Panama Canal chief eyes major gains as Iran crisis chokes off Strait of Hormuz shipping route
Preston Mizell / FOXBusiness
The Panama Canal
administrator touted the canal’s logistical capabilities and plans to
improve supply chain readiness as the Strait of Hormuz reaches a near
standstill due to the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Dr.
Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, the authority administrator for the Panama
Canal, sat down during an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital and
noted the canal’s anticipated improvements as the world’s busiest
commercial shipping route, the Strait of Hormuz, has seen little to no
traffic over the past few days.
"We have been through the years a major channel to move LNG from the U.S.
to Asia," Morales told Fox News Digital. "Qatar usually supplies Asia,
and after the Ukraine war, most of the American LNG has gone to Europe
to replace the Russian LNG."
"What we see is that probably prices are going to go up for LNG,
which means that the current cost of the inventory on the vessel is
going to increase," he continued. "Fuel prices are going to go up." Read more and see video here,
Op-ed:
A Condemnation, A Declaration, and Hopes for Peace
By: Diane
Sori /The Patriot Factor
The article is the author's opinion alone, and does not
necessarily represent the views of blogspot.comor Google
...And
while the multitude of Arab/muslim nations that surround the tiny
Jewish State of Israel might be great in size and number, some are
still unfortunately mired down in a 6th century mindset minus the
doctrine of what is reality, while Israel not only embraces this, the
21st century, but looks forward to a future where all people can
share in the concept of not only “peaceful coexistence,”
but of actual, long lasting peace itself.
Remember,
it's the civilized man who embraces peace, while the uncivilized man
hungers for blood...as in the blood of those who do not believe,
think, say, or act as they do especially, in this case, those not
embracing the tenets and dogma of radical islam, Simply, the sorts
who refuse to see the tangible truth now unfolding before their very
own eyes...the truth that with the now fall of the old Iran and the
sure to come rise of a new and free Iran...it becomes obvious that
what the uncivilized sorts like Khamenei feared most was peace
itself. Why so...because with peace comes both individuality and the
right to free thoughts, the very things that are the antithesis of
all theocratic based regimes...Read entire article, and see video here.
Look Who Zohran Mamdani Just Invited to Dinner
Amy Curtis / Townhall Tipsheet
Just days after two Islamic terrorists allegedly threw a homemade IED
into a group of anti-Islamic protesters, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is
continuing to show us what "globalize the intifada" actually means.
Mamdani, and his terrorist attack-loving wife just hosted Mahmoud Khalil
for dinner.
"A year ago, Mahmoud was walking home through our city after sharing
an iftar with his wife Noor when he was detained by federal agents,
flown to Louisiana, and then held in an ICE facility for months. In that
time, he was forced to miss the birth of his first child. All of this
for exercising his First Amendment rights in protesting the ongoing
genocide in Palestine," Mamdani wrote. And yet, even in the face of that
cruelty, there has also been beauty. New Yorkers raising their voices
in solidarity. A city refusing to look away. Mahmoud won his freedom,
and a father was finally reunited with his child. Last night, as we
marked the one year anniversary of his detention, Rama and I were
honored to welcome Mahmoud, Noor, and their son Deen to Gracie Mansion
to break our fast together.Mahmoud is a New Yorker and he...Read more, see Xs and videos here.
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Monday, March 9, 2026
Op-ed:
A Condemnation, A Declaration, and Hopes for Peace
By: Diane
Sori / The Patriot Factor
The article is the author's opinion alone, and does not
necessarily represent the views of blogspot.comor Google
President
Trump's initiated“Operation Epic Fury” coupled with
Israel's “Operation Roaring Lion” has indeed set the world
ablaze with hope for a new future...a future heralding in both peace
and stability not only in the Middle East, but hopefully spreading
outward from there. And with its ramifications running deeper than
just the death of Khamenei and his theocratic based terrorist regime,
not only is the Iranian people's quest for democracy and freedom
close at hand, but just as important is that a much needed “quantum shift” in international alliances
has truly started to take hold.
And
while this alliance shift was once but a dream, the retaliatory
actions taken by Iran against its fellow muslim nations have helped
to expedite a process that logic alone dictated would eventually have
come in due time. Why so... because the Trump brokered “Abraham
Accords” not only laid the foundation for cooperation between
the more modernized/westernized muslim dominated nations and the
Jewish State of Israel, but within its very concept was an actual
framework for lasting peace.
And
while the multitude of Arab/muslim nations that surround the tiny
Jewish State of Israel might be great in size and number, some are
still unfortunately mired down in a 6th century mindset minus the
doctrine of what is reality, while Israel not only embraces this, the
21st century, but looks forward to a future where all people can
share in the concept of not only “peaceful coexistence,”
but of actual, long lasting peace itself.
Remember,
it's the civilized man who embraces peace, while the uncivilized man
hungers for blood...as in the blood of those who do not believe,
think, say, or act as they do especially, in this case, those not
embracing the tenets and dogma of radical islam, Simply, the sorts
who refuse to see the tangible truth now unfolding before their very
own eyes...the truth that with the now fall of the old Iran and the
sure to come rise of a new and free Iran...it becomes obvious that
what the uncivilized sorts like Khamenei feared most was peace
itself. Why so...because with peace comes both individuality and the
right to free thoughts, the very things that are the antithesis of
all theocratic based regimes.
And
while both “Operation
Epic Fury” and
“Operation Roaring
Lion” have just
begun in their efforts to help free both a nation and its people, now
entering center stage is one of the most divisive, hateful, and openly
antisemitic organizations ever devised...as in the “United
Nations”...akathe
“Useless Nations” as
I call them...whose
seeming goal is to not just blatantly look away from what was the
reasoning behind the islamic terrorism being perpetrated by Iran, but
to manipulate and shift said reasoning onto the shoulders of both
Israel and the United States instead. And this joke of an
organization now has the unmitigated gall to claim...without
fact...that overwhelming “international
concern” is calling
for U.S. and Israeli de-escalation of its attacks on Iran just as
this rightful campaign is now starting to kick into high gear.
And
it's not just the UN who must be called to task, but also the
European Commission ...the very commission whose president...one
Ursula von der Leyen...described the current U.S./Israeli operations
as being “greatly
concerning,” along
with the need to not only prevent
further escalation, but for the U.S. and Israel to exercise
restraint while protecting civilians, and respecting international
laws...the very laws this commission itself willingly ignores. And
also know that this is the same commission who ignored Iran’s
47-year history of supporting terrorist groups; the same commission
who looked away from terrorist acts already having been committed
(October 7th quickly comes to mind); and the very
same commission whose goal seemingly remains, to me anyway, to
actually profit off regional destabilization.
And
what of the European powers themselves...as in those who are supposedly our
allies, but who continue to play both sides against the middle...what has been their reaction? First, while both UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the
European Commission still continues their ongoing condemnation of the
use of force against Iran by both the U.S. and Israel...saying that
said actions“undermine
both international peace and security,” here I must honestly say that I did not know we had either (sarcastically said of course) before the U.S./Israeli
operations commenced or before seeing what's left of Iran's military keeping busy launching retaliatory missile and drone attacks into
both U.S. military facilities and civilian areas of our Mideast
allies...allies including into Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait,
the UAE, and Bahrain.
Also, what say the key “E-3
nations”...France,
Germany, and the United Kingdom...who while they did issue a statement to the
affect that while Iran must put an end
to both its current nuclear program and to any future nuclear
ambitions; that Iran must cease its regional destabilizing actions
(read acts of terrorism here); and stop its still ongoing
“repression”
of the Iranian people,cannot
mask the fact that they did indeed “wimp
out,” when the
going got tough.
And
to give credence to what I just stated is the fact that the
“E-3”
made it clear to both the U.S. and Israel that they while they did
not want and still do not want to become militarily involved in
either operation ...while reiterating ad-nauseam that they took no
part in either “Operation
Epic Fury”
or “Operation
Roaring Lion”...the “E-3”
still tried to give themselves some relevancy of sort by adding that
they remain in close contact with the U.S., Israel, and their
regional partners...which personally I do not believe for neither
President Trump nor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are the
kind to placate those who are wimps.
But
what really needs to be understood here is the fact that it's Iran's
retaliatory strikes that have now heightened regional tensions, and
which in turn has led the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the
United Arab Emirates to issue an official condemnation not against
the U.S. or Israel, but against Iran and the man who not only armed
Hezbollah, funded Hamas, slaughtered his own people, and brought the
Middle East to the precipice of nuclear war, but they made it clear
that said condemnation was not just mere words on paper, but was an
official declaration of what well might be both a new regional
alignment against Iran, coupled with hope for a true and lasting
peace...a peace that I bet no one saw coming.
And
so Iran and it's maniacal now thankfully dead leader Ayatollah
Khamenei...the man who spent over four decades pushing his “Death
to Israel, Death to America”
narrative down the collective throats of the muslim world...now finds
his own words and actions having helped to put the final nail into
the coffin of what was his and Iran's theocratic dictatorial regime.
And it was done courtesy of not just superior U.S. and Israeli
military and air power, but with the help of the Iranian people and
their brave “freedom
fighters” who dared
to ask for both U.S. and Israeli help...help to attain their long sort
after quest for freedom even while knowing that actual regime change
itself could not be guaranteed without internal opposition forces
being willing to take up arms and fight to the death if need be. And
now Kurdish forces from Iraq, armed with U.S. and Israeli
militaries, have launched a ground incursion into Iran as well.
Simply,
the brave men and women of Iran also knew that the time of the old
ways was indeed over, and that with what was sure to be Iran's
misguided attempt at retaliation against their fellow muslim
nations...nations who dared to side with the enemy...would see this
one act alone being the very catalyst needed to see a new alliance of
sorts starting to take hold. After all, it truly was only a matter of
time before Iran's fellow Gulf and other Arab nations discovered
the well kept secret that those they once considered to be their
enemies were actually their friends all along, and what was forced
indoctrination to the 9th degree is now now finally being exposed. Case
closed.
For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, Enough Was Enough.
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Sunday, March 8, 2026
In this bloggers opinion this is an important read
Written by: Mustapha Ezzarghani / Originally posted on Facebook
For days now, I have been watching a strange narrative spreading across Western media and social networks: the claim that the confrontation with the Iranian regime is somehow “Israel’s war” and that the United States was dragged into it.
As a Moroccan Muslim and an Arab who has spent years studying the politics of our region, I can say clearly: this argument is not only false—it is intellectually dishonest.
Let us start with a simple fact. The Islamic Republic of Iran has not spent the last four decades declaring war only on Israel. Its leaders openly speak of fighting the “Great Satan” — the United States — and the “Little Satan” — Israel. For 47 years, their ideology has been built around exporting revolution, destabilizing the Middle East, and spreading militant networks across the region.
This is not an Israeli fantasy. It is Iran’s own declared doctrine.
