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Today, Darrell Castle talks about remembering two anniversaries that are very significant in the history of the United States and the entire world. He shares how he believes they affect us today many years past those anniversaries, some of which he has personally experienced.

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ANNIVERSARIES TO REMEMBER

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 2^nd day of May in the year of our Lord 2025. I pause today to remember some anniversaries that are very significant in the history of the United States of America and of the entire world for that matter. In addition, I will endeavor to talk about the world as it appears to me today many years past those anniversaries some of which I have personally experienced.

Next week the 8^th of May is the 80^th anniversary of the German surrender in WWll. I talk of that surrender today because it will happen before my next Castle Report. In Russia they remember what is called Victory in Europe Day on May 9^th instead of the 8^th. Russia usually has a military parade before the Kremlin in Moscow to memorialize the Great Patriotic War as they call it. However, they don’t memorialize what happened for 40 years after the war. The Stalinist show trials and millions of dead are nothing to celebrate I guess. From my American viewpoint I talk about the anniversary to honor those who served and especially those who died. This year, 11 world leaders have announced that they will attend the celebrations in Moscow including the Chinese Premier Xi but I haven’t heard of any Americans in attendance. If I were president I would be there or at least send a high-ranking representative.

When General Eisenhower visited the airborne divisions on the night they were to jump into occupied France for the D-Day Invasion he said we may never see their like again and at this point I will say that he was right, at least I don’t see their like right now. Long before D-Day the Americans had some catching up to do because Germany had been fighting in Europe for two years and only Britain held them at bay across the Channel for two years alone.

I risk being overly dramatic about the war against Germany but on the other hand, that would be very difficult to do since the courage and sacrifice of the men who fought the war is hard to exaggerate. For example, right after Pearl Harbor the 8^th Air Force was formed and assigned to defeat the Luftwaffe which at that time was the best AirForce in the world and believed to be unstoppable. The 8^th had 8 pilots and no airplanes at the time. Three years later by the D-Day landings the Luftwaffe had been driven from the sky, their experienced pilots were dead, and their country’s infrastructure was a pile of rubble.

That happened because 55,000 young men gave their lives in the skies over Germany and France. A B-17 crew of 10 men had to complete 25 missions to get a break at home for a while. The average life expectancy was 15 missions and the chances of surviving 25 missions was 1 in 4. That improved when the P-51 Mustang fighter was available later because it had the range to escort the bombers all the way to Berlin and back.

The Germans were fine warriors, dedicated men who fought hard for their country but on May 8^th, 1945, they reached a state of unconditional surrender. Hitler was dead, apparently, and the head of state was Grand Admiral Carl Doenitz who had commanded the U-Boat campaign and later the German Navy. Doenitz sent General Afred Jodl to sign the German surrender and Jodl tried to time it so as many German soldiers as possible could make their way West and surrender to the Americans. Eisenhower told him that if he did not surrender immediately he would close the West to Germans and they would be left to the tender mercies of General Zhukov and the Red Army.

No German wanted to be at the mercy of the Russians because of the merciless way they had conducted warfare inside Russia. Germans who were taken prisoner by the Russians, hundreds of thousands, had a way of never returning alive. Well, Jodl signed the articles of surrender on German home ground and with Russian officers in attendance.

Eisenhower was a national hero, of course, the most popular man in the free world and he was destined to be president a few years later. The free world did not include the Far East at that time because the war against Japan continued until August, but that is another anniversary for another time. In looking at the German surrender and thinking of the men who fought their way across North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and finally Germany itself my conclusion is that as Americans we have lost the honor of calling ourselves worthy of them.

You would have thought that WWll, with its millions of deaths, would have taught the world a lesson and it did teach ordinary people the horrors of war but for the ruling elite well, they never seem to get enough of it. For example, the Soviet Union which probably would have been defeated by Germany without the resupply conveys of American and British supplies, started to believe that it should be at the head of the post war world order. To that end it set about spreading its idiotic ideology of Communism around the world.

In totalitarian countries like North Korea and China it found fertile ground and thus just 6 years later the world was at war again in Korea. That invasion of North Korea invading the South in an attempt to unite Korea under communism cost about 35,000 American lives just to get back to pre-war neutrality. However, Korea is not the anniversary that I remember today, because from all this carnage emerged even more carnage in the form of Mao and his cultural revolution with its 50 million dead.

This week we remember the 50^th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war. 50 years ago, after a couple of years of negotiations about prisoners and the shape and position of the conference table the final papers were signed. Most prisoners were released and for some of those men they were tortured, starved and imprisoned for six years. The war in Vietnam, formerly Indochina or more accurately French Indochina, in reality lasted 30 years.

 In 1945 after the Japanese had been defeated, General Eisenhower and President Truman agreed that the Asian colonies which existed before the war should be returned to their European owners. Ho Chi Mihn didn’t appreciate that and began a war of independence against France or perhaps he just continued the one he had fought against the Japanese. When he finally defeated the French in 1954 and the French agreed to leave Vietnam General Eisenhower still would not agree to free elections in Vietnam. In about 1960 the U.S. saw that the communist North was winning the war and decided to take the place of the French. The rest is history but there are lessons in the 15 years the U.S. spent in that hellhole of a country. I knew many of the men who fought there from those of General Officer rank all the way to private. They were taken from the farms, factories, gas stations, high schools and homes of America and sent into that meat grinder which they knew nothing about and should never have been forced to care about.

The lesson in my opinion as I look at the 50^th anniversary is that the lives of those who serve are precious and should not be sacrificed so carelessly. People fight hard when someone invades their country and determined guerillas with a willingness to accept any casualties are pretty hard to defeat, especially when they have the help of local powers who know that you will not risk total war with them to prevail. It was thought better by U.S. leadership to sacrifice all those men rather than risk war with China or Russia in order to prevail.

That is indeed a valuable lesson but did we actually learn it, obviously not. The lesson is valuable but it is not the real lesson. The real lesson is to let people run their own countries in the way they see fit. How much sacrifice are you willing to bear in order to set the world in the order that pleases you. Looking back after 50 years this whole thing stinks to high heaven. The decision to fight in the first place and the decision to not seek victory smells of the military industrial complex and the new globalist world order.

One is reminded a little of the disease of cancer when thinking about it. The money is not in curing cancer, it is in treating it. Keeping the patient alive with very expensive lifetime treatment is a lot more lucrative than curing his disease. It pleases those who profit in money and power to keep eternal war going and that, at least in part, explains some of the hatred against Donald Trump. He appears to be at least trying to find peace in the currently ongoing wars.

Speaking of current wars, the India-Pakistan war in the Kashmir region seems to be on again and is rapidly escalating toward full-scale war. The Chinese, right on the border, seem to favor Pakistan in this struggle and I suspect they have an easier time controlling Pakistanis than Indians but that is just a guess. The Pakistani defense minister said this week that considering the Pakistani incursion that killed 27 Indians he expects an Indian reprisal and he announced that war is imminent. Both countries are nuclear armed and the defense minister said Pakistani nuclear forces were placed on high alert.

What does any of this have to do with the United States, nothing. For that reason, I am hopeful that the U.S., as much as it appears to love war, will let these people fight among themselves without our help. I’m certain many defense contractors are licking their chops at the prospect of how profitable this war could be but I pray that Donald Trump is able and willing to resist them.

The struggle between Israel and Iran takes a new twist almost every day. Recently Netanyahu said that he expects to be finished in Gaza by September or perhaps a little sooner. That sounds encouraging until you think that it means several more months of pounding the rubble that is now Gaza. It also means that Israel will be free to turn its attention fully upon Iran.

In Ukraine the war rages on but Putin said he would ceasefire for three days around the celebrations in Russia of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Ironically, the area of fighting right now is where the greatest armored battle in history took place between the great German, Heinz Guderian, and the Russian Commanding General Marshall Zhukov, so it seems that not much changes in this world. Certainly not human nature.

Finally, folks, what is the correct American foreign policy to remember these anniversaries. Come home, mind your own business, not isolation but instead fortress America. The correct way for me to remember is to raise a glass and remember so I think I’ll do that tonight.

At least that’s the way I see it,

Until next time folks,

This is Darrell Castle,

Thanks for listening.

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Darrell Castle talks about the war in which Europe currently finds itself as well as the seemingly inevitable war against Iran and its affiliates.

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WAR LASTS FOREVER

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 25^th day of April in the year of our Lord 2025. I talk of war today as we are about two weeks away from May 8^th which is the 80^th anniversary of the German surrender in WWll or what became known as victory in Europe Day. I speak today not of the German surrender but of the war in which Europe still finds itself as well as the seemingly inevitable war against Iran and its affiliates.

It is very easy to get into a war and so very hard to get out of one. The efforts to resolve the conflict between Ukraine and Russia have become more difficult because neither side has been defeated. They have killed each other and invented new technological methods of warfare but neither is in a position of absolute defeat. Many seem disappointed that the war might end and they look for ways to make it continue. The only way it can continue is if the United States and Europe remain committed by supplying the money and hardware the Ukrainians need to continue the struggle.

Even if the U.S. decided to continue the supply chain the Ukrainians are running out of bodies. Even U.S. money and weapons might not be enough and so some are urging the use of U.S. and European troops to continue the fight against Russia. France seems to be seriously considering the idea. I have read that the usual argument in favor of U.S. commitment is that China is supplying Russia and some Chinese officers have been captured inside Ukraine where they were apparently learning about the incredible drone warfare campaign Ukraine has developed. I guess you don’t need so many bodies if you can fight each other with robots.

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Darrell Castle discusses the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community just issued and signed off on by the office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.

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THREAT ASSESSMENT

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Good Friday on the 18^th day of April 2025. I will be talking about the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community just issued and signed off on by the office of the Director of National Intelligence who at this moment is Tulsi Gabbard. This report gives the assessment of threats the U.S. faces from each country in the world where a threat is perceived to exist and is the combined assessment of the 17 intelligence agencies that are under the authority of the national director.

This report, which is published annually, is hot off the presses, but I don’t recommend that you read all 33 pages as I have unless you have a high tolerance for being terrified. Yes, once you have read this report you will wonder how the people who deal with this information every day manage to sleep at night. I will take this opportunity to share the highlights of the threat assessment as determined by U.S, Intelligence with you so you don’t have to read it and risk being terrorized.

The forward to the report introduces us to what is about to be presented. Terrorist and transnational criminal organizations, and I suppose that means drug cartels and their national supporters directly threaten our citizens and are directly responsible for more than 55,000 U.S. deaths from synthetic opioids in the last year, a 33% increase over the previous year.. It is amazing to me just how destructive the scourge of drugs has been to America. Those who are addicted seem to have an uncontrollable desire for the drug which enslaves them. I suppose the drugs at first, promise a good time or relief from bad times, but deliver, instead, misery and death.

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Darrell Castle endeavors to give his opinion on the subject of tariffs and what they mean for the United States.

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RESETTING THE ORDER

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 11^th day of April in the year of our Lord 2025. It’s difficult to leave the subject of war and talk about tariffs but I have been waiting for the wars to pause long enough for me to do it. The wars haven’t cooperated, but I have to pause them for this week since the subject of tariffs can no longer be ignored.

I don’t claim to be an economist but I do know something about economic history so, I will, therefore, endeavor to give an opinion on the subject of tariffs and what they mean for us. I used to study the marketing theory of one of the great marketers in the world today, Dan Kennedy. People would pay handsomely for Dan’s advice and they would often ask him, so what should I do, this or that, and his answer was, yes. In other words, he would advise them to implement all those ideas at the same time. President Trump seems to have adopted that shotgun approach to how he deals with the US economy and its relationship with the world.

The tariff seems to be the base of Trump’s economic program and he has announced the implementation of 10% baseline tariffs on all imports but he has now temporarily paused them for 90 days. My understanding is that all reciprocal tariffs are paused except China which stands at 125%. He said that “yippy” globalists and “queasy” skeptics fueled his decision. I guess that means people were getting nervous and that made him nervous.

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Darrell Castle talks about efforts to end the war in Ukraine as well as the apparent military buildup in the Middle East for a coming US attack against Iran and its Nuclear Research Facilities.

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PEACE WITH RUSSIA—WAR WITH IRAN

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 4^th day of April in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about efforts to end the war in Ukraine as well as a recent New York Times article which attempts to explain the war against Russia. I will also talk a little about the apparent military buildup in the Middle East for a coming US attack against Iran and its Nuclear Research Facilities.

Last Sunday, March 30, 2025, the New York Times published an extensive article by investigative reporter Adam Entous entitled “The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine.” Mr. Entous claims to have interviewed many sources in various countries while working on the report which he says took over a year to complete. His report provides some answers to the question of how Ukraine was able to effectively keep Russia at bay and on the defensive for over three years.

You know my position by now that the Times has become nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party so this article which started a year before the presidential election is puzzling. I suppose the idea is that it can’t hurt Biden now so why not publish and reveal what many of us have suspected all along. I certainly suspected it but I admit that I didn’t suspect the extent of US involvement alleged by the Times article. Mr. Entous would have had to talk to and probably clear his article through some very high-ranking individuals and the Russians were certain to see it right at the time when negotiations with Putin are at a critical stage.

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Darrell Castle talks about the recently released 80,000 files, so far, concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the immense power of the deep state.

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JFK’s GRAVE

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday, the 28^th day of March in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about the recently declassified and released 80,000 files, so far, concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Those files remind us of the immense power of the deep state and how its members tend to close ranks when threatened because they derive great wealth and power from their membership,

I remember that day quite clearly because I was 15 years old and at a high school track meet when the news told the world what supposedly happened. The coach told us the track meet was over and school was closed for the day. It was scary and a sobering time for a 15-year-old trying to make sense of the world anyway, but this Report is not a rehash of the assassination but instead it is a look at what it all means for the world and how its aftermath still resonates in the world today.

That day was an eye opener for some people but for most of us it has taken decades for our eyes to fully open. Polls taken throughout the 1950’s revealed that over 70% of Americans trusted the government and believed that it would do what is right “most of the time.” A follow up question showed that most of the time meant “just about always.” November 22, 1963, began a long decline in the public’s confidence that is greater today than at any other time in our history. That former trust in government is gone and today’s polls show only about 22% still trust in government.

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Darrell Castle talks about the wars currently on-going in the world and how they are being used to form a new order of the world.

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THE U.S. AND RUSSIA HAVE COMMON INTERESTS

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday, the 21^st day of March in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about the subject I hate the most, and that is war which seems to be almost everywhere. The partial ceasefire in Ukraine, the open fire now in Gaza, and the U.S. war in the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandab against the Houthis.

War shapes the world order and I guess it always has. For example, the military defeat of Napoleon in 1814 led to the Congress of Vienna which cemented Great Britain as the leader of the new world order instead of France. I suppose since those countries controlled the world it would be OK to call that a world war resulting in the new order which existed until World War One or 1914. The victors in WW l set the order with the formation of the League of Nations which totally collapsed when Germany decided that it would be a better world leader than Britain. The victors in World War ll formed the new order with the United States as its leader and the United Nations to cement the order permanently.

The Soviet Union, which was one of the victors in WW ll didn’t accept the U.S. as world leader and that resulted in a 40 year long world order which became the cold war. The end of the cold war brought an end to the Soviet Union which dissolved into the Russian Federation. The global elite of the world had to find a way to continue the struggle to feed the eternal death machine so the conflict between NATO and Russia continued. We won’t move one inch closer to Russia Reagan told Gorbachev but later presidents reneged on that promise and the struggle continued.

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Darrell talks about several things that taken together, in his opinion, represent an attempt by President Trump to reset the global order.

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RESETTING THE GLOBAL ORDER

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 14^th day of March in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about several things that taken together, in my opinion, represent an attempt by President Trump to reset the global order. Some of those things include a proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, along with the US and Europe’s special relationship and the attitude of the US toward Russia.

US national security advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio went to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for talks with Ukrainian officials about a proposal for ending the Ukraine/Russia war. It’s a very difficult thing to end a war unless you are able to raise your flag over the enemy capitol. Getting two warring sides to just stop fighting and stand in place is very difficult because one side or the other always has the advantage or momentum and wants to keep it.

This particular peace conference was apparently brokered by the Saudis who had several representatives in attendance. One important party missing from the meeting was Russia which will obviously have to be onboard if the ceasefire has any chance of working.

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Darrell Castle talks about Europe, Zelensky, and the war in Ukraine as well as the President’s speech to Congress and the Democrat reaction to it.

JEFFERSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT EUROPE

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 7^th day of March in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about Europe, Zelensky, and the war in Ukraine as well as the President’s speech to Congress and the Democrat reaction to it.

I will start today’s Report with a disclaimer. When I talk about Democrats and say nasty but always truthful things about them, when I refer to them in some disparaging terms I am talking about the politicians and their useful idiots in the media and not about individual Americans who identify as Democrats many of whom are dear friends or even relatives. So, I have no apology to offer for anything I have said or will say today about Democrat politicians because if I did not believe my position to be true I would certainly change it. In addition, there are some Republican politicians almost as bad as Democrats, almost but not quite because they know better but are simply reacting as the self-serving political hypocrites that they are.

The title of this Castle Report is taken from a quote by Thomas Jefferson offered more than 200 years ago but just as true today as it was then.

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Darrell Castle talks about taking on or contending with the deep state or permanent Washington and how that relates to money, debt, credit and taxes.

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THE THEATER OF TAX AND SPEND

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 28^th day of February in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about taking on or contending with the deep state or permanent Washington and how that relates to money, debt, credit and taxes. Many taxpayers feel as if they have been and are being robbed by government officials and bureaucrats and that just might be because they are.

If you are like me then you know a lot of people who live on the edge barely making ends meet from week to week. I meet people literally everyday in my law practice who tell me they are one missed paycheck from the street. It is very distressing for those people when they find that much of the money taken from them as taxes was stolen by some invisible blob operating out of Washington D.C.

We are told during each presidential administration that the country has cast itself into penury by ceaseless efforts to care for its population as well as maintain a global security network to keep them safe and free. That statement is the opposite of truth as is normal for Washington. The recent theft, estimated at 4.7 trillion as is known so far, represents about two thirds of the annual national budget, but it disappears and is apparently impossible to trace. Nobody who should know does know and even fewer care where it goes.