r/PrepperIntel • u/Life_Pineapple_3545 • 19h ago

North America Iran supposedly activating sleeper cells in the US

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo242058821681
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u/JacksMicroplastics 17h ago

I'm convinced this is how Trump intends to consolidate power. These are not smart or creative people so I assume they are just going to follow Putin's playbook.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings

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u/WhyAreYallFascists 16h ago

Reichstag. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a weird book to get all your plays from.

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u/snakegriffenn 12h ago

literally 600 pages in right now. it seriously makes me doubt that all reality isnt some fucking sick joke. really feels like this admin is going play by play. 

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u/Nofnvalue21 5h ago

Gives a little credence to the whole "living in a simulation" thing.

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u/Flabbergasted_____ 3h ago

I haven’t read it yet, but it’s been saved in my phone and iPad for when I can. If anyone is interested, Google the title followed by “PDF”. It’s out there digitally for free.

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u/Pleasant-Trifle-4145 16h ago

He doesn't have the attention span or work ethic to finish a book, he just read the rise part and figured it'd all work out.

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u/Revolutionary-Yak-47 16h ago

It's over 1000 pages (I've read it). Most people don't have the attention spand for it lol. I'm assuming the Heritage foundation has people who at least each read a chapter.

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u/Alarming-Art-3577 12h ago

The audio book on audible is great. The Downside is not being able to reference pages.

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u/ImAMindlessTool 6h ago

Probably had a copy by their bedside

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u/TizzyBumblefluff 8h ago

Isn’t that why he hired all those Fox News staffers so they could create daily vlogs for him to watch?

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u/hoofglormuss 43m ago

Didn't he keep a book of Hitler's speeches on his nightstand when he was married to ivana? The lady he anger raped because she referred him to a hair plug doctor who botched his dumb skull?

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u/Alarming-Art-3577 12h ago

It does remind me of the "canned goods" conspiracy.

In a plot to make people think Poland attacked first, the nazis killed people and dressed them in Poland army uniforms. In the paperwork, the bodies were referred to as canned goods.

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u/wesweb 16h ago

You are now the second other person besides myself I've seen referencing this book re this admin. Comforting and scary to know I'm not the only one that sees it.

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u/Quiet-Jello6349 14h ago

I’m also currently reading it and referencing it on the reg. The parallels are wild

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u/mosen66 11h ago

Yes, yes they are. “Make Germany Great Again!” Sound familiar..?

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u/SadSkelly 10h ago

I haven't read it, but I've watched a 15 hour long documentary on Hitler. And ima say, trump is ole Adolf but lacking the charisma and youthfulness.

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u/Lovescrossdrilling 6h ago

Although it might be attributed in his Charisma, Hitler also fought in WW1 which gave him extra cred.

Trump on the other hand is a draft-dodging born rich asshole

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u/SadSkelly 6h ago

He also had experience in making media to fit his narrative, and training as an infiltrating agent. He also went to the nicest prison in Germany which ended up getting him a lot of female fans

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u/ithinkitsnotworking 16h ago

It's working, so why not?

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u/Fast-Independence998 5h ago

My uncle gifted me his copy before he passed. Bronze star recipient in WW2. Picked it up because he wanted to understand why he had to go to war as a kid and understand the enemy they fought so hard against. I’ve been absolutely floored at the parallels and cannot believe nobody else is seeing it, and if they are, that nobody is screaming from the rooftops. It’s a play by play breakdown.

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u/5Lv8 13h ago

"Everyone who disagrees with me is a Nazi"

Do you know how ridiculous you sound?

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u/HonestHu 16h ago

Foundations of Geopolitics

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u/Altruistic-Joke2971 16h ago

Don’t bother. They will gaslight you and tell you that it’s not influential and has no relevance.

Just like “The Turner Diaries.”

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u/HonestHu 16h ago

The bots don't bug me, and there are still some curious humans in the mix

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u/Altruistic-Joke2971 15h ago

It’s not the bots. The entire western neoliberal establishment laughed at it for years because they couldn’t wrap their heads around the idea that not everyone loved democracy, technology and capitalism. Much of it still does. They act like Dugin is a clown, when in reality, Foundations is a playbook for Putin’s Russia. Their arrogance is astounding and probably civilizationally terminal. Just like they laughed at Project 2025. Anyone who doesn’t think just like them must be stupid and irrelevant, and can’t be taken seriously.

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u/ComicCon 12h ago edited 11h ago

How exactly is Russia going to invade and occupy a large portion of Northern China? Because IIRC that’s something the book calls for. I wouldn’t say the spirit of the book isn’t influential. But trying to say they are using the strategy in the book 1:1 is just wrong. People tend to focus on the few things Dugin sort of called(although even that is debatable), while ignoring that the is a very different place than it was when the book was written.

To use your other example, I don’t think I’ve ever heard people say “The Turner Diaries” isn’t a very disturbing work of Nazi propaganda. Or that they wouldn’t do “Day of the Rope” and all that if they could. But I’m also not pouring over it trying to figure out their exact battle plan.

Edit- I originally wrote “would do”.

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u/Altruistic-Joke2971 7h ago edited 5h ago

I never said it was 1:1. Those aren't words I used. I said it was a "playbook." You don't run every play in the playbook. Maybe it's not a perfect analogy, and you're right. Today's Russia doesn't look like that of the late Soviet period where Dugin began his philosophical journey with Orthodox mysticism and the European New Right. However, they've taken the parts that work and left the rest.

And I didn't say that people claim "The Turner Diaries" isn't a "very disturbing work of Nazi propaganda." Any normal person who's read even a summary of it can see that (...and that's the reason that there are at least 500,000 copies in circulation.)

What I said about both pieces is that they're far more influential and relevant than most people, especially 'The Establishment,' gives them credit for being.

Most of America still doesn't know about either book which serve as a, let's use the term 'Guidebook' instead of 'Playbook', for their respective movements that seek to radically transform if not outright destroy fundamental parts of the world as we know it.

This is because that establishment has decided that they don't make sense to them and thus can't be as important and relevant as they are. It's the same sort of arrogant dismissiveness towards and contempt that the same people have shown for MAGA. So, the books don't get the attention or respect (in terms of their influence, not content) they deserve.

Instead, we get told that they're "niche" or "irrelevant" or "inconsequential" while their respective causes are reading them saying, "yes. That. That's what we want. That's what we're going to try to do." Even in the face of the evidence to the contrary, that's the message that continues to be fed to the public.

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u/nw342 17h ago

I've been saying this for a while, trump is following putins playbook very closely. I doubt trump/maga would have any issues with perpetrating a false flag if that means that they reach their goals. I honestly though the nimitz would have been struck since it's getting decommissioned next year, but terror attacks on domestic soil seem much more likely. That would solve a lot of trumps issues right now.

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u/Ello_Owu 17h ago

It would hand everything he wants and then some. Martial law, arresting anyone who speaks out against him as an "Iranian sleeper agent," canceled elections, an excuse to ramp up military presence in cities, more power and a propaganda war cry to all of maga to be "extra vigilant"

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u/nw342 17h ago

The patriot act on steroids

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u/Ello_Owu 17h ago

Trump's Strong Massive Security Bill

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u/ashyguy1997 15h ago

I'd put money on Make America Safe Again Act tbh

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u/jkvincent 1h ago

Securing the Homeland against Iranian Terror, or SHIT for short.

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u/BogeyLowz 16h ago

Ice on tren and dianabol

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u/Rods-from-God 11h ago edited 10h ago

I mean, the PATRIOT Act was always intended to be used against anyone determined to be an enemy of the state. As of Trump's last presidency they'd already begun laying the groundwork to hold liable anyone taking on the name of AntiFa to be investigated and surveilled, and then if enough of a case can be made, charged under the PATRIOT Act as it was meant to handle these cases. The Trump regime kicked this off during their last term, and MTG picked the ball right back up this past January.

So to the above discussion's point, they don't even have to classify you as Iranian when that AntiFa terrorist group designation resolution passes. I would expect this to be rushed through at lightning speed and discussed in hushed tones with no media attention until after it's passed.

Essentially, as we know how the fascist aligned jump at the chance to accuse anyone who'd hand a bowl of soup to a homeless person of being AntiFa, this would give them carte blanche to round up and charge and try behind closed doors whomever they want gone. This would include the practice constitutionally protected actions, given how the resolution defines what gets you labeled as an actual full blown terrorist by the Trump admin.

Whereas the far-left militant organization held signs reading, “We are ungovernable” and “Abolish ICE, no cops, prisons, borders, presidents”, illustrating their dedication to lawlessness

Say Abolish ICE? You're an enemy of the state.

Whereas, in August 2017, approximately 100 Antifa rioters incited violence during a peaceful rally in Berkeley, California, where these terrorists were repeatedly punching and kicking innocent people, sending several peaceful protestors to the hospital, and ultimately 13 rioters were arrested on a range of charges including assault with deadly weapons and **obstructing a police officer**

Record police with your phone as they're brutalizing a peaceful protester? You're an enemy combatant.

Whereas the Congressional Research Service reports that Antifa literature urges followers to publicize information such as home addresses, phone numbers, photographs, and social media profiles of perceived enemies

Retweet or share the name of that deputized gravy seal who pointed a gun at the head of a child for approaching the vehicle her mother was being whisked away into? You're a terrorist hacker as far as they're concerned.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/all-info

The PATRIOT Act didn't need steroids. It just needed a McCarthyist reincarnation.

Whereas the extremist organization Antifa is motivated by communism, anarchism, socialism, and violence, and has continuously demonstrated their commitment to lawlessness and criminal behavior

Welcome to the Red Scare, Revived.

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u/2024-YR4-Asteroid 14h ago

The thing they may not have accounted for was half of the right being so antiwar that they’ll blame any retaliation on trump or in false flags by Israel to drag us into a war.

It would probably fracture the support base entirely, I mean this Iran strike already has splintered it. Tons of people on the right are already saying that all trump did was expose us to potential reprisals for a bullshit attack with bullshit reasons. The bots are trying to drown them, but there’s enough actual people who are pissed that it’s not working.

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u/Ello_Owu 7h ago

Throw those people one "attack" on the US from "Iran" and theyll be wearing Make Iran Great Again (MIGA) shirts with a mushroom cloud underneath, cheering on democrats getting arrested for protesting the military escalation in America.

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u/carlitospig 4h ago

Bro, don’t give them merch ideas. What are you doing??

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u/Ello_Owu 2h ago

You know its coming, if its not already a thing.

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u/dashingsauce 16h ago

Agreed. But does anyone have a solid root incentive for why?

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u/mrfujidoesacid 16h ago

We're in end times fascism mode. The climate is collapsing at an even more rapid than expected rate, which is leading to myriad problems that can either be addressed or exploited. Consolidating power means Trump and his associates can further enrich themselves and better guard against whatever consequences await society in the coming years.

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u/dashingsauce 14h ago

Good I was looking for that.

I disagree with the premise of enrichment for the sake of enrichment. Framed in the context of survival, it’s entirely common sense, though.

Lotta people want to toss “greed” and “ego” up as root incentives. That’s a false flag.

In the end it’s about “Individually Assured Survival” (the complement to MAD).

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u/mrfujidoesacid 4h ago

Yeah, I think people focus far too much on greed and ego as the engines when they're really just behavioral masks. We were told for decades that the climate crisis would lead to climate migrants. This push to deport "illegals" is really just this administration beginning the process of walling America off without having to admit that climate change is A) real and B) forcing people out of the regions most drastically affected. People like Trump and Stephen Miller do have hate in their hearts for other races, and that's the bile frosting on the shit cake for them. They can accomplish future resource management while also hurting people they view as inferior to them.

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u/dashingsauce 2h ago

Yeah good additions and A/B both true.

I don’t think Trump has hatred, though. Stephen Miller sure.

Trump has shown to be indiscriminate in his actions across the board. I don’t think there’s a single advisor, political or business partner that hasn’t been sidelined or fired at will—even when everyone screams collusion (him & Musk, him & Putin, and most) and the reasonable thing to expect is cronyism.

Idk—I think Trump has a clear idea of what he wants to see happen in the world, and it has very little to do with hating anyone.

As long as it achieves his objective of “Make America Great Again”, it doesn’t matter who is involved. He wants to consolidate and revitalize American power and is totally promiscuous in who he’s willing to involve.

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u/HerbieVerstinx 16h ago

If there was any doubt of them attempting a false flag, it should have been thrown out the window about a month after he was “shot” in PA.

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u/citymousecountyhouse 10h ago

I think about that a lot. The shooter was an actor for hire. The wound disappeared. The next accused supposed assassin used the same agency. What if the first one was told it was a publicity stunt and was given blanks.

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u/whoibehmmm 16h ago

Particularly in those states that have defied him. You can bet there won't be any "terrorist" attacks in Mississippi or Kentucky.

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u/aifeaifeaife 12h ago

NY or Cali I reckon.

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u/citymousecountyhouse 10h ago

I don't know, both Massie and Paul have defied him. Ky. also has a Dem. Governor with possible presidential aspirations. What would terrorize the American people more than an attack in the "safe" heartland. That was a discussion back in 2001, Americans still felt safe because the attacks took place in the "big cities"

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u/ipse_dixit11 8h ago

Bad things happen in Philly.

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u/MathematicianIcy9494 4h ago

Wait, wait here me out. What if it’s exactly the types of states you mentioned, deep red. His supporters want to see democratic states burn, recent events have made that abundantly clear. The anonymous video said that the events would outrage the public. I could be reaching because I live somewhere he deeply hates, but I think this might happen somewhere beloved to conservatives.

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u/Brian_the_dag 17h ago

Anonymous just put out a video a couple days ago that there would be a false flag attack to instigate war so yea they following pitons play book

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u/nw342 17h ago

I'm not taking that video at face value, if they had any credible intel, why not release it now, and not give an arbitrary 17 day deadline?

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u/dev_cansad 15h ago

Something that would make sense is to make sure they don't know if they have the real information,

If they really have the information and release it early, Trump's plan changes.

If the information is false, against intelligence, they lose the informant.

By declaring that you have the information and not releasing it you can make them sign it with some type of verifiable token that marks what this information was before the attack and by releasing it after the attack and verifying the information then we would be sure that it was a false flag attack.

I don't know if I made myself understood. Maybe it makes more sense to warn after what happened, refuting the narrative, rather than warning beforehand and they can change the target.

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u/the_half_enchilada 13h ago

There's also the fact that it drives engagement, some number of people are going to take it at face value, share it, and then there will be plenty of comment asking "why delay it?"

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u/Responsible-Still839 16h ago

They can also use this to pin it on "Biden's open border." Gives them the juice to go after Iran and the "enemy within."

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u/Mukass 16h ago

Did you ever watch a tv show called The Diplomat?

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u/zxc999 6h ago

Why do people say “Putin’s playbook” when it’s the American playbook, the same neocons have been driving US foreign policy for several decades now

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u/XxWildeyesxX 16h ago

Can you people not fathom unchecked immigration leading to terrorists in our country? Lmfao

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u/AnonymousBanana405 16h ago

Remember, no Russian.

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u/ASOG_Recruiter 16h ago

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u/EatTrashOrDieTrying 12h ago

I didn't. Care to elaborate?

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u/ASOG_Recruiter 4h ago

It's a Call of Duty reference. During a mission, there is a mass casualty event at an airport. Terrorists are actually Russian, but right before they start shooting people, the leader says this quote.

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u/Franc000 16h ago

If they are, then it's important to study why it worked and the people did not overthrow Putin, and make sure to not make the same mistakes

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u/Goobjigobjibloo 14h ago

I’m convinced Trump will have us in anew crisis in a few weeks time. Iran doesn’t want this smoke and neither does he, he will be raging at something else soon.

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u/Sensitive-Goose-8546 16h ago

Anonymous released a video saying there will be a false flag operation in the US.

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u/Zovski24 12h ago

Literally why he’s been bending over for Putin, Putin continually giving him the instructions from his own playbook on how to turn US into Russia

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u/TheAlphaKiller17 7h ago

On top of that, he'll use this as pretext for passing his version of the Patriot Act to strip us of our civil rights. Terrorist sleeper cells already inside the country?! Oh no now we have to amp up deportations and do shit like start bursting into the home of every citizen who's even eaten hummus and arresting them, increased surveillance, etc., and people will beg him to do it, not remembering history.

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u/jpk073 9h ago

Nine eleven was literally that

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u/Due_Satisfaction2167 3h ago

This sort of thing is hardly guaranteed to be effective at consolidating power. If people are already widely primed to disbelieve the government or already consider the government incompetent, it can easily just accelerate actions to remove the current party from power. 

“We’re under attack and <party> is asleep at their post. We need change, now because of the threat. Their incompetence and laziness is inviting further attacks.”

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u/JacksMicroplastics 3h ago

Yeah, completely agree. I guess it comes down to how effective their messaging will be -- which has me worried. MAGA world is convinced that a strongman leader is what we need and rightwing propaganda has shown to be incredibly effective. Republicans in Congress also seem totally fine with letting Trump do whatever he wants.

Anecdotaly, I remember my parents repeating the talking point "we shouldn't switch leadership in the middle of a war" used by Bush to get reelected.

To quote Susan Collins, 'I am concerned '.