Op-ed: 

A Rightful Military Action Taken

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

The article is the author's opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google 

  

“Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is now confirmed “DEAD!”... ”DEAD” in a so called “decapitation operation.” that saw 40+ top Iranian officials in total also now being confirmed “DEAD.”

 
After weeks of escalating Mideast tensions, and negotiations that should never have taken place, in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 28th, the U.S. and Israel launched a long awaited joint “military operation” against Iran...“Operation Epic Fury” it was called on our end and “Operation Roaring Lion” on Israel's end...that when combined will in the end either culminate in the birth of a new and free Iran (the more likely scenario) or will it lead to a wider regional conflict if some naysayers...like Iran's still somewhat operational proxy armies...have their nasty way.

In my opinion, I see this combined “military operation” as the beginning of a true quantum shift towards lasting peace in not only the Middle East, but worldwide as well. Why so...because with the death of Khamenei...the world's leading architect and sponsor of terrorism...along with his top henchmen...the world itself becomes a safer place, but only if no one like him arises to take his place.

 

“Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is now confirmed  DEAD along with his heir-apparent son.”

 

But make no mistake, this “military operation” is indeed both righteous and just, and President Trump need not justify his actions to those “lets impeach him again” folks here at home who are trying to play the word semantics game...as in is this so called “military operation” really an “undeclared war.” And here know that for a president to actually declare war Congressional approval is indeed needed even before the president, in his role as Commander-in-Chief, drops of the first American bomb on its then declared enemy. 

 

And while the usual cast of Democrat characters is once again now leading the anti-Trump/anti-war/Americans are being killed allegations...reported by U.S. Central Command is that three U.S. service members were killed and five seriously wounded as part of the U.S. strikes in Iran...we now sadly see certain misguided Republicans...not so veiled anti-Semitic/anti-Israel sorts I believe...who instead of rallying behind our president as he gives the Iranian people a chance at freedom...have chosen instead to join Democrat party leaders in forcing a vote on what they deem to be President Trump's misuse of the “War Powers clause.” 

  

And which Republicans are the ones now co-sponsoring the Democrats resolution to halt attacks on Iran without Congressional approval, but Rep. Thomas Massie from Kentucky and Sen. Rand Paul from Kentucky...says a lot about Kentucky's elected officials now doesn't it.

 

“Military actions, combat missions, or even the word war itself” are all dirty games that at times must be played, but no matter the name used to describe the actions taken, more times than not said actions will eventually lead to peace. In fact, former IDF intelligence official Yossi Kuperwasser has said that Iran's military now views what he calls the “conflict” as being an “existential war,” leading him to issue a warning that what little is left of the regime is likely to escalate and use all military and proxy capabilities they have left against both Israeli and U.S. interests. And that to me seems way more important that what word one uses to describe what needs to be done.

So it's not surprising that Israeli officials immediately with the first bomb being dropped declared a “state of emergency” in Israel, which sent Israeli's hurrying into bomb shelters as Iranian ballistic missiles started targeting both Israeli civilian areas and U.S. military bases and installations, and continue to do so.
 

Also, forgotten by those way too busy playing the word semantic game in hopes of impeaching President Trump, is that Trump gave Iran plenty of chances to tone down their rhetoric, and to comply with his demands that they, Iran, will never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon, and he did so in hopes of stopping this “military action” before it even began. But instead, Iran willingly chose to play “cat and mouse” with the U.S. while they continued to murder their own people...people as in those brave Iranians protesting against the theocratic, islamic driven, regime.

Simply, Iran knew that the final days of Trump's countdown was fast approaching, as well as their knowing that the anti-regime movement within Iran was not only growing but showing no signs of abating, which has led President Trump to say to the people of Iran to “seize the moment and take control of the government, now,” to which I add especially since Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is now confirmed “DEAD.” 

An interesting objective this compound was, for it was the very place that both Israeli and U.S. military intelligence (most especially Israel's Mossad who are known for their ability to catch its enemies at its most vulnerable and unaware of times) had long watched in the hope that at some point Khamanei would gather together his senior political and military leaders for a meeting at said compound, and where they could then all be “taken out” at the same time.
 

And while such a hoped for scenario seemed fleeting at best...what with “Operation Epic Fury” having been scheduled to begin under the cover of darkness, this unexpected early morning gathering of Khamenei's people allowed the attack to happen when it was least expected...as in broad daylight...which saw Amos Yadlin...former head of Israeli military intelligence...to call it a total “tactical surprise”...indeed a great way to begin what is a “military operation” which, by the way, needs absolutely no Congressional approval whatsoever..
 

And when you couple that “surprise” with the optics of Khamenei's compound laying in utter ruin, Trump's ever so truthful words that, “One of the most evil people in history is dead,” really should hit home not just for the Iranian people, but for Israel, and all the others who have been the recipient of evil personified.
 

And so joint U.S and Israeli bombing took out Khamenei’s compound leaving it scorched, battered, and totally uninhabitable, but more importantly was the fact that not only was Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamanei killed in the air strike, but so too were Ali Shamkhani, a top security adviser to Khamenei; Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; and Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh to name but a select few.

And also killed on that fateful Saturday...killed in an Israeli targeted strike on his home...was former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...a confrontational hard line ideologue who became the face of Tehran's nuclear defiance, and its vile anti-Israel rhetoric...rhetoric which included his calling the Jewish State of Israel a “disgraceful cancerous growth” that “must be wiped off the map.” And at the time of his death, Ahmadinejad was under “house arrest” for attempting to carry out a coup aimed at steering Iran in an even more extreme direction than that of Khamenei...if that's even remotely possible.

So as Iran still lobs what remains of its ballistic missile inventory into Israel...where on Sunday a ballistic missile impact in the Beit Shenesh area west of Jerusalem killed nine people and wounded nearly 50 others including several children...as well as into U.S. army bases, and certain now U.S. aligned Arab nations...the question becomes what happens next now that “Khamenei, his heir-apparent son, and 40 other top leaders are DEAD”... what happens now that the entire top two tiers of the Iranian regime are “DEAD?” Will what is a “military action” now end quickly or will a “vacuum of power” be created with chaos being the outcome...only time, and what the Iranian people do next, will tell.

But President Trump said it best when telling the Iranian people that, “this will probably be your only chance for a generation to take back your country, seize the opportunity now.” No truer words spoken especially when I'm sure that the “Death to Israel, Death to America” chants will now and forever be a thing of the past.
 

And so, dear reader, I leave you with this thought...maybe with the death of Khamenei and the fall of his terrorist regime, and with the combined military power of the U.S, and Israel on display for the whole world to see...including its now intensified combined offensive targeting Iran’s military infrastructure, missile systems, and command centers...maybe... just maybe...China will rethink its hoped for takeover of Taiwan, and Russia will end its quite unsuccessful war with Ukraine. Just something for them to think about, after all we have our eyes on you, and even they know that karma can indeed be a bitch. Case closed. 

 

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

 

 

US, Israel launch ‘Operation Epic Fury’ attack on Iran after regime refuses to scrap nuclear program — Trump vows to eliminate threats

Nicholas McEntyre, Victor Nava and Ronny Reyes / NEW YORK POST   

The US and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran Saturday morning in response to the regime’s refusal to dismantle its nuclear program after weeks of negotiations —  targeting military infrastructure and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran.

The attacks — which the Department of War called “Operation Epic Fury” — follow a massive US military buildup in the Middle East and come after President Trump repeatedly warned Tehran that it would face consequences if it didn’t make a deal with the US. 

Iran then launched missiles towards Israel in a retaliatory attack as officials claimed the response would be “crushing.” 

“Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,” Trump said in an eight-minute video address on Saturday.

“Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas and our allies throughout the world. For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted ‘Death to America’ and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder targeting the United States, our troops and the innocent people in many, many countries...Read more, see vi9deo, and photos here. 

In the Hot Seat: Bill Clinton Says 'I Saw Nothing' As He's Grilled Over Extensive Epstein Ties

Bob Hoge / RedState 

 

As we reported, former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reluctantly testified to House Oversight Committee members Thursday about her knowledge of the convicted late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s dirty deeds and her husband’s relationship with the man who supposedly committed suicide in 2019 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City. 

In a fiery statement before the hearing, held in her hometown of Chappaqua, New York, she claimed she had never met Epstein and had zero knowledge of his criminal exploits.

Yet Epstein’s convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, was in attendance at her daughter Chelsea’s wedding in 2010 — two years after Epstein had pled guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution.

Nothing to see here, folks.

Now it’s Bill’s turn. On Friday, he got to face Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (KY-01) and the gang, and he basically said, “I’m shocked — shocked! — to find that gambling is going on in here!” Read more, and see Xs here.

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AI Is Already Embedded in Military Systems - Now the Fight Is Over How Far It Can Go

Ben Smith / RedState  

This is no longer a chatbot on your laptop or a lab experiment in Silicon Valley. Artificial intelligence systems are already operating inside classified military networks, and the fight now is over whether they can be used for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons under broad federal authority.

Anthropic has refused to expand the deployment terms of its Claude model to allow “all lawful use” inside secure defense systems. The Pentagon wants that authority. If the company does not agree, officials are prepared to terminate the partnership, designate it a “supply chain risk,” and have raised the possibility of invoking the Defense Production Act.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell made the deadline unmistakable.

“They have until 5:01 PM ET on Friday to decide. Otherwise, we will terminate our partnership with Anthropic and deem them a supply chain risk for DOW.”

Claude is not sitting idle. Contractors have built workflows around it. Programs are integrating it. Once a system reaches that stage, whoever controls the deployment terms controls how far it runs inside surveillance pipelines and weapons platforms. Read more here.

Hillary Clinton tells House 'I do not recall ever encountering' Jeffrey Epstein

Hillary Clinton is testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday

Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News 

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is accusing the GOP-led House Oversight Committee of using her to "distract" from President Donald Trump during her high-stakes testimony in Congress' Jeffrey Epstein probe.

"A committee endeavoring to stop human trafficking would seek to understand what specific steps are needed to fix a system that allowed Epstein to get away with his crimes in 2008," she is telling the panel, according to her opening remarks.

"But that's not happening. Instead, you have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump's actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers."

Clinton is telling lawmakers, "As I stated in my sworn declaration on January 13, I had no idea about their criminal activities."

"I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island homes or offices. I have nothing to add to that," her remarks state.

"Like every decent person, I have been horrified by what we have learned about their crimes. It's unfathomable that Mr. Epstein initially got a slap on the wrist in 2008, which allowed him to continue his predatory practices for another decade."

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Dozen of world’s deadliest fighter jets arrive in Israel as Trump orders Iran to end nuclear program

Anthony Blair / NEW YORK POST

 

The planes, widely considered the best in the world due to their speed and stealth, arrived in the Jewish state Tuesday evening as tensions with Iran soar, the Jerusalem Post reported. 

 

Designed by Lockheed Martin, the F-22s cost around $350 million each, and are so vital to the US that the Pentagon has forbidden their sale or licensure to any foreign government.

The dozen jets were previously stationed at the RAF Lakenheath base in southern England and were seen taking off earlier on Tuesday, the Times of Israel reported.

F-22 and F-35 fighter jets, along with B-2 bombers, were used in June 2025’s Operation Midnight Hammer, in which the US struck three Iranian nuclear sites.

More than 300 US military aircraft are deployed across the Middle East, according to open-source intelligence monitoring and publicly available flight data.

Democrats cool to Trump pushing SAVE Act election bill in voter dial

A focus group of Republicans, Democrats and Independents showed sharp divides and rare moments of unity

Rachel Wolf / FOX News  

Democrats were not happy with President Donald Trump's State of the Union remarks on implementing voter ID requirements and the SAVE America Act.

A dial test administered by Lee Carter, the president of Maslansky & Partners, showed Democrats taking a serious dive when the president spoke about the issue. During his speech, Trump asked lawmakers to pass the SAVE America Act in order "to stop illegal aliens and others who are unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections." He decried allegedly "rampant" cheating in American elections.

"It's very simple. All voters must show voter ID. All voters must show proof of citizenship in order to vote. And no more crooked mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military or travel. None," Trump said.

"Why would anybody not want voter ID? One reason, because they want to cheat," Trump added, referring to Democrats. "They make up all excuses. They say it's racist. They come up with things. You almost say what imagination they...Read more and see video here.

President Trump's Amazing 2026 State of the Union Address in Full

Trump wins gold!

Trump plays economic cheerleader-in-chief at State of the Union 2026 — using hockey champs to show USA ‘winning’

Steven Nelson and Ryan King / NEW YORK POST 

WASHINGTON — President Trump boasted he pulled off an economic “turnaround for the ages” in the longest State of the Union address in history — while using the US Olympics men’s hockey team as evidence that the country was “winning” like never before.

Trump played cheerleader-in-chief to a vast TV audience, describing the country as thriving while bringing stability to the world — and dusting off his signature campaign line about voters fearing the country would be “winning too much” on his watch.

The president took the opportunity to attack the Supreme Court for striking down his “reciprocal” tariffs — which he credited for bringing America’s economic “turnaround” — and blamed Democrats for having “caused” the affordability crisis.

Trump also touted new economic proposals to ban investors from scooping up homes, force drug companies to lower prices, require health care pricing transparency and restrict members of Congress from stock trading.

“Our country is winning again. In fact, we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it,” Trump told the joint session of Congress in his 108-minute address, praising the US men’s hockey team for having demonstrated this best by bringing home the gold. Read more, see photos, and video here. 

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Op-ed:

A Misguided Re-Dedication

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

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

 

...Again why so...because as I previously stated at the beginning of this article, religion has never left America...people themselves of their “own free will” have either left religion or embraced religion. Americans remain free to pray or not to pray as they so choose...free to believe or not to believe...the choice is theirs alone. Instead, the truth being ignored by the faithful in relation to the hateful political discourse birthed during these most dangerous of times, should not be driven by a supposed need “re-dedicate” or return to religion, but by the need to return to the law of our land as laid down in the U.S. Constitution. In my opinion it's the Constitution that has been corrupted by those who truly do not understand the nature of politics itself nor religion's role...or the much needed lack thereof...in said politics, that has caused much of the divide within not just today's Republican party, but within our nation as well. Read the entire article here.

Putin’s freezing campaign backfires spectacularly — only hardening Ukrainian resolve 4 years into war

Caitlin Doornbos / NEW YORK POST 

KYIV, Ukraine — Four years after Russia invaded Ukraine, many residents here are living without hot water, heating or power. 

But as they wait in long soup lines for a chance to warm up from winter temperatures, residents told The Post, they’d rather be freezing than surrender to cold-hearted Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

“If someone wants to make us give up, we will not give up because there will be no respect for us,” said Olha Sukhobok, 48.

Thousands of Kyiv residents have been without heat or electricity for two months after Putin ordered his troops to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure to break the Ukrainians’ will. But rather than pushing Ukrainians toward concessions, Russia’s campaign of cold and darkness is stiffening public resistance to what they see as an ineffective deal that would reward Moscow’s invasion without preventing re-invasion, according to interviews with more than a dozen civilians here.

“Russia is striking the energy system to make people suffer and panic, maybe force people to leave or make a bad deal. It’s their strategy. They are not going to break the Ukrainian will, but psychologically, it’s a big pressure,” said Sukhobok, as a World Central Kitchen volunteer handed her a steaming bowl of stew. Read more, see photos, and video here.

Florida Chamber CEO says high-tax states are in a ‘death spiral’ as $4M-an-hour wealth migration accelerates

FL Chamber of Commerce CEO Mark Wilson says state is on its way to becoming 14th largest economy globally

Kristen Altus / FOXBusiness  

Behind Florida’s fine sand beaches and bright green palm trees, a roaring and thriving economy isn’t just running on sunshine; it’s a direct result of a "secret sauce" that combines aggressive private-sector growth with a stark fiscal contrast to the policies of high-tax, Democratic-led states. 

While hubs like New York and California descend into what Florida Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mark Wilson calls a "death spiral," the Sunshine State is officially open for business as a global superpower. With more than $4 million in wealth flowing across its borders every single hour, Florida has leapfrogged Spain to become the 15th-largest economy in the world — and Wilson says the state is just getting started.

"Part of the secret sauce in Florida is that we're all on the same page," Wilson told Fox News Digital. "The business community, our elected leaders, we understand that economic growth — growing the private sector and shrinking the public sector — that's good for everyone in Florida. So we have 23.5 million people here, and we want to create economic opportunity and good jobs for everyone who wants to be in Florida." Read more and see videos here. 

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Op-ed:

A Misguided Re-Dedication

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

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

Let me start by saying that while I am a die-hard Republican, I am a Constitutional Republican not a Conservative Republican. And while I do agree with a number of key conservative issues I do disagree with others, because for me the Constitution not the Holy Bible is the law of our land, and must remain so. And with that belief comes the all important “separation of church and state,” the very thing our “Founders and Framers” ever so wisely wanted as seen in the wording of the First Amendment, the very amendment giving us “freedom of religion”...as in the right to practice our religion of choice...whatever said religion might be...while at the same time actually giving us the right not to have religious dogma of any kind being shoved down our throats...fair is fair after all.

Simply, I truly do believe that religion must stay out of politics, and in turn politics must stay out of religion...it cannot be any other way if we are to truly uphold the written words of the Constitution as being the true law of our land. Remember, nowhere in the Constitution do the words God, Jesus, Christianity, or any other religious musings appear, as our “Founders and Framers” chose instead to invoke the word “Creator” for a reason...as in to leave it up to each individual to decide what, if any, religious doctrine they wish to ascribe to, or if they choose not to believe in a “divine being” at all.

And with that said what we now call the “social issues” should not be shoved down our throats as well for the original Constitution makes no mention of “social issues” per se in regards to the adjudication of the written law. Our “Founders and Framers” were wise in understanding that what were the social issues of their time were likely to be time sensitive in nature, and therefore might not apply to future generations...again mostly in regards to the still ongoing discourse surrounding the “separation of church and state.”

But why do I bring up the hot button issue of religious rights at this point in time...simply because President Trump recently declared that in honor of America's 250th birthday a “national prayer event” will be held at the National Mall on May 17th to “re-dedicate America as one nation under God.” In other words, by his doing so our president would be openly allowing religion to reenter the political discourse which could, in the long run, cause more harm than good for it would draw the “haters” out en-mass. How so...first by their using Trump's own words against him...words that this very event was a way to “return religion back to the public arena”...as if religion ever left the public or the political arenas...which it obviously has not. And second, Trump's phraseology alone can and will be misconstrued by many in regards to which “God” he's referring to.

Here are but a few examples. Invoking the actual word “God” is not a problem for Christians and Jews as they do share and believe in the same “God,” but if Trump was to say the “Lord God Jesus” a problem could well arise not just within America's Jewish community, but also within his own family as well. Remember, Trump's daughter Ivanka is a practicing Orthodox Jew as are her husband, and their three children...hence their now being Trump's beloved grandchildren.

But if the name “Jesus” is not spoken by Trump in his “re-dedication” then the religious far right...for example the Evangelicals...who firmly believe that God is Jesus and Jesus is God...could deem his leaving out the name “Jesus” when speaking of “God” as being blasphemy of sorts. And what of those Americans of the Buddhist or Hindu faith, or those of Chinese ancestry who practice a combination of Buddhism and Taoism peppered with a Confucian worldview, which collectively comprises what is known as “Chinese folk religion.” Would their beliefs accept the simplicity of the word “God.”

And then there's those American's who follow islam...a political system wrapped in the guise of calling itself a religion. Would muslims start behaving badly (again) if their supposed god “allah” was left out of the “re-dedication” discourse...I think we well know the answer to that.

Also, there are two specific groups of people who are usually ignored when talking religion. Here I first speak of the growing number of atheists who are good law-abiding American citizens and patriots who just happen not to believe in “God” or a “divine being"... they surely would not be very happy seeing our nation being “re-dedicating” to something or someone they simply do not and will not believe in.

And lastly, there are those like me, who while honoring and respecting our ancestral religious heritages and beliefs, are grounded instead in tangible here and now science fact, and not in the ancient texts bogged down in conflicting dogma and tenets...as in those like me who are believers in evolution not in creationism...those like me who know well that the Earth is not flat, and that this beautiful planet we all call home is indeed 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years old.

 

And yet many of those, again like me, who still believe in the concept of “God the Father”...someone or something had to start the “Big Bang” after all...see that belief as being our having a personal relationship with “God,” if you will, minus the fear, indoctrination, and collectivism that is the hallmark of organized religion...for we know that history itself has shown that “in the name of religion” more hatred, division, animosity, suffering, wars, and deaths have occurred than most are willing to admit to.

No, “re-dedicating our country to God” will indeed reignite tenfold both the Constitutional and public debate over the role of faith in both our political and public life. For example, when hearing about Trump's upcoming May “re-dedication” event, posted online was this comment from someone who posts under the name of 'MAGA voice,' “President Trump stuns America by announcing America will re-dedicate itself to God on May 17th 2026. ‘We're going to re-dedicate America as one nation under God.’ CHRIST IS KING.” And the problem with this post and others like it is that the country our Forefathers founded did not allow for kings of any kind...religious or otherwise...period.

Simply, in my opinion there is absolutely nothing wrong with Trump's calling for a “National Day of Prayer” to thank “God” for all America's blessings bestowed upon her but, for me, the problem lies solely with the word “re-dedicating.” Why so...because these United States needs no “re-dedicating” to anyone...divine or otherwise...not now, not ever. We are who we are...the greatest and freest nation the world has ever known...nor do we have to as President Trump also stated, “bring religion back to America.”

Again why so...because as I previously stated at the beginning of this article, religion has never left America...people themselves of their “own free will” have either left religion or embraced religion. Americans remain free to pray or not to pray as they so choose...free to believe or not to believe...the choice is theirs alone. Instead, the truth being ignored by the faithful in relation to the hateful political discourse birthed during these most dangerous of times, should not be driven by a supposed need “re-dedicate” or return to religion, but by the need to return to the law of our land as laid down in the U.S. Constitution. In my opinion it's the Constitution that has been corrupted by those who truly do not understand the nature of politics itself nor religion's role...or the much needed lack thereof...in said politics, that has caused much of the divide within not just today's Republican party, but within our nation as well.

And lastly, I believe America should “rededicate” itself not to “God,” but to the the Constitution*...“re-dedicate” ourselves to honoring both the Constitution's words and the patriots whose blood was willingly shed in the name of freedom...and leave the “re-dedicating” of prayers, religious beliefs, and one's soul to the clergy and to “God." 

 

And as a Constitutional Republican I think the great Daniel Webster said it best when he stated, “Hold onto the Constitution of the United States of America and the republic for which it stands. What has happened once in six thousand years may never happen again. Hold on to your Constitution, for if the American Constitution shall fall there will be anarchy throughout the world."

So hate me, call me a heathen, an agnostic, or even a deist if you wish, but these musings are my opinion, and I proudly stand by my every word stated, as well as I stand by the fact that never...I repeat never...was an official dedication to “God” a foundational principal** of these United States. Case closed.

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FOOTNOTES

 

* The “U.S. Constitution” contains approximately 7,500 words, including, to date, 27 amendments. However, our nation's “law of the land” nowhere includes the words "God," "Jesus,” "Christianity," "kings,” "Bible," or "commandments,” nor does it speak of dedicating our new nation to “God.”

 

** The “Federalist Papers”...a group of 85 essays penned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay...sees not one of its essays focusing on religion or “God” as some still claim. The essays focus was a response to the failures of the governmental aspects of the “Articles of Confederation.” Focusing on the need for a centralized government to manage trade, provide security, and create a stable currency, these essays...as with the “Constitution”...saw no dedication of our nation to “God” let alone such a dedication being a “foundational principal.”

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

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