Day: January 6, 2026

Is This A “Peace Prize” Resume?

For months if not years Donny has been whining and crying in his soup because he got passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize not once but twice.

His selfish whining aside….let’s look at Donny’s ‘peace’ initiatives….this since January of last year….

Somalia

The Trump administration has conducted an unprecedented escalation of the US air war in Somalia this year, launching at least 127 airstrikes, more than double the previous annual record of US bombings in the country, which Trump set at 63 during his first term in office.

According to New America, an organization that tracks the air war, the airstrikes launched in 2025 are more than were conducted in Somalia during the administrations of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush combined.

US airstrikes in Somalia have targeted al-Shabaab in the south and a small ISIS affiliate based in caves in the northeastern Puntland region. There have been some reports of civilians being killed in US airstrikes and military operations conducted by US-backed forces in recent months.

Overall, it’s difficult to ascertain the situation on the ground in Somalia, as there’s virtually no US media coverage of the air war despite the unprecedented escalation. The US-backed government, which is based in Mogadishu, is also known for arresting and restricting journalists who report critically on Somalia’s security forces, and al-Shabaab maintains restrictions on internet use in the areas under its control.

Nigeria

President Trump launched the first known US missile strikes in Nigeria on Christmas Day, which were conducted by a US warship in the Gulf of Guinea.

The Nigerian government said the target was “two major Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist enclaves” in the forests of the Tangaza district in Nigeria’s northwest Sokoto State, an area that’s not known as a major hub for ISIS-affiliated militants, raising questions about why it was the US’s first target.

US missiles also fell on two villages that were not the intended target, according to the Nigerian government, destroying several homes and scaring residents. Nearly a week after the US strikes, it’s unclear if there were any casualties among ISIS-affiliated militants. Analysts suspect the target was the Lakurawa, an armed group that’s believed to be linked to ISIS.

Yemen

The Trump administration launched a heavy bombing campaign in Yemen starting on March 15 in response to the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, announcing they were re-imposing their blockade on Israeli shipping due to Israeli violations of the short-lived Gaza ceasefire deal signed back in January.

The US campaign, dubbed “Operation Rough Rider,” was especially brutal and killed more than 250 civilians, according to Air Wars. Strikes included the April 17 bombing of the Ras Issa Fuel Port, which killed 84 people, all civilians. A few days later, the US bombed a migrant detention facility in Sadaa, Yemen, killing 68 African migrants.

Operation Rough Rider ended with a ceasefire between the US and the Houthis on May 6. The US failed to stop Houthi attacks on Israel and Israeli-linked shipping, which only ended after the latest Gaza ceasefire deal was signed in October.

Iraq and Syria

The US has launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria this year under the US-led anti-ISIS coalition and has several thousand troops in both countries. On December 19, the US launched significant strikes in Syria that it said targeted ISIS in response to a December 13 attack in central Syria that killed two US National Guard members and an American civilian interpreter.

However, the attack that killed the three Americans was launched by a member of the Syrian government’s security forces and was not claimed by ISIS. The Trump administration has made an ally out of the new Syrian government despite the fact that it’s led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda, and has absorbed foreign jihadists into its military, putting US troops at risk of more insider attacks.

US troops are now regularly conducting raids with both Syrian government fighters and members of the Kurdish-led SDF against suspected ISIS members. CENTCOM said on December 30 that its forces and partners “killed or captured nearly 25 ISIS operatives” in Syria since the December 19 airstrikes.

Iran

President Trump became the first US president to bomb Iran in June when US B-2 bombers armed with 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs and submarines firing Tomahawk missiles targeted Iranian nuclear facilities. The US also supported heavy Israeli airstrikes across Iran, which killed more than 1,000 people over 12 days of war.

The US refueled Israeli jets that were bombing Iran and spent billions of dollars intercepting missiles that were being fired at Israel. Many Iranian missiles made it through US and Israeli air defenses, which is ultimately what led to Israel agreeing to a ceasefire after 12 days.

Another US-Israeli war on Iran seems likely in 2026 as Israel is seeking US support for more attacks, with Iran’s conventional missiles being the pretext. President Trump said on Monday that he would support an Israeli attack if Iran “continues” its missile program or if it rebuilds its damaged nuclear facilities.

The Caribbean and Eastern Pacific

The Trump administration began conducting a bombing campaign targeting boats in the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela that it claimed were carrying drugs on September 2. The attacks started as part of the pressure campaign against Venezuela aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro, and later expanded to the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where the majority have now been launched.

According to numbers released by the Trump administration, a total of 30 strikes have been launched, and 107 people have been killed in what are extra-judicial executions that clearly violate US and international law. Throughout the bombing campaign, the Pentagon has provided no evidence to back up its claims about what the boats were carrying, and it has admitted to not knowing the identities of all the people it has killed.

Venezuela

President Trump has claimed that the US launched an attack inside Venezuela on December 24 that blew up a “major facility” where boats were loaded with drugs. After his comments, US media reported, citing anonymous officials, that the CIA conducted a drone strike targeting a dock facility the US believed was being used by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

US officials speaking to the media outlets said there was no one present at the facility at the time, and there were no casualties. At this point, the attack still hasn’t been confirmed by the Venezuelan government or sources in Venezuela, but if true, the strike marks a major escalation in the US aggression against the country, which has also involved a naval blockade and the seizure of two tankers carrying Venezuelan oil.

(antiwar.com)

Sorry but no matter the fake ‘peace’ deals he claims he brokered none of this is a strong case for Donny to get a prize.

I am sure Donny is not finished with his empire building exercises.

Thought?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

The “Donroe” Doctrine

I have written about the antiquated document, the Monroe Doctrine, and Donny cannot even get that piece of history right even when he tries to justify it’s use.

Was it a flob up or is he trying to claim ownership of the region?

In his triumphant post-operation remarks, President Donald Trump openly invoked what he termed a “Donroe Doctrine”—a vision of US hemispheric dominance backed by military power. For Europe, this moment marks not only a rupture in norms surrounding sovereignty, but also a warning sign of how America may behave across multiple theatres.

If you still do not think that Donny is trying to build an empire then some of his comments recently should erase any doubt.

The State Department on Monday echoed President Trump’s rhetoric on U.S. authority in the Western Hemisphere.

“This is OUR Hemisphere, and President Trump will not allow our security to be threatened,” the department wrote on the social platform X.

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The Trump administration has cited stopping the flow of drugs, gangs and sanctioned oil from Venezuela in justifying the removal of Maduro. Trump said Saturday that the U.S. will “run” the South American country until a proper transition can occur, with American oil companies taking control of the nation’s petroleum reserves, the largest in the world.

“We’re in the business of having countries around us that are viable and successful and where the oil is allowed to freely come out, because that’s good, it gets the prices down,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.

Also Sunday, the president threatened Colombian President Gustavo Petro and warned that Mexico “has to get their act together” regarding the flow of drugs.

Trump also said that Cuba’s communist regime, heavily dependent on Venezuelan oil imports, is “ready to fall.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said Saturday that the Cuban government should “be concerned” in the wake of Maduro’s capture.

“It’s very similar [to Venezuela] in the sense that we want to help the people in Cuba, but we want to also help the people who are forced out of Cuba and living in this country,” said Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants.

(thehill.com)

The US has always used the ‘people’ as an excuse for military action…..they are doing whats best for the people….my happy ass!

Donny is on the move to establish an American Empire with his ‘Donroe Doctrine’….

In discussing the US seizure of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, President Trump has resurrected talk about the Monroe Doctrine—the idea espoused by the nation’s fifth president in 1823 that Europe should butt out of Latin America. Trump, however, is pushing a more aggressive version, which he referred to as the “Donroe doctrine” while speaking to reporters on Sunday.

  • “The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal,” said Trump. “But we’ve superseded it by a lot, a real lot.”
  • As an analysis at the New York Times explains, his administration did, in fact, beef up the doctrine in the National Security Strategy document released two months ago. It speaks of a need to “restore American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere,” and to prevent “non-Hemispheric competitors” such as China from staking a claim to assets such as oil. “In other words, we will assert and enforce a ‘Trump Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine,” the document states.
  • At the Wall Street Journal, Greg Ip wonders about the precedent involved. “In re-establishing the Western Hemisphere as the U.S.’s sole sphere of influence, is Trump OK with China doing the same in Taiwan and, more broadly, Asia; or Russia in Ukraine and its other neighbors? Officially, no; yet Trump’s tone toward both is notably friendlier now than in his first term.”
  • When Monroe voiced his doctrine, it was mostly over a worry about European powers interfering in the affairs of their former colonies in Latin America. President Teddy Roosevelt later expanded it to justify military interventions, notes the Hill. Trump is further expanding it by asserting that he “can claim resources (oil) that, in his view, America cannot live without,” according to the Times analysis.
  • Trump’s actions mark quite a turnaround from the Obama administration. Back in 2013, then-Secretary of State John Kerry declared, “The era of the Monroe Doctrine is over,” as this Wall Street Journal story from the time reports. The story includes this context: “By giving more leeway to big regional players such as Colombia and Brazil, and not getting too worked up about the anti-American antics of strongmen in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador, the administration has tried to put U.S.-Latin American relations on a new footing.”

Yeah, like Chile in the 70s, Iraq in the 00s, Iran in the 50s….none of that was ‘for the people’…..matters not who is president the US will act with force to preserve the assets in countries.

None of this sounds like an act of empire?

Drugs will continue to flow…..that is for certain.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”