Strategic respect. We have talked about this several times as I have shared this important concept and how it affects both the US and the world. Quick reminder: strategic respect is not only how foreign leaders view us but it is also about how they consider our response to their actions in their decision making process. If we do this, what will the US do? Our strategic respect has continued to plummet as the current administration is viewed as clowns, weak and incompetent. There is the war in Ukraine, Iran close to a nuclear weapon, war in Israel, and Putin is threatening nuclear war. None of this would be happening with strong, competent leadership of the US. Ukraine is being decimated and thousands killed. Ukrainians are now fighting Ukrainians. We continue to delay the inevitable and allow more casualties by prolonging this war. Closer to home, Haiti has fallen. They are the most violent, corrupt cesspool on this planet. And are now taken over by a gang leader. Our embassy has been evacuated. Marines have been slipped in under the radar and are prepared. This new “leader” hopefully has enough sense to not attack our embassy as that would be an attack on the United States and the Marines will answer. And how many Haitians are fleeing and getting into the US? Some are being flown directly in, some are working to simply cross over our open borders. This culture is corrupt and violent. The common religion is voodoo. And the vast majority of the men have TB and/or HIV. This is just one culture coming in. But most have similar backgrounds. They are here. Make no mistake. We are abandoning our ally, Israel. While we were at our Price of Freedom banquet in October, and literally while I was speaking about “you will be on your own”, Israelis were being attacked and slaughtered. It is a clear reminder that there are forces of hate and evil that would delight in doing the same to us. They are already here in our country. They are preparing. You should be too. When an incident happens, initially YOU WILL BE ON YOUR OWN. On the good news front, Eric Schmitt has introduced a bill to outlaw illegals and deport them. Overall good news. But be aware that all those illegals that have been granted asylum have a piece of paper from our federal government that allows them to stay. This is not a solution but at least it is a step in the right direction and sends a message that Missouri does not want the illegals. I will continue to say it. Get Ready. Bad Times Are Coming.

Colonel Adams shared this at our January 2024 Kick-Off Muster. This speech tracks exactly with his beliefs, study of history on how to bring down this country, and his analysis of how to exploit our values in order to accomplish it. Lamm started: "First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country." History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: "The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy." Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans.". Lamm went on: “Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority Every other explanation is out of bounds. Third, "We could make the United States a 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: "The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together." Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities." "Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school." "My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population." "My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common Language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" --From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize America as surely as Kosovo." "Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them." In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said,. "Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson's book "Mexifornia." His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book." There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America - take note of California and other states - to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book "1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is strength." Colonel Adams noted that the speech was 20 years ago. It is not only continuing but accelerating. Get Prepared.

What is strategic respect and what does our countries’ look like? Strategic respect is about the weight other countries factor in our response. It is the consideration of “If we do X, what will the United States do?” We have historically had very high strategic respect – top one or two considerations. We have slid far from that. Other countries not only no longer give us strong strategic respect but view our current administration as clowns. Not a good place for us to be as a country. And now we are in numerous proxy wars. Our military has been weakened and is spread thin. Also, not a good place for us to be. And, consider the impact that the flood of illegals into this country is having on us. We know the numbers are huge and we know that there are terrorists who are now in this country. That is a serious danger. Another serious danger is how the illegals could be the trigger to civil war. Citizens having to defend themselves and their communities from attacks by illegals rioting or cartels in turf wars. That is happening currently in both France and Great Britian. It will happen here. As we all continue to see, hear about and experience increased crime and violence, it is important to give serious consideration and have the mindset to know that YOU WILL BE ON YOUR OWN. There will be times and situations when you will have to defend yourself and your family. When a situation happens, no matter how fast the response is – whether from 911 or from Washington Guard members responding, you will have to survive the initial situation on your own. When the attacks happened in Israel last month, were they dialing 911 (their version)? Absolutely. No one responded. Developing and strengthening your mindset to be a survivor and developing your skills to do so continues to be increasingly important. When I met with the prior Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, I talked to him about the danger of Hamas and that their end goal was to destroy Israel, which he acknowledged. I asked him why they haven’t gone in and done what they need to do to ensure the safety and survival of Israel. His answer? “The West will not allow it.” For years, Israel has had a neighbor who wants them eliminated off the face of the earth. In the intelligence business there is a term - Day of Reckoning - when there is no turning back, and you have to keep pushing forwards. Israel had their Day of Reckoning on Oct 7.

I asked this question doing a radio interview. And much to my surprise, someone came up with one good thing as an answer. Biden. He has opened our borders and flooded us with illegal immigrants, terrorists, drugs and weapons. He tanked our economy, created inflation, prints, borrows and spends trillions of dollars increasing our budget deficit to unsustainable levels. He destroyed our energy independence causing gas prices to soar. He promotes the transgender destruction of our children. He is dismantling our military with destructive policies and a focus on wokeness. He promotes woke culture throughout our entire culture as America. He censors free speech. He attacks political enemies with the justice department, FBI and legal system. He set up and is violating the civil rights of J6ers for exercising their constitutional rights. He promotes BLM and Antifa riots and considers parents at school board meetings terrorists. He is destroying our schools with woke curriculum and keeping schools closed. He wars against Christians and churches. The list could go on and on and on. What in the world is the one good thing? He woke us up to the intentional destruction of our country.