One of the most important aspects of survival in war is to know your enemy. Americans, at times, have been painfully negligent of that truth. The saying “Know your enemy” comes from the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu in his classic book “The Art of War”.
Two examples of both yesteryear and today come to mind.
Yesteryear
On February 15, 1989 Russia left Muslim Afghanistan after a losing war that had gone on for ten years. Russia’s withdrawal from Afghanistan created a power vacuum which led to a civil war and the rise of the Taliban. The Taliban would later host Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. Bin Laden, a Saudi Islamist who fought the Soviets with the US-backed Mujahideen, founded Al-Qaeda in 1988.
Thereafter Osama sat somewhere in Afghanistan and declared an “Islamic Jihad” on the Western world. At the time I was watching CBS News and anchor Dan Rather who went on to explain an Islamic Jihad meant a “Holy War” but punctuated that with something like Americans have nothing to fear as we just helped him drive the Russians out of Afghanistan and Muslims only fight on their own continent.
Thereafter the first attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) occurred on February 26, 1993, when terrorists detonated a truck bomb in the underground parking garage of the North Tower, creating a massive crater, killing six people, and injuring over a thousand others. A second attack occurred on September 11, 2001 killing over 3,000 and dropping 3 buildings of the WTC District.
Shortly after that I became aware of the Muslim terms for lying. Taqiyya (or taqiyyah) which is a lie to conceal one’s faith or intentions to non-Muslims and al-kadhib which is lying to fellow Muslims which is forbidden in Islam.
Today
This means if Muslim Somalians tell non-Muslim they are not stealing from the American taxpayers, they probably are lying. As a matter of fact a second concept just learned this week is stealing and corruption is actually an acceptable way of culture in many African Muslim countries.
Another most explosive video dropped this week from Mansur Ashkar. He is an ex Israeli Army Special Forces. His own mantra is he is trying to make the world a better place one video at a time as an aspiring film director and born storyteller.
Ashkar’s video opens with a Somali-American man’s rant actually telling the truth:
“Thank you for working so hard so I can be home all day — free. I can use my EBT. Go to work for me, white boy, white girl! Yeah! Go to work for me, you f*cking white animals! F*cking work for me. Yeah, you f*cking work for me. And the U.S. government — they work for me. All of you work for me. Now go to work.”
Ashkar also shows a viral video of a Muslim woman in Minneapolis working to defend the Somali daycare centers when she seemingly glitches so bad after reading a line of a prepared statement, “I understand fraud is bad,” she begins to cry and cannot finish her speech.
The reason for her on-air glitch is the culture this woman was raised in fraud is not bad if it is committed against non-believers of Islam.
CONCLUSION:
Any thinking man or woman likes to know the truth in all situations. This is why we ask the question that begins, “What if…”?
What if this Somali public aid abuse is about more than just getting votes for Democrats? What if this is a money laundering scheme whereby both the Democrats and mainstream media are taking a cut off the top? Remember Joe Biden and the Hunter Biden expression that should have seen them in prison, “Ten percent for the Big Guy”? Why else would both the Democrats and the media try to cover up a crime? No other scenario makes sense!
I could never understand how Kamala Harris, who was an obviously unqualified candidate for our highest office, could garner over a billion dollars for her campaign in just 107 days! That was a record amount never seen before! Most people saw the Harris-Walz ticket as two low IQ individuals (as President Trump likes to say being polite) and could not understand anybody voting for them.
As a recent example, Governor Tim Walz came out after the Nick Shirley expose to announce anybody who questions the Somalis in his state is a racist white supremacist.
Well, Tim, your narrative is crumbling and I am calling you out as a damned liar… and here is my receipt!
“Daycare Money? TSA Saw Suitcases of Cash in Minn. Every Week” – Headlines Wes Austin
President Trump recently called out Minnesota and Governor Tim Walz as just the tip of the iceberg saying he believes California, Illinois and New York will be even worse.
Our own research has revealed the States of Washington and Ohio also deserve a close look with forensic audits as seen here:
“DHS raid over childcare center fraud draws spotlight on WA program” – The Center Square
Interestingly, Washington Democrat Senator Lisa Wellman has sponsored a new bill to reduce transparency in child daycare operations for those looking for information under the Freedom of Information Act. Imagine that! This is not the act of somebody who is innocent.
And in Ohio…
Another Somali “daycare” in Columbus Ohio is asked how parents enroll their children.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 30, 2025
Response? Immediate recording and refusal to answer.
The building is falling apart and the parking lot is full of junk.
Fraud just out in the open.
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Columbus, Ohio, has the second largest Somali population in the United States. Another fact I did not know until this news cycle.
Again, know your enemy. If they are stealing from you, they are your enemy. They could be black Somali immigrants or they could be white socialist Democrats and/or media. Either way, if they are not with you, they are against you!
I always like to look for the silver lining in any cloudy situation. Sometimes the jokes just write themselves…
At about the 2 minute mark CNN Whitney Wild says “But surely you don’t just think a daycare should be unlocked?”
I would have given Nick $100 dollars to say, “Don’t call me Shirley!”
But in truth, Whitney Wild did a pretty good job of making a joke of herself. She was WILD!
© 2026 by Mark S. Schwendau
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