Just a Thought

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[[[ Just to let some who criticize my stance on how Trump is handling this war, please know I've been in this fight against radical islam since soon after 9/11...I'm no newbie to the understanding of whom and what we are really fighting against. 

 

The first thing I learned was that the word 'surrender' only appears in islam in regards to faith...'surrender' to the faith of islam that is. And when one's reality is locked into that must be accepted concept alone, those who are now our enemy will willingly fight to the death even if it means the lives of their own people are to be forfeited.

 

The regime is indeed playing President Trump because they know he does NOT understand islam nor the islamic mindset, and they are using that to their advantage even while we go "boom" and "flex military muscle" here and there for they are doing what their faith commands them do...die instead of even considering surrendering.

 

Simply, this war lingers on, because President Trump does not yet grasp how hard it is to win a war against a mindset so alien to us that the realities of war from our end are being made to the best of our western mindset ability. We should be trying to understand the mindset, actions, and consequences of how this enemy thinks and operates. Until that happens I truly believe this war will linger on well past the midterms which is what Iran probably has wanted all along, and for what should be obvious reasons. ]]]

 

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Tehran responds after Trump warns US will strike bridges, power plants over Hormuz attacks

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will never return to pre-war conditions after President Donald Trump warned any attack on shipping will trigger U.S. strikes on Iranian infrastructure.

Emma Bussey / FoxNews

 

WHAT TO KNOW

• U.S. Central Command completed its latest wave of strikes against Iranian military targets at 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 21.

• President Donald Trump on Wednesday attended the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members killed in action in the Middle East last week.

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Asian leaders at the ASEAN Summit in the Philippines on Wednesday that the U.S. remains willing to negotiate with Iran, though warned there "will be consequences" if Tehran continues to violate its commitments.

• Iran's Parliament speaker and lead negotiator that if Iran is unable to sell its oil, no other country in the region will be able to do so, either. Read more, see Xs and videos here.

Trump attends dignified transfer of 4 US troops killed in Iran war: ‘One of the hardest things to do’

Steven Nelson / NEW YORK POST  

WASHINGTON — President Trump saluted four flag-draped caskets carrying the bodies of four US service members killed in the Iran war last week — shortly after telling journalists it was “one of the hardest things to do” for him.

Trump paid tribute to the fallen heroes at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware as an honor guard marched their remains to transport vans from inside a military cargo plane. 

At one point a relative could be heard wailing as her loved one’s body was moved.

“We’re going to honor them. And one of the hardest things to do for me, it’s one of the hardest things to do as a president. But has to be done,” Trump told reporters before departing Joint Base Andrews for the ceremony.

The president made the trip as he threatens to expand the war in retaliation for Iranian attacks on US troops and commercial ships — even as leading Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), urge a quick resolution to the conflict.

Just a Thought...

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

 

[[[ So Trump has publicly let Iran and the world know that we will most likely be bombing Pickaxe Mountain...Iran’s underground nuclear facility known in Iran as Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La...a heavily fortified underground site near the Natanz facility which is one of Iran’s primary enrichment,nuclear enrichment facilities. Nothing like telling the enemy what you will militarily do next while at the same time saying the infamous word 'negotiations'...sigh.]]]

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RFK Jr. yanks Medicaid funds to California and Minnesota, says Dems ‘opened the floodgates to theft’ 

Ally Goelz / NEW YORK POST  

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday he’s stopping more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over suspected fraud.

“We are not sending Medicaid dollars out the door until we have confidence that they are being spent lawfully and appropriately,” Kennedy said at an announcement on Tuesday.

Kennedy said if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) want the money to fund low-income healthcare, “they need to provide documentation that these payments are legitimate.”

“Instead of protecting your money, they open the floodgates to theft,” Kennedy said. “They dismantle basic program integrity and oversight.”

The health secretary criticized the Biden administration’s oversight of Medicaid, arguing that former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra “looked the other way while fraud, waste, and abuse exploded.” Read more, see video and photos here.

Iran secretly submitted proposal for 10-day ceasefire while under intense US strikes - exclusive

The mediators, including senior Qatari, Egyptian, Omani, and Pakistani officials, have presented the proposal to the United States.

Amichai Stein / The Jerusalem Post  

It was Tehran that initiated the proposal now being advanced by mediators for a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, two sources familiar with the negotiations told The Jerusalem Post.

The fact that Iran proposed the initiative underscores how urgently Tehran is seeking a ceasefire as US strikes continue to expand and US President Trump weighs a return to a full-scale military campaign against Iran.

According to the two sources, the purpose of the proposed ceasefire is to find a solution regarding the Strait of Hormuz, the issue that triggered the crisis over the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last month, after which both Tehran and Washington effectively declared that the agreement was no longer in force.

The mediators, including senior Qatari, Egyptian, Omani, and Pakistani officials, have presented the proposal to the United States and have added further elements during discussions with both Washington and Tehran. One such idea is the creation of a “middle corridor” through the Strait of Hormuz, located between Omani-controlled and Iranian-controlled waters, through which commercial vessels could safely transit.

RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...Podcast 

Here's the podcast of last nights LIVE radio broadcast where RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discussed 'On Blockades, Turkey, and the Economics of War'; 'Hormuz and Beyond'; the latest Iran updates; Mamdani's threat to have Israeli PM Netanyahu arrested; and interim Senator Darlene Graham Nordone's major announcement. Listen to it on https://rspradio1.podbean.com or on our RSP website at https://rspradio1.com/?page_id=39