CCC & the real plan…

I have several articles, including a series, that are written and scheduled to post on the site in the coming weeks. Pretty decent material if I say so myself. But, I am postponing all of them for now so I can get this article written and posted…and then answer any questions or respond to any feedback that comes of it. My friend Russ started me thinking this morning when he sent me a couple of emails…this article is a result of that as well as a “prompting”. Thank you Russ.

Most of the folks that open this article will probably never read it. Many who do read it will probably not hear what I am saying. I probably will not do a good job of writing it. But I must write it. You see I’ve been repeatedly prompted to write this particular article since last night (Saturday). Even now, Sunday, as I start I am not sure what I will write. It will post on Monday morning.

For too long I’ve tried to suppress the spiritual side of what I write, or at least keep it to a minimum, that stops today. The prompting to write this article is a spiritual one…for me, clearly a spiritual prompting. Before I even sat down to start writing I knelt in prayer and asked God to guide me and write those words that He would have me write. That these words might be for His end. Relax, I am not claiming to be writing the words of God…of course not, I am hardly worthy to do that. I simply asked Him for guidance.

And, along with that I am asking this of you…Please only read this article if you too feel a spiritual prompting to do so. If you have that prompting and you decide to read this, please ask the ‘spirit’ that you might hear the words that are meant for you…the message meant for you, and you alone.

Let’s do this together…

One of the blessings of old(er) age, if we allow it, is perspective. From what I understand perspective is a mental view in depth; a technique of seeing in a three-dimensional way. Perception is our interpretation of sensory input, people, events, etc.. With interpretation that usually drags in our emotions, bias, and prejudices. As I get older I try hard to have perspective vs perception.

My earliest personal recollections of US history would be from the civil rights movement. I remember the emotions when Martin Luther King was killed. Terrible and sad time. When I was young I also clearly remember my father cleaning and loading his pistol and saying something to the effect that those n*$$*rs better not come to our town. I didn’t really understand what he was saying to be honest, I just knew it didn’t feel right. He often disparaged Catholics in the similar terms. My father had some real bias and hate in him, but he was a decent father to me and I love him still even though he passed over 50 years ago when I was still a teenager.

Then came the Vietnam War and serious demonstrations, protests, and riots to stop the war. A very vocal group came out of that…the veterans who fought in the war and were vehemently opposed to it. As is plain today, the protesters were absolutely right…the war was wrong…we were deceived into fighting it…60,000 dying for it…a black wall in Washington attesting to it.

One common denominator to both the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War protests were the diametrically opposed sides. One side wanted/demanded equal rights, the other wanted to keep “those people” in their place. One side wanted us out of Vietnam, stop our boys from dying, and have peace. The other side wanted the war, wrapped itself in the flag, cried “patriotism”, and called the protesters pinkos, commies, fags, and worse. Turns out…we shouldn’t have been in Vietnam, it wasn’t our war, we lost tens of thousands of good military folks, destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands more soldiers, and split the country for decades to come…and all for nothing.

These are not the first instances of these kinds of events in the US, just the first ones I can clearly remember. We had them before, and we’ve had a slew of them since. The latest example is the utter debacle in Minnesota.

Look, I am not talking about the rightness or wrongness of the underlying issue. That is not my point or where I am headed in this article. I want to go far behind the curtain…I want to attempt perspective to all of this and maybe along the way I might be able to expose what I think is really going on. Yeah, maybe shed some disinfecting light on a virus that is killing America…or already has.

Look, I don’t know what your political beliefs are, I don’t know what your religious beliefs are. I doubt that all those who read this article will even be Americans…but it will apply to non-Americans and their countries as well. This article is about America…and what we are doing to ourselves.

First off, let’s talk about the “CCC” that I mentioned in the title. Some of you may already know what I am referring to; Chaos, Confusion, Conflict. CCC is a strategy. A strategy to overthrow countries…well, at least their governments. And it is highly effective. It worked for our Founding Fathers during our revolution against a far superior British military machine. The same strategy is at play right now in the US.

There is little doubt that there is an organized apparatus behind the protests, demonstrations, and violence in Minnesota. And I am sure there are plenty of leftist/communist/Marxist/socialist people leading it and funding it. Just as back in the civil rights days and the Vietnam War days, there were similar organizations behind some of that as well. But it wasn’t all leftists/communists/Marxists/socialists on the ground doing the protesting, demonstrating, riots, and violence. There were some good folks, passionate folks, well-meaning folks, even veterans standing up against the establishment for what they felt was right.

And their underlying cause was just, it was right, it was the right thing to change America. And as in Minnesota there are some good folks there on the ground doing what they feel is right. Now look, you don’t have to agree with them, I get that. But they aren’t all insurgents, rebels, leftists, commies, etc. That is just the trap that some higher-ups are laying out there for us…all of us…on all sides.

I have read a whole bunch of posts from people I am guessing are on the right. Everything from celebrating the deaths of Good and Pretti, to calling for more deaths to protesters, to calling them “insurgents”, “domestic terrorists”, “rebels”, “assassins”, etc. Do you find it odd that many of the people using those terms claim former positions in the FBI, Special Forces, the CIA, or are current members of government? Who do you think develop, supervise, and carryout psychological operations (pysops) here at home and around the world?

Then again, on the other side you have military veterans opposing what I.C.E. and D.H.S. are doing in Minnesota. You also have current and former FBI, DHS, and ICE employees opposing their tactics as well.

Now what do you do? Who do you believe? Do you stick with “confirmation bias” or try to acquire perspective?

Whatever your perception or perspective…the situation is getting worse in America. Now, we see not just a left vs right, or democrat vs republican, or pro-immigrant vs anti-illegal immigrant conflict…now the right and republicans are being split apart. The latest polls shows 20% of republicans not only object to ICE, 20% of republicans want to abolish ICE altogether! The percentage of republicans objecting to the ICE tactics is now 40%!! The right is being torn apart. Why do you think?

I mentioned “real plan” in the title as well. So here are some thoughts I want to throw out to you. What is the real plan behind the scenes? Historically the USA has been considered a conservative country…no longer. The US population is now evenly split between conservative/Republican and liberal/Democrat when given a 2-party choice. When give a third option 47% of Americans (independents) dislike both political parties. Why do you think?

Let me throw this out to you…what happens as the right battles the left? I’ve read so many people talk about this being civil war or another revolution. Is it? Who benefits from a civil war or another revolution…or promoting those concepts? Certainly not the US population! People would die by the thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands…God forbid by the millions. Homes would burn, families torn apart, infrastructure would be destroyed for years to come. America would be fractured for decades, maybe centuries to come…maybe forever.

I’ve heard more that one person talk about only one side could/should win, the other side would/should be wiped out. Okay, which side wins and which sides gets wiped out? Who do you choose to die? Whose home do you choose to see burned to the ground? Whose town, village, or city do you want to see bombed into ashes? And while your at it…go through recent school class pictures and pick out the children you want to see die.

Does that sound like the America you want? Does that sound like the future you want for your kids, grand kids, or great grand kids? Do you really want to see America decimated by war? I sure don’t.

And what if America tears itself apart by civil war or revolution…or simply crushes the opposition? Do you think our world enemies would just sit by watching the show eating popcorn? Think about what they would do.

And one last question along this line…what would Jesus want for all of us in America? Yeah, what would He want to see for us, God’s children? What kind of choices would He want us to make?

So now I am going to ask you to peel back the curtain…see who/what the power is behind the curtain pushing for violence and civil war or even another revolution…or calling to crush these stupid, punk, commie, fags demonstrating for what they feel is right. You know…fellow citizens, neighbors, and friends…maybe even brothers, sisters, sons, or daughters.

You want to know who is behind this? Just look at who benefits from the CCC.

  • The federal government as they enact stronger laws that take away more rights, liberties, and freedoms from individuals in the name of safety and security.
  • Politicians, on both sides of the aisle because they are the ones already in power who would make those new laws.
  • Political parties because they control the politicians.

Is that all? Nope. Think about it for a minute. Who controls the political parties? Rich elites and their lobbyists. But who controls the rich elites? There is the real question!

Over thousands of years what is the single most effective tool for taking control of a country’s government, of overthrowing that government? Yup, chaos, confusion, and conflict. What happens to the USA if it is overthrown? Who takes over?

To answer that, answer this…what happens when the chaos, confusion, and conflict hit the breaking point? Over the last 200 years we see…EVERY time, every single time, a leader appears offering a solution. And EVERY time, every single time, the solution turns into authoritarianism. A government run by thugs, brutal thugs…and the people suffer, suffer greatly.

In the US right now we are approaching, if not already there, the breaking point of chaos, confusion, and conflict. We are one incident away from complete breakdown, open warfare between citizens of the United States. Call it civil war, call it revolution, call it insurgency…call it whatever you wish; but who wins? What does winning look like to the losing side? What and who gets destroyed? Is that what you really want?

Not me.

I don’t want to play into the hands of those evil players who are orchestrating the protesting, the demonstrating, riots, or the violence. I don’t want to be manipulated by those that would love nothing more than to see tanks in the streets, piles of dead demonstrators, a whole segment of US citizens crushed out of existence. That is not the USA I want to live in, it is not the world I want to live in, it is not the leaders I want to see have their way.

Folks, I am telling you as a witness, with all truthfulness, that the powers behind all of this are manipulating both sides. They want to see America fractured, they want to see us destroying each other, they want the chaos, confusion, and conflict. Then they step in and offer the answer. And that answer destroys America forever…and along with it is the death of rights, liberties, and freedoms for people…all people. That is what “they” want…they want the power…they lust for the power.

I refuse to believe their lies and propaganda, I refuse to fall into their trap, I refuse to be manipulated by the forces that seek to destroy the last place on earth where there are some remaining vestiges of true God-given rights, liberties, and freedoms. Once we, the USA, are defeated…where can freedom of religion or speech exist safely and openly? Once America is defeated by the lust for power, what falls next?

I beg you, I plead with you to seek a witness of the ‘spirit’ of who is truly behind all of this manipulating both sides. Then simply ask God what you should do. That is all I can ask. My witness and testimony to this is complete. Seek what God would have you see and do.

I pray for you, I pray for our country, I pray for our families and children, I pray for calm, peace and a consensus that can save America…that can save us all. I pray.


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Texas Dan an AI bot or agent-provocateur?

Good morning…weird morning…

I posted a reply from Texas Dan the other day, along with my reply, along with his reply, and then along with my reply. I posted it because I wanted to have folks see different views and thoughts on a touchy subject. All seemed to go well…till this morning when I read the latest from Texas Dan.

Texas Dan replied to that article…and I started having some doubts creep into my head.

In the past I have caught several AI bots and a couple of agent-provocateurs posting comments to my articles. For the most part it was pretty easy to do. Now I’m not so sure…at least when it comes to Texas Dan.

The actual reason I am posting all of this will be at the end of this article.

So let me post Texas Dan’s latest reply in total, then I will make a couple comments…


Texas Dan writes:

Your blog, your rules and this will be my last comment or visit because you have clearly set yourself as similar to the 30 odd % during the Founding who predated Reginald Denny with the mewling “why can’t we all get along”.I love how you immediately label me as right wing and pro violence – but I think it’s a mantle I will wear with pride. The problem with you moderate libertarian types, is you actually can’t have it both ways in situations like this.

So here’s a thought experiment. I actually take more issue with the current protestors and the “squishy middle” than I did with the war protestors in 68 or even Ms. Sheehan. Why? Because things like police actions or interventions in SE Asia or the Middle East can be abstract enough to engender thoughtful protest. And forget saying those were government sanctioned and thus legal activities. No declaration of war for 11 and 18 year conflicts is bogus and everyone knows it.

Today, you have a fully funded mob that is advocating the complete nullification of federal law and our borders and are willing to impede, obstruct and even harm the people we entrust to ensure those laws and our borders are enforced. If you had Dr. King marching peacefully, totes cool. But this lot? No.

You and they want to change the laws, there’s a process and if you can’t get want you want that way because throwing open our borders is a death sentence to legislators, you work to fully gain the levers of power in the government and you go Lincoln on the people that actually prefer secure borders and deporting the 50 million people here who are breaking the law, just by being here!

You can beleive that failure to protect our borders and that illegals are not corrosive to our society, all you want. I don’t. And I actually do wish we could all get along. But I am curious, at what point do you finally reach a moment when you are willing to stand your ground and say this isn’t the America I signed up for? Understanding that violence orders of magnitude worse than two idiots getting killed in MSP may be required? I lived in Europe for years in my youth and there are places today in London and Paris I now can’t go. It’s too late there, probably too late for MSP. I have chosen that I’m not one who will say “everything is fine” and leave this rot to my great grandchildren.


Texas Dan made a reference “…why can’t we all get along…” and the Founding Fathers…making it sound like he was complaining about me wanting the citizens of the US to get along. I am kind of baffled by that. Why? Because the Founding Fathers worked for decades trying to do just that…get along as British subjects loyal to the King and avoid a bloody revolution that they weren’t even sure they could win. It wasn’t until years of attempts to improve conditions did the Founders finally decide on armed resistance. So I am not sure what Texas Dan is thinking here.

Then Texas Dan said this “I love how you immediately label me as right wing and pro violence…” Ah, problem…I never said that in my posts…or even intimated that.

Next Texas Dan goes off on an anti-war binge. One I actually agree with, but it sounded as if he was arguing with me when I essentially agree with his position in my original post. Weird.

Next he makes it sound as if not only do I want to change laws to not secure our borders but to also not deport folks. That is the exact opposite of what I have said from the very beginning of this mess some 5 years ago. I’ve even publicly thanked President Trump for securing our borders. And I’ve made it perfectly clear I want to deport the illegal aliens, especially those who have committed crimes in our country. Again, weird.

But here is where Texas Dan goes way off the rails…But I am curious, at what point do you finally reach a moment when you are willing to stand your ground and say this isn’t the America I signed up for?” Whoa…I have been standing my ground on the American situation and it not being our Founder’s America since 2009 on the Internet…posting thousands of comments and articles. I’ve also made it clear that I do not support the violent protesting in MN and I also object to the violence against the ICE officers. Yes, I oppose some of the violence against peaceful demonstrators, especially killing them. Who wouldn’t oppose killing people that are not an imminent threat to anyone?

But here is the kicker that makes me think that Texas Dan is either an AI bot or an agent-provocateur…

Understanding that violence orders of magnitude worse than two idiots getting killed in MSP may be required?”

Read his statement again, please. Did you catch the two parts of that statement that should rock you to your very core?

#1 – He called both of the people killed by I.C.E. agents “idiots”? Yeah, he is disparaging two dead people who died for no reason whatsoever. Both were passionate folks doing what they thought was right trying to defend who they saw as not being able to defend themselves. That’s called perspective. Neither person was an actual threat to anyone else. Maybe you disagree with their position on the issue, I get that. Maybe they were doing things that you object to, I get that also. But to call these two dead folks idiots…that is not decent behavior by any decent person…period.

#2 – He is clearly calling for the violence against the protesters to increase? Yup, he used the term “required”. Who in their right mind wants violence against the protesters to be more than killing them? Read his words, “… violence orders of magnitude worse…” What decent, or even sane person, wants this situation to escalate beyond the killing of two people? I would think that a decent, sane, normal, reasonable person would want the violence to deescalate so more protesters aren’t killed and more ICE agents aren’t attacked. But, it appears Texas Dan wants that violence to get worse…at least that is how I read his words.

When I take his post in total…a complete read…I am more and more convinced that Texas Dan is an AI bot trying to stir up trouble and conflict. Its post rambles, refers to things I didn’t say, and clearly has no connection to the positions I’ve taken and words I have written.

However, I could be 100% wrong…maybe Texas Dan is an agent-provocateur. There is one main reason I say that…he is clearly advocating for more violence against the protesters…more violence than killing two of them. And he uses very violent terms such as “… death sentence…” when referring to politicians.

But I could be wrong about all of that…maybe Texas Dan is just a fellow senior citizen that is passionate about his vision of America. My clue to that comes when he refers to having “great grandchildren”. So maybe all-in-all this is simply about him misunderstanding what I am saying, and advocating for his vision of what the situation is. That is a very real possibility.

To Texas Dan, if you are actually a real person…I appreciate the time you took to respond to my articles and my replies regarding this situation. I can see your passion and your love for America. And if we sat down over a lunch of chicken fried steak I bet we would be lock-step on 90% of everything American. And here is the sad part…all we can do is share our thoughts and opinions via the words on a screen vs knowing a person in real-life and know their soul. I am sorry you won’t be back, I’ve always welcomed different opinions…although I am not shy about voicing my opposing opinion(s) as needed. But, Texas Dan, you are always welcomed here should you decide to come back.

To all, As I get older my view of America has changed. No, my patriotism hasn’t changed…well, it’s gotten stronger. What has changed are my views on life and the sanctity of life…even with those lives I may not agree with. Taking a life, or watching someone’s life being taken, is a troubling situation as best…horrifying at worst. And I think that is as it should be. Someone losing their life is a tragedy by any definition. Taking a life should be a last resort above all. The words to American the Beautiful come ringing back in my ears…

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!

The last stanza is the one that has impacted me the most lately…”mercy more than life!

And these words have also come to have more meaning to me as I grow older…

And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us.

Then again…maybe I am just turning into an obstinate grumpy old man who thinks I know everything.

Whatever the case…please pray for America…we need it…

…they need it.

 

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Feedback : Odd… #2

AH Trimble Feedback and CommentsI wrote an article on the 29th < This must stop… > condemning the violence, the attacks on law enforcement, the interference of ICE to do their job, the destruction, and the killings, etc. And apparently some folks didn’t like me calling for a stop to it. I find that odd, disturbingly so. I was calling for a stop to the violence and hatred. I said if it didn’t stop we might end up in a very dark and ugly place. I thought that was a reasonable call to action…stop the violence and hatred.

I received replies/comments from two folks, one of which I know, the other I don’t. It appears to me one is very radically on the pro-violence and far-right of the issue, clearly so. The other response was more of a sharing of another person’s opinion. I responded to their replies. After I did so I thought it through and I think we have hit political obstacle…maybe a dead end to this issue altogether. But for sure…an issue where few are willing to drop bias and change their minds or see reality for what it is vs perception.

So here is what I am going to do…I am going to make two separate posts regarding their views/comments and my replies. I think it prudent to share both sides, different views on this situation. But then I will call the issue closed. Why? Because it is more polarizing than any other issue that I have seen in a very long time. And should the polarization continue at this trajectory all that is needed would be an event, an incident, that would be the ignition point to a far darker time in America than any reasonable person wants.

This is the second in the posting of the feedback and replies. < click here to read the first “feedback” >

Posted by MamaGrizzly:

Eric Schwalm

“As a former Special Forces Warrant Officer with multiple rotations running counterinsurgency ops—both hunting insurgents and trying to separate them from sympathetic populations—I’ve seen organized resistance up close. From Anbar to Helmand, the pattern is familiar: spotters, cutouts, dead drops (or modern equivalents), disciplined comms, role specialization, and a willingness to absorb casualties while bleeding the stronger force slowly.

What’s unfolding in Minneapolis right now isn’t “protest.” It’s low-level insurgency infrastructure, built by people who’ve clearly studied the playbook.

Signal groups at 1,000-member cap per zone. Dedicated roles: mobile chasers, plate checkers logging vehicle data into shared databases, 24/7 dispatch nodes vectoring assets, SALUTE-style reporting (Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment) on suspected federal vehicles. Daily chat rotations and timed deletions to frustrate forensic recovery. Vetting processes for new joiners. Mutual aid from sympathetic locals (teachers providing cover, possible PD tip-offs on license plate lookups). Home-base coordination points. Rapid escalation from observation to physical obstruction—or worse.

This isn’t spontaneous outrage. This is C2 (command and control) with redundancy, OPSEC hygiene, and task organization that would make a SF team sergeant nod in recognition. Replace “ICE agents” with “occupying coalition forces” and the structure maps almost 1:1 to early-stage urban cells we hunted in the mid-2000s.

The most sobering part? It’s domestic. Funded, trained (somewhere), and directed by people who live in the same country they’re trying to paralyze law enforcement in. When your own citizens build and operate this level of parallel intelligence and rapid-response network against federal officers—complete with doxxing, vehicle pursuits, and harassment that’s already turned lethal—you’re no longer dealing with civil disobedience. You’re facing a distributed resistance that’s learned the lessons of successful insurgencies: stay below the kinetic threshold most of the time, force over-reaction when possible, maintain popular support through narrative, and never present a single center of gravity.

I spent years training partner forces to dismantle exactly this kind of apparatus. Now pieces of it are standing up in American cities, enabled by elements of local government and civil society. That should keep every thinking American awake at night.

Not because I want escalation. But because history shows these things don’t de-escalate on their own once the infrastructure exists and the cadre believe they’re winning the information war.

We either recognize what we’re actually looking at—or we pretend it’s still just “activism” until the structures harden and spread.

Your call, America. But from where I sit, this isn’t January 2026 politics anymore. It’s phase one of something we’ve spent decades trying to keep off our own soil.

My reply:

Interesting…couple thoughts regarding this man’s opinion piece:

#1 – I looked into Eric Schwalm (claiming Retired Green Beret (CW4)) and I found this: “A post attributed to “Eric Schwalm” on the social platform captured in the reporting explicitly identifies the poster as “a former Special Forces Warrant Officer with multiple rotations running counterinsurgency ops” and applies that experience to analyze unrest in Minneapolis, describing patterns the author says mirror Anbar and Helmand operations. That text is a primary source for the claim but, within the set of documents provided for this analysis, stands alone — there is no accompanying military service record, biography, or official confirmation attached to the account in these materials.”
I could find nothing that confirmed that Schwalm was who he says he is. The only Eric Schwalm came back as an employee at a consulting firm at Bain & Company. With no military service record. Eric Schwalm may be who he says he is but no one online could confirm he is who he says he is.

I did find a person using his name on “X”. Nothing on his account confirmed who he says he is, but he claims SOF and military background. I read a bunch of his posts…whoa. This guy is seriously jacked on violence. He is gun-ho about everything military…except when he is criticizing all the military bigwigs who don’t like Trump…then it is a conspiracy. But again, I can find nothing online that confirms who he claims to be.

#2 – This article only represents what his opinion is…nothing more. I’ve read multiple articles and watched multiple videos lately of veterans who have condemned DHS & ICE and the broader Trump administration on their tactics. So who do you want to listen to and who do you want to believe? It is all opinion…on both sides of the issue…our choice.

#3 – There have been multiple former ICE agents and former DHS employees who have criticized what is going on currently in MN. An FBI agent resigned in protest over the FBI investigation handling of the shooting of Renee Good. So do we believe them since they have far more experience and credibility regarding MN than a vet who is not involved in MN, has no training as an FBI agent, has no training or experience as ICE or DHS, and has no experience with civilians in the US?

#4 – I don’t know about anyone else but I don’t need to have someone I don’t know tell me what I should think about ICE & MN. Especially people who are not using the actual definition of “insurgency” and other terms or even actual facts. I believe what I believe based on my own research and my own viewing and my own analysis of video…and listening to those folks whom I trust. I for sure put zero credibility in people’s version of events when they are on either the radical left or radical right. Yeah, basically meaning I can think for myself using valid and reliable information and evidence.

#5 – Confirmation bias is a damning thing. But in all things political now it seems to rule the day…unfortunately. That is why I am not part of the right nor part of the left…I will look at individual issues and make my opinion based on what I figure out…not on political ideology or bias. And I try very hard to temper all of my opinions with Christ’s teachings.

#6 – Back during my Vietnam War era days when I was in the military handling classified intelligence I remember the group called “Vietnam Veterans Against the War”. Republicans hated them, “patriots” despised them, most of the public thought they were cowards and pinkos. Yeah, problem…they were right…so were all the other protestors who were against the war. A lot of the those protestors were killed for standing up for what they believed…including May 1970 when there were 13 casualties, all kids, shot by National Guard troops at Kent State. It took a couple of decades but it turned out all those protestors were right…the Vietnam War was wrong…and almost 60,000 military lives were wasted. So just because a group protests doesn’t mean they are wrong in their message just because they are protesting, even destructively so.

#7 – Of course there are organizers behind the MN demonstrations, protests, and the attacks on law enforcement that I’ve pointed out was so wrong. Does it make all those organizers wrong or terrorists? No, of course not…to think they are is absurd. Do some of them have evil intents, of course. Are some of them revolutionaries? Maybe. So remember this if you want to brand all these folks terrorist or insurgents…no federal law enforcement person has been seriously injured and none killed. But ICE and DHS can’t say the same about the other side.

#8 – Is this just “activism”? No, of course not. But many of these folks are just that, a few aren’t. It is the few that have evil intent that we should be concerned about…and their handlers. Should we be killing people that are absolutely no imminent threat (which is the legal standard)? No reasonable person, no sane person, especially no Christian wants to see people killed in America like this…none! Multiple video versions of both killings show, clearly show, that neither posed a threat, let alone an imminent threat. Who in their right mind wants to see people killed during a demonstration or protest? What decent person is okay with, or celebrates, such deaths?

#9 – Thank you Eric Schwalm for sharing your opinion. It was enlightening. Based on who you say you are, I struggle to give much credence on your views, or credibility on your interpretation of events and people. Based on both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars…they were a complete waste of time, killed far too many military personnel, and squandered massive amounts of money. We destroyed two countries and killed a million people for nothing…and we lost both wars while we did so. Based on your online posts representing your views…you are very radically right-wing and in love with all things military and violence. IMO…you do not represent the political ground that would be conducive to my view of our Founding Fathers. Your views appear to more appropriately match those of the British Empire who wanted to crush the colonial insurrectionists and violently subjugate them to the will of the King.

#10 – Emotions are running very high…absurdly so…on both sides. Both sides want to blame the other…one side is fine with killing, the other wants to kill. Both sides are wrong. The violence is wrong! The US is being manipulated into civil war by all those behind the curtain…on both sides. That is what they want…to have us tear each other apart. And so many people are playing right into their hands. Bias and blindness will lead us into that civil war.

Turn our hearts to Christ…and then pray. I will it again…the violence on both sides must stop!
AH


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Feedback : Odd… #1

AH Trimble Feedback and CommentsI wrote an article on the 29th < This must stop… > condemning the violence, the attacks on law enforcement, the interference of ICE to do their job, the destruction, and the killings, etc. And apparently some folks didn’t like me calling for a stop to it. I find that odd, disturbingly so. I was calling for a stop to the violence and hatred. I said if it didn’t stop we might end up in a very dark and ugly place. I thought that was a reasonable call to action…stop the violence and hatred.

I received replies/comments from two folks, one of which I know, the other I don’t. It appears to me one is very radically on the pro-violence and far-right of the issue, clearly so. The other response was more of a sharing of another person’s opinion. I responded to their replies. After I did so I thought it through and I think we have hit political obstacle…maybe a dead end to this issue altogether. But for sure…an issue where few are willing to drop bias and change their minds or see reality for what it is vs perception.

So here is what I am going to do…I am going to make two separate posts regarding their views/comments and my replies. I think it prudent to share both sides, different views on this situation. But then I will call the issue closed. Why? Because it is more polarizing than any other issue that I have seen in a very long time. And should the polarization continue at this trajectory all that is needed would be an event, an incident, that would be the ignition point to a far darker time in America than any reasonable person wants.

RE: This must stop…

Texas Dan wrote:

“So here’s my question – the people engaging in these protests are not in fact protesting, they are in open insurrection to the government and laws of this country. Should we care if they are treated without mercy? Paging General Sherman to the white courtesy phone.

Look I have never been a fan of the feds and their tactics, dating to Little Rock in the 50’s in my lifetime and the aforementioned “activity” of Mr. Lincoln in my family’s past. I think your point is that there has to be a middle ground that can be reached, but when have the lawless left ever been satiated? And which laws do they get to ignore to make them happy?

I don’t think the country that would allow a solution exists anymore – you win or you don’t.”

My reply to Texas Dan:

“open insurrection to the government”…I think not. Law breaking on both sides…yes, absolutely…mostly the protestors. Blowing a whistle and holding up an anti-ICE sign is not “insurrection”.

They are humans and should be treated as such. The people that are citizens should be treated in accordance with the Constitution as well as with human dignity…and not shot to death.

General Sherman was at best a war criminal…actually, nothing more than a brutal, murderous animal. <please read We are a Warlike People !>

I didn’t call for a middle ground…I called for everyone to stop the violence before it leads to civil war. And that would play directly into the hands of TPTB.

The protestors need to abide by the law…Constitutional law. And even then, if they break the law they still need due process…not ICE agents that act as judge, jury, and executioner. That is not due process, nor even in the realm of decency.

I agree…the country no longer has a true solution…we have lost our way. And the violence that we see, on both sides, is a result of that lost way.

I would like everyone to read the words to America the Beautiful…there is a clue in there on how we should behave. And it has to do with “mercy”. <please read America the Beautiful !>

AH

Texas Dan then responded with:

“Organized and fully funded “protest” groups are the very definition of an insurgency and thus, in open rebellion. You don’t strike me as naive, but I do beleive you have an historic view of the state of our country and not one reflective of the color revolution shock troops our mistaken President Obama introduced and the brain addled Biden supplemented with 15-20 million slave troops.

They want a Chavez, they should get a Pinochet. Good luck in the coming times.”

My response to that was:

Your definition of “insurgency” is highly inaccurate according the actual legal term(s)…not even close. By your definition…the Jan6th mob were terrorists in open rebellion and thus should have been hanged for treason. And yet, Trump pardoned them. So, according to your use of the term insurgency…what now? And those protesting in MN are not attacking the capital at least. Have you thought that through? 

I don’t consider myself naive, but maybe so. I am more ideological by my way of thinking. I believe in Christ for morals and the Founding Fathers for my political principles.

Their views on central government were very clear…more so regarding state’s rights. And they were for sure not authoritarian. And Washington himself warned us against political parties. Yet, here we are.

A balanced view of life in the US is difficult at best, impossible most of the time. Reality has a habit of clashing with perception.

All the best…we will all need buckets of luck and amazing faith in the days ahead.

And just for the record…did you find fault with me calling for a stop to the violence?

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Spot on, well said, & enlightening…Culprits Benefiting from the Chaos

This must stop…

…but will it? Maybe. But it’s up to us, the American people.

The situation in Minnesota has escalated to a new and very dangerous place in the last couple of days. A place whose path it’s on is a terrible and horrible path. I’ll touch on that in a minute.

There are two diametrically opposing sides battling in Minnesota at the moment. Both sides have foot soldiers, those doing the work on the streets. Those folks have supervisors directing that work. Both sides also have leadership providing direction and resources. Then both sides also have a fourth level. I’ll touch on that in a minute.

Both sides are doing what they feel is right, whether what they do is right or not. One side is trying to enforce the law, and detain and deport those who are in our country illegally, many of which are criminals committing terrible crimes against Americans. The other side is committed to protecting humans, including children and families, along with their human and civil rights. Both sides can make a solid case that what they are doing is right. But both sides are in direct opposition to one another. Dangerously so.

The recent escalated violence that I spoke of at the beginning is the attack on I.C.E. agents in a restaurant and in their hotel. Based on the abundance of video that I saw, had the agents gone out into the street, or had the attackers made it inside…the agents could have been badly beaten, possibly sent to the hospital. Or, maybe worse, killed by the angry mob; the violence was that apparent. That is not acceptable to reasonable, rational Americans.

The other side could be seen as justifying as an “eye for an eye”, but that is simply not right. Plain and simple, not right. Granted there has been unacceptable violence and killings on the part of I.C.E., I get that, I saw it. But those instances are matters for the judicial system to handle…whether criminal or civil, let that process play out.

I am aware that there has been an olive branch extended by Trump thru a representative. He proposed a deal and led the way by removing CBP Gregory Bovino, a terrible leader, who was head of the failed Minnesota operation. Trump sent border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to sort it out. And Homan has already met with Minnesota Governor, Minneapolis mayor and local police chief. Hopefully that meeting is proving to be helpful in providing a resolution. Additionally, the chief federal judge in Minnesota has called for a meeting with the acting I.C.E. director to appear and explain apparent violations of both policy and law on the part of I.C.E. Again, a great step forward to resolving this tense situation, thank you President Trump.

Now…for those street soldiers on both sides…THE VIOLENCE MUST STOP!!

The protesters have a Constitutional right to peacefully protest…fine, do so. Beat your drums, blow your whistles, wave your signs and upside down flags…and take all the video you want, I think you should. That is your right, exercise it. But don’t physically interfere with I.C.E. agents doing their job. Just don’t. And for God’s sake don’t follow agents to their hotels and appear ready to do them grave bodily harm. Just don’t!

I.C.E. agents do your job. Do as Trump said before he was elected…find, detain, and deport illegal aliens that are murderers, rapists, child molesters, drug dealers, and thieves. But for goodness sake, leave non-criminal fathers and their 5-year old children alone. You have better things to do…go get the actual criminals. Stop with the “dog-pile” violence, step out of the way of a moving car, and more than anything…stop killing people!

As for the supervisors and leadership of both sides…get a grip on reality and see where this path lies. Stop pushing your people into civil war. Stop justifying the violence. Stop calling I.C.E. agents gestapo and Nazis, or worse. Stop calling protesters domestic terrorists and law enforcement assassins. Recognize that I.C.E. agents have a lawful duty to perform that helps protects American citizens. Recognize that people have a Constitutional right to peacefully protest. Both sides need to recognize that mistakes will be made on both sides, be reasonable about reacting to those mistake. People are human, they make mistakes, be understanding of that.

At the beginning I mentioned different levels; the foot soldiers, the supervisors, the leadership, and a fourth level. Let me explain…

The path all of this is on ends up in a very dark and evil place. A place that all reasonable people do not want anything to do with. A place that destroys America and is a truly ugly and evil place…civil war. No one should want that, no one. It will kill and destroy everything good about America, it will destroy America forever if we end up there. No one should want that, but some do…for their own selfish and despicable purposes, evil purposes. These are not reasonable and decent people. Don’t let them win and manipulate us there.

The fourth level, those that both want and are orchestrating the violence at the fourth level, are what I call the “puppet masters”. They pull the strings, they are the power behind the curtain. They are the ones that are playing the tune that the all levels on both sides are dancing to. These people want nothing good or decent for America…they want it’s destruction. They are few in number but have virtually unlimited resources. They use those resources to have others do their dirty work. Don’t let them win. They want to see America, as we know it, destroyed. Plain and simple…America destroyed…along with most Americans.

America is the last place on earth to exist where there is still some semblance of rights, freedoms, and liberties…a good and decent place with good and decent people. When America falls, there is no place like it left on earth. The light will go out.

Both sides of the illegal immigrant situation in Minnesota are following their beliefs, both feel a legal and moral obligation to do so. Both are right. But, if both sides allow themselves to be manipulated and use violence as tool to achieve their goals, then both sides will lose…along with the rest of America. We all will lose.

The violence must stop. The hatred must stop. The excessive force must stop. The harassment must stop. Human dignity and reasonableness must prevail. Justice and our laws must win. We can’t allow the dark forces, the fourth level, to win…we are better than that. We, together, as Americans must win. We, together, as decent human beings must win. And we can.


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Interesting GOP move in Minnesota…

Echoes that more and more GOP US Senators are voicing serious concerns about ICE tactics and the killings in Minnesota.

Then there is this…

“As midterms approach, GOP lawmakers, candidates, strategists and people close to the White House are warning that the administration’s mass deportations policy — and the wall-to-wall coverage of enforcement operations, arrests of U.S. citizens and clashes between protesters and federal officials — could cost them their razor-thin House majority.”

A recent poll shows 1/3rd of Trump non-MAGA supporters object to Trump’s I.C.E. tactics. Even 12% of the MAGA faction of Trump supporters object to the I.C.E. tactics.

Another recent poll shows 20% of Republicans now support abolishing I.C.E.

Meaning…Trump & Republicans in general are losing support among their base…and that makes for a very dim outlook for the mid-term elections.


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Political Catastrophe or Worse ?

The Republicans and President Trump got some very bad news last week that is shaping up to be a political catastrophe…maybe worse. How so?

It is plain to see every day that the country is in bad shape…both home and abroad. Just look at your bill the last time you went to the grocery store. Then turn on the news and see “no-kings” and anti-ICE protests going on all over the country for awhile now. Plain and simple…it ain’t looking good. To say the nation is divided would be an immense understatement…divided in just about any way you want to look at it.

I’m not making this about Trump, good or bad…or Republicans, good or bad. It’s not about left vs right, conservative vs liberal. It’s not even about political ideology. None of that. What this is about is what 2026 is shaping up to be for the country…and why.

Last week in my “2026 – Outlook” article I spoke a little bit to what we could be looking at…and it’s gotten worse since then. Two weeks ago Trump’s disapproval number was at 54%, it’s now 56%. Yeah, that’s statistically the same as Biden’s disapproval numbers when he left office. That is horrible news for Trump…what makes it worse is Trump’s disapproval rating is headed downhill with no sign of turning around. The momentum is against him. The really, really bad news comes at the end of this article.

Let’s touch on the good news for Trump and Republicans…50% of the country approve of how Trump is handling the southern border…42% disapprove. That is the only area Trump is doing well…and I am part of that 50% for absolute sure! He has done a great job securing the border! But it goes downhill badly from there.

Remember I talked about the Epstein Files in detail and Trump’s handling of that scandal? Yeah, well, it is a major scandal and it is hurting Trump dreadfully. Only 22% approve of how he is handling it. Yeah, the disapproval digs in deeply into even his most fever pitched base. But a reasonable person can fully understand why people detest his handling of the scandal. Now consider this…a member of Congress released a statement recently saying Trump told them, if the Epstein Files were released his “friends would get hurt.

On to the economy…

Only 24% said life was more affordable now under his administration. But a staggering 57% said Trump was focused on the wrong issues. That is tone deafness at its worst !

Here is the bottom line…Americans do not like what Trump is doing by a wide margin. Yup, they just don’t like his administration, his job performance, or where the country is headed. And it appears that Trump is completely tone deaf to it. So Trump is basically doing as badly as Biden when you look at the actual numbers. It’s just Trump is on the right vs Biden on the left…with only both of their hardcore followers showing any kind of actual support.

But here is the bad part…mid-term elections. Based on recent off-year and special elections and how Americans (registered voters) view how the country is doing…Republicans will be politically slaughtered at the polls come November in the mid-term elections. It is looking really bad…seriously bad.

Honestly, as far as republicans vs democrats…I don’t give a damn. Both parties are pretty much worthless. Granted, democrats are more worthless…but not by much. And the polls under Biden and the polls under Trump prove that to be 100% accurate. Neither party is doing the will of the majority of people…they’re only serving their respective parties…a lust for power. But that is not the part I am worried about the most.

When the republicans lose control of the House and/or Senate it will be the end of Trump’s presidency…maybe the end of Trump as President. Yeah, meaning he could well be impeached and removed from office. If that doesn’t happen, whichever body of Congress that democrats control will conduct hearings paralyzing Trump as President. And if you think about it…they should…57% of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong issues. Yeah, he is not doing the will of the majority of American people…the polls clearly show that…a clear majority of Americans feel that way.


It may be tempting to talk about Trump’s “mandate” and voter “consensus” via the 2024 election. Let’s do the numbers…Trump received 49.9% of the popular vote of those who voted. Yeah, he didn’t even get ½ of the popular vote, although close. Now consider only about 65% of eligible US voters actually voted. In reality the numbers show Trump only received about 1/3rd of the potential vote (49.9% of 65%). And interestingly…only 1/3rd of the registered voters in the US are registered Republicans. So, by the numbers Trump only won the Republican vote…meaning, the huge majority of voters didn’t vote for Trump…that’s 68% of voters didn’t vote for Trump…hence, no mandate or consensus. And further, to make it even more interesting…the people who voted for Trump pretty closely match only those who currently approve of his job performance.

If the “popular vote” represents the US population as a whole…more than 236,000,000 of the US population (348million) didn’t/don’t want Trump as President. That is just plain old statistics…fact. 


But it could get worse…

Think about it…Trump is very aggressive in politics and as President. How do you think he might act if he loses both the House and Senate and they begin holding hearings? Bad enough, eh? Now think if they start to impeach him…what does he do? Would he go off his nut?

And what might the streets look like with a Democrat Congress and Trump as President? Demonstrations maybe? Violence maybe? Other issues maybe?

Some folks might feel that the polls are rigged and Americans view Trump as doing way better than the poll numbers show. Well, then the same logic would have to be applied to the polls under Biden. And remember, we are talking not just a single poll, or a single demographic, etc. Some of the polls are also from right-wing media sources.

Then there are some folks that might say this is all about political ideology. To a degree they are right. Both Biden and Trump have a radical-left and a radical-right bases supporting them no matter what…defying all logic, facts, evidence. But when you really look at the numbers…way more than half of the country disapproves of Trump’s job performance…that’s the radical-left and virtually everyone else other than his radical-right base.

Republicans are in deep trouble, and as I have been saying for months…as of now, unless something seriously changes, the Republicans are going to lose the mid-terms…probably both houses of Congress. And that is going to further split and divide the country. And it will throw Washington further into chaos and confusion and conflict. Kind of hard to imagine the chaos, confusion, and conflict getting any worse than it already is but it sure looks as if the country is hell-bent on making it so. Have you thought to yourself, “Why?

The political divide right now is bad enough, but bottom line…people are going to vote their wallet. I hope you are really watching the serious economic problems that exist in this country right now…the vast majority of Americans see it. And I hope you are preparing to overcome the economic problems that we have now…and how to deal with the steamroller of economic problems that could be coming at us in the next 6 – 12 months.

As for the political turbulence that will occur and the civil violence that will probably occur…I sure hope you are thinking through those possible issues as well.

To answer the question…”Political Catastrophe or Worse ?” I am seeing this all line up as “worse”. The key will be exactly how bad will “worse” be.


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Tearing Ourselves Apart !

Alex Pretti…another US citizen dead…killed by I.C.E. That is a fact, the circumstances surrounding his killing remains in question. What is not questionable it the US is tearing itself apart. There are two completely different narratives on what happened…completely opposite of each other. Each narrative supports the political ideology of its radical base. None of that matters in the log run. The truth of the matter indicates far worse. The US is tearing itself apart…maybe irrecoverably so.

On one hand you have the radical-left wanting to forward the agenda of welcoming all illegal aliens into the country with open arms…regardless of the legality of it. The radical-right has now taken a violent authoritarian approach to arresting and deporting illegal aliens…and using excessive force against protesters…US citizens. At least that is what the media and each side wishes to portray.

And honestly…I don’t care what your position is on this issue…I don’t care what my position is on this issue either. What I care about is we now have multiple dead US citizens, dozens more injured, maybe hundreds…and it is getting worse. We have the US government justifying any and all actions by its ICE agents, including killing US citizens. We have the leaders of the pro-immigrant movement raging against federal agents. It’s only a matter of time before it erupts into something far worse.

We have to step back!! We have to deescalate!!

Protesters have to be peaceful…stay within the First Amendment. Protest all you want…but stay peaceful and understand the tension and stress of those in uniform on the other side. Think about the civil rights protests of the 60’s…passive resistance. Do not attack and do not destroy…make your message heard…win the hearts of others.

The ICE agents, along with all other federal agents, stop killing US citizens!! Step out of the way of a moving vehicle…simple enough. Don’t shoot someone 10 times when they are not a threat. Stop the excessive force. Stop arresting 5-year old kid’s fathers when he followed the system legally. Stop dragging people violently out of their cars. Not everyone is a criminal, these are people…treat them as such!

Stop ! ! ! !

Stop this madness before it is too late and it escalates completely out of control.

We are playing into the hands of puppet-masters. No one, meaning regular people, is winning in this situation. Only those making this happen are winning…and their win means everyone else loses. Don’t play into their agenda.

Stop the violence ! ! We are tearing ourselves apart.

We are better than this…hopefully.

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I.C.E. & Problems

I’ve been pretty vocal about my feelings regarding I.C.E. and their actions of late. One friend asked…What would you do?

Whoa…someone who wanted my opinion. Rare, but welcomed.


There are four underlying areas that are at play here with this issue:

  1. Securing the border
  2. Deporting illegal aliens
  3. Fixing the illegal alien problem
  4. Fixing the immigration system

Trump has done an excellent job of securing the southern border; I’m not sure about the northern border, I’ve not paid much attention to that area. But Trump sure kept his promise to secure the southern border!! Well done President Trump ! !

If I were to do one thing differently on securing the border it would be to use the military. Bring some of the hundreds of thousands of US military personnel back to the US from foreign countries and let them guard our borders. That would be a win-win for sure. And as a bonus CBP would be freed up to do far better at entry points.

As for deporting illegal aliens, there are two groups; 1) criminals, 2) and “regular”. Yeah, yeah…I get it; all illegal aliens are criminals by definition, I agree. For this article I differentiate them by those who have committed crimes once inside the US vs those who keep a low profile and don’t commit crimes.

To deport the “criminals” is a pretty easy one. First, go to every single US prison and jail, any illegal alien gets immediately deported to their country of origin…period. No hearing, no trial, no process other than handcuffed and shackled and put on a plane. Gone! My reasoning? Why should we pay the $65,000 per year for these folks to overcrowd our prisons and jails? Yeah, no we shouldn’t. This is a no-brainier.

As for the other illegal aliens…let them self-deport as much as possible. By that I mean motivate them to leave the country. Such as, no illegal alien gets any US federal money or assistance of any kind; including any federal money that has gone through a state government program.

So the above two steps are pretty self-explanatory and reasonable for everyone (most reasonable people) to agree on. This next step is a bit tougher to implement, enforce, and “sell”.

To fix the illegal alien problem we have to fix the illegal immigrant “system”, by which I mean make it virtually impossible for an illegal alien to live in this country. I would think the following would be a good start:

  • Make it illegal (a felony) to give an illegal alien a drivers license.
    • Any illegal alien found with a drivers license, immediate deportation.
    • For individuals involved in the process of providing a drivers license to an illegal alien it is a felony with a $100,000 fine.
    • For the state involved in the process of providing a drivers license to an illegal alien it is a reduction in federal funding for roads of $1,000,000 per instance.
    • Any illegal alien found with a drivers license, it is immediate deportation and a reduction in federal funding for roads of $1,000,000 per instance to the state.
  • For any entity found to harbor illegal aliens it is a felony for the leader of that entity, plus a $100,000 fine per instance. And that includes states, counties, or cities…including police departments and sheriff offices.
  • Voter ID for any election.
  • It is a felony for any person involved in providing funds or services to illegal aliens which funds or services come from a federal government source.
  • To send money outside of the US a valid drivers license must be shown.

I think that would be a good start that most reasonable people could be agreeable to.

Now…fixing the immigration system for legal immigration…I have no clue. I don’t know the system well enough to give any meaningful suggestions here. There are two things I do know that have to be considered:

  1. Legal immigration must be for the benefit of the country and no cost to the country’s taxpayers.
  2. Legal immigration must make occasional exceptions for true hardship cases.

Why is my system/ideas the better route? Oh my gosh…arrogance showing!!!

Seriously, other than securing the southern border, what is going on now is an absolute disaster…an embarrassment of monumental proportions! Come on, you have to admit:

  • US citizens being beat, pepper sprayed, and shot.
  • US citizens being shot and killed.
  • Local law enforcement and correction officers being detained as suspected illegal aliens.
  • People being dragged out of their cars in the middle of the road.
  • US citizens being dragged out of their homes in below freezing weather in shorts and flip-flops.
  • Five year old being detained outside after school in the middle of winter.
  • Father of 3 US marines beat, cuffed, arrested, and scheduled to be deported.

Father of 3 US Marines beaten and violently arrested by I.C.E agents.

Don’t try to justify it…that is not my point. My point…those actions are extremely stupid!! For a moment consider this…”optics”. This is my whole point.

It looks horrific for military dressed ICE agents with covered faces, armed to the hilt, conducting military style raids on what appears to be normal people…and children…and old people. How bad does it look? Ask Americans for goodness sake…

  • 58% of Americans disapprove of the way Trump is handling this ICE debacle.
  • Nearly half of the country wants to abolish ICE.

Ya think that pretty damn clearly indicates there is a problem here!?!?!?!?!!?

No one objects to a rapist, murderer, drunk driver, or drug dealer being arrested and deported…but a 5-yo???? Wake up!! Think “perception” & “perspective”…not just ours, but others as well…you know, reasonable people.

A five year old standing in the snow in below zero weather whose father just brought him home from school is not a picture that any reasonable person can justify. Think…the father picks up his son from school in the middle of a freezing cold winter…then gets jumped by a bunch of federal agents dressed like they are going to war, armed to the teeth. What the hell kind of government does that!!!???

Sure, the father is in the country illegally, I get that…but has he committed any crime while here? Does he work? Does he pay taxes? Does he help his neighbors? Does he go to church? Is he a good father? Those are legitimate questions! Should he be on the top of the raid, arrest, and deportation list? Hell no!! That is not who we are!!!

Oh, wait…Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, the father of the 5-yo, entered the country legally with his son at a point of entry via the CPB app and requested asylum, and was awaiting his immigration hearing. Oh, and there is NO record of any criminal activity by him. What the hell was ICE thinking???!!!

What I am getting at are the optics. We can accomplish the goal(s) of stopping illegal immigration without looking like, or acting like, a Nazi-style authoritarian government. There are plenty of bad-guys out there…who are also illegal aliens…go get em! But no…our idiotic leadership has to create the appearance of masked terrorists beating and killing people…and abusing children and their fathers. And that is why we have nation-wide demonstrations opposing these actions. Justifiably so.

What is taking place now is just plain stupid by any measure…and very possibly criminal in some cases. Why did we choose the stupid path? Probably nothing more than to “look tough”…and we get stupid instead. Doubt me? Well…way more than ½ of the country, almost 2/3rds, objects to the way it being handled to the point that nearly half want to get rid of ICE altogether.

So, why do you think the country’s leadership is blatantly ignoring the will of the majority of we the people? Therein lies the real question…what’s going on behind the curtain? Or, is our leadership just plain stupid?

Whatever it is…it is dividing this country even more than what it already was. Then again…maybe that is the goal…divide to the point of civil unrest and violence in the streets. And why do you think they would want that?


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