Former UN weapons inspector and US Marine Scott Ritter recently posted about what is going on concerning President Donald Trump’s lawless international actions, and warns about what it will result in if it is not stopped. After the recent attack on Venezuela and capture of its president, Trump seized a Russia-flag ship, as well.
Ritter warns that if Russia lets this go unchallenged, it will only worsen things, particularly in Ukraine.
Ritter wrote:
It’s time to punch the camel in the nose. There’s an old saying from the Arab world that if you allow a camel to stick his nose under the tent, soon the camel will be inside the tent.
Donald Trump is taking America down a very dangerous path, one where the rule of law has been replaced by the notion that might makes right.
This is a bold departure from the past, where the US at least tried to go through the motions of adhering to the processes, if not the principles, of the various legal frameworks that hold the world together.
But then Trump starting murdering the operators of boats in the Caribbean, even after they had been shipwrecked. A gross violation of international and US law. And nothing happened.
Next he kidnapped a sitting President of a sovereign state, in violation of international and US law. Nothing happened.
And now he has ordered the US Coast Guard to commit an act of piracy on the high seas, seizing a Russian-flagged ship.
The US has assumed the posture of a rogue nation, a global criminal enterprise which seeks to operate without any checks and balances.
The seizure of the Russian tanker is the first time the US has exercised its rogue behavior in direct conflict with a major power.
If the US gets away with this voiding of any meaningful Russian response, then it will feel free to escalate up to and including directly confronting Russia on the ground in Ukraine.
The camel has stuck his nose under the tent.
Russia needs to smack the camel and get it to back off.
Now. If it doesn’t, the camel will be in the tent before you know it.
This means WW3. The end of the world.
Let’s pray Russia does the right thing.
Punch the camel in the nose.
It’s time to punch the camel in the nose.
There’s an old saying from the Arab world that if you allow a camel to stick his nose under the tent, soon the camel will be inside the tent.
Donald Trump is taking America down a very dangerous path, one where the rule of law has been…
— Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) January 7, 2026
While I don’t believe the world ends as some claim (Psalm 104:5; Ecclesiastes 1:4), I do believe allowing Trump to continue to act on his own like a king is dangerous for the American people, our neighbors and those around the world. If it seems like he wants war, it’s because his handlers want war… and war they will get if the camel is not punched in the nose.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media
