Monday, March 23, 2026

Op-ed:                                                                                                                    
Assignment Earth / Assignment Iran
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    

Back in March 1968, when “Star Trek,” the original series, was in its heyday, an episode entitled Assignment: Earth" was broadcast. In this episode, in the guise of conducting historical research, Captain Kirk and crew traveled back in time to 1968 Earth, after having intercepted an interstellar agent named Gary Seven whose assignment was to intervene in a specific 20th-century event. And in this case said event being his having to sabotage the launch of a U.S. nuclear orbital platform, and then destroy said platform before it could detonate, thus saving the world from WWIII...a scenario likely to have taken place due to the politics of the time. And this close call is supposedly what set humankind upon a course towards lasting peace by its then banning all such weapons of mass destruction.

But why do I bring up a science fiction “pipe dream” scenario as an allegory of sorts in relation to what is now happening in Iran and the Middle East? Why...because President Donald Trump is agent Gary Seven and his nuclear platform is indeed the country of Iran. Simply, if Iran and its theocratic regime is not fully taken out now...if the Iranian people are not in charge of their own destiny...Iran indeed could will be the harbinger of WWIII. Remember, it takes just one nuke going off to start a war, and countless others to end a war...or in today's world end humankind itself.

And with our “Operation Epic Fury” coupled with Israel's “Operation Roaring Lion” now controlling both Iran's air and sea space, the fact remains that Iran's supply of missiles, drones, and bombs...especially “cluster bombs”...seems to need no here and now replenishing, And this means that Iran did indeed have outside restocking help via Russia and probably China as well, and that they did their stocking up well before the first U.S. bomb was dropped, and the first of many Iranian leaders was taken out courtesy of Israel's Mossad.

And even now with Mideast alliances shifting against Iran due to their retaliatory strikes on their fellow Gulf and muslim nations, Iran is still a force to be reckoned with as long as their proxy armies remain intact and active; as long as their weaponry continues to reign down on Israel and U.S. army bases, as well as on its neighboring Gulf nations for it's the hard line...yet now disjointed...Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its remaining die-hard party loyalists, coupled with numerous terrorist sorts who are currently calling Iran's military shots.

Simply, the Revolutionary Guard Corps...or what's left of it...must be rendered forever militarily impotent, for only then can and will the Iranian people be truly free... only then can the world at large take a long sought after collective deep sigh of relief after having been psychologically held captive by these terrorist sorts for way too many years.

But there is an important caveat here for not only is it just the removal of what's left of Revolutionary Guard field operatives being a much needed give, especially now that what's left of the regime's hold on power is less than tenuous at best...remember Iran's newly anointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is literally but a cardboard figure of his former self thanks to Israel and the Mossad...but that said Guard itself is both fragmented and disjointed even within what's left of its own extremism based military hierarchy.

Why so...because last week Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) took out both Ali Larijani, head of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, and Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s all-volunteer Basij force, who together had near total control of what's left of the country along with a strangling grip hold on the people...a people still living in fear of further reprisal being once again used against them.

And then there's the “
rank and file” Guard members who also have heard President Trump's call for an “unconditional surrender,” which if agreed to would be total capitulation to both the little and Big Satan.” And even while many in the field know they are fighting a losing battle, their decades long indoctrinated based hate would probably not allow for them to now or ever surrender.

Simply, the entire Revolutionary Guard Corps can now be likened to a caged animal...an animal who will fight to the death if need be...fight with any and all means possible with collateral damage...which includes the Iranian people...be damned. These extremist sorts would willingly destroy their own country rather then surrender if that ever did became the only option open to them, and I do believe we are at that point...or pretty damn close to it.

So is there any other option open to those now calling the shots in Iran but to make Iran and its people...as in their having become but the spoils of war...a prize not worth keeping.

Now remember how I mentioned Gary Seven at the beginning of this article, and how he was able to set things right by his first having sabotaged and then detonating a nuclear bomb before it could cause irreparable harm, but the extremists now in control of Iran would, in my opinion, be more than willing to set off a nuclear bomb and destroy their own country rather then unconditionally surrender” to anyone, except maybe to the one they call allah.

In fact, I have always believed that Iran has had a least one operational nuclear bomb in its arsenal to be used against the West at a time of its choosing, but that what they were missing in setting said time was a long range delivery system. And whether that one bomb was constructed either on their own accord or given to them by say Russia, China, or maybe even North Korea, doesn't matter at this point...what matters is that it's more than just mere speculation on my part that Iran is indeed in possession of at least one singular nuclear bomb.

Why so...because we do know that even after our and Israel's having destroyed the bulk of Iran's nuclear facilities last summer, that Iran is still believed by many to have in its possession at least 450 kilograms of 60%-enriched uranium...enough uranium to convert to weapons grade” within not only mere weeks, but enough uranium for them to construct and arm more than 10, possibly even 15, nuclear bombs. And we and Israel also know that those in charge would not have been foolish enough to have stored said uranium in what would be their enemies obviously bulls-eyed targeted areas.

Simply, the Iranians are not a stupid people nor are those in its still remaining military hierarchy, for they know well that by their having hid a nuclear bomb in an unlikely to be targeted area, that they could use it as a means of last resort to “save face” in the eyes of allah, that is if they run out of all other options. Remember, in dying for the cause, even if it means taking their own innocent people with them, and thus not having to “unconditionally surrender” to the enemy, those with a 6th century misguided and highly indoctrinated mindset foolishly still believe that in death 72 virgins await them in heaven as a reward for a job considered by allah to be a job well done.

Also, do not forget that in relation to this “unconditional surrender” discourse that Iran is also believed to have biological weapons in various stages of development... development believed to be defensive in nature...but supposedly not yet far enough along to be usable. But here know never to underestimate Iran, for at times what is a caged and desperate animal will fight back in unsuspected and dangerous ways.

So here, once again, I refer you back to the beginning where I liken this ongoing Iranian war to a particular “Star Trek” episode. And while interstellar Agent Gary Seven used both futuristic tools and great intellectual superiority to accomplish his mission, so too is both President Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, because both men know that while we will not allow ourselves to be mired down militarily in Iran for decades like we in the U.S. were in Afghanistan, the fact remains that both we and Israel will be present in Iran for a great number of years to come...present economically, financially, and to help in the rebuilding of what will be a new and free Democratic Republic of Iran.

In the end we, Israel, and the Iranian people will win, and with said win the people will have been freed, the theocratic regime will be relegated to the annals of history, and in time Iran will be welcomed back into the world of civilized men and women. Destiny alone dictates this to be the case as well as does the fact that the mullahs and the Revolutionary Guard quite possibly 'aint seen nothing yet.

How so...because to date this war has been fought with somewhat conventional weaponry...just imagine what would happen if say Israel were to use an EMP device or actually an EMP bomb on Iran (something they will neither confirm nor deny having), or successfully reuse their recently deployed against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Directed Energy Weapon” (DEW)...which is a ground based, high-powered laser weapon that some refer to as the “Iron Beam.”

Simply, Iran's Revolutionary Guard leaders should never underestimate the power of Israel's arsenal...let alone ours...even if we were to wrap our end up in a given period of time, which right now seems highly unlikely for President Trump rightfully believes that Iran still poses a threat to our homeland as “sleeper cells” have started to awaken here at home. And besides,with the Democrats being vehemently against this what is a “just war,” you just know that both President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are indeed doing not just somethings right, but everything right.

And while it took “Star Trek's” Captain Kirk some time before realizing that Gary Seven was indeed right in his history changing endeavors what with “Assignment Earth” having reached its hoped for positive conclusion, so too will both “Operation Epic Fury” and “Operation Roaring Lion” be proven to be the right actions taken at the decidedly right time. Why so...because sometimes events in what is but a story can speak a truth unseen by many while resonating with an all important few. Case closed.

_______________________________________________________ 

FOOTNOTE

Here you can watch Star Trek: 'Assignment Earth' to see the similarities as they apply to today's Iran War.

    

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

************************************************************************************************** For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, .

*************************************************************************************************** 
RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...LIVE! 
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24th from 7 to 8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'Assignment Earth/Assignment Iran'; ''; and important news of the day. Tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE.'