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On November 26, 2025 retired Gen. Jack Keane laid out a crystal-clear warning on Special Report that every patriot should hear: the world and our cities are safer when American strength is unapologetic and our leaders stop pretending weakness is diplomacy. Keane used his platform to remind viewers that security at home and abroad are two sides of the same coin, and that the National Guard is a proven bulwark when local leaders refuse to protect their communities. He didn’t mince words about the threats we face — from violent crime in our streets to authoritarian regimes abroad — and urged a realistic, hard-headed approach to both.
Keane’s comments on the National Guard weren’t a partisan talking point, they were a common-sense assessment of what happens when elected officials abandon basic public safety. If city halls and state capitals won’t back the blue or secure neighborhoods, the Guard can and should be ready to restore order while permanent solutions are put in place. Conservatives who have watched Democrat-run cities crumble under soft-on-crime policies should welcome a leader with Keane’s clarity pushing for muscular, law-and-order responses.
On Ukraine, Keane offered the kind of sober advice too many in the foreign-policy establishment refuse to give: Vladimir Putin has not suddenly developed a conscience and cannot simply be negotiated out of his imperial ambitions. Any rush to announce a “deal” without extracting real concessions — the withdrawal of forces, the return of occupied territory, and verifiable guarantees against future aggression — would be a moment of strategic malpractice. Keane’s warning is simple and unglamorous: peace built on appeasement is only a pause in the fight, not an end to it.
That, he said, is what has to happen before any resolution is credible — Russia must be compelled to give up the gains it seized, and there must be enforceable security guarantees to ensure it cannot simply take more later. Anything less hands Putin a victory and hands the West a dangerous precedent that aggression pays. Conservatives should applaud Keane’s insistence that we not trade boldness for talking points; the United States must demand terms that actually secure peace rather than pretend it.
Equally important, Keane’s analysis underscored a broader lesson: America cannot outsource its security or rely on a patchwork of European forces that may lack the will to hold the line. We need U.S. leadership, leverage, and the readiness to back words with consequences — sanctions, military posture, and support for allies that actually deters further aggression. If our political class prefers kumbaya summits to clear-eyed strength, then we will soon learn the cost in blood, territory, and global credibility.
Patriots should take Keane’s words as a call to action. Support the men and women who defend our streets and stand with our allies, demand leaders who will secure real, enforceable outcomes, and refuse to be fooled by any quick-fix “deal” that rewards the bully. America was built on resolve and courage; it will be preserved only if we summon both at home and abroad.
