Just a Thought

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[[[ So it seems that top White House and military advisers...including our great Secretary of State Marco Rubio...have told President Trump that the Iran War could well drag on through the remainder of his term and into 2029, no matter the current economic pressures put on Iran resulting from Trump's "Strait of Hormuz" blockade, which in turn will see gas prices keep rising ("skyrocketing" is the term some of those advisers have used)...causing serious economic concerns here at home.

 

Simply, what I have been saying and writing about since this war first started back in the summer of 2025...as in Trump's underestimating Iran's military capabilities...can again be witnessed by the fact that Iran backed militias based in Iraq recently initiated a serious drone attack on a key Saudi oil pipeline, thus shutting down the top global oil producer's alternative to using the "Strait of Hormuz," 

 

Trump’s public assurances of a "swift victor" was in the beginning and still remains a joke especially when you put it into all-important historical perspective. We, the United States of America, was officially involved in WWII for 3 years, 8 months, and 26 days, starting with our declaring war on December 8, 1941, and ending with Japan's formal surrender on September 2, 1945. Our current war with Iran started on February 28, 2026, but here you must add in last summers co-actions with Israel which began on June 13, 2025 and ended on June 24, 2025...the "12-day War" as some call it.

 

Now when the WWII numbers are added together it means that we were actively fighting for 1,365 days before WWII officially ended. And to date, September 13, 2026, as I write this we have been at physical war with Iran for approximately 6 months, 16 days, plus the 12 days last summer, equaling 209 days of war with Iran. Now when you take into account the above stated possible time frame that the Iran War could possibly last into 2029, the numbers become a whole different matter.

 

How so? From today September 13, 2026 until January 1, 2029 there are 841 days..or 2 years, 3 months, and 19 days...that is if the war does not continue into that year. Now when you compare those numbers to WWII, if the Iran War does ends on January 1, 2029 we will have been at war with the "single nation" of Iran only 524 days less than the entirety of time we were fighting WWII!

 

"Houston," we have a serious problem here for if  the top White House and military advisers are right about this war not likely to end anytime soon...and if Trump does not start listening to advice given and continues to act basically on his ego driven own...then not only will Iran have won in the PR "Court of Public Opinion," but history could well show Iran being known as "Trump's Folly," or as the day "Israel" thankfully "saved his butt." Just something to think about I'd say. ]]]

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Just Three Thoughts on the 25th Anniversary of 9/11

This thoughts below are my {Diane Sori) thoughts alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com 

[[[ First, at the beginning of the victims name calling, Terry Strada...who lost her husband Tom Strada on that most horrific of days...gave a short but powerful speech asking, ""How can it be 25 years and still we have no justice for the role that Saudi Arabia played in your murder?" How right she is, but I think I know why...OPEC oil control. Remember, Saudi Arabia is and always has been OPEC's dominant defacto leader. Put the pieces together and the why becomes obvious.

 

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[[[ Second, America-defaming NYC Mayor Zohan Manidani and the infamous AOC (Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...should never been allowed to set foot on America's sacred ground. Why so...because these two (imo) disrespectful pieces of human garbage were caught on camera laughing and making jokes as the 9/11 victims names were being read. They should have been immediately removed from the premises, and I truly hope their actions and show of disrespect comes back to bite them ten-fold.

  

[[[ And third, a rare PR opportunity was missed by President Trump to show, at least for this one day, bipartisanship. Why so...because by President Trump choosing to go to the Pentagon Memorial instead of being at "Ground Zero" and sitting alongside our four remaining living presidents...coupled with his sending quite unpopular JD Vance in his place...showed a mistake on his part. And when in his 9/11 speech he brought up Iran (albeit briefly)...I guess Trump didn't get or read the message that this day was to be about honoring the victims and the heroes of 9/11 and not about Iran...his speech in general was not bad. But I did expect more from Trump than what we got...maybe he should study the videos of the great Ronald Reagan and pick up some of his oratory skills. Just saying.]]] 

 

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Op-ed: 

Remembering 9/11...25-Years Later

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

This opinion piece is my opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com  

Today we remember the worst terrorist attack ever perpetrated upon American soil. Today we honor the over 3,000 innocent lives lost. Today we also honor America's first responders...our brave police officers, fire fighters, our military, and ordinary citizens...the heroes who ran into danger not away from it. And today we must also honor New York City's then Mayor Rudy Giuliani...forever "America's Mayor"...for his leadership in helping to unitie us all together as not only New Yorkers, but with those killed at Shanksville PA, and at the Pentagon on that ever fateful day.

 

Today I put politics aside...today I truly hope bipartisanship shows who we, as Americans, really are...a people united together as one...for at least this one day.

 

Never must we Forgive...Never must we Forget...for if we do it surely will happen again. Today my thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, their friends, and with my beloved America...may she forever remain the "Home of the Free and the Land of the Brave." 

 

And as I post every 9/11, here is my photo album: The True Horror of 9/11 / Declassified 9/11 Photos, and the one time only played Budweiser Clydesdales commercial that I consider in its simplicity to be one of the greatest 9/11 tributes ever.. 

 

May God Bless America today, tomorrow, and always.

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Just a Thought

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[[[ So now Trump is pledging a 5K "payout" to every U.S. adult if...and notice the word 'if'...Republicans win the midterms (as in both the House and Senate) so he can "finish the job." However, I see this as his trying to buy votes...making this maneuver as bad as the Democrats promising "free stuff" to illegals in exchange for their votes.

This is NOT...in my opinion...a "little incentive" as Trump and those orbiting around him call it...it would take a lot more than 5K to fix the financial crisis many more Americans than not find themselves in today. Simply, a 5K what I call "bribe" cannot undo all of Trump's broken economic promises or even help to win a war we are still far from winning. And by the way, whomever dreamed up this PR stunt has made a mockery of our Constitution and our already problematic election system. ]]]

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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch blasts 9/11 revisionists blurring lines between heroes and terrorists

Amanda Woods and Matt Troutman / NEW YORK POS 

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch pointedly called Wednesday for “moral clarity” ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks — decrying those blurring the lines between heroes and terrorists.

Tisch made the remarks alongside a stone-faced Mayor Zohran Mamdani as they unveiled a new 9/11 Memorial Wall at One Police Plaza.

The wall — which includes 469 new names, commemorating NYPD members who have died of 9/11-related illnesses — preserves the unfathomable devastation from the attack on the World Trade Center towers and the heroism in response, Tisch said.

“Preserving that history also means preserving its moral clarity,” she said.

Iran attacks US base in Jordan, ships in Strait of Hormuz

Iran fired ballistic missiles at a base used by U.S. forces in Jordan and attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz as fighting with American forces escalated. A U.S. official told Fox News the missile attack in Jordan was “ineffective” and all American forces there are accounted for.

Emma Bussey / FoxNews

  

WHAT TO KNOW

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the U.S. will continue targeting Iranian oil tankers in response to ongoing attacks on American naval ships.

• Iran fired at Jordan, using cluster munitions, a U.S. official told Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin after U.S. forces disabled five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday.

• A U.S. official told Fox News that Iran's attack on U.S. forces in Jordan was "ineffective" and all U.S. personnel in the country were accounted for.

Just a Thought

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[[[ So now just reported on FOX's "Outnumbered"... and I heard this with my own ears...the White House (aka Trump} is "floating the idea" of PAYING...YES PAYING...parents to stay home to raise their children!

Nothing like creating yet another generation of those deeming themselves to be "entitled" to government freebies and handouts under his misplaced guise of creating "traditional families, and raising the American birth rate." This is sick and unconscionable, and will destroy the the time honored "American work ethic" completely, and in a way is a form of "socialism," and an overt ploy by Trump to buy votes for both the midterm and 202!8 elections.

Trump has now completely lost his mind...in my opinion...and when you add in his bumbling and mismanagement of the Iran war, his what was stolen from Reagan "MAGA" slogan has been completely negated and made a mockery of. ]]]

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