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Many presidents have quoted Scripture—Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, Obama. But I don’t recall a sitting president, from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, declaring John 3:16 to the nation as President Trump just did. That verse is the Gospel in a nutshell—God’s love, Christ’s sacrifice, and our hope. Thank you, @realDonaldTrump x.com/whitehouse/sta…

From Martin Iles, reposted: Having lived in the USA for nearly two years, I've realised something. The USA and the remainder of the Western world are no longer aligned. We all laugh and mock when the Americans say, "Freedom!" because we truly think we're as free as they are. Wrong. We're not. Not even close. The laws, the mindset, and the behaviour, is totally different in this regard. Most of all, the governments are totally different. The USA's convictions around core freedoms are on a scale we do not share. Meanwhile, Donald Trump wins the popular vote, the electoral college, the House, and the Senate... a man who, in every other Western country, is held in open derision, if not contempt. For these and other reasons, we are not the same. Yet the West, including Australia, fully expect to rely on the USA for our very survival. If the world turns bad (which will happen - only a question of time), then the whole West, without America, is toast. So, you may ask - if we're not very aligned ideologically, then it must be that we bring something to the party militarily? Well, no... actually... we don't matter that much militarily. The USA has about 470 ships in its navy, including 11 aircraft carriers, 69 submarines, 75 destroyers... plus 110 new ships in the pipeline. Australia has about 30, including 3 destroyers, 7 frigates and 7 outdated submarines. The UK does a little better, with about 60. Meanwhile, the US has over 14,000 military aircraft. A staggering number. Australia has 252 military aircraft. The UK has 556. The US army has just shy of 1,000,000 uniformed personnel in its military. Australia has about 45,000. The USA spends 3.4% ($968 billion) of its GDP on defence. Australia spends 2% ($36.4 billion). The US spends as much as the next 15 largest military-spending countries (including China) combined. The USA has a fighting culture. The men shoot things (a lot) and hunt things, the veterans get favoured in everything from parking spots to boarding planes. A uniformed young man is thanked in the street a dozen times a day. "Oh, the Americans and their guns!" we say, in our smug way. Yes, they have a warrior culture. We do not. We don't have to, because we're a leech on theirs. How many young British men are willing to fight for their country? Now ask the same regarding young American men. The difference is about as wide as it could be. Militarily, we don't offer squat. Meanwhile, look at the way Australia works against America's interests by loving on China. China made us rich and we stay close. This is a Marxist regime with expansionist aims. Again, you have to spend time in the USA to realise just how vast a gulf there is between us on China. Europe, too. They let China have their way everywhere from Germany to Greenland, all the while importing Islam and sending their own people to court for saying hurty words. Somehow, we have landed the deal of a lifetime with the USA that says, "when the baddies come, you'll save us ok?" Because we can't save ourselves. And we live in peace. But we keep gnawing away at freedoms, keep enabling China, and get flabby and disinterested about our military because Uncle Sam's got it. And, let's be honest, Americans are widely looked down on. To add insult to injury, we don't think that highly of our protectors. So, the USA is finally saying "enough." I am here, I can tell you what the vibe is, and that's it. Trump is doing what people want in this regard. They're over it. And we come across all shocked and hard done by. We behave like people with no self-insight at all. Yes, the global alliance system is all over the place now. From America's perspective, it's about time. And I must say, though I be a proud Australian, I am forced to agree. Something has to change.

No man left behind!

We got him! I can’t wait to hear his story some day. Hallelujah!

🚨 BREAKING: The now-rescued F-15 WSO evaded Iranian forces by hiking away from the wreckage, hiding on a ridge, and putting out an emergency beacon, and using SERE training to survive, per Fox Despite an intense firefight, NO AMERICANS were kiIIed in the operation. This was an INCREDIBLY complex operation, consisting of many elite U.S. Special Operations rescue forces including U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen (PJs)

God bless America! 🇺🇸🫡

I am so damn proud to be an American right now. We will go to the end of the earth to save one of us. That’s what makes our civilization superior to those that celebrate death. Bless the heroes who brought their fellow hero home.

Here is: The Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, drops another bomb 🔥🔥 Russia wasn’t the only one sitting on explosive secrets — Barack Hussein Obama knew Hillary Clinton was mentally unfit for office and deliberately hid it from the American people. Even the DNC questioned whether, if elected, she would be capable of carrying out the duties of the presidency. The original ICA (Intelligence Community Assessment) confirmed that Hillary Clinton was suffering from “intensified psycho-emotional problems, including uncontrolled fits of anger and aggression,” and was placed on a daily regimen of “heavy tranquilizers.” Yet Barack Obama withheld a national-security threat from the American people and instead deliberately manufactured an ICA report in an attempt to overthrow the United States government. Think about it — a psychopath in the White House on heavy tranquilizers. Tell me, exactly how would that have turned out? Blackmail? Sabotage? Espionage? World War III?

The surreal beauty of Nara in Japan

🧡 Nature Failed… But Love Didn’t

𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅-𝟏𝟓𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 The picture is getting clearer — and it's extraordinary. The downed F-15E has been identified as belonging to the 𝐒𝟒𝟗𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧, 48th Fighter Wing, out of RAF Lakenheath in England (Air & Space Forces Magazine). These are America's forward-deployed Strike Eagles in Europe — now confirmed in the fight over Iran. Here's what happened to the weapons systems officer after he ejected. According to an officer involved in monitoring the CSAR operation, the WSO 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝟳,𝟬𝟬𝟬-𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 with Iranian forces chasing him all day (DropSite News). Alone. Behind enemy lines. In the mountains of southwestern Iran. With a regime that put a $60,000 bounty on his head and sent state TV calling on civilians to hunt him down. And he kept moving. Defense analyst Babak Taghvaee reported 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 between U.S. Army Special Forces and IRGC Ground Forces in the Milas mount area of the Rig Mountains in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province — right where the CSAR teams were operating. This wasn't a quiet extraction. This was a fight. The Iranian side tells the story from the other end. Reports from locals speaking to Iranian media say the IRGC is transferring 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 troops from "Black Mountain" to Dehdasht Hospital (HotAir). Plainclothes 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐣 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 sent to find the American were k!lled — Iranian officials confirmed at least 𝟒 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 during recovery operations in the region. The IRGC has now warned its own civilians to stay away from the area. Let that sink in. Iran sent its Revolutionary Guard and Basij militia to capture one American — and they got wrecked. As of this update, journalist Jack Murphy — a former Green Beret with deep special operations sources — reports the WSO has been 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 after a massive firefight at the recovery site (DropSite News). Multiple Special Forces community sources say he is safe and back in American hands. The Pentagon has not officially confirmed the second rescue. But here's what IS confirmed: the United States military sent its most elite operators into hostile Iranian mountains, fought through IRGC ground forces, and brought their people home. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.

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Fox News: The second F-15 aircrew member has been successfully recovered! 🙏

Great news, just breaking:

@PressSec @robertosilvae Praise God! 🙌🏻🇺🇸✝️ Thank you President Trump and all of our US military!

FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND! This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow War Fighters were monitoring his location 24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue. At my direction, the U.S. Military sent dozens of aircraft, armed with the most lethal weapons in the World, to retrieve him. He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine. This miraculous Search and Rescue Operation comes in addition to a successful rescue of another brave Pilot, yesterday, which we did not confirm, because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation. This is the first time in military memory that two U.S. Pilots have been rescued, separately, deep in Enemy Territory. WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND! The fact that we were able to pull off both of these operations, without a SINGLE American killed, or even wounded, just proves once again, that we have achieved overwhelming Air Dominance and Superiority over the Iranian skies. This is a moment that ALL Americans, Republican, Democrat, and everyone else, should be proud of and united around. We truly have the best, most professional, and lethal Military in the History of the World. GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, AND HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

The unit that extracted our Colonel from Iran

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.