 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

THE EAST GERMAN JUDGE AWARDS NEWSOM A PERFECT 10 FOR THAT FURIOUS BACKPEDAL:

Posted at 8:53 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

JOSH HAMMER: Donald Trump Is a Great Man of History.

Trump has met the moment and risen to the occasion in numerous foreign theaters besides China and the broader Indo-Pacific as well. He saw decades of American malaise, managed decline, and overextended empire, and he has promptly reversed course.

Trump and his administration have repeatedly proven willing and unafraid to criticize America’s European allies, nudging our core NATO partners to be better versions of themselves in such areas as military spending and defense self-sufficiency. He has responded to decades of buildup of murderous transnational nonstate cartels and Chinese and Russian entrenchment in our own hemisphere by reasserting the Latin America-centric Monroe Doctrine, as most spectacularly evidenced by January’s Operation Absolute Resolve extraction of fugitive Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.

And now there is the unfolding Operation Epic Fury in Iran.

He’s the first president since Reagan with that necessary “We win, they lose” attitude.

Posted at 8:38 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

WORSE, AFTER 60-PLUS YEARS OF COMMUNISM, THE STUPIDITY IS WILLFUL:

Posted at 8:22 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENT MIGHT BE THE ONLY SECURITY AGAINST GETTING BLOWN UP: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran’s next leader.

President Trump told Axios in an interview Thursday that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran’s next leader — just as he was in Venezuela.

Trump revealed this exclusively in an eight-minute phone call — his second conversation with us to explain his war planning.

Why it matters: Trump acknowledged that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei, is the most likely successor — while making clear he finds that outcome unacceptable.

For several days, the Iranian regime has postponed the announcement of the new supreme leader. But statements by Iranian politicians on Thursday suggested an announcement could be imminent.

What he’s saying: “They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela,” Trump said.

He added that he refuses to accept a new Iranian leader who would continue Khamenei’s policies, which he said would force the U.S. back to war “in five years.”

“Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” Trump said.

The big picture: Trump’s comments represent an extraordinary claim of American power over Iran’s political future, further muddying the objectives of the massive U.S. military campaign he launched on Saturday.

Muddying? I do not think that word means what you think it means, Axios.

Previously: Regime Change or Regime Compliance?

Posted at 7:36 am by Stephen Green on Mar 6th, 2026

March 5, 2026

COLONIZATION, STRAIGHT UP:

Translation: “Barcelona City Council advises against dancing or playing music in schools during Ramadan.”

Posted at 5:40 pm by Stephen Green on Mar 5th, 2026

BATTLESWARM: Iran Strikes Day 5. “The more the Islamic Republic of Iran lashes out at other countries in the region, the more obvious it is that eliminating the regime and its nuclear ambitions was the right call.”

Posted at 5:24 pm by Stephen Green on Mar 5th, 2026
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