Mark Hertling

And you have another report from Denmark that the president has asked them to assist in a campaign against Iran.

This is the same Denmark he's threatening to invade as part of their Greenland holdings.

So Denmark is basically saying, Pound Sand, we're not doing anything with you.

This is what happens when you diss your allies.

You pull forces out willy-nilly for other contingencies that doesn't have a major strategy.

And you're basically insulting your alliances and even playing them as almost enemies because they don't either pony up cash or pony up forces or do what you want them to do by giving away their land.

The last attack with Israel that went against Iran had Danish aircraft with it.

I believe it had German aircraft with it and it had French aircraft with it.

So these are the three allies that we're now insulting who don't want to play with us in any kind of action, especially one that might instigate a major campaign and create havoc on the European and Middle Eastern continents.

That's what I laid out in the article about the elements of national power.

And the major element is diplomacy.

And then you have information and then you have economic power and then you have military power.

But the first response is usually let's use the military because it's the most forceful and you can publicize it.

But have we extended a diplomatic approach to I don't know if we have or not.

If we have, it's very secretive.

But it's beyond that.

What are you doing to your population?

Have we used a diplomatic approach on the world stage at the UN?

Has Michael Waltz, the UN ambassador, gone up and given a speech about how we should universally condemn what Iran is doing to its citizens?

Have we instigated an information campaign?