Senior U.S. military officials warned key Middle East allies on Friday to prepare for a possible strike on Iran as multiple reports said Washington and Jerusalem now view military action as decided, with one source saying the only remaining question is timing, not whether an attack will occur. According to an exclusive report published Friday by Drop Site News, senior U.S. military officials informed the leadership of a key U.S. ally in the Middle East that President Donald Trump could authorize strikes on Iran as early as this weekend, and the ally was told operations could begin as soon as Sunday if Washington moves forward. A separate exclusive report published Friday by Iran International reinforced that assessment, citing a Western source familiar with U.S.-Israeli coordination who said decision-making circles in Washington and Tel Aviv have moved past diplomacy and now view military action as effectively inevitable. With two exclusive reports now asserting that military action is no longer a matter of if but when, and with U.S. forces visibly positioned, regional allies warned, and diplomatic off-ramps narrowing, the Trump administration appears to be approaching a decisive inflection point. A shocking headline reads “Tim Walz Insinuates Fatal ICE Shootings Are Kicking Off a Civil War.” Part of the copy reads: “Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is suggesting that federal enforcement of federal immigration law in his state may trigger another Civil War..." What factors led to a nation’s senseless civil war in 1861? Note: from each category multiple examples arise. First, social disorder was corrupted by the Elite (slavery and poor whites). Some were perceived as “better” than others. Second, a compromised Congress refused to perform its sworn duties. The institution that should safeguard the basic rights of man, waffled between do-nothing and all-talk. Third, State’s irresponsibility to respect Law permitted a mob rule. The Kansas-Nebraska Act adopted the irresponsible doctrine of “popular sovereignty.” This mandated that individual citizens could decide what is right or wrong in their area regardless of the prevailing national Laws. Fourth, the Judiciary stoked the populace for the gathering storms. Radicalism in the Judges supported the bitter divide and continued the oppression of legal equality—decisions favored those who were contributing to the national unrest. Fifth, the politicians’ positioned for their own advantage instead of the nation’s welfare. Notable was the impact upon the Democrat Party which led to the Republican Lincoln’s election in 1860. The Republican’s position of anti-slavery and its insistence upon equality of all, struck fear into many Democrats. Sixth, the final action was Fort Sumter. The Civil War did not begin here. The Civil War began long before. Fort Sumter is recognized as the “first shot of the Civil War,” but I beg to differ. The “first shot” had been fired years before because social order had been allowed abuse, Congress was compromised, the Judiciary refused to adjudicate the Law, individual States allowed mob violence to determine direction and disrespect the Law, the politicians were more concerned about their personal priorities than the nation’s welfare. All combined to ignite the anger and division that had been smoldering for years. CW2 has begun! The current Administration is fighting for the ideological survival of our Republic. The opposition is strong, funding is massive, and their resoluteness is unquestioned. It must be met with equal and greater force. CW2 has begun. It can be ended IF citizens unite to require political officials, law enforcement officers, judicial officers and all communities to abide by and maintain the Constitutional Rule of Law. Remember, you cannot be “nice” to a rabid dog! Remember the critical urgency of the coming mid-terms! [More detail at the link] https://joehoft.com/john-l-kachelman-jr-civil-war-2-the-gathering-storm/ The office of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference has released its annual state immigration report revealing that in 2025, illegal migrants committed 2,183 violent offenses, including 41 homicides, 145 sexual offenses, 11 child rapes, and more. Republican State Rep. Dan Howell said he was shocked by the report and called the data “really, really bad.” “These are the criminals liberals want to defend while trying to defund ICE,” he pointed out. “Forty-one Tennesseeans are dead at the hands of illegal immigrants and hundreds raped. This will not be tolerated in this great state and we will do more to keep you safe,” Howell added. (emphasis original) https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/02/02/tennessee-releases-staggering-stats-migrant-crime/ U.S. forces shot down an Iranian drone Tuesday after what officials described as an aggressive approach toward an American aircraft carrier. The incident occurred in the Arabian Sea as the USS Abraham Lincoln transited international waters. According to a report from CNN, the unmanned aircraft was intercepted hours before another encounter with two Iranian gunboats. Capt. Tim Hawkins, a U.S. Central Command spokesman, said, “The Iranian drone continued to fly toward the ship despite de-escalatory measures taken by U.S. forces operating in international waters.” An F-35C fighter jet launched from the carrier shot down the drone, Hawkins added. Hours later, two gunboats operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps approached a U.S.-flagged tanker. The gunboats threatened to board and seize the vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. John Roberts questioned the White House about Iran’s actions. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the response was justified. Leavitt said CENTCOM “acted both appropriately and necessarily to protect our U.S. personnel and equipment in the region.” She confirmed the drone was unmanned and behaving aggressively. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/breaking-u-s-shoots-iranian-drone-encounter-near/ Epstein was going to flip? As journalists around the world dive into the 3 million new Epstein Files documents released by the US DOJ, all sorts of stories are arising about many individuals, including the late pedophile himself. Today we learned that Jeffrey Epstein was ‘set to potentially cooperate with the feds’ in his sex-trafficking case.
Reports: U.S. Tells Middle East Allies to Prepare for ‘Virtually Certain’ Iran Strike – ‘Only Question Is When’
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