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[[[So after the recent Iranian backed operatives in Iraq launched a 30 drone attack on US forces and some Saudi oil fields, Trump now believes Iran’s proxy army Hamas will turn in ALL their weapons and peace will ensue in the region with a Palestinian ruled government in place in Gaza. Either our president is a special kind of stupid...which I really do NOT want to believe…or he really has absolutely NO clue whatsoever about the enemy and the mindset we are fighting…sigh.]]]
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Some
will be angry I know, but sometimes things need to be said and
opinions voiced in a timely manner, so here goes. Venezuelan dictator
Nicolas Maduro needed to be ousted no one is denying that, but in
doing so full not partial disclosure needed to be told as to
why,,,why on Trump's orders...orders afforded him by the Constitution
in Article II, Section 2, which gives the sitting president authority
to direct limited, short-term military operations without prior
Congressional approval...he took it upon himself to not only do so,
but why specifically now with the midterm election but a mere 11
months away...a blink of an eye in the political whelm.
First,
we all know that both Russia and China have been trying to make
inroads into the Western hemisphere. Second, Maduro was a brutal
dictator who made daily life extremely difficult for the Venezuelan
people, as well as being the man who would not relinquish power to
the true winner of Venezuela's last election. Third, we know Maduro
is indeed guilty of narco-terrorism and drug trafficking, no one can
deny that, what with thousands of American deaths attributed to said
trafficking. And fourth, and this is key, Nicolas Maduro (before
capture) controlled 20% of the world's oil reserves...reserves whose
prime buyer is China who accounts for approximately 80% of all of
Venezuela's oil exports, with the other key buyers being both Russia
and Cuba...communist nations all...nations surely not to be trusted,
Last
night on FOX News, and again early this Sunday morning (1/4/26) as I
write this, it was reported that according to President Trump, the
U.S. and U.S. oil companies alone, will now be in control of
Venezuela's oil, and thus to whom will and will not be privy to it.
And with that said something just did not sit right and with me as to
the timing of the drug operation that actually took Maduro down...the
very operation that allowed the oil fields to rightfully become ripe
for the taking. And while said operation was a total success what
with the capture of Maduro and his wife who are now both jailed in
Brooklyn, New York, and are awaiting federal trial in New York City
based upon narco- terrorism and drug trafficking indictments handed
down in 2020...know that said indictments will legally soon expire
this March if not dealt with now.
So
with this time frame now in place why not “ring the golden
victory bell” four times...bringing Maduro to justice if you
will; stopping his illicit drugs from killing more Americans (even
though most, but obviously not all, knew the dangers of taking street
drugs but willingly took them anyway); removing a ruthless dictator
from power and hence his people from oppression; and lastly and
seemingly what, to me, is really behind it all...garner Venezuela's
oil reservesin time to help our Republican side win the 2026
midterm election, which will then hopefully carry over into a 2028
presidential win as well.
Simply,
all of last weeks Maduro take-down events reek of a coordinated effort
to beat 2020's time limitation on indictments, while at the same time
scoring one for the “Trump team” in 2026. And while that
is a good thing, I believe that taking control of Venezuela's oil
fields and reserves was what was being kept from “We the
People'” as being theprime target all along, Why so...because only if said operation
was successful would it become an economy boosting plus to counter
the current not so good midterm poll numbers...numbers showing that
with waning “Independent” votes it is not guaranteed that
we Republicans will keep the House in November, and hence control of
America's purse strings.
Basically,
only by Trump's removing Maduro from power by any means possible
could the what I believe to be his prime and rightful oil garnering
goal be accomplished. Timing and corresponding subterfuge...courtesy
of Maduro's time limited drug trafficking take-down...hopefully will now
serve we Republicans well come the midterm election. Remember, “bait
and switch” operations...which I think this operation was...do
tend to have positive results more times than not especially when the
cause is just.
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio
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represent the views of blogspot.comor Google
“For too long the world has
appeased Iran, that appeasement must end now.” - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in
his September 27th address* before the United Nations General
Assembly
As I write this it's mere days away
from October 7th and the one year anniversary of Hamas' most brutal
and savage attack against the Jewish people since the days of the
Holocaust. Forever to be known as “Black Saturday,” Hamas
slaughtered innocent music festival goers as well as men, women, and
children living in Kibbutzim not far from the Gaza border, while
kidnapping others to be used as pawns in negotiations they knew
would, for the most part, go nowhere. And Hamas did all this for no
other reason than to kill Jews, with Jewish Americans now also
included in the dead.
And while many nations condemned Hamas'
actions at first, some nations have slowly walked back said
condemnation when Israel's rightful retaliation saw the civilian
death toll in Gaza starting to rise. So here I pose a simple
question, as in how can any civilized nation...how can any civilized
individual...look away from the happenings of October 7th especially
when, in a misguided attempt, the naysayers are now trying to blame
the victims instead of those who did willfully commit unspeakable acts of
barbarism and savagery on innocent Israeli citizens.
To me the answer is embedded in the
fact that not only has the world now seen a decided rise in
antisemitism and antisemitic acts, but that the very people their
hearts bleed for...as in the Palestinians living in Gaza...have yet
to condemn Hamas'e October 7th attack on Israel. In fact, they
continue to herald it while willfully ignoring the atrocities Hamas,
the very group they themselves voted into power, committed. And they
also knew that Hamas' military branch would, when ordered, directly
aid in Iran's goal to wipe Israel and the Jewish people off the face
of the map...a goal the mullahs on many occasions have freely
admitted...a the goal many UN member nations now seem to have closed
their eyes, their minds, and their hearts to.
Just recently, the United Nations in
what equates to an act of “shunning” the Jewish State has
proven the old adage that “if you don't condemn you condone.”
How so? Simply, their recent breach of protocol, common courtesy,
and overt disrespect for Israel was on display for all to see when on
September 27th Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started
todeliver what was a scheduled speech before the UN
General Assembly...a speech replete with truths some did not want to
hear...a speech seeing many delegates simply standing up, turning
their backs on Netanyahu, and then walking out of the great hall.
A message of hate sent...a message
purely antisemitic in nature delivered...as UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres did nothing to stop this overtly hateful show of disrespect
towards a fellow member nation and its duly elected leader. And while
the usual “gang of delegates” from the U.N.'s Israel hating bloc were
expected to walk out...as in delegates from Iran, Indonesia, Turkey,
Kuwait, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Cuba for example... others walking out
were somewhat unexpected with but one example being the delegates from
Ireland. So to the Irish delegation...to Ireland's governing body...I
say that if you don't stand in support of Israel and their ongoing
“war of survival” you actually do side with terrorists.
What a sad and shameful commentary indeed especially for a nation
that has been the recipient of many such terrorist acts, albeit of
the homegrown kind, leaving Netanyahu to rightfully call the U.N. a
“swamp of antisemitic bile.”
And even as Netanyhau was
speaking, Lebanon to Israel's north saw Hezbollah...yet another proxy
of Iran...continuing to lob rockets into Israel's northern territory,
after Israel “took out”
Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah in a surprise attack...an
attack courtesy of what is claimed to be
U.S. made 2,000-pound bombs. And Biden was not forewarned of this
attack nor was anyone else for sadly
Israel can no longer fully trust anyone but themselves.
And
this what is now Israel's “second
front”
war...a war replete with IDF forces fighting on the ground inside
Lebanon...is especially sad for there was a time not too long ago
when Israel and Lebanon did live peacefully side by side. But that was
before Hezbollah destroyed that peace along with what was Lebanon's
so-called “prosperity,”
thus forcing the vast majority of Lebanon's Christians to leave...to
flee...the country after what was “innovation”...akin
to “modernization”...was replaced with Iran directed terrorist actions that obviously
continue to this day, And this has led U.S. intelligence agencies to
state in their February 5, 2024 “Annual
Threat Assessment Of The U.S. Intelligence Committee”report**
that Hezbollah not only “maintains
the capability to target U.S. persons and interests in the [Middle
East] region, worldwide, and, to a lesser extent, in the United
States”...thus
designating Hezbollah to be as big a threat as is Iran not only to
Israel but to our country and world peace as well.
So while Biden
did say that the death of Hassan Nasrallah at Israel's hands was “a
measure of justice for his many (innocent) victims,” Joe
Biden's two-faced, back-stabbing, Israel rhetoric quickly resurfaced
when last week Iran launched a retaliatory first ever ballistic
missile attack across almost the entirety of the Jewish State...180+
ballistic missiles in fact. And when the attack was over...and
thankfully Israel's “Iron Dome” (Israel's
air defense system)and U.S. launched SM-3 Interceptor
Missiles deflected almost all incoming missiles...Biden not only
“urged” Israel not to retaliate for fear of escalating the
war even further, but stated when asked by reporters that he does not
support Israel carrying out retaliatory strikes on Iranian nuclear
sites. And while he added that Israel does have a right to retaliate,
Biden said that they should only do so “proportionally.” So
my question to Biden is, what the hell is “proportionally”
when Iran's goal remains to totally annihilate both Israel the
country and the sum total of Jewish people everywhere.
So if Biden's what amounts to codding
Israel's enemy wasn't bad enough, he also stated to reporters that
the U.S. will be “offering advice” to Israel...to
Netanyahu...on how to respond to Iran's attack, as if Israel gives a
damn about anything that Joe Biden has to say. And while I had hoped
that said retaliation would have taken place before the October 7th
anniversary...so that the dead could rest somewhat in peace...know
that retaliation will come at the time and in the guise that Israel
alone will decide.
And Netanyahu has a number of options
to let Iran and the world know that Israel will not only be the
victor in this war, but that they will come out ever stronger than
before. So what are the possible options I believe are being
discussed? The usual list comes to mind including many wanting Israel
to outwardly destroy both Iran's nuclear facilities and its military
installations, but I see these options as being but a quick fix if
you will. Why so...because I have come to believe that the best way
to put, and more importantly to keep, Iran in its place is for Israel
to target Iran's oil-based economy and its overall economic
infrastructure. Why so...because doing these two things has a lasting
effect on Iran whereas military strikes alone might delay an Iranian
counter attack but not help to stop further and possible escalating
attacks by Iran.
And to that effect the easiest and most
feasible way to accomplish economic retaliation, logistics wise, is
for Israel...for Netanyahu...to start by cutting off Iran's money
source by physically destroying their money pit...as in Iran's oil
fields and refineries. Doing this would drastically hurt, if not
cripple, Iran's now already faltering economy. How so? Remember, war is
both an expensive business venture and a game to play what with
weapons always needing to be replenished and such...and with Iran's
selling their oil to nations who don't like Israel very much, by
Israel destroying Iran's prime source of income Iran would have no
money to wage war which actually translates into no war games being
played.
The second option, I believe, should be
for Israel to cripple the entirety of Iran's actual infrastructure.
How so...first by Israel redefining its targets to zero in on where
Iran is most vulnerable, and here I believe it's in regards to their
energy sector which encompasses not only their defense systems but
any and all types of refineries, power plants...civilian served power
plants included...and any other facilities Israel deems critical to
Iran's economic stability. And while Iran might try to retaliate in
kind, Israel would have done more damage to them then Iran could do
to Israel by Israel's having targeting at the same time Iran's what
are exposed military bases, defense systems, radar arrays, and any
other exposed sites...power transformers included.
Simply, in crippling Iran's massive power grid...along with its economic infrastructure...actually gives Israel time to
rethink the logistics involved in taking out Iran's nuclear
facilities...the very thing Biden said we would “not in any way
support.” But even as many continue to push this, I doubt Netanyahu
would seriously consider it without full, unwavering U.S. support,
and besides these nuclear facilities are very heavily fortified, mostly
underground, and decentralized, thus possibly seeing a high number of
Israeli military casualties in trying to do so. Remember, taking
these plants out could not be done by Israeli-based rockets being
launched, but would require Israel to enter Iranian air space thus
giving Iran the chance of stopping said attack.
Also of note is that if if Israel did
such a strike the retaliation from Iran would likely include their
drawing other Israel-hating nations into the fray, thus expanding
what is still a somewhat contained war outward from there. And WWIII
is not something Israel nor any civilized nation wants.
But if push comes to shove the bottom
line is that Israel will always rightfully retaliate against anything
Iran or its proxies throw at them, whether it be their having to use their
highly developed cyber warfare capabilities or even a “pager” or two
courtesy of the “Israel Defense Force's Unit 8200”...a no longer needing to be kept secret cyber warfare and intelligence unit. And
then there's Israel's Scorpius” offensive
weapons...missiles which send “narrowly targeted beams of energy” that
can disrupt enemy electronic sensors, navigation, radar, and other
electronic activity without interfering with unintended targets.
“Soft protection” Israel
calls it...call it what you will but know that Iran will not like
what's in Israel's arsenal of weapons, especially if they continue
targeting Israel for annihilation. Let the memory of October 7th be
Iran's final warning. Case closed.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Op-ed:
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
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.comor Google.
...And yet Joe Biden, who is quite so unhappy that Israel even retaliated at all, continues
down Obama's path of still catering to Iran courtesy of ongoing faux
diplomacy that, in reality, has allowed Iran to
soon become a nuclear nation...that is if they aren't one
already...albeit one with maybe just one or two nuclear weapons in their
arsenal at
best. But even one or two nukes can cause great harm to Israel and set
off a Middle East War that neither Israel nor the civilized world want.
And
anyway, why should Israel have had to hold
back on retaliation, after all Iran needs to be put in its place. Israel
must always show
strength if she is truly to survive as a
nation especially when the sum of the world is not on Israel's side
thanks to
Biden's not fully and openly covering Israel's back. And
when this is coupled with the ongoing, gaining in strength
anti-Israel/pro Palestinian protests and rallies that are still
currently taking place here at
home, along with growing anti-Semitism and hateful anti-American
rhetoric also now engulfing our nation, you just know that to some
degree Israel is forced, at times, to stand alone....Read entire article and see videos here.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Op-ed:
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
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.comor Google.
By now we all know
about Iran's April 13th direct and unprecedented attack on the Jewish
State of Israel, and how after said attack ended Joe Biden, in a
phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
strongly “urged”
Israel to “stand
down”...as
in not retaliate...to Iran's having sent 300 drones and missiles into
Israel. Done so...or so Iran claims...in response to an Israeli air
strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus, Syria that killed a top
Iranian Quds commander, Israel has yet to lay claim to that attack.
And we also know that Israel's 'Iron
Dome'
coupled with U.S., U.K., France, and Saudi Arabia's help...Jordan did
not help as first reported* ...saw 99% of said “incoming”
thankfully
being “neutralized,”
as
in destroyed, before reaching Israeli soil, relegating Iran's attack
as being but a total failure
But to add insult to
injury, in said conversation Biden made it clear to Netanyahu that
the U.S. would not take part in any Israeli offensive against Iran,
but that we would continue to militarily aid Israel if Iran attacked
Israel again.
Speaking out of
both sides of his mouth Joe Biden, who before the attack took place
told Netanyahu that, “the
United State's support for Israel was ironclad,”
not only flipped sides after Iran’s chief of staff issued a stern warning
to the U.S. not to get involved in any form of Israeli retaliation,
but he actually doesn't know nor understand the true meaning of the
word “ironclad' ...as
in a bond “so
firm or secure as to be unbreakable.” A
man of his word Joe Biden is most surely not.
And
in his hoping that by continuing to “urge”
Israel not to retaliate...as in to “stand
down”...
which surely makes the mullahs happy...it also helps in keeping the
Israel v. Iran retaliatory discourse ongoing which hopefully for
Biden would, in turn, divert attention away from his ever so in
trouble reelection
campaign.
But even Joe Biden
had to know that for Israel retaliation is a must for she, more than
most nations, especially after Hamas' October 7th savage and barbaric
attack, must always show strength never weakness when dealing with an
enemy they know is only deterred by the use of undeniable deadly
force. Israel knows well that no deals made with Iran will last nor
will any such deals deter them in their quest to wipe Israel off the
map. A simple fact simply stated, especially now that Iran's
President Ebrahim Raisi said of Saturday’s attack
that it was a “limited one,” and that if Iran was provoked
it would carry out a “bigger attack,” and that “nothing would
remain from the Zionist regime.”
Big talk from a little man who foolishly laid down a "red line" that he dared Israel to cross. But cross said line Israel rightfully did, and now both Raisi and the mullahs have to be running
scared for they know that Iran is no
match when pitted up against the great might of Israeli forces, equipment,
and what I do so like to call Israel's arsenal of “365+ little friends.”
And so it seems that Raisi and the mullahs did make light of Netanyahu's response that, “Israel will do whatever it needs to defend itself.” And so this past Thursday night at around 10pm EST, Israel did launch an unmanned missile attack on Iran's “8th Tactical Airbase,” a military base within Isfahan International Airport...Isfahan a city that's also home to the“Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center”and the “Natanz” nuclear facility where most of Iran's uranium enrichment takes place. Good choice on Netanyahu's part for Israel's retaliatory attack...an attack designed not to cause damage...“collateral”or otherwise...but an attack to show Iran's leaders that Israel indeed has the capability of hitting specific and important targets inside Iran, and do so at the time of Israel's own choosing.
Simply, Israel sent a stern warning to Iran that if they dared to crossIsrael's “red lines” ever again, that Iran will assuredly be the recipient of a “retaliatory strike” that's guaranteed to be way more than just a proverbial so-called “bitch slap.”
And yet Joe Biden, who is quite so unhappy that Israel even retaliated at all, continues down Obama's path of still catering to Iran courtesy of ongoing faux diplomacy that, in reality, has allowed Iran to
soon become a nuclear nation...that is if they aren't one
already...albeit one with maybe just one or two nuclear weapons in their arsenal at
best. But even one or two nukes can cause great harm to Israel and set off a Middle East War that neither Israel nor the civilized world want.
And anyway, why should Israel have had to hold
back on retaliation, after all Iran needs to be put in its place. Israel must always show
strength if she is truly to survive as a
nation especially when the sum of the world is not on Israel's side thanks to
Biden's not fully and openly covering Israel's back. And
when this is coupled with the ongoing, gaining in strength
anti-Israel/pro Palestinian protests and rallies that are still currently taking place here at
home, along with growing anti-Semitism and hateful anti-American rhetoric also now engulfing our nation, you just know that to some
degree Israel is forced, at times, to stand alone.
People seem to forget
that Israel is America's staunchest ally...a bastion of democracy
surrounded by the islamic world...and yet the Jewish State, for way
too many, is now being seen as the pariah and not the victim in a war
not of their doing.
Israel needed to retaliate both in a timely
manner and in a manner of their own choosing. “Our decisions we will make ourselves,” were Neyanyahu's exact words, And the decision was made that this particular retaliation was to be but a “carefully
calibrated” response, so as to not ignite a regional conflict. And while it did
catch Iran off guard a bit for they expected said retaliation to come immediately after their attack on Israel rather than almost a week later, what Iran probably thought was that the sooner the attack came, the sooner they would be able to not only up their war machine, rhetoric, and threats, but that they could focus attention on rearming what's left of Hamas.
So, how exactly should Israel have retaliated
beyond what took place on Thursday night while still trying to keep civilian “collateral damage”
to a minimum? I hope Israel's “message”sent will be heard by those in power and that no further retaliation, on either side, is needed. But I still believe two key objectives are what needs to be done to end this what once was a “shadow war,” but is now a war in the open. First, it is my belief that
Israel does need to destroy Iran's oil fields and its accompanying
infrastructure for in doing so Iran's money pit dries up, and so too
does the monies they send to arm and fund terrorist groups.
And
second, Iran must never be allowed to become a nuclear power...not just for Israel's sake but for the world's sake as well. And this means that Iran's current nuclear facilities must...I repeat must...be
“neutralized”...rendered nonoperational. How that's done, whether it be via a dedicated cyber
attack and/or by a Mossad orchestrated covert “shut-down”
operation taking place from within a given facility itself, doesn't matter as long as what needs to get done is done. And here know that an actual bombing of said facilities is really not needed to disable
them, and in turn would keep “collateral damage” to a
minimum as no “leaks” of nuclear materials would occur as
might happen if the facilities were to be bombed.
And if Iran in their arrogance did decide to counter retaliate to Israel's Thursday's what was a retaliation, Israel would not only win the back and forth physical battle itself, but thanks to Iran's foolishness, tactics, and policies of repression, we just might see the
spark of desperation helping to ignite the anti-islamic factions within Iran to
start working together for their common goal of removing the mullahs
from power.
In fact, soon after Hamas savagely attacked Israeli on
October 7th... now known as “Black Saturday”...brave Iranians started to outwardly express
support for both Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu, while condemning the barbaric Hamas attack on Israeli
civilians. Remember, most Iranians (except for the islamic lunatic fringe) have been unhappy with the mullah's dictated islamic
theocracy coupled with its many repressive mandates, repression to such
a degree that it has directly led to a growing in number, yet vastly
unreported, movement whose goal remains to remove the mullahs from
power.
Led primarily by supporters of exiled Reza
Pahlavi, the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's son...these supporters
have now started to publicly criticize, among other things, Iran's
foreign policy and particularly Tehran’s anti-Israel and
antisemitic policies...policies the dissenters rightfully deem
harmful to Iran's national interests. In fact, unlike the countries
of the Arab world, Iran has no history of widespread antagonism or
hate towards Israel or the Jewish people, that only came after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Before then Tel Aviv and Tehran...Israel
and Iran...had close relations, and not only did Iran have a thriving
Jewish community, but the nation as a whole was prosperous and
westernized as well.
And with those memories having
resurfaced to become part of the dissenters very being, it then becomes easier to
understand that when coupled with Israel's retaliatory response against
those who are the Iranian people's oppressors, the people's longing for what
was could now well lead to the mullah's actual downfall, especially if a
few “targeted kills” were to take place.
Remember, war indeed is a dirty game no
matter whose side one is on, and it always comes replete with
“collateral damage.” And in times of war even the “good
guys” sometimeshave
to play dirty for the betterment of the many. And in the case of the
Iranian people I don't think many a tear would be shed if a mullah or
two suddenly disappeared. I surely know that no tears would be shed
in Israel for without the mullah's iron grip hold on Iran, Iran and
its people would be free and Israel would not have to live in fear
any more. Case closed. __________________________________________________________
For more political commentary please visit myRIGHT SIDE PATRIOTSpartner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, When Biden Talks, Nobody Listens.
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