Op-ed:

Channeling Reagan...A Maybe Solution

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

This article is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.   

 

...And here I think it would be so wise for both President Trump, and all said advisors, to look at how President Ronald Reagan not only combined what was a well thought out strategic approach with military strength, but then he also fine-tuned the diplomatic negotiations to the point where what was called the “Cold War”...aka the “nuclear arms race”...did see in victory the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union.

Simply, striving to make deals with the enemy when military engagement has itself not ended the war being fought only seems to work successfully when the people...when the government...you are dealing with actually does want a deal to be made...does want said war to end. And this is something, I now believe, Iran does not want to see happen.

Why so...because the theocratic dictatorship that has been Iran's reality since the “Islamic Revolution” of 1979, would rather see Iran totally being destroyed...down to every last man, woman, and child...then their having to betray their core ideology via deals being made even with fingers voluntarily being crossed behind their backs...deals they and we know will not be honored let alone be kept...Read entire article here.

Op-ed: 

Channeling Reagan...A Maybe Solution

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

This article is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.   

 

Let me start by saying that I totally support both President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their decision to go to war with Iran. It was the right thing to do on so many levels as Iran, the leading state sponsor of terrorism, had to be stopped, most especially in regards to their wanting to become a nuclear power. And while our and Israel's combined military forces were successful last summer in negating Iran's nuclear ambitions...for now anyway...what I have a problem with is the timing, the resulting ramifications, and who is advising who.

Why so...because, in my opinion, we and Israel together should have finished the job last summer as Israel wanted to do, but Trump did not as he still wanted to give the diplomatic route a try. And while his intentions were honorable Trump forgot two cardinal rules with the first being we do not negotiate with terrorists, and the second being that any deals made with terrorists are done so with terrorist fingers crossed behind their backs.

However, should have is but a mute point now, as our “Operation Epic Fury” and Israel's “Operation Roaring Lion” did not commence until February 28th of this year. And while we have been extremely successful militarily, as has Israel been in taking out the Iranian regime's hierarchy, we are still in somewhat of a negotiation stage with terrorists...that is if you count the back and forth proposal rejections from both sides as being negotiations.

Remember, Trump gave Iran extension after extension to “make a deal” to end the war on the basis of our strategic military superiority along with our now having basically collapsed Iran's economy. How so...simply by our imposing a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, thus destroying Iran's oil revenue...it's prime source of income...as the Strait is where Iranian purchased oil is shipped out from.

And while many see this as a good thing, forgotten is the fact that when military victory is secured with it should immediately come strategic surrender. But obviously this is not the case with Iran for the regime, while greatly weakened, still is fighting back to some degree, and doing so mostly against its own Arab neighbors.

Also, just as important, is the fact that history has shown, more times than not, that while the victor was successful in collapsing an enemy's economy it's the victor who usually ends up helping to rebuild the economy of the very nation they helped to destroy, and that sometimes it is at the expense of the victor country's own taxpayer dollars.

However, even when diplomacy remains the chosen path to help end a war, the diplomats involved must have an understanding of who the enemy really is. And herein lies a key issue regarding the war with Iran for I do not believe that President Trump and his advisors truly understand who the enemy really is, and what must be done to secure not just victory but lasting peace.

And here I think it would be so wise for both President Trump, and all said advisors, to look at how President Ronald Reagan not only combined what was a well thought out strategic approach with military strength, but then he also fine-tuned the diplomatic negotiations to the point where what was called the “Cold War”...aka the “nuclear arms race”...did see in victory the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union.

Simply, striving to make deals with the enemy when military engagement has itself not ended the war being fought only seems to work successfully when the people...when the government...you are dealing with actually does want a deal to be made...does want said war to end. And this is something, I now believe, Iran does not want to see happen.

Why so...because the theocratic dictatorship that has been Iran's reality since the “Islamic Revolution” of 1979, would rather see Iran totally being destroyed...down to every last man, woman, and child...then their having to betray their core ideology via deals being made even with fingers voluntarily being crossed behind their backs...deals they and we know will not be honored let alone be kept.

And this is why we are still having trouble...yes trouble...bringing Iran down to her increasingly bloodied knees. Remember, when one engages in the “game of war,” when one is facing what will surely be military defeat, both sides must understand that any deal being brokered is but political window dressing and posturing at best.

And when dealing with a conventional enemy, “to the victors will go the spoils of war,” yet the fact remains that both sides must accept reality over what has become lifelong indoctrinated ideologies. Both Reagan and then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev knew this to be true in regards to the “Cold War,”  the regime in Iran simply does not. And that probably is the reason why no lasting deals with Iran will ever be made, or should be, made without Iran's “unconditional surrender.”

Remember, Gorbachev actually wanted reform in the Soviet Union to take place...he wanted a change in communism's oppressive ideologies...especially when faced head on with Reagan’s strategy of not only “peace through strength,” but with the economic pressures being imposed on the Soviet economy courtesy of the “Cold War” added to its economic instabilities and inefficiencies. After all, building and stockpiling nuclear weapons is a very expensive endeavor most especially for a nation that is under communist rule.

The “Cold War” could well have ended in nuclear war but did not thanks to President Reagan himself being not only an effective diplomat with fine tuned oratory skills, but saw those skills...when coupled with his openness to a one-on-one dialogue...resulting in intermediaries only having to be used quite sparingly.

Simply, Reagan wisely chose to speak for himself. And it was this stance that showed the world both his and our country's strength, which in turn inspired dissidents within the Soviet bloc to rise up against what Reagan called the “Evil Empire.” And it was this very action that helped to both position the United States as the leader of the “free world” while also seeing the Soviet Union officially collapsing as the “Cold War” basically came to a definitive end with President Reagan's now immortal words, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

I truly believe that President Trump needs a “Reagan moment” to help end the war with Iran. Trump needs that “Reagan moment” to show the Iranian people...to show the protesters and the freedom fighters, some of whom are still being executed...that he has not forgotten them or their quest for freedom nor demoted them to second place behind a war whose prime focus...at least for now...seems to be who will be in control of Iran's oil supplies and distribution.

President Trump needs a “Reagan moment” to rethink how and exactly who should be handling any and all diplomatic talks with those still hell bent on wiping both the U.S. and Israel off the face of the map. And if negotiations are to continue...negotiations which I still believe should never have taken place...remember that Gorbachev wanted to reach a solution, those who are now left running Iran do not...thus it should be Donald Trump himself...coupled only with our great Secretary of State Marco Rubio (and possibly Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu)... who should sit at the negotiation table not his old real estate buddy, his son-on-law, or our vice president who sadly has no true diplomatic experience at all.

And might I add that the “extensions “ must not only end, but no more extensions must be given. Threats do become useless unless a set-in-stone timeline is given, but more importantly is that said deadline must be followed up with promised actions taken.

Simply, if President Reagan could bring down the Soviet Union and end the “Cold War,” President Trump can...likely with Israel's help...bring down Iran. All that's needed is for tangible and sensible actions...including military actions...to replace both the bravado and the threats currently being unheeded. Case closed.

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

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Our great 'Commander-in-Peace' President Donald J. Trump, and Israel's great Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the 'Lion of Judea,' delivered to Israel's Knesset and the world speeches that not only united our two countries together forever via 'Peace Through Strength'...but speeches showing that 'PEACE 2025' might well become not just regional peace but world peace.

Op-ed:

My Take on “Operation Midnight Hammer”

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

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

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” These words were spoken on June 12, 1987, when President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the “Berlin Wall”...the physical barrier that not only separated East and West Germany, but symbolized the “Cold War” divide. And while tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union did tone down somewhat, the wall itself only fell when on November 9,1989, the German people started dismantling it themselves, brick by brick, ultimately resulting in reunification of Germany.

Over the past few months President Trump tried to get Iran to not only “negotiate for peace” regarding it's war with Israel, but to abandon its nuclear program...a program not initiated for peaceful purposes but for the development of nuclear bombs...bombs whose destinations would be Israel and the U.S.

And when Iran decided they'd rather go to war than dismantle anything, Trump dismantled said program for them in a“divert and deflect” precision operation, where Iran's nuclear ambitions were “bunker bombed” into oblivion. Now it's up to the Iranian people to follow the German peoples lead of 35 years ago and take “regime change” into their own hands.

Two great presidents striving for peace, but “peace through strength” for “strength” is what makes peace possible. Weakness was not an option for Reagan nor was it for Trump especially with Iran being the worldwide “state sponsor of terrorism,” thus an “existential threat to us all.” Trump gave Iran every opportunity to stop fighting and agree to nuclear disarmament, but it's hard to reason with a radical, theocratic based regime who believe that their cause is just and that God...in this case allah...is on their side.

So now we wait and see what comes next. Will “regime change” happen ...will a “populist/ resistance” movement be able to overtake the remnants of what's left of Khomeini's faithful...will Israel “take out” Khomeini...or will his death, thus martyrdom, become a rallying cry for the ideologues even though the Iranians wanting change far out number them? Or would retaliatory actions taken by Iran lead to further joint Israeli/U.S. actions being needed, as in take out Iran's oil fields thus crashing their economy?

 

Only time will time, but until then congratulations must go out to President Trump, our military, and to Benjamin Netanyahu and the IDF...partners in war, partners in peace. Case closed. 

Copyright © 2025 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.  

Op-ed:

Commonalities Shared, Differences Be Damned

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.   

 

...And while both men traveled similar yet different paths to reach the same destination...remember both Reagan and Trump were originally Democrats...Reagan's path was then forged courtesy of his “Eleventh Commandment,” as in “do not to speak ill of your fellow Republicans”...simply, do try to put your “differences” aside in the name of “party unity”... while Trump, even with all his silly name calling of those Republicans who dared to oppose him, was still able to accomplish the same final goal as Reagan by his circling the Republican party faithful around him courtesy of the economic and foreign policy successes of his first term in office.

So while Trump did fail to garner a consecutive term in office...and we all know why... Reagan easily did. But as events continue to unfold, I've come to believe that the break in continuity has now worked in Trump's and “We the People's” favor. How so...first by allowing Trump the time needed to not only expose both the hypocrisy and the tactics used by the Democrat party's hierarchy to hold onto the reigns of power...and do so by any and every means possible legal or not...but it also helped to set the stage for showing how Ronald Reagan was the right man for his time, and that Donald J. Trump is truly the right man for today's time...Read entire article and see videos here.

Op-ed:

Commonalities Shared, Differences Be Damned

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.   

 

“For all their differences in temperament and style there’s a deeper continuity in the beliefs of our 40th and 45th presidents.”

- Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark) in a March 8. 2022 speech at the Reagan Presidential Library

The great Ronald Reagan, in my opinion, was the best president of the 20th century...Donald J. Trump might well be the best in this the 21st century, obviously only time itself will tell. And while both men are molded in the “populist” based tradition of “law and order,” the two men are quite different in temperament, personality, and governing style. However, both Reagan (our 40th and 41st president) and Trump {our 45th and now our 47th president) not only championed states rights, but both men had a deep distrust of “big government” bureaucracy. 

And with both men embracing the concept of MAGA...as in “Make America Great Again,” know that the MAGA acronym was first coined by Ronald Reagan as “Let's Make America Great Again” (LMAGA) and used it in his 1980 successful campaign for the presidency, while Trump dropped the word “Let's” first in 2016, then in 2020, and now in 2024.

Two great men, two great presidents, one an orator bar none, the other speaking more in line with today's common vernacular. In fact, to me, Reagan's “Challenger” speech embodies presidential emotion and pride in American exceptionalism like no other, while with but six little words spoken, “Mr. Gorbechev tear down this wall,” he geo-politically realigned both Europe and the world. And while Donald Trump is not nearly as polished a speaker as Reagan...few ever will be nor does Trump have to be...Trump had his shining moment with but three little words spoken...spoken as blood dripped down his face...“fight, fight, fight”...three little words more powerful than any campaign speech to date.

 

 

 

To me, Donald J. Trump is the common man's Ronald Reagan orator wise if you will, but Trump did shine bright in a CPAC speech given seven years ago when he first spoke about the “forgotten men and women of America”...the very men and women who are the “backbone” of our great nation...as in America's working/middle class citizens...the very men and women that the Biden/Harris administration lost complete touch with, thus rightfully costing the Democrats the 2024 election.

 

And this identifying with America's seemingly forgotten middle class...even though Ronald Reagan was then and Donald Trump is now anything but middle class...both men let their core conservative values and belief in American exceptionalism take center stage in an attempt to unite together the different factions within the Republican party. 

And while both men traveled similar yet different paths to reach the same destination...remember both Reagan and Trump were originally Democrats...Reagan's path was then forged courtesy of his “Eleventh Commandment,” as in “do not to speak ill of your fellow Republicans”...simply, do try to put your “differences” aside in the name of “party unity”... while Trump, even with all his silly name calling of those Republicans who dared to oppose him, was still able to accomplish the same final goal as Reagan by his circling the Republican party faithful around him courtesy of the economic and foreign policy successes of his first term in office.

So while Trump did fail to garner a consecutive term in office...and we all know why... Reagan easily did. But as events continue to unfold, I've come to believe that the break in continuity has now worked in Trump's and “We the People's” favor. How so...first by allowing Trump the time needed to not only expose both the hypocrisy and the tactics used by the Democrat party's hierarchy to hold onto the reigns of power...and do so by any and every means possible legal or not...but it also helped to set the stage for showing how Ronald Reagan was the right man for his time, and that Donald J. Trump is truly the right man for today's time.

And the similarities continue on with both men leading a nationwide turn to the right. For Reagan it was courtesy of the abject failed economic and foreign policy agenda of his predecessor, Jimmy Carter, which easily allowed him to turn Carter's negatives into his landslide election win. Remember, not only did the Carter years see the energy crisis of 1979...which was due to massive Middle East oil price hikes...directly lead to an increase in cost-of-living expenses, which culminated in the recession of 1980 all thanks to what was then double-digit inflation. Simply, Jimmy Carter's economic polices were a complete failure, and it took “Reganomics”...replete with major tax cuts...to help turn our economy around. And not to be forgotten is Carter's owning the foreign policy disaster that was the “Iranian Hostage Crisis”*...a crisis which Reagan used as rightful political ammunition to help him win his first presidential election.

Now here the similarities between the two men continues on for while the mid-to-late 1970”s were mired down in Carter's economic and foreign policy disasters...only to turned around courtesy of “Reaganomics”...we today are the victims of “Bidenonomics”...an economic plan that was doomed to fail for it did not understand nor take into account the wants and needs of average middle class American citizens. But thankfully, Donald Trump was the recipient of a “red tsunami” win based primarily upon the economic successes of his first administration. Energy independence, low inflation, sanity at the gas pump and in our supermarkets, proved we were indeed better off four years ago than we are today.

Simply, few were buying into what Jimmy Carter...the man politically deemed a “weak and ineffectual president”...was trying to sell then, leaving Reagan to be elected in a “red tsunami” of his own; just like now when few bought into what Kamala Harris was trying to sell, as proven by Trump's overwhelming win. A decidedly countrywide shift to the right for both Reagan and Trump primarily, but not completely due to their successful economic policies with their foreign policy stances being icing on the proverbial cake.

Reagan was aided in his win by the ongoing “Iranian Hostage Crisis,” a crisis Carter was ill-prepared for; and in his second term Reagan's well tempered oratory skills and his mastery of diplomacy led to not just the tearing down of the Berlin Wall but the collapse of the Soviet Union as well. And in his contest against Harris, Trump was aided in his win by Biden's disastrous pullout of Afghanistan; Biden's seemingly endless blank check to help Ukraine fight its war against Putin's Russia, and the Middle East War between Israel and Iran...remember, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthi's are just proxy armies of Iran.

Simply, our country was weary of war during Reagan's time...we were just a few years out of the end of the nightmare that was the Vietnam War...coupled with the fact that the hostage crisis had gone on for way too long. And now during this, what will be Trump's second term in office, we find ourselves facing maniacs...especially the mullahs in Iran...who are hell bent on not just starting World War III, but reshaping and realigning the world's geopolitical map to where individual nations take second place to sought after globalization under the auspices of a “one world” dictatorial style government.

 

And yet even with this above stated fact, what these two men truly have in common is that both Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump fully embraced and more importantly did understand the concepts of not only “peace though strength,” but also the great need to prioritize both our military and to put America, our American interests, and America's safety first. That cannot be said of Jimmy Carter then nor of Joe Biden now, and most especially it cannot be said of Kamala Harris, as easily witnessed by her failed campaign agenda and its overtly weak and extremely lopsided political alliances.

And here it's also important to remember that both Reagan and Trump were and are of the belief that their predecessors were politically naive and that naivety in and of itself is dangerous by design...dangerous to not only hoped for diplomacy but dangerous to both the applications of the law and to our Constitution itself. Simply, what Reagan worked for then and what Trump is working for now is not just to make America herself great again via a rebirth and pride in American exceptionalism, but to solidify America’s standing on the world stage as both the number one superpower as well as being the true leader and broker of world peace.

So what then are the main differences between these two great men...these two great presidents? While their overall political and policy differences are not many, their differences personality wise are clearly more well defined and telling. Here are the four main differences that, to me, do stand out, but at the same do not diminish either man's greatness.

• First, Ronald Reagan, as president, was way more tolerant of those within the Republican party who disagreed with him, and was more willing to listen to and at least entertain other points of view even from the Democrat side of the aisle; while to disagree with Trump on almost any topic sometimes left one open to a barrage of silly name-calling with a political dismissal of sorts.

• Second, while Donald Trump is still viewed by many Democrats and even by some in the Republican party as being more “extreme” in his ideologies and communication style, Reagan is viewed by many as being a man more “establishment” in his overall demeanor, political presentation, and style wise.

• Third, while Trump demands unwavering personal loyalty to Trump the man, Reagan was more insistent on loyalty to the Republican party then he ever was to himself.

• And lastly, political vendetta's needing to be settled was never part of who Reagan was either as president or personally, but it is a part of Trump the man. But in Trump's defense I must say it's rightly so for no president has ever had to face a political witch hunt on the scale that this man has.

And so I end with these two quotes from each man's first inauguration speeches...quotes that while not as well known as others do clearly show how both Presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald J. Trump truly define what constitutes a deep love for this country, a pride in our people; and American exceptionalism at it's very best. 

First President Reagan... “If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. - 1981

Now President Trump...“It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.” - 2017

And here may I say, “God Bless America...today, tomorrow, and always.” Case closed.

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* Briefly, the “Iranian Hostage Crisis” began in October 1979, when a group of armed, militant, Iranian college students...who supported the “Iranian Revolution”...attacked the U.S. Embassy in Tehran after the overthrown of the Shah Mohamad Reza Pahlavi. The U.S. allied Shah had been granted asylum to came to the U.S. for cancer treatment during this time but the revolution's leaders wanted him back to stand trial. In total, 53 U.S. diplomats and citizens were held hostage from November 4, 1979 to their release on January 20, 1981...the day when Ronald Reagan was sworn in as our 40th president.

 

 Copyright © 2024 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

 

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