Op-ed: 

A War We Might Very Well Lose

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots

Donald Trump again made news last week this time with his claim that ISIS was founded by Obama and Hillary. And while some in the media are mocking him and calling him to task other ‘talking heads’ are agreeing with him. But my question is what took them so long for I have been saying for years that Barack HUSSEIN Obama and Hillary Clinton are indeed the ones who gave birth to the ISIS of today. And how did I know this when the others are only now coming to this conclusion…I just put two and two together without the need for Common Core math and actually came up with the number four.

Simply, when a president…when a Commander-in- Chief…announces their country’s date of withdrawal from the theaters of war and when the Secretary of State does neither a thing of substance to show why this is a very bad idea let alone try to stop him…two things are now proven…first, both persons are siding with an enemy who now knows they just have to lay low, wait until we are gone, and then come back newly reorganized, regrouped, and stronger than ever…and second, while laying low the more radical amongst them can both build up their war chests as they ‘rally the blind following ideological faithful’ behind them with claims that their god is in their corner, while supplying them with ideas and possibilities not seen before…new and brutally calculated ideas and possibilities…including ideas of how to bring their enemy…in this case America…to her knees.

And how does the enemy…an enemy that is anything but the once-referred to as a JV team…an enemy known as ISIS…plan on dropping America to her knees…simply through an invasion of her homeland aided by their operative in the White House. And they don’t have to fire a single shot to do so as they have been given their needed ground zero base of operations of sorts as their operative…one Barack HUSSEIN Obama…freely lets into this country unable to vet ISIS aligned anything but Syrian refugees coupled with terrorist aligned muslim refugees from all over the entirety of the muslim world.

And you ain’t seen nothing yet for what happened in Europe with its actual self-condoning cultural suicide…will pale by comparison to what could happen here...courtesy of political correctness and the placating kumbaya sorts.

First just a little background…for starters let’s make it clear that Barack HUSSEIN Obama did indeed lose the peace after George W. Bush and his ‘surge’ had won the Iraq war. In 2010, as said war was winding down and with Iraq in somewhat stable shape courtesy of relatively good security, a workable budget, and with relations among its various ethnic groups and religious entities holding the somewhat peaceful status quo line, enter center stage Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who after being democratically elected drew a red line in the sand that he allowed no one to cross…unlike Obama’s so many red lines crossed…as he ruled as opposed to governed, and did so like a dictator stripping his political opponents of power while appointed his cronies and ‘yes-men’ to run the army, all while relishing in the killing of peaceful protesters.

And while all this was going on, instead of reigning in al-Maliki and his thugs, Obama was busy sabotaging the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) so he could blame the failure of these very negotiations as the reason for his calling for a total U.S. troop withdrawal, as well as having us and our allies aligning with the 'supposed' Syrian rebels fighting against Syria’s lawfully elected President Bashar al-Assad and his mostly secular government.

And while al-Assad was and remains a bad guy in his own right…a bad guy that time has shown to be the lesser of two evils to all who understand the true game being played (as in Russia and Iran siding with him against ISIS…something we should have done)…yet he was and is a bad guy who knew all along that the 'so-called' Syrian rebels...whom Obama and Hillary were both bankrolling and supplying with guns and weapons (remember Benghazi)...rebels who were either ISIS militants themselves or allied with ISIS...were not just fighting to overthrow his above stated mostly secular government but were fighting primarily to help grow the now ever-expanding caliphate.

And so the original al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)…founded by Sunni extremist Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in 2004...a once regional problem that was somewhat contained...now saw by our 2011 withdrawal Sunni tribes…tribes who had supported us during the surge…being left abandoned by both Obama’s bad decisions involving Iraq and his all-consuming dislike of anything George W. Bush no matter how successful Bush’s decisions were…as in the surge…now becoming tribes caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place as in between al-Maliki’s hostile Shite dominated government in Baghdad and the now ever-growing number of islamic terrorists.

And it was Obama's withdrawal of U.S. troops that helped AQI become the ISIS we know today for if Obama did not withdraw our troops or if he had successfully renegotiated SOFA...allowing for an American troop presence to remain in Iraq...Iraq's security forces would have been bolstered and Sunni anger would have been tempered down, and ISIS would have remained just a regional problem if even that.

But instead all these diversions directly allowed al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) to expand, grow in number as it added even more militant members, and then over time morph into the killing machine we know as the ISIS of today…and they did so as al-Maliki did nothing of substance to stop them, but then again neither did Obama. And it was Obama’s and Hillary’s very inaction's coupled with bad military decisions Obama consciously made that allowed today's ISIS not only to be born but to become an anything but JV team.

Now as to the Obama sanctioned ISIS invasion of our beloved America.

Remember Obama’s plan to bring up to 10,000 anything but Syrian refugees into our country by the end of Fiscal Year 2016 (which ends on September 30th)…well folks for starters in June of this year alone 100 not properly vetted and quickly processed Syrian 'so-called' refugees were admitted into our country per day for a total of 3,000 by month’s end. That’s in addition to the 1000 admitted in May which ups the 450 'so-called' refugees admitted in April and the 100-250 who were admitted during each of the first six months of fiscal year 2016, which actually began in October 2015.

And the number of invaders continues to increase as there are still 4.7+ million Syrian refugees living in neighboring countries ready to be permanently resettled, many of them wanting entry into the U.S…a continuing army of invaders positioning themselves to carry out more attacks on U.S. soil…attacks like San Bernardino, Boston, and Orlando…and Obama has the welcome mat laid out for them.

And like I stated above the numbers are increasing for just this past July, 2,340 Syrian anything but refugees were admitted into the U.S. now putting Obama on target to meet his September 30th deadline (which is the end of this fiscal year) to have the first 10,000 of them here… and by ‘them’ I mean that most being admitted are young, strong, and healthy Sunni muslim men…the same sort that has invaded Europe. That brings the number resettled here to about 8,000 for fiscal year 2016 to date with the months of August and September still to go, and with the numbers showing no signs of abating.

No sign of abating for sure as now thanks to Obama’s sudden surge in the number of Syrian refugees he’s allowing into the U.S…a number that has risen to an average of 358 per week…a number expected to be held or increase between now and the September 30th deadline…you just know that the target number of 10,000 will easily be met.

And know that those being let in indeed are invaders for as per and up to the latest June 2016 numbers, Obama had only admitted 20 Christians into the U.S. compared to the over 2,500 muslims he admitted during that same given time period, and this surely does equate to an invasion. Now please note that as I write this article the numbers I previously stated add up to almost 8,000 Syrian refugees having been allowed into our country, but that in the entirety of July and to date in August only one more Christian has been added to their final up to June 30th fiscal year number of 20…translating into only 0.96% of the entirety of the Syrian refugees admitted having been Christians.

Twenty-one Christians out of the tens of thousands…out of the millions actually…whose lives are in danger…21 Christians and some still wonder whose side in this war Obama really is on. And as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said just a few months back, Christian refugees from Syria do indeed have a much harder time gaining entry to the United States than do muslim refugees…and the fact is Trump is right and the above stated numbers prove it.

But no matter the numbers, the fact remains that we are at war whether some care to admit it or not and it’s not a just war of dueling religions per se…it’s not simply a war of Christians vs muslims as islam is really not a religion no matter what the kumbaya sorts say…but is a war of clashing ideologies…a constitutional republic that values individual freedom vs an all-encompassing subjugating political system hiding behind the guise of calling itself a religion…a clash between what the world actually is and what some want the world to be as civilizations collide between those still living like 7th century savages albeit with 21st weapons vs the 21st century civilized man with not only the same weapons but with even better weapons…weapons complete with the mindset of we dare not use them.

And lest we forget that the bottom line was, is, and will always remain that if we do not stop with all the political correctness…a cleverly devised system of forced words not unlike the focused, destructive, and oh so vile words and actions that makes up the foundation of islamic hypocrisy...complete with our fear of offending muslims as we placate these very ones out to kill us all…political correctness complete with both words said and with words unsaid...and sadly coupled with militarily actions needed but not taken…it becomes a war that we might very well lose.

Op-ed: 
A Truly Hard Decision But My Clothespin Is Ready

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots

                                                                                               

Donald Trump has chosen a Vice Presidential running mate and it’s Indiana Governor Mike Pence…a choice that will not draw many #nevertrump folks to his camp simply because the man who claims one of his greatest assets is that he’s not a career politician has now chosen a career politician as his running mate. 

 

And this proves once again just what a self-serving hypocrite Donald Trump really is and yet, sadly, I will now have to put a literal clothespin on my nose and vote for him because the alternative…the now and forever to be know as the 'Butcher of Benghazi'…is far worse.

 

And a career politician puts it mildly as Mike Pence…yet another lawyer…entered the political arena in 1988 at age 29…he’s 57 now…when he first ran against and lost to Democratic Congressman Philip Sharp. Losing again to Sharp in a second go round, Pence finally won in 2000, and served six terms in the House. Becoming governor in 2012 after incumbent Republican Governor Mitch Daniels was term-limited out, Pence has been in politics non-stop for almost 30 years…the consummate career politician…albeit one many in Congress like and speak highly of.

 

A career politician and quite the hypocrite himself as Mike Pence was a Ted Cruz supporter during primary season and is a man who continues to disagree with Trump on certain key issues. And while those disagreements might just be his saving grace as far as some conservatives are concerned, it does take a hypocrite to surrender one's core beliefs for a political position. And so Mike Pence has now hitched himself to a man who when he loses…and I still do believe that Trump was put into the race to assure a Hillary win…will see his own political career come crashing to a screeching halt. 

 

But no matter for I will now have to put that clothespin on my nose and vote Trump/Pence as the alternative…Ms. ‘What Difference Does It Make’ and her most probable oh so vile running mate Julian Castro…is far and away worse. 

 

Hmmm…I wonder if I still have the clothespin hanging around that I used when voting for the McCain/Palin ticket back in 2008.

 

So why did Trump pick Mike Pence, the very man who, like I said, has not and still does not see eye to eye with him on certain key issues. Why pick a man who takes a more hard line position on religious freedom and abortion than he does. Why...I believe it’s because Trump somehow thinks that Pence can deliver the Mid-West to him…something I seriously doubt will happen as Pence was likely going to lose his re-election bid for governor. And lest we forget that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are also to some degree compadres in hypocrisy…something Trump and his blind followers see as serving their ticket well. 

 

And as a side note here's a little bit of advice about serving their ticket well...the Trump/Pence TP logo serious doesn't cut it and for obvious 'potty humor' reasons...and this election is anything but humorous...just saying.

 

And now for the differences between the two men with number one being that last December 8th, the very day that Trump spoke of banning all muslims from entering this country, Pence said in a tweet and I quote, “Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.” And while I totally disagree with Pence’s words, as I believe all muslims must be banned from entering our country, the hypocrisy in Pence’s words… ”offensive and unconstitutional” were that they were meant for every other state but not his home state because he directed Indiana state agencies to suspend a resettlement policy that would have allowed Syrian refugees to settle in his state…which a federal judge ruled "clearly discriminates" against refugees from a particular country.

 

So I guess in Mike Pence’s mind, what’s good for the goose…the other 49 states…is not good for the gander…as in Indiana…and yet I have the clothespin ready for resettlement hypocrisy aside, Mike Pence does seem to understand the dangers islam and its followers pose to America. 

 

And that is the one thing…probably the only thing…I have always agreed with Trump on…as in muslims are not conducive to the fabric of our American society and that all muslim immigration to America must stop. Yet now Trump’s hypocrisy shows in the fact that he has ‘walked back’ on his original statement that all muslim refugees must be banned from entering the U.S. to just "temporarily banning" muslims from ‘certain’ countries alone. And this most assuredly means not banning those muslim refugees from the Arab countries he has high stakes business deals with.

 

Maybe I’ll need a whole row of clothespins to pull that lever but pull it I still will.

 

And speaking of business, while we all know that Trump is most vehemently opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) calling it "disastrous…terrible…and a continuing rape of our country by special interests”…his continuing to spew words such as this could very well start a nasty trade war. Mike Pence, on the other hand, did support and still continues to support TPP as do I and many others. Another saving grace for Mike Pence, as far as I’m concerned, is that he voted for "swift adoption" of TPP saying back in September 2014 that, "Trade means jobs, but trade also means security.” And you know what…he’s right…as those you have ‘friendly’ trade with will usually…but not always…be hesitant to jeopardize said trade over issues that can hurt their country's pocketbook.

 

So, has Mike Pence become to Donald Trump what Sarah Palin was to John McCain…meaning some will only vote for Trump because of Mike Pence as some only voted for McCain because of Sarah Palin…could be. But look at how that scenario has unfolded as McCain, after losing to Obama, became the personification of the word ‘RINO’ and once relevant Sarah Palin seems to have gone off the deep end as witnessed by some of her recent appearances. And I was a big fan of Sarah Palin but no more, because in her ‘sucking up’ to Donald Trump she has fallen so far from her once true conservative political base.

 

And still I keep telling myself…actually I still keep trying to convince myself…that Mike Pence aside...no matter that his more conservative positions on certain key issues do have a certain appeal to the more hard line Republicans and far right conservatives among us…there remains no tangible option but to vote for a man whose life-long Democratic policies and positions I so despise. 

 

But back to the differences between the two most unlikely of running mates…differences that even include the social issues. For starters, Mike Pence wants to make abortion illegal even in cases of rape and incest…something I again disagree with him on…and he even co-sponsored a controversial proposal back in 2011 to redefine rape cases connected to abortion laws as what he called "forcible rape." His thinking in that is clearly something to be questioned as Trump supports…and so do I…abortion in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is in jeopardy if a pregnancy continues.

 

Oh dear, I guess that means I agree (gag) with Trump on two not one of his stances...and possibly even on three for while Mike Pence wants a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Donald Trump has said not a word to that affect. And while he says…at least he’s saying it now for political expediency as he plays to the masses…that marriage is solely between one man and one women…he has not come out and condemned same-sex marriage…something I also will never do…as he seems to recognize the fact that this is an issue that belongs to the states alone.

 

And the last major difference between the two men is their approach to foreign policy regarding the war in Iraq. Mike Pence voted to authorize the war in Iraq while Donald Trump claims he opposed the war right from the start...something that remains in question to this day. But at this point in time that is an issue of semantics that really does not matter anymore as the war we now face comes in the guise of ISIS not in the guise of the now long dead Saddam Hussein.

 

And it’s ISIS and all the recent acts of islamic terrorism carried out both here on American soil and in countries abroad…all carried out in the name of allah…allah the most unholy…that has been the deciding factor in my hard fought decision of whether to stay true to my long-held gut feeling and belief that Donald Trump is not the man now nor has he ever been the man to beat Hillary Clinton. And the addition of Mike Pence to the ticket does not alter that fact for Mike Pence will most likely not unite the ticket but might split it even more as the last thing needed to show unity...to show and reflect the changing face of the Republican voter...was the addition of yet another wealthy white middle-aged man to the ticket.

 

And as a proud member of #nevertrump…a movement I one hundred percent still support…this decision is tearing me up inside, but when I look at the pictures of the recent carnage in Nice, France and when tears came to my eyes when I posted a memorial picture honoring our two American dead…Sean Copeland and his 11-year old son Brody…I realized that a Hillary Clinton presidency will allow these acts of savagery to continue. And so I have to gamble that a Trump presidency will not for one thing I do believe is that Donald Trump is not a traitor while I know in my heart that a traitor is indeed what Hillary Clinton is.

 

So while I will not endorse the Trump/Pence ticket nor will I actively work to promote it, I will not work against it...but if asked I will say I am voting for it. Nor will I speak out against those folks in #nevertrump nor against Kendal Unruh and the #freethedelegates and the #delegatesunbound movement for my true beliefs and my conscience remains with them and what they stand for, and tried so very hard to do.

And regarding the delegates themselves...something most have forgotten is that we are not a democracy...we are a republic with a representative form of government which translates into delegates and those we elected to make decisions for us. But due to the above stated recent events in Nice, France coupled with the fact that even if the delegates are unbound the numbers still aren't there to stop Trump, common sense now tells me that common sense itself has lost out to the emotions of the (sometimes rightfully) angry masses, and that as World War III now appears to be on America’s doorstep we must unite together to deal with that first and let 2020 sort the whole assorted mess out.

 

So I’ve got my clothespin ready...as do millions of others including my candidate of choice Marco Rubio...to do what I nor they never wanted or expected to do but know we must do... unite behind Donald Trump...for no third party candidate is a tangible option nor has even a remote chance of winning against the Clinton machine and its promises of 'free stuff.' 

 

And now, just like my Right Side Patriots Partner and friend Craig Andresen also knows, our consciences must sadly be relegated to the back burner for we know and accept as fact that the Hillary Clinton alternative truly is a hell of a lot worse...not that either one of us were ever going to vote for her...worse for both our beloved America and for the world as well.

Op-ed:

A Truly Hard Decision But My Clothespin Is Ready

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots                                                                                              

Donald Trump has chosen a Vice Presidential running mate and it’s Indiana Governor Mike Pence…a choice that will not draw many #nevertrump folks to his camp simply because the man who claims one of his greatest assets is that he’s not a career politician has now chosen a career politician as his running mate. 

And this proves once again just what a self-serving hypocrite Donald Trump really is and yet, sadly, I will now have to put a literal clothespin on my nose and vote for him because the alternative…the now and forever to be know as the 'Butcher of Benghazi'…is far worse.

And a career politician puts it mildly as Mike Pence…yet another lawyer…entered the political arena in 1988 at age 29…he’s 57 now…when he first ran against and lost to Democratic Congressman Philip Sharp. Losing again to Sharp in a second go round, Pence finally won in 2000, and served six terms in the House. Becoming governor in 2012 after incumbent Republican Governor Mitch Daniels was term-limited out, Pence has been in politics non-stop for almost 30 years…the consummate career politician…albeit one many in Congress like and speak highly of.

A career politician and quite the hypocrite himself as Mike Pence was a Ted Cruz supporter during primary season and is a man who continues to disagree with Trump on certain key issues. And while those disagreements might just be his saving grace as far as some conservatives are concerned, it does take a hypocrite to surrender one's core beliefs for a political position. And so Mike Pence has now hitched himself to a man who when he loses…and I still do believe that Trump was put into the race to assure a Hillary win…will see his own political career come crashing to a screeching halt. 

But no matter for I will now have to put that clothespin on my nose and vote Trump/Pence as the alternative…Ms. ‘What Difference Does It Make’ and her most probable oh so vile running mate Julian Castro…is far and away worse. 

Hmmm…I wonder if I still have the clothespin hanging around that I used when voting for the McCain/Palin ticket back in 2008.

So why did Trump pick Mike Pence, the very man who, like I said, has not and still does not see eye to eye with him on certain key issues. Why pick a man who takes a more hard line position on religious freedom and abortion than he does. Why...I believe it’s because Trump somehow thinks that Pence can deliver the Mid-West to him…something I seriously doubt will happen as Pence was likely going to lose his re-election bid for governor. And lest we forget that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are also to some degree compadres in hypocrisy…something Trump and his blind followers see as serving their ticket well. 

And as a side note here's a little bit of advice about serving their ticket well...the Trump/Pence TP logo serious doesn't cut it and for obvious 'potty humor' reasons...and this election is anything but humorous...just saying.

And now for the differences between the two men with number one being that last December 8th, the very day that Trump spoke of banning all muslims from entering this country, Pence said in a tweet and I quote, “Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.” And while I totally disagree with Pence’s words, as I believe all muslims must be banned from entering our country, the hypocrisy in Pence’s words… ”offensive and unconstitutional” were that they were meant for every other state but not his home state because he directed Indiana state agencies to suspend a resettlement policy that would have allowed Syrian refugees to settle in his state…which a federal judge ruled "clearly discriminates" against refugees from a particular country.

So I guess in Mike Pence’s mind, what’s good for the goose…the other 49 states…is not good for the gander…as in Indiana…and yet I have the clothespin ready for resettlement hypocrisy aside, Mike Pence does seem to understand the dangers islam and its followers pose to America. 

And that is the one thing…probably the only thing…I have always agreed with Trump on…as in muslims are not conducive to the fabric of our American society and that all muslim immigration to America must stop. Yet now Trump’s hypocrisy shows in the fact that he has ‘walked back’ on his original statement that all muslim refugees must be banned from entering the U.S. to just "temporarily banning" muslims from ‘certain’ countries alone. And this most assuredly means not banning those muslim refugees from the Arab countries he has high stakes business deals with.

Maybe I’ll need a whole row of clothespins to pull that lever but pull it I still will.

And speaking of business, while we all know that Trump is most vehemently opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) calling it "disastrous…terrible…and a continuing rape of our country by special interests”…his continuing to spew words such as this could very well start a nasty trade war. Mike Pence, on the other hand, did support and still continues to support TPP as do I and many others. Another saving grace for Mike Pence, as far as I’m concerned, is that he voted for "swift adoption" of TPP saying back in September 2014 that, "Trade means jobs, but trade also means security.” And you know what…he’s right…as those you have ‘friendly’ trade with will usually…but not always…be hesitant to jeopardize said trade over issues that can hurt their country's pocketbook.

So, has Mike Pence become to Donald Trump what Sarah Palin was to John McCain…meaning some will only vote for Trump because of Mike Pence as some only voted for McCain because of Sarah Palin…could be. But look at how that scenario has unfolded as McCain, after losing to Obama, became the personification of the word ‘RINO’ and once relevant Sarah Palin seems to have gone off the deep end as witnessed by some of her recent appearances. And I was a big fan of Sarah Palin but no more, because in her ‘sucking up’ to Donald Trump she has fallen so far from her once true conservative political base.

And still I keep telling myself…actually I still keep trying to convince myself…that Mike Pence aside...no matter that his more conservative positions on certain key issues do have a certain appeal to the more hard line Republicans and far right conservatives among us…there remains no tangible option but to vote for a man whose life-long Democratic policies and positions I so despise. 

But back to the differences between the two most unlikely of running mates…differences that even include the social issues. For starters, Mike Pence wants to make abortion illegal even in cases of rape and incest…something I again disagree with him on…and he even co-sponsored a controversial proposal back in 2011 to redefine rape cases connected to abortion laws as what he called "forcible rape." His thinking in that is clearly something to be questioned as Trump supports…and so do I…abortion in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is in jeopardy if a pregnancy continues.

Oh dear, I guess that means I agree (gag) with Trump on two not one of his stances...and possibly even on three for while Mike Pence wants a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Donald Trump has said not a word to that affect. And while he says…at least he’s saying it now for political expediency as he plays to the masses…that marriage is solely between one man and one women…he has not come out and condemned same-sex marriage…something I also will never do…as he seems to recognize the fact that this is an issue that belongs to the states alone.

And the last major difference between the two men is their approach to foreign policy regarding the war in Iraq. Mike Pence voted to authorize the war in Iraq while Donald Trump claims he opposed the war right from the start...something that remains in question to this day. But at this point in time that is an issue of semantics that really does not matter anymore as the war we now face comes in the guise of ISIS not in the guise of the now long dead Saddam Hussein.

And it’s ISIS and all the recent acts of islamic terrorism carried out both here on American soil and in countries abroad…all carried out in the name of allah…allah the most unholy…that has been the deciding factor in my hard fought decision of whether to stay true to my long-held gut feeling and belief that Donald Trump is not the man now nor has he ever been the man to beat Hillary Clinton. And the addition of Mike Pence to the ticket does not alter that fact for Mike Pence will most likely not unite the ticket but might split it even more as the last thing needed to show unity...to show and reflect the changing face of the Republican voter...was the addition of yet another wealthy white middle-aged man to the ticket.

And as a proud member of #nevertrump…a movement I one hundred percent still support…this decision is tearing me up inside, but when I look at the pictures of the recent carnage in Nice, France and when tears came to my eyes when I posted a memorial picture honoring our two American dead…Sean Copeland and his 11-year old son Brody…I realized that a Hillary Clinton presidency will allow these acts of savagery to continue. And so I have to gamble that a Trump presidency will not for one thing I do believe is that Donald Trump is not a traitor while I know in my heart that a traitor is indeed what Hillary Clinton is.

So while I will not endorse the Trump/Pence ticket nor will I actively work to promote it, I will not work against it...but if asked I will say I am voting for it. Nor will I speak out against those folks in #nevertrump nor against Kendal Unruh and the #freethedelegates and the #delegatesunbound movement for my true beliefs and my conscience remains with them and what they stand for, and tried so very hard to do.

And regarding the delegates themselves...something most have forgotten is that we are not a democracy...we are a republic with a representative form of government which translates into delegates and those we elected to make decisions for us. But due to the above stated recent events in Nice, France coupled with the fact that even if the delegates are unbound the numbers still aren't there to stop Trump, common sense now tells me that common sense itself has lost out to the emotions of the (sometimes rightfully) angry masses, and that as World War III now appears to be on America’s doorstep we must unite together to deal with that first and let 2020 sort the whole assorted mess out.

So I’ve got my clothespin ready...as do millions of others including my candidate of choice Marco Rubio...to do what I nor they never wanted or expected to do but know we must do... unite behind Donald Trump...for no third party candidate is a tangible option nor has even a remote chance of winning against the Clinton machine and its promises of 'free stuff.' 

And now, just like my Right Side Patriots Partner and friend Craig Andresen also knows, our consciences must sadly be relegated to the back burner for we know and accept as fact that the Hillary Clinton alternative truly is a hell of a lot worse...not that either one of us were ever going to vote for her...worse for both our beloved America and for the world as well.

Op-ed:
Again Announcing Our Date of Withdrawal
By: Diane Sori

“It’s not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again.” 
- Barack HUSSEIN Obama's words on Christmas Day 2014 concerning Afghanistan...said just as the Taliban 'woke up'

OK...let's get something straight right up front...while NOT actually pulling the trigger, brandishing the knife, or lighting the match... Barack HUSSEIN Obama is most definitely responsible for the deaths of Americans Peter Kassig, Steven Sotloff, James Foley, and now Kayla Jean Mueller. Four Americans brutally slaughtered and all because this man announced our date of withdrawal from the Middle East theaters of war, thus allowing time for ISIS to be born and thrive.

And let's NOT forget Britons David Haines and Alan Henning, Frenchman Hervé Gourdel, and Japanese Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa...and there are others as well...including Jordan's fighter pilot Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh burned alive in a video seen around the world.

NOT soldiers but journalists, a mountaineering guide, aide workers, and civilian contractors, these people were murdered solely for either doing their jobs of reporting the news or trying to give aid and comfort to those caught up in the horrors of war. And even while most were sympathetic to the enemy to some degree all were beaten, tortured, and probably submitted to all things unspeakable before they died at the hands of the savages...yet still none had to die.

None had to die yet all did die and the man indirectly responsible for their deaths, upon hearing of said deaths, issued the compensatory 'America grieves with you' statement to the victims families as he headed off to play golf or to fund raise. Or he simply remained quiet...leaving the families alone with their grief...leaving a nation in shock.

Dead Americans and dead allies...a sad reality because this man announced our date of departure from the Middle East theaters of war. Remember, during his re-election campaign Obama pledged to "end the war in Afghanistan in 2014" but doing so NOT because we would win the war by then, but doing so for his legacy alone. And so on June 22, 2011, Obama announced for the world to hear...for the enemy to hear and plan accordingly...that 10,000 U.S. troops would be withdrawn by the end of 2011 and an additional 23,000 troops will leave the country by the summer of 2012. Saying that he is leaving roughly 10,800 troops behind until the end of 2015...down from 38,000 at the start of 2014...Obama plans to reduce those 10,800 troops by about half by the end of this year when a NATO-led mission... Operation Resolute Support...becomes fully operational. And Obama has stated ad-nauseum that he wants all American troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2016 when he leaves office so he can pat himself on the back saying he kept his promise to end the war NO matter that heads will continue to roll...literally.

And on Christmas Day just barely two short months ago, Obama said that the U.S. is “ending our combat mission in Afghanistan” but that a number of U.S. forces would remain there “to conduct counterterrorism operations” against what he called the “remnants of al-Qaeda.” You know...the Taliban who laid low, regrouped, and were now back in full operational mode...just ask the families of those children slaughtered in the Taliban attack on the Pakistani army school.

And what of Iraq...'Bush's war' Obama loves to say...where ISIS morphed from 'al-Qaeda in Iraq' into what he called a “JV team”...a “JV team” of barbaric murderers, thugs, and savages. On December 14, 2011, Obama, in a speech at Fort Bragg, announced that he was pulling out the last of our troops from Iraq and that the U.S. was, “leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government.” Well that worked out real well now didn't it as ISIS just waited and bided their time until we were gone, and now that “JV team” has turned into the biggest threat the civilized world faces today. But I guess Obama fears his own head will roll if he dares to speak the truth about ISIS for ISIS' muslim blood flows through his veins as well.

So the man who believes that climate change is a far greater threat to this country's national security than ISIS and their ilk, has proven time and again that his ideology...his radical islamic ideology...has been successfully worked to made our beloved America weaker in the eyes of the world. 'Towing the line' by speaking the words of those out to kill us all...as in his recent remarks comparing 11th century Christianity to today's ISIS along with him refusing to utter the must be spoken words 'muslim islamic terrorists'...lets 'We the People' know just where his true allegiances lie.

And Obama's NEVER doing what's in both America's best interest and in the best interest of securing stability in the Middle East region, has this miserable excuse of a president trying to cover his lies, his misspeaks, and his oh so liberal and very traitorous agenda in a cloak of deception that few president's before him have honed to such a fine art. And part of his current deception is his refusal to publicly state who is the chief money supplier...through private donations...of ISIS but then again Obama...good little muslim that he is and one whose ISIS policy remains but a policy of containment...must protect that country as it's home to islam’s...and his...most holy of sites...as in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina. And that is the predominately Sunni country of Saudi Arabia.

And while Riyadh lists ISIS as a terrorist group that poses a direct threat to the kingdom's security...Saudi's kingdom right now is in transition after the death of their king...a transition into possibly becoming more radicalized if the radical islamic faction of the House of Saud triumphs. And Saudi Arabia is followed close behind in funding ISIS by Qatar, Turkey, and Kuwait...Kuwait being the country all the money is funneled through. And remember, all are supposed allies...all are oil-rich...and all are stabbing the U.S. in the back with Obama's approval of course.

And let's NOT forget that Obama is directly responsible for arming at least part of ISIS' army starting with his Benghazi fiasco where he (I believe) was 'gun running' U.S. weapons along with sums of cash from Benghazi through Turkey to the anything but moderate 'so-called' Syrian rebels fighting al-Assad's government forces...rebels who were once merely sympathetic to ISIS but who are now actually part of the ISIS war machine.

So while yesterday Obama asked Congress to formally authorize war against ISIS in the form of a draft resolution to allow the continued use of force but one that will NOT authorize a ground war...the plan he presented was basically more of the same old proven to be ineffective systemic and what he claims is a "sustained airstrike campaign" in both Iraq and Syria. Saying he would only send our troops "into harm’s way when absolutely necessary for our national security"...a strategy that would ban the U.S. from "enduring offensive combat operations"...Obama just threw the brunt of the war onto ill-equipped and untrained local forces...threw it on them deliberately so that they would lose. Further saying that he is holding U.S. involvement to three years tops, Obama is basically passing the ISIS problem over to the next president to deal with. (article continues below video)

See video of Obama  asking Congress to authorize war against ISIS here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q4OINHHboE

Translation: this vile, cowardly, and islamic terrorist sympathizer of a man...the man who keeps calling ISIS 'ISIL' as a shout-out to the Levant...did indeed again announce the time frame as to when we will end America's involvement in this particular theater of war, thus giving ISIS time to lay low... regroup...recruit...and refill their war chest...to come back even stronger then before. To come back, kidnap, and kill even more Americans and American allies alike...all while he ever so happily heads back to the golf course. 

And any and all new deaths...both military and civilian...both American and allied...will again lie at the feet of Barack HUSSEIN Obama...America's very own traitor-in-chief.