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In this segment: Chadwick compares America's current decline to the collapse of past empires, highlighting military overextension, financial strain, and a lack of readiness. He criticizes the belief that America protects Israel, asserting that God is Israel's true protector, and warns that America will not defeat rising powers like Persia and Turkey, aligning with biblical prophecy.
If you look at the Roman Empire and how it collapsed, and relate it to America, we are doing the same things. Someone wisely said that the only thing we know from history is that we don't learn from history. We never learn from these other empires; they do the same thing over and over again. Our American empire is doing the same exact thing as the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and all other empires. They get stretched out militarily, overextend themselves, spend more money, start debasing their currency, and go on the warpath, and it never ends well. This is not a negative statement, but a truth statement that we need to wake up and understand where our country truly is, instead of living in a fantasy world saying, "America's great. America is going to be awesome. We're good." No, we are not good, spiritually or financially.
Now let's look at munitions and military readiness, another key category for understanding the decline of the American empire. The Government Accountability Office reported in March 2026 that the Department of Defense had transferred over $20 billion in military equipment from US stockpiles through presidential drawdowns, including artillery, ammunition, and missiles. The GAO identified both benefits and readiness challenges. While the Department of Defense has invested billions in replenishment and expanded munitions production, its fiscal year 2026 budget emphasizes increased munitions production and industrial base expansion, which itself demonstrates that capacity and replacement speed are significant concerns.
We are behind the eight ball, if you will, on munitions. You can listen to many colonels and generals who have been saying for months, ever since this war started, that we will run out before Iran will run out. They have been correct. We must realize this. That's why I mentioned the reports of President Trump and Pete Hegseth clashing over this. My personal prediction is that Pete Hegseth won't be there long. There will be a fall guy for this catastrophe we're seeing in the Middle East, and it will be "Pistol Pete" from the Department of War. We will see where that arrogance and the desire to kill leads.
Again, munitions and military readiness are crucial. If China attacked us now, it would not be good. If China attacked Taiwan and took Taiwan, there would be nothing America could do. Nothing. Zero. If anyone else wanted to do something, they could do nothing. We have spent our munitions in Ukraine and in the Middle East. We must understand this. I love Israel and I stand with Israel, but we are not the protector of Israel. God is the protector of Israel. American Christian Zionists and everyone else need to understand that we are not the protector of Israel; that would be idolatry. God is the protector of Israel, not the United States of America, not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama, not Joe Biden, not George Bush. He is. And Benjamin Netanyahu needs to understand that as well, because he will only get these people judged over in Israel by his behavior over the last 20 years with zero victories. America and Israel have had zero victories in 25 years in the Middle East. That is a fact. It's a hard fact because you spent about $12 trillion over there with zero victories, other than a bunch of Islamists ready to come against the Jewish people across the world and even in America.
We need to understand where we are. They have crawled down a dark alley in the Middle East, and there is no way out of this but bankruptcy. Look at Russia and the Soviet Union. What happened? The Soviet Union went to Afghanistan, thinking they could take down the Afghans. Guess what? They were wrong, and they went bankrupt and then collapsed. Afghanistan is where empires go to die, as they say. And so far, that is true. Everyone will look back at Afghanistan in 2001; that's what started this fiasco. George W. Bush started this with Afghanistan, then Iraq, then Gaza in 2005. He did a lot of bad things. Empires go to die in the Middle East, and that's what you have seen. Another empire went over there with its pride and ego, thinking it could push these people around. 500 million Muslims. Are you stupid, America? You think you can go there and do that? Give me a break. How has that worked out for you? $40 trillion in debt now, with no munitions. We are a warning country. We are fighting a World War II war. Iran is fighting a World War II war. We are just outdated, everybody. That's just the facts. The generals will tell you that. The colonels who don't have a political bone to pick will tell you that we are just not up to date with technology. And Iran has proven that. If I can say that, they've proven that their asymmetrical warfare is different from the World War II model of going over there with the Navy and ground troops and putting all your muscle into it. It's a different war right now. They are lighting everybody up with their missile program, and no one can figure that out.
We have to understand that. I've been trying to tell people this since 2018: Iran is a superpower. Oh, they're a bunch of terrorists over there; they're easy; they're nothing. How is that going now? Again, the Bible will be proven correct, and American pride will not. The Bible is correct that Daniel said Persia will be a superpower in the region, and they certainly are. They are certainly showing that. Next will be Turkey. And if America wants to go fight Turkey, they will get whipped as well because no one will defeat Turkey except Yeshua. We have to realize what we are facing. They are fighting against biblical prophecy. If someone could enlighten the president on that, that would be wonderful, that he's going against the Bible. You will not be able to defeat these people. America, I think that has been proven over 25 years. And now we have a solar eclipse coming over a portion of our country, and it's just not going to be good. It's not going to be good as time goes forward.
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