🚨 Head In The Sand – February 24 2026

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Lead: Make This War Easy! 

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Several major newspapers are reporting that Pentagon officials are warning President Trump that a war with Iran would be disastrous.

The media reports that the person issuing that warning is General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.

President Trump calls this fake news. He says General Caine thinks that a war with Iran would be “easily won.” He also says that no one but him will make that decision.

It’s not supposed to work that way. Congress is supposed to declare war, according to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress, not the president, the power “to declare War.” Yet President Trump is signaling that he alone will decide whether the United States goes to war with Iran.

The President is reportedly frustrated that a war with Iran would not be a quick one-and-done victory for the U.S. and Israel. We have seen this play out before.

In 2003, then–Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that stabilizing post-invasion Iraq would likely require “something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers.” That estimate directly contradicted much lower troop projections coming from the Pentagon’s civilian leadership.

Shortly afterward, then–Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz publicly dismissed Shinseki’s assessment as “wildly off the mark.” Shinseki was also informed he would be retiring earlier than some expected, which many observers interpreted as retaliation for his testimony.

History has proven General Shinseki correct. U.S. troop levels rose above 160,000 during the 2007 surge. His warnings were not heeded, and a deadly and expensive war was dragged on.

Is General Caine this decade’s General Shinseki? Let’s pray we don’t find out.

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Lead: The Epstein Evidence That Wasn’t Examined

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The Epstein Files hit the world like a bomb but consider this: much of the evidence of his misdeeds may have been deliberately hidden.

The Telegraph reports that Jeffrey Epstein rented at least six storage units across the United States where he allegedly stashed computers, files, and other materials removed from his properties. In at least one instance, according to the report, private detectives were instructed to move equipment into storage after Epstein was tipped off about a police search.

Here’s the stunning part: those storage units have reportedly never been searched by authorities!

What!?

Americans have to report their worldwide assets to the IRS. That means every bank account, every foreign holding, every digital wallet, under penalty of law. But Jeffrey Epstein could allegedly maintain secret storage vaults of computers, files, and equipment scattered across the country… and we’re told those units were never even searched.

If that reporting is accurate, the contrast is staggering!

If true, it raises a simple question: how can the public be told the case was fully investigated if not all the evidence was ever examined?

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