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. 

 

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