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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.

NATO was formed out of the shared belief that the Soviet Union was a direct threat to Western Europe and so an alliance pledging together that if one were attacked it would be considered an attack against all. The colonial possessions of the members were to be excepted from that deal as the French possessed Vietnam or Indochina as it was known then. That agreement didn’t change much over the years and so the world order remained in a post-World War Two state of mind with the United States growing ever stronger militarily and Europe growing ever weaker.

Europe was fine with it because all those countries could let their militaries deteriorate since the U.S. had their backs. The Europeans did not even live up to the paltry, relatively speaking, of 5% on defense that the NATO agreement called for. The U.S. constantly urged them to spend more but why should they because the U.S, nuclear umbrella was there to cover them. Donald Trump appeared on the scene and started his America First rhetoric exposing the obvious that the NATO agreement and the way it was enforced was extremely unfair to the U.S.

The Europeans were stuck and have continued to be stuck in a 1939 mindset which told them the Russians are coming, but the Russians never came. They wanted to constantly poke the bear but they had nothing with which to defend themselves against the bear. The U.S. wanted a unipolar world with the U.S. at the head and the Europeans were fine with that as long as they could spend their tax revenue on their welfare and other social relief programs to pacify the masses. In the meantime, the U.S. and its people languished under the ever-increasing weight of 36 trillion of debt increasing by 2 trillion per year. The weight of constant wars and constantly increasing burdens of wounded veterans to care for, the people becoming ever more impoverished, the middle class driven into poverty and unpayable debt.

Now, I’m taking a little poetic license here folks and speaking for Donald Trump but I think it went something like this. Trump takes office having already looked at the world and seen the order of it. He said this is grossly unfair and must be changed because we are slowly dying. The new world he sought involved Russia and the U.S. exploring their common interests rather than fighting. The Soviet Union broke apart because the Soviets could no longer afford to maintain it. Their people were impoverished with a majority as hopeless alcoholics, and life expectancy plummeting. Reagan and Gorbachev worked it out and the rest you know as history, although many prefer to lie about what the agreement actually was, it was recorded. 

Trump insisted he could work with Russia to find common ground. Total war today, which has always reshaped and redefined world order, is unthinkable, because it would mean Armageddon for the world so something else has to be found to fight about and to jockey for leadership in the world. Trusting the world to fight wars and giving one the power to dictate economic terms works to a degree but only if China, Russia, the U.S., all NATO countries, all Middle East countries, have leadership that is sane and remains that way year after year. Are we willing to bet our lives and the lives of all our prodigy on that assumption.

Why not redefine the world order in economic terms instead. I think that is what Trump is hopeful of doing. I realize that I am not in the White House and so I can’t know fully what is happening outside of my research and study but having said that, I will also say that I disagree with the way the ceasefire negotiations were conducted.

The war is a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia with the U.S. trying to use Ukraine as a battleground to weaken and eventually break up Russia leaving the U.S. unchallenged in a unipolar world. It didn’t work and instead it had the opposite result with Russia growing much stronger and Putin modernizing his army and consolidating his rule.

This war would not and could not have been fought without the full commitment, at least economically, by the U.S., therefore the negotiations should be between the U.S. and Russia, and not between Trump and Zelensky. The Russians certainly see it as a war between them and the U.S. so why not acknowledge that, try to work it out so that Putin can go back to his people and say look at what we gained, all the sacrifice was worth it. The U.S. and its agent Zelensky can say look at what we gained and you will see that Russia got some formerly Ukrainian territory but not nearly as much as it wanted and tried to get, so we won.

This is very reminiscent of the position the United States was in with regard to South and North Vietnam. The end became a foregone conclusion and years of negotiating were conducted over prisoners and over how to explain the inevitable victory of the North. Everybody goes home a victor but out of all the death and destruction comes a new order for the world. It would be a tacit if not overt admission to say that the age of the unipolar world is over. The Project for a New American Century was a complete failure and only accomplished the slaughter of millions and the impoverishment of even more.

The new order of the world will apparently have the U.S., Russia, and China, as multi-polar countries in this world of massive egos and lunatic ambitions. Is there room in this world for all three. Time will tell I guess, but I pray that there is. Now let me mention some of the other wars that are at the disposal of Donald Trump in the second month of his administration.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas/Gaza is no more. It was obvious from the beginning that it would not work because neither side wanted it to work. My guess is that if you searched the world over you could not find a place with a higher population of insane lunatics than in the Middle East. Hamas could have allowed the ceasefire to continue by simply releasing the remaining hostages or their bodies. What good are the hostages to Hamas anymore because they obviously have not deterred Israel from its attacks.

So, the Israelis mobilized 400,000 troops and began another attack on the rubble that is now Gaza. Hundreds are already dead and once again most are women and children. To think those civilians in Gaza, deserve what they have gotten or that they have any way to control Hamas is foolish and heartless. Why are the Israelis still bombing Gaza and sending in more soldiers. It can’t be because of the Hostages because that makes no sense.  It must be because they are tired of the constant attacks by Hamas on their civilians and their infrastructure and they intend to put a stop to it once and for all. The other possibility is more sinister and that is the territorial expansion of Israel.

In the same region of the world and in a war based on the war against Gaza the Houthis in Yemen started their attacks against shipping trying to exit or enter the Red Sea. They explained to the world that the attacks were in retaliation for the Israeli attacks in Gaza and the blockade to prevent humanitarian relief efforts from reaching Gaza. They attacked the aircraft carrier Harry Truman and its battle group with 19 missiles and drones. The U.S. Navy swatted them aside with no problem at all, but then Trump ordered a bombing attack inside Yemen to teach them a lesson. Trump criticized Biden during the campaign for relying on bombing when “a telephone could be used more easily.” It’s easier, I guess when you have your own finger on the trigger. I am afraid that some of the neocon, war is the only answer, people have slipped into the foreign policy portion of the administration.

We haven’t exactly had successful foreign [policy people in place during say, the last 50 years and so perhaps we should try something different. Perhaps someone should start communicating with we the people honestly instead of spouting out the same propaganda that most of us have heard our entire lives. Maybe someone could come onboard who is willing to reexamine the foreign policy positions that have been in place no matter which party controlled the oval office.

Finally, folks, if we are able to stop the killing in Ukraine only to continue the killing in Gaza and start new killing in Yemen, what have we accomplished. Politics is not about finding peace it is about finding excuses for war so I suggest we start reexamining the world order and the politics that fuels it as well.

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 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.

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Darrell Castle talks about the remarks of Vice President Vance at the annual Munich Security Conference and the European response to those remarks. In addition he discusses DOGE and its examination of the Military Industrial Complex.

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RUDE AMERICAN OFFERS EUROPEAN INDEPENDENCE

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 21^st day of February in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about the remarks of Vice President Vance at the annual Munich Security Conference as well as the European response to those remarks. In addition, I will talk a little about DOGE and its examination of the Military Industrial Complex (MIC).

Yes, J.D. Vance spoke to Europeans about their relationship with the U.S. at the annual Munich Security Conference which had as its main emphasis the U.S. role as the guarantor of European Security and the European and American roles in Ukraine. He called the Europeans out for censoring their people and for allowing third world migrants to destroy their communities. He seemed to indicate that these policies were not in the best interest of the European people and they also hinder our fellowship with them. I will point out that those have also been the policies of the United States for at least the past 4 years and in part for all the years since 9/11, but the European elite bought what the Biden administration was selling to them hook, line, and sinker.

I suppose he was telling Europe that that the new sheriff in the U.S. believes in free speech and in preserving the quality of life for the American people. The subjects that Vance discussed in his speech were, in my view, an admission that the empire is in trouble and changes have to be made right now to save a free republic for our children. The debt faced by the country will lead to ultimate collapse and chaos and something must be done to change or at least slow the process of that looming disaster. The content of his speech acknowledged that reality without really saying it out loud.

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Darrell Castle discusses the corruption that only the US taxpayers can provide with $50 billion per year of their hard-earned money, all laundered through an organization called the United States Agency for International Development.

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USAID—FINANCIAL LAUNDRYMAT FOR THE CORRUPT ELITE

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. Today is Friday the 14^th day of February in the year of our Lord 2025. Yes, this is Valentine’s Day, but I speak not of love today but of corruption and not just any old corruption but the kind that only the US taxpayers can provide with $50 billion per year of their hard-earned money all laundered through an organization called The United States Agency for International Development.

USAID was formed by an Executive Order of President Kennedy in 1961. He looked at the world and concluded that he might be able to spare the world from some of what President Eisenhower had gone through by just spreading some US money around in countries to help their people instead of using that money to destabilize them and start eternal wars. That process has become known over the years as soft power.

It seemed to work too, at least it worked for the few years of his too short life. USAID built schools, hospitals, and roads across much of Africa. JFK became a revered figure, especially in Africa, and you can still find hospitals and schools named Kennedy across Africa. Once Kennedy was assassinated by a lone nut who was, coincidentally, also assassinated by a lone nut, things started to change at USAID. The agency evolved over time into nothing more than a $50 billion slush fund for the politically connected to inflict their ideologies on people across the world. The uncovering and correction of this corruption is being labeled by certain Democrat politicians and their media mouthpieces as a coup, but no it is not a coup. A coup is what your CIA and State Department using USAID money has been conducting against foreign countries for at least the last 50 years.

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Darrell Castle continues to share his thoughts on the confirmation hearings of Tulsi Gabbard and RFK, Jr. and shares his thesis that the hearings revealed a lot more about the U.S. government, especially the Senators who questioned them, than it did Tulsi and RFK, Jr.

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THE TRIALS OF TULSI AND RFK, JR.

Hello, THIS IS Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 7^th day of February in the year of our Lord 2025. I will continue to give you my thoughts on the confirmation hearings of Tulsi Gabbard and RFK, Jr. as well as my thesis that the hearings revealed a lot more about the U.S. government and especially about the Senators who questioned them than they did about Tulsi and RFK, Jr.

Both nominees were passed by the committee and now await a full Senate vote on whether or not they will be able to participate in Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the shadow government that has run the world for many years. Tulsi was advanced to a senate vote by the intelligence committee on a vote of 9 in favor and 8 opposed. So, 8 senators could not bring themselves to vote yes on Lt. Col. Gabbard who has served her country so faithfully for most of her life.

The senators seemed very concerned because of what they know will happen if these two nominees are confirmed. The deep state of secrecy and shadows will be opened at least in part for the people to see what they have been funding for many years. Since Tulsi is nominated for the office of Director of National Intelligence secrecy is of the most vital concern for the senators. They just can’t bear the thought of someone shining a light on the graft and corruption that permeates Washington. We the people have no right to know where all the money is going and where it all comes from.

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Darrell Castle talks about the Senate confirmation hearings for Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the two nominees represent the last line of defense against the Pharmaceutical and permanent war parties and therefore, they will pull out all stops to defeat them.

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PERMANENT WASHINGTON FEARS AND HATES TULSI AND RFK, JR.

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 31^st day of January in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about the Senate confirmation hearings for Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. These two nominees represent the last line of defense for the Pharmaceutical and permanent war parties and therefore, they will pull out all stops to defeat them.

Once again I will begin this report with a quote from Dennis Kucinich:

“Congresswoman Gabbard is uniquely qualified for this role. As a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, she has served our nation with distinction since 2002, earning Top Secret clearance through the trust of the Department of Defense, her executive officers, and peers. There are few individuals as prepared, as experienced, and as committed to the national interest as Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard. Her leadership has consistently demonstrated sound judgment, ethical standards, and an unwavering commitment to the constitution of the United States.”

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Darrell Castle talks about the preemptive pardons of many of the Biden Family and Dr. Anthony Fauci along with the pardons by President Trump of many of their victims.

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PREEMPTIVE PROTECTION FROM TRUMP

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday, the 24^th day of January in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about pardons including the preemptive pardon of many members of the Biden family along with the pardon of many of their victims. The list of those preemptively pardoned by former President Biden included I am the science also known as Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Yes, with his final act as President, Joe Biden preemptively pardoned many members of his own family none of whom had been charged with a crime. Those pardoned included brother James B. Biden, sister-in-law, Sara Jones Biden; sister, Valerie Biden Owens; brother-in-law, John T. Owens; and brother, Francis W. Biden. These family members joined first son Hunter who was pardoned in December after he was convicted of felonies and pled guilty to others.

President Biden’s statement included the words, “pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that they engaged in any wrongdoing.” I’m sure Joe Biden knows that acceptance of a pardon is an admission of guilt. The Supreme Court has ruled that an offer of pardon doesn’t have to be accepted but if it is that is an implied admission of guilt. If it is not accepted then it is of no effect. All Biden family members accepted their pardons therefore all have admitted guilt of something.

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Darrell Castle shares his take on the wildfires that have and continue to devastate much of Los Angeles California.

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L.A. APOCALYPSE

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 17^th day of January in the year of our Lord 2025. I will be talking about the wildfires that have devastated much of Los Angeles, California killing many, leaving many homeless without shelter, and ruining the lives of 10’s of thousands and also rendering the once beautiful entertainment capitol of the world a burned-out wasteland.

I want to begin this report with a quote from one of the few remaining real journalists in America, Bari Weiss, formerly of the New York Times.

“Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass, and other Democrat leaders bend over backwards to focus on left wing social justice issues that have absolutely nothing to do with the role of government. Yet when it comes to the most basic functions of government, such as keeping buildings from burning down, they have failed completely.”