The Sheep Strategy

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Last week in this space we talked about the enemy within, the battle for hearts and minds that is the second front in any war.

On Tuesday, Joe Kent resigned as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. The very next day he sat down for an extended interview with Tucker Carlson. Not days, hours. He sat down with Carlson within hours. Obviously, this was coordinated on several levels for maximum impact both strategically and politically. Honest Reporting AI tracks the media in all forms worldwide and this is what it revealed.

There was a clip from the interview, when Kent said that "Israel drove the decision to invade Iran," that was clipped and posted across hundreds of social media and podcast accounts almost simultaneously. Not after the broadcast, not after it trended- but as it was being said during the interview.

Who amplified and shared it as it happened? Among those were Russian State TV, Iranian State TV, HispanTV which is a Spanish language Iranian network, Hamas through the Quds News Network, Turkish State TV though TRT, and Sputnik Radio, which is Russian owned and broadcasts worldwide in 30 languages in 34 countries.

Also, again simultaneously, it was posted on, among others, the social media accounts belonging to Jackson Hinkle, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and of course Max Blumenthal, who runs the far left Grayzone website, which runs articles from none other than former Intel Officer Heather Kaiser, also known as Mrs. Joe Kent. Even the Washington Post has characterized her writings as "positive toward Russia, Syria, and authoritarian states."

Amplification cycles are measured in media by half hour increments for generally up to 2 days. The amplification cycle for this quote- that Israel drove the decision- sat at a little under 5 million in the first 30 minutes, an additional 9 million within the first hour, 19 million in the second hour, 30 million by the fourth hour, and about 32 million by the eighth hour.

The accounts and networks I mentioned above aired the quote simultaneously. The amplification is other networks and accounts picking it up and turning it viral. The main accounts and networks picking it up within those eight hours were foreign state media, anti-Trump political accounts both democrat and republican, but the main amplification was through pro-Palestinian and Islamic networks. And it wasn't just the quotes from the Kent interview; it also included thousands of bots posting the same "MAGA is dead" message at the same approximate time.

So, who is coordinating this attack on hearts and minds? Let's start with Alexander Dugin, a Russian who co-founded the National Bolshevik Party, and has been described as "Putin's brain." He has been under sanctions by the US Treasury since 2015. However, that hasn't stopped several prominent podcasters, including Steve Bannon, from meeting with him. Another would be John Mappin, heir to the British Mappin and Webb jewelry empire and founder of the Dutch Green Business Group. He is also known as a QAnon contributor, scientologist, and supporter of Putin. Others include journalist Michael Wolff, Megan Kelly, Arch Bishop Carlo Vigano, Carrie Prejean, Andrew Napolitano, Alex Jones, and Kim Dot Com, among many others including within the Catholic church hierarchy.

What is lost in all of this is the fact that Kent was, prior to his resignation, and is currently under investigation by the FBI for leaking classified information. Kent was also on the now famous Signal chat from March 2025 that included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of the Atlantic Magazine and staunch anti-Trumper.

This is just one op, the latest one, the one that is top of mind, but it is one of many, and they are ongoing. None of this was or is spontaneous or organic. It was and is a planned and executed information operation to damage the Trump administration and the United States, and to protect a known leaker, who some might describe as a traitor and others might describe as an asset. But this isn't just about Kent, it is about narrative laundering of three main points- that Israel forced the United States into a war, that Israel is behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the attempted assassination of Trump, and that Israel controls the United States.

This has been described as a "sheep strategy," which was hatched by Iran and Russia to win the war for hearts and minds long before any of this started. The operation was designed to weaponize far left intersectional zealots on one side, and far right isolationists on the other, to squeeze and defeat US resolve. The goal, to separate America from Israel, because that separation would destroy Israel and gift wrap the middle east to the Iranian/Russia partnership. The strategy goes back at least 25 years. It includes the financial network of NGO's we've talked about so often, the colleges and universities that have turned into indoctrination factories, the media and social media influencers, and networks of intelligence assets, all aligned against YOU.

The bad news is that YOU, the American citizen and voter, are the target. Your mind and your emotions are the target. The battlefield IS in your mind.

The good news is that you have the ability to use your head and THINK, to be smart enough and disciplined enough to not allow your emotions to be manipulated and your intellect to be shaped by the lies and propaganda that is attacking you daily.

Of all the ways to support the administration and the military, this one is the most immediate and best, and it doesn't cost anything.

So stay strong, soldier on, and most of all, believe in your country.