Op-ed:

The Conduit Between War and Peace

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

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

 

...Also, know that extremism and terrorism have shown not to have any place in “compromise”...in fact both are the antithesis thereof...with but one exception now being that the Hamas initiated war with Israel must immediately come to an end via Hamas issuing what is a full and “unconditional surrender,” for in their not doing so they, not Israel, are the root cause of even more innocent Palestinian lives being lost. Why so...because only when Hamas surrenders will the Israeli bombing stop; only when Hamas surrenders will humanitarian aide be able to freely enter Gaza; and only when Hamas surrenders will the Palestinian people be able to even start thinking about a future minus all the conflict and hate their leaders and their loyalists have created.

Remember, it's self-serving political leaders and dictators...the hallmark of what has now become known as “geo-political actors”...that benefit personally from war whether said war be either an internal or external conflict. And the wars they fight are for self glorification and for the condensing of power which in turn expands and thus solidifies their control over the masses. And the biggest losers in war remains as it has always been, as in the innocent victims...“collateral damage” as they are sometimes referred to...who have no means by which to fight back. Sway the masses to your...Read entire article and see videos here.

Op-ed:

The Conduit Between War and Peace

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

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

 

“It’s an entire nation out there that is responsible...This rhetoric about civilians not aware, not involved, it’s absolutely not true. They could’ve risen up, they could have fought against that evil regime. 

- Israeli President Isaac Herzog's response when asked by reporters why no Palestinians have fought back or outwardly condemned Hamas.

As the Israeli/Hamas War shows little sign of abating anytime soon, we see some in the misguided “court of public opinion” trying to portray Israel's continuing response to the October 7th terrorist attack by Hamas as now being in “over kill” mode. But nothing could be further from the truth for Israel has exposed for all to see...that is if one does indeed seek truth...just how little Hamas cares even about their own fellow Palestinians.

Hiding rockets, bombs, arms, and munitions in schools and hospitals...which Hamas knows are in areas teeming with civilians, also means that Hamas also knows that “collateral damage” is sure to come and on a grand scale, as even they know that Israel has every right to target for reprisals areas and buildings from where said weapons were launched. But Hamas doesn't care, and why would they as they willingly use both Palestinian civilians and Israeli hostages as disposable “human shields.” Actually, what these actions of Hamas has shown to the world is that they are abject cowards of the very worst kind. And the word “coward” itself should be but an acronym for Hamas, for only cowards pray upon those they know cannot defend themselves. 

 

And even with Hamas' publicity garnering tears over Palestinian lives lost...again lives they actually care nothing about...one can see that their final goal remains but a replay of Hitler's “final solution.” And they care less that history itself has shown that war is never a problem's solution...the only true solution remains in securing a lasting peace. But if lasting peace is ever to be achieved between Israel and the entirety of it's Arab neighbors...peace that goes beyond just the 'on paper' recognizing of Israel's right to exist...all sides must be willing to have not only an open-minded and civilized dialogue, but an exchange of ideas which includes having the willingness to “compromise”...at least to some degree...in the name of peace if need be.

Also, know that extremism and terrorism have shown not to have any place in “compromise”...in fact both are the antithesis thereof...with but one exception now being that the Hamas initiated war with Israel must immediately come to an end via Hamas issuing what is a full and “unconditional surrender,” for in their not doing so they, not Israel, are the root cause of even more innocent Palestinian lives being lost. Why so...because only when Hamas surrenders will the Israeli bombing stop; only when Hamas surrenders will humanitarian aide be able to freely enter Gaza; and only when Hamas surrenders will the Palestinian people be able to even start thinking about a future minus all the conflict and hate their leaders and their loyalists have created.

Remember, it's self-serving political leaders and dictators...the hallmark of what has now become known as “geo-political actors”...that benefit personally from war whether said war be either an internal or external conflict. And the wars they fight are for self glorification and for the condensing of power which in turn expands and thus solidifies their control over the masses. And the biggest losers in war remains as it has always been, as in the innocent victims...“collateral damage” as they are sometimes referred to...who have no means by which to fight back. Sway the masses to your side, keep them inline with iron-fist polices that allow for no deviation, and those few who do dissent become voices not heard nor cared about.

 

“There is no difference between Hamas and Palestinian people.”

- Mosab Hassan Yousef, the Israel supporting and now disowned son of Hamas' co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef.

When Hamas...who began as a spin-off of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and who believes the killing of Jews to be a rightful “Holy War”...took control of the Gaza Strip after their 2006 election defeat of their political rival “Fatah,” any semblance of sanity that the somewhat more moderate PLO had to offer the Palestinians was thrown by the wayside. And the Palestinians in Gaza knew well that those they were casting their vote for were but a terrorist gang of thugs, thieves, and hoodlums who relished in serving themselves at the expense of the needs of the people. And the people also knew that Hamas was serving as the area's Iranian proxy...a proxy whose goal was and remains the total elimination of the Jewish State of Israel.

So now that Hamas is treading on its “last legs” thanks to Israel's fighting back, why else would Iran now be moving forces into neighboring Syria but to expand a war even the mullahs must know they cannot win. And their excuse being...with no tangible proof to back it up...that a recent missile strike, that they believe came from Israel, hit their consulate in Damascus and killed a senior Revolutionary Guard Corps commander. But more likely I'd say this was a “disposable” individual now willingly giving up his life to become a martyr for “the cause”... “the cause” being Israel's ultimate destruction.

And as Joe Biden keeps twisting the knife deeper into Israel's back by his calling for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas terrorists, the fact remains that the Israeli/Hamas War will continue on until in the end there will either be peace or the war will grow until one side is forced to annihilate the other. Better now for all concerned that a permanent solution be found...a solution acceptable to all parties, but it must be a solution that includes a now and forever abandonment of all calls for islamic jihad against the Jewish State of Israel.

But really, are there any tangible and workable solutions to this war or will this war eventually die down on its own accord only to be reignited at some future date? I believe there is a path forward to peace but that only one solution is feasible, whether some like or accept it or not, and that is creating a “Palestinian State” which, when created, will in and off itself help in the diffusing of a certain modicum of hate. However, said creation does come with one key caveat...one not now or ever open to discussion...as said creation must never...I repeat never...involve Israel giving up anymore of its land for the building of said state. Israel has already given up land, as in the West Bank, and all it's done is seeing the Palestinians wanting even more of Israel's land.

Simply, the only way this solution can work is if any of the 22 nations that comprise the 5,148,014 sq. miles of the Arab world are willing to give up a sliver of their land for the creation of a Palestinian State...with...and this is critical...said state created must not lie on Israel's border and must not be governed by any terrorist supporting or condoning groups. Remember, with Israel being but 8,630 sq. miles in size, which roughly equates to the size of New Jersey, the combined Arab lands roughly equates to 500x the size of Israel. Logic alone should then dictate that the land for a Palestinian State should rightfully come from the Palestinians fellow brethren...it is after all time for them take care of “their own”...with no land being taken from Israel nor should the UN or the U.S. be the ones to decide both the fate of the sovereign nation of Israel nor how Israel fights its wars.

This means that what some call a “two-state” solution solely within the boundaries of Israel is a permanent “no go” as is also an idea being floated that the Palestinians receive citizenship under either one state or a confederation of states with Israel then being their “overseer” of sorts. But I say an unequivocal “no” to this idea for it's time those who call themselves Palestinians...or in some cases Gazans...learn to succeed or fail on their own accord, and let the consequences of their actions be carried by them alone.

Now here one might ask what about Jordan for Jordan is already home to one in five of it's citizens being of Palestinian descent. And while that seems on the surface to be an easy solution to the problem as to where the Palestinians belong, it simply is not. And why...because Jordan's Hashemite King Abdullah is not now nor ever was the man he tries to pass off himself to be...as in a man more westernized in his thinking and beliefs...but is instead a man who actually runs Jordan as a “police state,” and who is hellbent on keeping these people out of Jordan...for economic reasons he so claims. But the truth is that with there being many different “tribes”* who call themselves Palestinians, Abdullah cannot afford their collective numbers to outnumber those in Jordan of Hashemite descent, especially when the one thing uniting said “tribes” is a hatred of Israel and the Jewish people which itself could stir up even more trouble than Abdullah is already facing.

A possible powder keg within Jordan itself...the country lying directly on Israel's eastern border...would surely arise, coupled with the fact that Hamas not only sprang from the infamous Muslim Brotherhood, but that it is the Muslim Brotherhood who still remains deeply embedded within Jordan and who, with both Abdullah's permission and assistance, remains a key player not only in Jordan's politics, but in their pushing forward the rhetoric of Israel hatred. And this alone assures that Jordan is not now nor likely to be a feasible option in regards to peace anytime soon, that is unless King Abdullah himself was removed from power by the Jordanian people alone. But that still leaves 21 other Arab nations who very well might be a conduit for a lasting Middle East peace.

And besides, it's well past time for the Palestinians fellow Arabs to collectively not only take care of but take responsibility for, the very people whose bloodline they share.

This war must end with a lasting peace in place...a peace most especially favorable to Israel while at the same time being fair to the Palestinians who must not only break all ties to terrorist groups but who, while it might sound a bit simplistic, must now start teaching their own children not to hate. The only other option seems to be that if peace is not reached anytime soon, if “collateral damage” alone is allowed to take over the entirety of the public discourse, then the Israeli/Hamas War will spread not just regionally but globally. And this in turn will force Israel to do what Israel probably should have done when hearing of the first Israeli baby being “cooked to death” in a Kibbutz oven by Hamas.

Bitter thoughts, upsetting thoughts, yet thoughts we all need to think long and hard about for the fact remains that without peace it well could come to what, for now, thankfully remains the unthinkable. 

May the light of everlasting peace help to extinguish the fires of hate. Case closed.

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* The main Negev area tribes consist of the Jahalin Bedouin, al-Kaabneh, al-Azazmeh, al-Ramadin and al-Rshaida tribes 

 

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Op-ed: 

Removing McCarthy...For Better Or Worse 

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

The Op-ed posted here is my opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com

Last Tuesday night, no matter which presidential candidate one supports, we witnessed one of the saddest commentaries regarding today's Republican party as eight “supposedly” conservative Republican* congresspersons voted with the Democrats to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his position via a political maneuver known as a “motion to vacate the chair.” And in their doing so these eight individuals sadly sent a loud and clear message that the infighting within the party will continue on while not caring that with their votes the Democrats have again become the defacto ruling party of the House of Representatives.

And while these eight Republicans...whose plan was conceived and implemented by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz...had a specific and in a Gaetz's case a personal reason for ousting McCarthy as Speaker...my presidential nominee of choice, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, surprisingly to some, also supported McCarthy's removal but not for the same reasons as did Gaetz and crew. And yes, I mention DeSantis here because McCarthy's removal does indeed have an effect on the presidential nomination race.

Saying in an interview with Scripps News following the vote, DeSantis, in his opinion, did not see McCarthy losing the speakership just because of his willingness to work with the Democrats per se, but because he was “too closely tied to Donald Trump.” And while his words do, on the surface, seem a bit odd especially with Gaetz and crew being die-hard Trump supporters, DeSantis' reasons do have validity. How so...as per DeSantis, McCarthy was “someone that Donald Trump backed and put in that position,” but before then DeSantis was a member of Congress (2013-2018) representing Florida's 6th Congressional District, and was also a founding member of the “House Freedom Caucus.” And it was here where the two men clashed on numerous occasions especially over McCarthy's failure to “extract concessions” in exchange for the caucus members support if he were ever to vie for the speakership. And that alone, in my opinion, is exactly what led to McCarthy's downfall.

How so? Gaetz's drive to remove McCarthy was indeed driven by hate coupled with an overt need for personal “revenge”...“revenge” not only based upon his belief that Kevin McCarthy does remain on the opposite side of the conservative spectrum...including but not limited to McCarthy’s backing of the Democrats “stopgap spending bill”...but as “payback” for McCarthy's failure to intervene on Gaetz's behalf during a House inquiry looking into allegations of “sexual misconduct” and Gaetz's misuse of political funds.

And while “personal revenge” and “payback” should have no place in political decision making...it being childish “tit-for-tat” nonsense at best...the fact is that on too many occasions said nonsense does remain. But sometimes “revenge” can be truly altruistic in nature, and such is the case with Gov. Ron DeSantis' agreeing, in principal, with Matt Gaetz that McCarthy was not ousted based upon one specific issue per se, but because key promises he made over the years were broken. I liken this to the promises made by Donald Trump when he was campaigning...promises made that never came to fruition... one example being Trump's not draining the “swamp” which actually grew stronger when he was in office.

But the key difference between DeSantis' reasoning and that of Matt Gates is that DeSantis unlike Gaetz is not...I repeat not...opposed to bipartisanship. And DeSantis has proven that bipartisanship can indeed work via numerous bipartisan votes in both Florida's House and Senate that together not only got the job done...for example Florida's having a budget surplus and also having paid off a good portion of its debt...unlike Gaetz's idol Donald Trump who when president worked with McCarthy to add $7 trillion in debt in just a mere four years time.

And while I personally can accept Gov. DeSantis' reasoning even while not agreeing with him one hundred percent, I did cut McCarthy a wee bit of slack in his role as Speaker of the House because I am a constitutional Republican with conservative leanings and not a far right Matt Gaetz style “supposed” conservative per se. However, I cannot abide the witch hunt style tactics Matt Gaetz used to unseat Kevin McCarthy, including his calling McCarthy “a creature of the swamp”...the devil incarnate if you will. 

Why so...simply because against Matt Gaetz's wishes McCarthy dared to work out a compromise with the Democrats to keep the government up and running for 45 more days. To Gaetz and crew “compromise” is a dirty word as they ignore the fact that the most successful deals made are when give and take happens from both sides of the political aisle, and done so in the best interest of “We the American People.” And in this particular case Gaetz and his people forgot that the spending bill in question was criticized by both some House Republican and Democrat lawmakers, and that the 45-day extension might well have resulted in an acceptable bipartisan decision.

Also forgotten...and this is important...is that the Democrats not only tend to put party loyalty first before the individual, but that they rally together in unison when needed, which is a key factor in many of their successful election wins. And sadly, too many of we Republicans still tend to either herald or demonize individuals instead of not only uniting behind the party and its platform, but in choosing who the best candidates are during a specifically given time frame and race.

Now here I must state that I truly do believe workable bipartisanship of the kind that Reagan saw during his administration is what both parties should always be striving for. A pipe dream perhaps for I know that will not happen as long as nonsense like we witnessed last week reeks not of substance but solely of “revenge politics.” And while Republicans do need to grow a backbone and stand up to the Democrats on major issues of contention, ousting the Speaker of the House...especially at this most critical of times as we head into the 2024 election...was not the right thing to do. Why so...because the theatrics of last week actually played into what the Democrats wanted, as in the continuing fracturing of the already fractured Republican party thanks to, whether some like it or not, Donald Trump's entry into the 2024 presidential race. And again why so...because Trump is who the Democrats want as the nominee because the mechanisms for his loss have had four years to be put into place, something Gaetz and crew failed to take into account.

And Matt Gaetz...a man who like Trump craves and relishes in being the center of media attention...is not as smart as he purports himself to be for someone with true political savvy, whether knowingly or not, would not fall into the Democrats trap set. And the irony in all this is that in Gaetz's wanting McCarthy out because he strove for bipartisanship, Gaetz and this newest deemed “Gang of Eight” actually did the very same thing that they accused McCarthy of doing, because they not only sided but voted with the Democrats against one of their own.

How so...with all the Democrats voting to oust McCarthy they still were eight votes short of the majority number needed, but when Matt Gaetz and crew added their eight votes for removal, the 208 “yea” Democrat votes became 216 votes vs. the Republican 200 “nay” votes, and thus McCarthy's fate was now sealed. In other words, Kevin McCarthy was officially ousted as Speaker of the House not by his fellow House Republicans, but by Matt Gaetz and his people siding with the Democrats who actually sided with Gaetz against McCarthy...talk about bipartisanship of the most convoluted, devious, and ironic kind.

And don't think Matt Gaetz didn't know this would be the final tally for he's more cunning than most suspect for only a cunningly devious mind could conjure up a plan to oust a man from office whose good deeds have far outweighed the bad.

Remember, there's a difference between standing strong for ones convictions and abjectly refusing to work with the other side of the aisle...Gov. DeSantis has proven just how successfully bipartisanship can work. And while Matt Gaetz did have some rightful bones to pick regarding the Democrats ongoing excessive federal spending...he simply handled it the wrong way. 

And as far as Gaetz is personally concerned, besides his being driven by revenge against McCarty for his willing to work with the Democrats on some key issues, the fact remains that Matt Gaetz in actuality is indeed a cowardly sort who so loves to talk the talk but fails to take needed actions. Case in point...while Gaetz did spearhead the removing of McCarthy he still does not have the fortitude nor the courage to even try to take McCarthy's place and correct what he believes is wrong...wrongs that can be easily remedied if all “appropriation bills”...if all government spending bills proposed...were “line itemized” instead of being presented as an all or nothing package

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So now as we wait to see who the next Speaker of the House will be...either Reps. Jim Jordan or Steven Scalise are more than acceptable to me...the issue that must remain in the forefront of this particular political discourse is that somehow, someway, not only must all Republican infighting come to an end, but acceptable bipartisanship must be something we all strive for as no one side should dictate the entirety of the political discourse. And that must come replete with compromise not capitulation on the part of both parties involved, because if both sides of the aisle...if both Republicans and Democrats...do not start working together for the good of both “We the People” and our country, than we can simply kiss our “republic” goodbye and herald in the age of Obama's “transformation of America” come to fruition. Case closed.                                                                                ____________________________________________________ 

* These are the eight Republicans representatives who voted to oust Speaker McCarty: Matt Gawtz (FL); Ken Buck (CO); Andy Biggs (AZ), Tim Burchett (TN); Eli Crane (AZ); Bob Good (VA); Nancy Mace (SC); and Matt Rosendale (MT).

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