Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – June 13, 2025 

Greetings from Tyler,

We’re going to have to watch carefully to see what happens with this Israel-Iran war. As everybody knows, Israel unleashed numerous strikes on Iranian targets.  They went after Iran’s nuclear program and key people in the regime. We’ll probably never know the details unless the Iranian people rise up and overthrow the Mullahs.  

The overview showing where Israel unleashed its missiles is available to see, but as I write Iran is exploding missiles in Tel Aviv. Trump is trying to get the Iranians to think twice, but they’re true zealots. The Iranian people should have had enough. After all, it was Jimmy Carter who stood by. The Shah fled and the weirdos took over. I doubt that anybody alive can forget it. And then at the last minute, he gave the go-ahead for a raid. But it was too late, and you know the outcome.  That may not have been what he intended, but that’s the way it worked out.  If you revisit the Carter debacle… On second thought, don’t.  It’s too depressing.

But it’s a brand new day, and Iran is feeling pretty tough. Recent years have seen them funding all kinds of terrorist groups, and the guys with turbans are ultimately responsible for a lot of the mayhem we’ve seen. But they are responding.  We’d all hoped that they’d take the opportunity to call the whole thing off and turn peaceful. But that’s not in their nature.  

Let’s hope this thing doesn’t get out of control. We wouldn’t want Russia or China getting involved. Hopefully they don’t want to cross swords with you know who.  No doubt, Iran is mad and wants revenge. It looks like Israel killed at least four or five of Iran’s top commanders, but there’s no shortage of lunatics in the Middle East.

These people lie to themselves and everybody else. They proclaim how brave they are, and that one of them can take out ten or twenty Israelis. I heard it all back in the day. These must be the children of those who were calling the shots back then. You don’t need me to tell you, these people are crazy! They boast and carry on, and you just have to smile and nod. 

Turns out there’s a disagreement between Trump and Newsom. We’ve been watching things go crazy in Los Angeles. I hope this isn’t true, but I read something suggesting that government agencies may be funding the protests. Many a loser has come out and suggested that the riots are just a matter of racial hatred on our part. That has no credibility. We just don’t want the United States to turn out like Mexico.

Peaceful protesters? I guess all those burning cars don’t count. The thing in L. A. is threatening to spread. Suddenly there are reports of marches and protests in places we’ve never heard of. The media is broken-hearted about the treatment of aliens. I’m starting to wonder if the stories about them voting have merit. The way the liberals are acting you might be tempted to wonder. You’ve probably read all about the conundrum and who’s winning the fight. To hear the news tell it, people are really upset about the aliens getting thrown out.  It’s going to take a while.  

I don’t know about you, but I like the United States being on top of things again. At least we’re not fighting everybody in the Middle East. Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia makes me think that there may be a few sane people in the Middle East, just not the majority.  

Mark