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6 days ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
Thursday I wrote, concerning domestic politics, about “coercion in the language of grace.” In that post I wrote, “That is a moral compass that is not merely broken, but that no longer resembles a compass, or even the pieces of a compass.” As the stupidity has piled up in reaction to last night’s military action, I am struck by just how inadequate that language was in describing the situation.
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1 week ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
Dan Illouz, Likud MK and member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, penned an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post that I think sums things up well. “History will judge this generation by how it responded to rising tyranny. There is only one outcome worth pursuing – and it is unconditional surrender.” The more I think about things, the more I think that merely destroying their nuclear program is insufficient.
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1 week ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
This Substack from Ambassador Michael Oren, regular guest of the show, is the most interesting thing I have read since the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Iran. In it Ambassador Oren discusses his desire to purchase or lease from the United States one, just one, strategic bomber. Probably an old out-of-service B-52.
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1 week ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
We’ll start with the war against Iran, but there is not much news other than Israel continues to pummel them and occasionally one of their missiles gets through to Israel. But then we will turn our attention to a fascinating essay from Substack. The Washington Times carries pretty good round-up of the current state of affairs in the Israel/Iran slugfest.
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1 week ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
President Trump has called for Iran’s unconditional surrender as Israel continues to rain destruction on it. That is, under the circumstances, quite reasonable. But I have my doubts about Iran’s ability to do so. Their leadership is driven by a fanaticism that defies reason. They are driven by a rock solid belief that they are acting in God’s name, with God’s assistance. That is pretty hard to overcome.
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1 week ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
The war against Iran proceeds apace. The President’s tone and action has been magnificent – calculated, disciplined and effective. It is the exact opposite of what Trump’s opponents think him capable of. It is remarkable how people’s hatred of Trump renders them incapable of seeing the reality of Trump and his presidency. It was so evident in the protests of the weekend just past, and that lunacy continues to echo. Sometimes it’s just funny.
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1 week ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
Israel and Iran are in a shooting war. Political violence in Minnesota. Air India crash. What’s the biggest news? Fortunately, L.A. and the protests nationally seem to have faded rapidly from the headlines – as they should. Washington Post, NYTimes and USA Today are all carrying the arrest and charging of the Minnesota shooting suspect as their top news. Bari Weiss’ Free Press – which has quickly become the go-to for news on the Israel/Iran war, leads with that war.
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1 week ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
“God is a Monarchist.” I put that in quotes because it is a great opening line and I cannot take credit for it. I first heard it uttered by an old friend of the show – John Mark Reynolds – at a convention for Christian bloggers a very long time ago. It rang through my mind yesterday over and over as I kept seeing headlines about the “#NoKings” protests. Yesterday was a day of deep and dark contrasts – on the streets and in the media.
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2 weeks ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
The Israeli strikes into Iran last night have, hopefully, changed everything. We are on the brink of a major regional war. The attack is intended to prevent nuclear war and I, for one, hope it has. Only time will tell. The situation in Los Angeles had turned into pure political theater, with Democrats lowering themselves to increasingly sophomoric maneuvers to try and find some traction, but just looking more pathetic with every move.
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2 weeks ago | 
hughhewitt.com | John Schroeder
Democrats denied, repeatedly, Joe Biden’s increasing infirmity, and are now under Congressional investigation – this should be interesting. Democrats thought an essentially untried Kamala Harris was a good substitute when the reality of Biden’s infirmity became undeniable. The election pretty well ended that illusion. Now comes L.A. and they still haven’t gotten it. The host thinks there will be more riots this summer. I’m not so sure.
