European Leaders Now Know Trump Was Right:
Iran Was an Imminent Global Threat
American Greatness,
by
Fred Flietz
Original Article
Posted By: FlyRight,
3/27/2026 8:02:53 AM
March 20, 2026, marked a turning point in the 2026 Iran war, when Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the joint U.K.–U.S. military base on Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean. Although both missiles failed to reach their target—one malfunctioned in flight, while the other was successfully intercepted—the attack sent shockwaves through Western Europe.
This missile proved that the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had lied for years about the true range of Iran’s missile arsenal. Khamenei claimed Iran’s missiles could not threaten beyond the Middle East and their range had been limited to 2,000 kilometers.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 3/27/2026 8:18:14 AM (No. 2085426)
FTA - "Leaders in the U.K., France, and other Western European states now realize their cities likely are in range of Iranian ballistic missiles, and they lack adequate missile defenses to protect them."
How about that, Europe. Trump was right yet again. Over the past few weeks in iran, America covered your sorry behinds yet again.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
janjan 3/27/2026 8:32:39 AM (No. 2085431)
This writer sounds pretty naive for someone with a CIA background. NATO consists of the US and all of the countries under its wings that we protect. Opining on what Europe should do is a pointless exercise. They aren’t capable of doing anything and the world knows it. They’ve allowed Muslims to take over and now they have as much danger inside their own countries as outside. Meanwhile their social programs take a much higher priority than their national security. Exactly what Democrats aspire to here.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bpl40 3/27/2026 8:38:01 AM (No. 2085432)
They are a bunch of hypocritical rascals. They knew all along. It has now become too obvious and undeniable.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
privateer 3/27/2026 8:41:23 AM (No. 2085433)
They knew the danger all right. But due to their newly dominant demographic, they didn't dare say anything about it; or even appear to notice. Being oblivious is their new super-power. OK, their new feeble posture,
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Venturer 3/27/2026 8:54:13 AM (No. 2085448)
Europe is done for, and we have to start unloading Muslims or we are too.
The enemy is within.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Kafka2 3/27/2026 9:04:14 AM (No. 2085460)
The European countries leader may have woken up, but Schumer and the Democrats along with the MSM all have their heads up their arses trying to make President Trump fail. Their TDS will be the death of our country if they get their way.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
sw penn 3/27/2026 9:28:14 AM (No. 2085474)
It's not Iran.
It's islam.
islam will be an existential threat
as long as it exists...
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
smaricic 3/27/2026 9:57:30 AM (No. 2085494)
I respect Fred Flietz. I hope he is correct in saying: "European capitals are increasingly concerned about direct threats to their security and economies." I haven't read a lot of quotes to that effect.
Second point: missiles are one thing; ships and boats are another. Any nation with an atom bomb can load one on a ship, bring it near any port, transfer it to a high speed boat, race into the port, and have some fanatic press the button.
After the 911 attacks, Condoleeza Rice said something like, "No one could have imagined such an attack." Well, someone not only imagined it but carried it out.
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NATO, which until very recently when Trump began to press for change was a collection of nations sheltered by the U.S. military umbrella, was the old and failed model for U.S.-regional alliances. Hopefully we won't fall into the same trap with the Iran war and have put our "Middle Eastern" partners on notice that if "boots on the ground" are necessary to finish the job those boots won't be exclusively or even primarily American.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 3/27/2026 11:13:26 AM (No. 2085526)
The United States should leave NATO and the UN, and bring our troops home. We’ll need every last round to weed out the Muslims and illegals in our own country.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney 3/27/2026 11:25:48 AM (No. 2085545)
EU and UK leaders don't give a darn about Trump being right. They are friends when we pick up the tab, cold and unfriendly when we do not.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mc squared 3/27/2026 11:54:45 AM (No. 2085570)
".. To Muslims, taqiyya - Iying (to infidels) to advance and protect Islam - is both a virtue and a duty.."
https://billionbibles.org/sharia/taqiyya.html
I'm sure DJT knows this but 'peace talks' are a good position to take publicly.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
kono 3/27/2026 2:09:54 PM (No. 2085638)
Knowing the truth doesn't ensure it will be evident from their words or deeds.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Mike22 3/27/2026 2:11:07 PM (No. 2085640)
"After the 911 attacks, Condoleeza Rice said something like, "No one could have imagined such an attack.""
I remember that. As if Tom Clancy's "Debt of Honor" had never been written. In his 1994 novel a fully loaded 747 was guided into the capital during a Presidential address and wiped out Congress, the President, the supreme court and most of the administration. So it was not only imagined, it was in a best selling novel, seven years before 911.
In the real world:
A Mitchell B25 hit the Empire State building in 1945
The world trade center was intentionally built to withstand a 707 impact. The buildings might have survived 911 had the asbestos insulation initially installed not been replaced.
Around 40 WWII ships sunk by kamikaze attacks.
Of course, preceding Condoleeza Rice European leaders have a long record of not being able to imagine things they might have anticipated - Adolph Hitler surprised Neville Chamberlain quite handily and the Blitzkrieg very effectively surprised British and French commanders huddled behind their impenetrable Maginot line.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 3/27/2026 3:31:23 PM (No. 2085684)
I wonder if they ever get tired of hearing "Trump was right. AGAIN."?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
TCloud 3/27/2026 6:20:34 PM (No. 2085760)
Sneaky Suckers wimped out and Muzzies took full advantage! Then came the Donald!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
MickTurn 3/27/2026 11:31:13 PM (No. 2085846)
EU Leaders and all Leftists KNOW Trump is RIGHT, but they are so stupid as to hope he's WORNG!
(Wrong spelled so leftists understand)
They should all be kissing Trumps rear just to save themselves!
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