It Is Time for a Military Offensive Against the Cartels Threatening America

MG (Ret) Paul E. Vallely  

"The situation is dire. President Trump must act swiftly and decisively. This isn’t about politics—it’s about survival." No matter what the Democrat/Soros alliance wants. TD

"In 2025, America faces an urgent and undeniable threat along its southern border—one that demands a bold, decisive military response. The drug cartels operating in Mexico can no longer be treated as mere criminal organizations. They are heavily armed, well-financed, and control large swaths of Mexican territory. These cartels’ function more like foreign paramilitary forces than gangs, and their reach extends deep into American cities and towns.

"It is time for the United States, under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, to act. A comprehensive plan has been developed to launch a military-led campaign against the cartels, rooted in unconventional and conventional warfare tactics. This mission should be executed by the U.S. Armed Forces and coordinated by Special Operations Command (SOCOM), with the full backing of the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and national intelligence agencies.

"Cartels such as Jalisco Nueva Generación and the Sinaloa Cartel are now equipped with military-grade weapons including .50 caliber sniper rifles, RPG-7 grenade launchers, and full-auto PKM machine guns—many of the same armaments being used in the war in Ukraine. Some of these weapons have allegedly been turned against U.S. Border Patrol agents. In northern Mexican states like Sonora, Nuevo León, and Chihuahua, cartel convoys of armored “narco-tanks” roam freely, engaging in open gun battles with security forces. The Mexican government, riddled with corruption, has lost control of the region. The cartels have effectively become the ruling power.

"Make no mistake—this is a war, and wars are not won by defense alone. We must shift to an offensive posture, deploying joint military task forces to the southern U.S. border and taking the fight directly to cartel strongholds across the Mexican border if necessary. This is not a violation of international law, but a response to an ongoing invasion threatening the sovereignty and safety of the United States.

"The operational plan calls for the creation of three Border Task Force Groups (BTFGs), headquartered at existing bases in Texas, Arizona, and California. These units would include Special Forces, Delta Force, Navy SEALs, Rangers, Marine Recon, and supporting Army and Air Force personnel. A 20-mile “No Go Zone” would be established on the Mexican side of the border, where any cartel activity would be met with force.

"On the U.S. side, border security operations would be carried out by the National Guard, Border Patrol, DEA, and local law enforcement. This would not violate the Posse Comitatus Act, as the mission centers on national defense, not domestic policing." . . .

About Rebekah Koffler, guest on Fox's Army 250th Anniversary Show

 About – Rebekah Koffler

"The “Russian collusion” hoax not only poisoned American politics but also sowed confusion about the real Russian threat to the United States. President Vladimir Putin wasn’t colluding with the Trump campaign, but as a former U.S. intelligence specialist makes clear in this eye-opening book, the judo-loving ex–KGB agent most certainly has a plan to defeat the United States" The Book – Rebekah Koffler

"Rebekah Koffler, the author of Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America, is a former intelligence officer who served as a Russian Doctrine & Strategy specialist in the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2008 until late 2016. She has delivered classified briefings to top U.S. military commanders, NATO ministers, the directors of the CIA and DIA, the White House National Security Council, and senior congressional staff. In her post-public service career, Rebekah is a writer, commentator, and national security consultant whose work has been published on the Fox News website, The Hill, the Daily Caller, and the Washington Times. She has appeared on Fox News, One America News, and the Sean Hannity nationally syndicated radio show.

"Rebekah’s conservative, pro-America views were formed as a result of her experience growing up under the totalitarian socialist regime of the Soviet Union. Rebekah strongly believes that capitalism, however imperfect, is superior to the soul-crushing, oppressive, poverty-inducing socialist system of state control. It is for this reason that Rebekah is dedicating her post-public service career to the fight for freedom, individual rights, and holding government establishment apparatchiks to account. Protecting America from sliding toward dehumanizing socialism and its next phase, communism, while describing the threat posed to the United States by Russia, is Rebekah’s current mission."   Putin's Playbook interview.

Newsom Can’t Memory-Hole What He Did to California

 The American Spectator   "He gave all illegal immigrants free health care — and it did not go well." 

"But Newsom isn’t just trying to deflect responsibility for the fiscal disaster he has inflicted on California through sheer irresponsibility. He is also trying to distort the kind of governor he has been."

Spectator.org

""Last year, California, to great fanfare, became the first state to fund free health care for all its illegal immigrants — which totals about 1.1 million people.

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom framed the policy as a great moral achievement. “Through this expansion,” he said, “we’re making sure families and communities across California are healthier, stronger, and able to get the care they need when they need it.”

"There was just one problem. When Newsom rolled out the policy, California was facing years of budget deficits amounting to a shortfall of tens of billions of dollars, according to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office.

"Despite the budget holes — which Newsom patched with accounting maneuvers and withdrawals from the state’s rainy-day fund — California liberals were adamant that the health care policy was a moral necessity. For instance, California state Senator Maria Elena Durazo called the policy a “historic investment” that “speaks to California’s commitment to health care as a human right.”

"Well, who could have guessed it, but it turns out California could not actually afford universal free health care for illegal immigrants. The policy cost billions more than anticipated and spiraled California into an even bigger deficit hole.

"So last week, Newsom proposed as part of his May budget revision that the state freeze the enrollment of illegal immigrants in the state’s Medicaid system beginning next year and that the state begin charging illegal immigrants — in two years’ time — $100 a month to stay in the program. Free dental care for illegal immigrants would also be rolled back.

"It was an admission that the free-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants policy had been fiscally untenable — and a stunning admission at that, given the extent to which Newsom’s administration had trumpeted the policy as an achievement that should lead the rest of the country to follow its moral bravery." . . .

Democrats Pledge Impeachments and Prosecutions When They Return to Power

 Jonathan Turley  

"And has Suhas helped put forth any legislation in his career in the House so far, or made any attempt to work across the aisle?  Has Hakeem given Suhas the ‘green light’ to go public with these impeachment and legal threats? Would Nancy P. have done so — Suhas should be kissing the ground he’s walking on, for living in country who tolerates his brand of hatred." From the comments to this post.

"Various Democrats are promising to investigate and impeach President Donald Trump if they retake the House next year. At the same time, others are promising a scorched earth campaign against those who support Trump, including Elon Musk. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) declared this week that Musk committed crimes and will be at the top of the list. 

"MSNBC’s ratings may be declining but the network is escalating the unhinged rhetoric. Host Symone Sanders ominously told Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) , “Let’s talk about Elon Musk” and his “data” on waste that he identified in the federal government: “So what are Democrats going to do about the data? Are you all going to follow up on this?”

"Subramanyam immediately pledged to hunt Musk down:

“… certainly, I think some crimes may have been committed over the past 3 or 4 months, and they are going to come to light one way or another, even if it takes us getting into power again, but we will subpoena people and find out.”

"There is no evidence of any criminal conduct by Musk. Indeed, DOGE has largely won in its fights to gain access to records in the search for fraud and waste.

"Nevertheless, after calling for Musk to be “taken down,” Democratic rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Tx.) is also calling for Musk to be investigated over DOGE once Democrats take power.

"It is otherworldly to see Democrats raising prosecution threats against the effort to reduce the size and waste of government. One can certainly be critical of some of the cuts under DOGE but few would disagree that Musk helped find billions in waste, including some shocking revelations about the inefficiencies of our government.

"A former Obama aide, Rep. Subramanyam just arrived in Congress but has immediately resumed the same failed narrative. The Democrats are an example of how, if you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

"There is a return to the same script from pledges of prosecutions to impeachments. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez has even reimagined the “defund the police” campaign into an “Abolish ICE” campaign.

"Resisting immigration enforcement, downsizing government, and other issues are only moving the party further from the center of this country.

"The threat only reaffirms my call yesterday for President Trump to award Musk the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to space exploration, electric vehicles, free speech, and other public service. Elon has lost a fortune in resisting these attacks and threats from the left. This country owes him a great debt."

LA riots damage Newsom's 2028 presidential chances, conservatives predict

When researching a subject like "LA riots", you have to be specific or you get this:  LA Riots - Search 

Rich Terrell

Newsom Ignores Kamala Harris' Call During LA Riots   "Former Vice President Kamala Harris tried to call California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) during the recent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. However, she was not able to reach him and left him a voicemail. Reports say Newsom never called her back. Harris, an LA resident, also called Bass, but it is unclear whether she could reach the mayor. . . .

"The outlet reported that Harris hesitated over whether to speak out about the riots unfolding in her own backyard, worried that doing so might sway voters. In the end, she chose to weigh in—only to criticize President Trump for deploying the military in response.

"Harris wrote on social media that Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to LA was a “dangerous escalation.” She was also criticized after claiming the riots were “overwhelmingly peaceful.”

"Reports suggest that Harris was phoning Newsom and Bass as a strategic move, as rumors claim she is gearing up for a California governor run in 2026.  Democratic strategist Steve Maviglio told Politico that Harris may be “eyeing Newsom’s rising stock as she contemplates her next moves.” 

Republicans Launch Investigation into Newsom, Bass’s Handling of L.A.   Riots   . . ." 'In response to this violence, on June 8, 2025, President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and [Governor Newsom] protested President Trump’s action to quell the violence caused by the rioters in Los Angeles, even resorting to falsely blaming him for the actions of violent rioters,” the lawmakers wrote to Newsom.

“ 'You falsely claimed that state and local law enforcement had protests under control, however, police were clearly unable to quell the violence in Los Angeles prior to the arrival of the National Guardsmen.”

"One day after Trump deployed 2,000 National Guardsmen to the city, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell admitted that his officers were “overwhelmed” by the scale of the riots." . . .

LA riots damage Newsom's 2028 presidential chances, conservatives predict

Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Campaign Unofficially Begins   . . ."But this week, Newsom has thrown his denials to the side. “I’m not thinking about running, but it’s a path that I could see unfold,” he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Tuesday. That message coincided with Newsom’s primetime address to the nation regarding President Donald Trump’s deployment of California National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles."

Senator Chris Murphy Is Doing What?

  Daniel Oliver  "Sen. Chris Murphy may deny a White House run, but his million-dollar ad blitz, Biden loyalty, and Sunday sports excuse reveal a man unfit to lead—and unready to tell the truth."

"It’s still a long way to 2028, but it’s already clear that Murphy is not a bright light of the Democrat Party. But it is unclear if there is anyone in the Democrat Party brighter than Murphy."

“Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) is running for president” sounds like the title of a Tales from the Crypt episode. Of course, the senator denies he’s running, as you deny you were speeding, but then why is Murphy spending so much money on publicity?

"A related question anyone following current events and national and elective politics should ask is: Does the Democrat Party have any bright lights? The easy answer is no, and it’s worth remembering that not all easy answers are wrong.

. . ."Murphy’s background would make one think that he would be more thoughtful about national and international affairs. He graduated with honors from Williams College, spent a year at Oxford, and then got a J.D. from the University of Connecticut Law School. That law degree may not make him Supreme Court material, or even Supreme Court clerk material, but even so, he could have imaginative ideas about how to fix what’s wrong with the country.

"Part of his problem is that he is as complicit as the rest of the Democrat Party in propping up the failing, obviously mentally impaired, Joe Biden for years. During the 2024 election cycle, Murphy was a vocal supporter of Biden’s re-election campaign. How can the public trust a man who has deceived them for years?" . . .

Man-Bun-Man; a symbol of compassion and care

Anybody know how much this couple is paid to do this and if their check is from Soros? TD

 RedState

"I mean, I wish I could say you can’t make it up, but the Left has become so unspooled that nothing shocks. It doesn’t mean it makes it any less entertaining, however. There are anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests and riots popping up nationwide. There’s bound to be shenanigans at this ‘No Kings’ event today, especially in Philadelphia. We’ll keep you abreast of that, but remember that anti-ICE protest in New York City? A horde of white liberals blocked the road, which prevented a black mother from getting to work. They laughed at her face and told her illegal aliens’ kids were more important:" . . .

Arrogant NYC anti-ICE protesters mocks a woman begging them to let her get to work   

GOP Councilwoman Vickie Paladino commented:

So the "oh no not work" guy who was blocking a single mother from getting to her job had previously won a $115k settlement from the city because his 'civil rights' were allegedly violated by the NYPD during a previous BLM protest.

"Do you see the scam now?

The city paid off thousands of BLM rioters with tens of millions in settlements so they could continue to agitate and cause chaos. Based on his performance in the video we saw, I can guarantee he deserved whatever he alleged the NYPD did to him.

"Oh and his accomplice? A woman named Karen Ramspacher, a wealthy senior VP at a market research firm called MRI Simmons (@MRI_Simmons). 

Because of course.

"These people are parasites. They not only don't contribute to our society in any meaningful way, they are in fact a net negative.

"Paying them off encouraged them to continue to wreak havoc with zero fear of consequences. So that's exactly what they're doing. As intended by the city officials like the comptroller and law department who authorized the settlements. It's all part of the progressive machine, and they're using your tax dollars to do it.

"This is the face of progressivism in New York. This is who's backing Zohran. This is who's pushing for bike lanes and congestion pricing and police defunding and legalized drugs and ranked-choice voting and everything else that's making your life miserable here."

The ["doom goblin"] Greta Awakening: The World Stands United, 'Get a Job, Ya Bum'

Kevin Downey   "I'm sure you've noticed that the world's most annoying climate doomster, Greta Thunberg, has swapped her acid-rain coat and melting glacier galoshes for a stylish keffiyeh and a Gaza-riffic t-shirt.

"I'm guessing Thunberg finally fixed the climate and needed a new direction in her life. Today, hating Jews is more en vogue with the leftoids than slapping a dress onto their 10-year-old vegan son."  

"This is brutal!

"A British TV host just dropped some truth bombs on top Hamas cheerleader Greta Thunberg.

"Do you agree with every word she said?

"I absolutely do — share if you do too!pic.twitter.com/q5EeNBrIsr

— Liza Rosen (@LizaRosen0000) June 10, 2025

. . ." The world has spoken, but will the world's most petulant, Jew-hating gasconade take the hint? Not likely.

"Thunberg, 22, is worth between $1 million and $2 million, much of which comes from groups paying the untrained, antisemitic permafrost queen of the allegedly rising seas to speak.

"Eco-doom and hatred of Jews are big businesses, and business is too good to quit.

"Let's kick off the weekend with some laughs. Nobody skewers the pinko stinko brigade quite like our friends at "Jokes and a Point."

"Remember, patriots know how to laugh. The blue-haired they/thems suck."

UPDATE: The Most Environmentalist Woman in the World

The intifada got globalized again in Los Angeles

Jonathan Tobin  

"As Tablet magazine noted, the LA protests are being supported by the same progressive alliance of Democratic Party funders, unions and street-level radicals as those other disturbances"

"If the images coming out of Los Angeles this past week seemed familiar, it was no accident. As the left took to the streets of America's second-largest city, images displayed some of the same thuggish tactics, masks, keffiyehs, signs and even flags being waved by those participating in other iterations of the "progressive" mindset that are familiar to the pro-Hamas mobs that have been demonstrating on college campuses since Oct. 7, 2023.

Much like the way Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental extremist, switched her focus from trying to destroy the economies of the developed world in the name of "saving the planet" to supporting the destruction of Israel (as seen in her performative stunt trying to sail to Gaza with a paltry amount of goods), so, too, are many American leftists diverting their efforts to another issue, at least temporarily.

For a short while, their priority is not the cause of erasing the Jewish presence "from the river to the sea." Instead, they are proclaiming the importance of open borders and demonizing efforts by President Donald Trump to close them, as well as to deport those who have broken the law by entering and remaining in the United States without permission. And, as with their devotion to the Palestinian cause of eliminating Israel, they are claiming the mantle of "human rights" while doing so.

Crossover riots

The crossover between these causes is no coincidence. The cause of undermining U.S. sovereignty is not as disconnected from the war on Israel as some might think.

Many political liberals, including Jews, may think that open borders and the cause of immigrants, illegal or not —while at the same time opposing Trump —is a religious or political obligation. But the effort to flood the United States with economic migrants from Central and Southern America, and elsewhere, is in no way analogous to the era of Jewish mass immigration to North America or the flight of Jews from Nazi-occupied Europe.

More to the point, the notion that anyone ought to be allowed to cross into the United States, regardless of their legal status, is not a question of human rights. It's an assault on the right of a sovereign nation to defend its people and identity against those who, as the foreign flags being waved as part of the unrest indicate, believe that the American republic deserves no respect because it is an irredeemably racist construct. It's connected to the same toxic woke catechism of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) that has racialized and divided society, along with the toxic neo-Marxist ideas of critical race theory, intersectionality and settler-colonialism that seek to overturn Western civilization and that fuel antisemitism. So, it is little surprise that the LA riots bear a striking resemblance to other protests organized by the left.

It's true that not all of those who are opposing efforts of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to arrest illegal immigrants care about the effort to "free Palestine" and oppose the existence of the one Jewish state on the planet. Indeed, many traditional liberals, including Jews, think there's something immoral about enforcing immigration laws, even when it involves court orders for deportation for people who have already received due process and then some.

The hypocrisy at work here is mind-boggling." . . .Full article...

The Rogue’s New Gallery of Left-Wing Scoundrels

 Victor Davis Hanson   The left’s martyr-making machine is in overdrive—recasting criminals, rioters, and radicals as victims, even as the public demands law, order, and sanity.  

"In the mind of the mainstream liberal media, the Soliman family was cruelly detained by the evil Trump administration that was considering returning the illegal aliens to their Middle East homes." . . . 

"The entire career of race-baiter Al Sharpton was founded on falsehoods about the Tawana Brawley scam.

"Nearly everything the left told us about the Trayvon Martin fight was false.

"The “hands up, don’t shoot” Ferguson fable and the Covington Kids myth were quickly exposed.

"The Duke Lacrosse and Jussie Smollett melodramas were laughable.

"Russian “collusion,” “laptop” disinformation, and Joe Biden “fit as a fiddle” gaslighting were utter lies.

"But more recently, the hard left lost its mind championing a host of violent, unsavory characters.

"The illegal alien and El Salvadorian national, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was portrayed as a victim of unfair deportation in the left’s larger, losing war for open borders.   

"Garcia became a “Maryland Man”: a supposed poor victim of Trump overreach.

He was constructed as a family man engaged in construction to feed his family, who somehow forgot to become “documented” and was deported.

"In truth, Garcia is now facing felony indictments for human trafficking. He was a likely MS-13 gang member, a violent and bullying woman-beater, and rarely employed gainfully in construction.

"Luigi Mangione was a rich, spoiled kid who dabbled in Jacobin politics.

"Posing as a revolutionary, Mangione ambushed Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. He murdered him in cold blood near a New York hotel.

"Instantly, some on the left embraced Mangione as a revolutionary hero who delivered justice to a supposedly greedy corporate capitalist.

"Mohamed Soliman, like Garcia, was a violent illegal alien. He bragged about his hatred of Jews in general and Israel in particular.

"So Soliman made some Molotov cocktails and tried to incinerate Jewish marchers advocating on behalf of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas." . . .

Trump DEPLOYS ICE Tactical Units ACROSS THE US As LA Riots WORSEN

Newsom Says It’s His Duty To Represent The Illegal Immigrants Who Elected Him

 Whatfinger News

• The news said one tenth, 1 in 10, people in LA County are here illegally. And if they admit that, the number is likely even higher.
• Image if in mexico hundreds of americas illegally enter the country and then riot and burn the mexican flag while flying the USA flag
• Fun fact. The floyd thing happened to a dude the year before in dallas. It was far worse than the floyd thing, but the dude was whyte, so nobody cared. The knee was on his back, not the kneck. Stop saying that.
• I have several lib friends who think Trump is delousional and hate him. You can show them legit differing perspectives, just to consider them, but they are so convinced they are right, and won’t even check them out.
• I went to a Walmart and 35-40% of stock employees didn’t speak English! If Trump sends ICE into locations across the U.S., Walton is cooked!
• I’ve always despised bullies. When I saw the mainstream media bullying Trump I immediately became very anti-mainstream media and equally supportive of Trump. Since then the mainstream media has only reinforced my loathing of them
• “When a nation forgets her skill in war, when her religion becomes a mockery, when the whole nation becomes a nation of money-grabbers, then the wild tribes, the barbarians drive in… Who will our invaders be? From whence will they come?”
• I find it absolutely insane the Democrats are fighting this fight for 330 arrest!!!!! All this damage, all these injuries all these stores that have to close, the cost to the city all for 330 illegals!!! INSANE….
• Tim, the reasons why most People Work the job they have is because we created a system that requires the Dollar for you to Live and the Work they want to do doesn’t pay enough or pay at all to Live. You are one of the few that have found a Job that not only pays you enough to Live, but is also Work you want to do. Most do not and because you are benefiting from the system, your solution to everyone is to “shut up”, take the Work the system allows and learn to Love it. Though one can find a love and have pride in doing any work, it doesn’t necessarily replace the actual “desired work” of the Individual. In fact, it just feels like your trapped and enslaved to a system that cares less for you than the product you are producing. This World cares more for the Toy than for the Child that is playing with it. Can you recognize what I have just told you and help me fix this? This is the Work I have been doing for over 30 years and of yet, no one pays, offers to pay or will pay me for doing it. That is fine, I don’t want your Dollars, I just want your help, and again, as of yet, no one will help me unless I pay them, which is a problem because it is contrary to my Work.
• There is not going to be another summer of love. Trump will nip this in the bud expeditiously. Since our troops aren’t deployed overseas and we got rid of the soy boys, we will be fine.

Vacation ruse, phantom trip, hostage decoy: How Israel misled Tehran before Iran strike – source

Jerusalem Post  Obama would have warned Iran; we have seen that happen before. TD

 "Israeli defense officials believe the element of surprise maximized the operation’s impact and may buy Israel critical time as Iran edges closer to nuclear breakout capability."

The silhouette of a man, seen over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran

"Israel deliberately labeled Thursday night’s security-cabinet meeting as a discussion on hostage negotiations in order to lull Tehran and green-light the pre-dawn strike inside Iran, a senior Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.

"According to the official, ministers were briefed in advance that the agenda would focus on the stalled talks for the release of Israelis held in Gaza. “The aim was to put Iran to sleep,” the source said.

"Once inside the secure forum, the cabinet unanimously approved the military operation and every minister signed a strict non-disclosure agreement, known as a Shomer Sod (“guardian of the secret”) document.

"Only a handful of officials—including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Mossad director David (Dedi) Barnea and senior defense chiefs—were read into the full plan. . . .

"In the days leading up to the strike, the Prime Minister’s Office orchestrated a series of false signals:

Vacation ruse: Netanyahu’s aides briefed reporters that he was planning a family holiday in the Galilee and would be attending his son Avner’s wedding next Tuesday, reinforcing the impression that no major military action was imminent.

Washington decoy: The PMO issued a statement claiming that Dermer and Barnea would fly to Washington on Friday to meet US envoy Steve Witkoff for a “sixth round” of Iran-US nuclear talks in Oman— talks that do not exist. Both men remained in Israel.

Leak strategy: For the first time, Netanyahu’s office declined to deny fabricated quotes describing a dispute between the prime minister and former US president Donald Trump over a potential strike, creating the sense of a diplomatic rift and further lowering Iranian alert levels.

"The deception campaign unfolded against a backdrop of domestic political drama over the IDF draft law and speculation that the coalition might collapse. “It was the perfect smoke screen,” the source said, adding that US officials were fully briefed despite the public theatrics."

Israel tricked Iranian air force commanders into having a meeting to distract them during strike  Aren't we glad to have Israel as a friend instead of a foe!

Iranian military officials unveil a new missile base on March 25, 2025

"An Israeli security official told Fox News that Israel tricked Iran’s leading air force commanders into gathering for a meeting to distract them during a strike on their nuclear facilities.

" 'We carried out specific activities to help us learn more about them, and then used that information to influence their behavior,” the official told Fox News. “We knew this would lead them to meet — but more importantly, we knew how to keep them there.”

"On Thursday, Israel created several ruses to defuse Iran’s suspicions that a strike was imminent.

"The security cabinet, aware of the plans to attack, leaked to the press that it was meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza and the stalled hostage negotiations.

"One source said, “The aim was to put Iran to sleep.”

"Every minister signed a strict non-disclosure document, known as a Shomer Sod (“guardian of the secret”).

"Netanyahu also leaked his “vacation plans” in the Galilee, and there were reports that he was making preparations for his son Avner’s wedding, scheduled for next Tuesday." . . .

"Last week, Trump reportedly warned Netanyahu not to strike Iran while the nuclear negotiations were still ongoing.

"However, on Friday, Trump revealed that he was aware that Netanyahu planned to strike Iran.

"Although Trump admitted that the strike on Iran might have shelved his goal of a nuclear treaty, he told the Wall Street Journal that Netanyahu informed him before the strike.

" 'Heads-up? It wasn’t a heads-up. It was, we know what’s going on,” Trump said."