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Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg took to My View with Lara Trump to cut through the spin and tell Americans what they already suspect: the diplomatic circus around the U.S.-Iran negotiations is failing where real strength succeeds. Kellogg did not mince words about institutional weakness and urged viewers to pay attention to who in the halls of power is actually protecting American interests.
While diplomats shuffled into Islamabad for fragile talks this week, the reality on the ground has been set by decisive American action and a willingness to use force to protect global energy lanes. Pakistan’s mediated discussions and the reported ceasefire framework have been billed as a path to de-escalation, but conservatives know negotiations only work from a position of strength, not moralizing lecterns.
That strength was on display after U.S. strikes in March targeted Iranian military installations on Kharg Island and elsewhere, actions the administration says degraded Tehran’s ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump publicly declared that U.S. forces had sunk Iranian warships and crippled command nodes — blunt talk that proved to the world that America still has the will to defend its interests and keep shipping lanes open.
Kellogg’s message was unmistakably patriotic: don’t trust the U.N. scandal machine or the usual internationalist crowd to keep America safe when our adversaries are contemptuous of rules-based lectures. He warned viewers to watch certain officials and institutions that too often prioritize diplomatic theater over American lives and liberty, a caution every patriotic citizen should heed.
Conservatives should be proud, not apologetic, about supporting leaders who pair tough diplomacy with overwhelming capability; it’s how peace was maintained for decades before the appeasers returned to the summit stages. If the Iran episode proves anything, it’s that deterrence backed by action works and empty platitudes do not; America must keep the pressure on until Tehran is undeniably restrained.
So let us stand with seasoned defenders like Lt. Gen. Kellogg and demand our leaders keep America first — secure our oil routes, support our sailors, and hold the diplomats accountable. The choice is stark: a nation that defends its people and preserves peace through strength, or a world that rewards aggression and punishes weakness — hardworking Americans know which side they’re on.
