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Channeling Reagan...A Maybe Solution

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

This article is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.   

 

Let me start by saying that I totally support both President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their decision to go to war with Iran. It was the right thing to do on so many levels as Iran, the leading state sponsor of terrorism, had to be stopped, most especially in regards to their wanting to become a nuclear power. And while our and Israel's combined military forces were successful last summer in negating Iran's nuclear ambitions...for now anyway...what I have a problem with is the timing, the resulting ramifications, and who is advising who.

Why so...because, in my opinion, we and Israel together should have finished the job last summer as Israel wanted to do, but Trump did not as he still wanted to give the diplomatic route a try. And while his intentions were honorable Trump forgot two cardinal rules with the first being we do not negotiate with terrorists, and the second being that any deals made with terrorists are done so with terrorist fingers crossed behind their backs.

However, should have is but a mute point now, as our “Operation Epic Fury” and Israel's “Operation Roaring Lion” did not commence until February 28th of this year. And while we have been extremely successful militarily, as has Israel been in taking out the Iranian regime's hierarchy, we are still in somewhat of a negotiation stage with terrorists...that is if you count the back and forth proposal rejections from both sides as being negotiations.

Remember, Trump gave Iran extension after extension to “make a deal” to end the war on the basis of our strategic military superiority along with our now having basically collapsed Iran's economy. How so...simply by our imposing a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, thus destroying Iran's oil revenue...it's prime source of income...as the Strait is where Iranian purchased oil is shipped out from.

And while many see this as a good thing, forgotten is the fact that when military victory is secured with it should immediately come strategic surrender. But obviously this is not the case with Iran for the regime, while greatly weakened, still is fighting back to some degree, and doing so mostly against its own Arab neighbors.

Also, just as important, is the fact that history has shown, more times than not, that while the victor was successful in collapsing an enemy's economy it's the victor who usually ends up helping to rebuild the economy of the very nation they helped to destroy, and that sometimes it is at the expense of the victor country's own taxpayer dollars.

However, even when diplomacy remains the chosen path to help end a war, the diplomats involved must have an understanding of who the enemy really is. And herein lies a key issue regarding the war with Iran for I do not believe that President Trump and his advisors truly understand who the enemy really is, and what must be done to secure not just victory but lasting peace.

And here I think it would be so wise for both President Trump, and all said advisors, to look at how President Ronald Reagan not only combined what was a well thought out strategic approach with military strength, but then he also fine-tuned the diplomatic negotiations to the point where what was called the “Cold War”...aka the “nuclear arms race”...did see in victory the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union.

Simply, striving to make deals with the enemy when military engagement has itself not ended the war being fought only seems to work successfully when the people...when the government...you are dealing with actually does want a deal to be made...does want said war to end. And this is something, I now believe, Iran does not want to see happen.

Why so...because the theocratic dictatorship that has been Iran's reality since the “Islamic Revolution” of 1979, would rather see Iran totally being destroyed...down to every last man, woman, and child...then their having to betray their core ideology via deals being made even with fingers voluntarily being crossed behind their backs...deals they and we know will not be honored let alone be kept.

And this is why we are still having trouble...yes trouble...bringing Iran down to her increasingly bloodied knees. Remember, when one engages in the “game of war,” when one is facing what will surely be military defeat, both sides must understand that any deal being brokered is but political window dressing and posturing at best.

And when dealing with a conventional enemy, “to the victors will go the spoils of war,” yet the fact remains that both sides must accept reality over what has become lifelong indoctrinated ideologies. Both Reagan and then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev knew this to be true in regards to the “Cold War,”  the regime in Iran simply does not. And that probably is the reason why no lasting deals with Iran will ever be made, or should be, made without Iran's “unconditional surrender.”

Remember, Gorbachev actually wanted reform in the Soviet Union to take place...he wanted a change in communism's oppressive ideologies...especially when faced head on with Reagan’s strategy of not only “peace through strength,” but with the economic pressures being imposed on the Soviet economy courtesy of the “Cold War” added to its economic instabilities and inefficiencies. After all, building and stockpiling nuclear weapons is a very expensive endeavor most especially for a nation that is under communist rule.

The “Cold War” could well have ended in nuclear war but did not thanks to President Reagan himself being not only an effective diplomat with fine tuned oratory skills, but saw those skills...when coupled with his openness to a one-on-one dialogue...resulting in intermediaries only having to be used quite sparingly.

Simply, Reagan wisely chose to speak for himself. And it was this stance that showed the world both his and our country's strength, which in turn inspired dissidents within the Soviet bloc to rise up against what Reagan called the “Evil Empire.” And it was this very action that helped to both position the United States as the leader of the “free world” while also seeing the Soviet Union officially collapsing as the “Cold War” basically came to a definitive end with President Reagan's now immortal words, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

I truly believe that President Trump needs a “Reagan moment” to help end the war with Iran. Trump needs that “Reagan moment” to show the Iranian people...to show the protesters and the freedom fighters, some of whom are still being executed...that he has not forgotten them or their quest for freedom nor demoted them to second place behind a war whose prime focus...at least for now...seems to be who will be in control of Iran's oil supplies and distribution.

President Trump needs a “Reagan moment” to rethink how and exactly who should be handling any and all diplomatic talks with those still hell bent on wiping both the U.S. and Israel off the face of the map. And if negotiations are to continue...negotiations which I still believe should never have taken place...remember that Gorbachev wanted to reach a solution, those who are now left running Iran do not...thus it should be Donald Trump himself...coupled only with our great Secretary of State Marco Rubio (and possibly Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu)... who should sit at the negotiation table not his old real estate buddy, his son-on-law, or our vice president who sadly has no true diplomatic experience at all.

And might I add that the “extensions “ must not only end, but no more extensions must be given. Threats do become useless unless a set-in-stone timeline is given, but more importantly is that said deadline must be followed up with promised actions taken.

Simply, if President Reagan could bring down the Soviet Union and end the “Cold War,” President Trump can...likely with Israel's help...bring down Iran. All that's needed is for tangible and sensible actions...including military actions...to replace both the bravado and the threats currently being unheeded. Case closed.

Copyright © 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /All rights reserved.

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US military aircraft encountered ‘super-hot’ orb during nighttime search mission near government site, Pentagon’s UFO files reveal

Emily Crane / NEW YORK POST 

A US military aircraft had a freaky chase encounter with a “super-hot” orb during a nighttime search mission just last year, the newly released UFO files show.

The bizarre incident unfolded when multiple military personnel were carrying out the search in a mountainous region close to an apparent government site, according to a heavily redacted document released by the Pentagon on Friday.

At one point, an official described seeing “a possible aircraft on the horizon moving away to the west,” the file reads.

Another then confirmed the sighting, saying “they spotted an orb… described as ‘super-hot’ hovering at ground level.”

The orb then apparently headed east at a “high rate of speed and then broke into two objects,” according to the file.

The document also details how one aircraft was “unable to match speed” and “broke off pursuit.”