By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio
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“We're doing everything we can to get the remainder
[out], but Hamas consistently refuses to make a deal.”
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Hamas executes six
hostages
I cannot understand the mindset of
those protesting here at home against Benjamin Netanyahu and his
rightful retaliatory actions in Gaza after Hamas' barbaric acts of
October 7th, nor do I understand those protesting against him in
Israel for they should know better than most that if there is one
country that can ill afford to bow down to terrorist demands it's the
Jewish State of Israel. And while I deeply understand the pain and
anguish the families of the hostages must be going through,
especially now after Hamas' recent execution of six known to have
been alive hostages, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin,
it seems hard to believe that since the events of what is now known
as “Black Saturday,” that here in America antisemitic acts
not only have grown in numbers, but have become more
violent and dangerous in nature.
And with Kamala Harris recently having
alluded to possibly changing America's rightfully long held “all-in
support” of Israel stance if she was to become the president...as
has her coward of a VP pick Tim Walz... who blatantly ignored a reporter's question regarding the six murdered Israeli hostages...I cannot believe that anyone of the
Jewish faith would support let alone vote for such a shameful duo.
And those who do have yet to understand that they are silently, and
in some cases unknowingly, supporting, condoning, and/or looking away
from overt acts of what is “Jew hatred”...aka “antisemitism”...
being perpetrated on those who hold their same religious beliefs.
Sadly, doing the right thing has now been replaced by
politically leftist driven indoctrinated hate...hate being the very thing
Democrats have now accepted as their new norm and which they relish
in spewing out to their blind following masses.
And while this manipulation of sorts is
going on here at home, in Israel protests continue in what is a truly
misguided attempt to bring any remaining, still alive, hostages
safely home. And it's sad to see a truth being ignored in that
Benjamin Netanyahu is trying hard to rescue as many hostages as he
can while at the same time he's trying to save his nation from what
many wish to be Israel's ultimate demise. So, in no uncertain terms
can I grasp how these protesters still see Netanyahu as the enemy
instead of the sum total of the barbarians who initiated what is an
all out war against Israel and the Israeli people.
So yes, the six hostages were brutally
executed, each at close range by a bullet to the back of their head,
but what the Israeli protesters actions are now...and they're doing
so probably unknowingly...are actions that do take a page right out of
Hamas' own playbook. How so...because by their placing blame on the
very man who tried to rescue the hostages...and know the IDF was very
close to doing so...instead of on Hamas who actually did commit these
newest heinous acts...the Israeli protesters are actually giving Hamas
ammunition, if you will, to continue committing these what are inhumane acts.
Remember, Hamas is publicly blaming Israel, and especially Netanyahu,
for the six hostages deaths which is exactly what the protesters
also are now doing which, by the way, does nothing to help secure the
release of any others still being held. However, what it does do is
help to feed into what has become the controversy surrounding Hamas'
newest propaganda ploy relating to the number of Palestinian
civilians lost at what they call, “Netanyahu's hands.”
Remember, Hamas cares nothing about
their fellow Palestinians...not their lives nor their fate...for if
they did please tell me why Hamas was willing to needlessly sacrifice
what is now more than 40,000 Palestinian lives and what is basically
the total destruction of Gaza itself ? Did Hamas really think
Israel would “turn the other cheek” and allow them to go
unpunished for the savage and barbaric atrocities they committed on
October 7th? I surely think not for all Hamas ever really cared
about, and still does, is how many Jews they can kill no matter how
many Palestinian lives are lost in doing so. And why so... because
unlike Israel and the rest of the civilized world Hamas knows that
their now dead terrorist ranks can and will be easily replaced
courtesy of the multitude of indoctrinated since birth Palestinian
children...children who through no fault of their own are and have
always been but future Hamas terrorists in waiting.
Also remember that the so-called
Palestinians as a whole do not...in my opinion...deserve anyone's sympathy. Why so...first because Hamas knows well that their
war with Israel was never meant, nor designed, to be fought minus
“collateral damage” for “collateral damage” itselfis what Hamas' propaganda arm now thrives on. And
second it's because not one Palestinian residing in Gaza has yet to speak out against Hamas' “Black Saturday” actions. Also, do not forget that when
Hamas operatives returned to Gaza with bloody hostages in hand, they
were met in the streets by scores of cheering Palestinians...men, women, and
children...who happily condoned what were Hamas' barbaric and savage actions. What a sad
commentary regarding what truly lies deep within the hearts of the
so-called Palestinian people.
And yet
another sad commentary is the fact that the Israel v. Hamas War has
now become but a political tool here in our own country...a tool used
by the still Biden/Harris administration to not only help in trying
to get Obama's anointed puppet Kamala Harris elected in November, but
to have the Israel v. Hamas war be over and done with while Joe Biden is
still in office. Why so... because if the hoped for end of said war where to happen on Biden's watch
the Democrats seem to feel that it might help to temper down the
stain of what is Biden's already badly tainted foreign policy
presidential legacy...as in remember Afghanistan, Abbey Gate, and the
still ongoing nightmare that is Ukraine. And maybe a promised
“legacy cleanup” might just have been part of the
Obama/Pelosi deal to get Biden to pull out of the presidential race.
So now
after the six murdered hostages have been laid to rest in their
ancestral homeland, it's sad that Benjamin Netanyahu must still face
not only those who blame him for their deaths, but the fact that some
recent “supposed” intel alludes that 97 hostages might
still be alive and are being held in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Personally I do not believe the number is anywhere near that high nor
that any hostages are really in Egypt...I don't think el-SiSi would
allow it. But I do understand Netanyahu's reasoning as to why he must
not dismiss said intel, and why he believes that the only way to free
any who, by some outside chance, might be held there is by Israel
maintaining control of the Philadelphi Route, the so-called “security
corridor” that runs between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
And why is
this “corridor” so important in regards to any
ceasefire and/or hostage exchange deal...so important that Hamas will
not agree to any such deal unless Israel relinquishes control of said
corridor which Israel rightfully refuses to do? First, because if
said corridor is in Israeli control Israel would then be able to prevent
Hamas from rearming; second because as per Benjamin Netanyahu's wise words, “It
prevents Gaza from becoming this Iranian terror enclave again, which
can threaten our existence;” and lastly because, and again as
per the prime minister, it prevents Hamas' ability, “to smuggle
hostages into Egypt, into the Sinai, where they could disappear…then
they'll end up in Iran or in Yemen, and they're lost forever.”Lost indeed while experiencing unspeakable horrors before they would
be killed I'm sure.
Simply, to Hamas the hostages that are still alive (if there are any)...and
even those already confirmed dead...are but tools of propaganda to be
used, at will, to not only garner sympathy for Hamas' vile cause...as in Israel's total destruction...but as tools to
psychologically incite not only the fire of wrongfully placed revenge
in the bellies of terrified hostage families, but to let the world
know that Hamas is far from finished with the Jewish State of Israel.
In fact, after American Hersh
Goldberg-Polin was laid to rest in Jerusalem, Hamas released an up
until then unseen video of all
six then still alive hostages confirming their identities before
cutting to a still frame threatening to release their “last
messages” to their
families to add mental anguish to their already overbearing grief.
And while in the video below it becomes apparent that the hostages
were told what to say, it does not take away from the fact that Hamas
never intended to release any of them alive...whether a ceasefire was
in place or not.
And this video itself might help one understand why some folks say
that Hamas is not unlike the petulance that is the “cockroach”...as
in you might be lucky to kill off a few and think you're done with
them, but the reality for Israel is that if even one Hamas operative
is left alive in Gaza others will soon follow for like the lowly
“cockroach”...which
has been around unaltered and thriving since “the
beginning”...Hamas will
survive as long as the “mother roach”
that is Iran is also allowed to exist in its current state. Remember,
one must never forget who is behind all the blood being
shed...Iran... something Netanyahu knows well which, sadly, many
Israeli protesters seem to have forgotten.
And as I write this, not only has Hamas' Rafah Brigade now basically been “decimated”...what with at least
2,308 of operatives having been killed by the IDF along with over 8 miles of its tunnels now destroyed...but the proposed
ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have fallen apart yet again. And this is due not only to Hamas' outrageous demands, never mind the fact that Hamas does not and never did really want peace with Israel, but also due to Biden's recent phone call to Netanyahu replete with his own list of demands that Netanyahu rightfully deemed unacceptable... demands relating to control of the all-important Philadelphi Corridor.
So with Israel
now near, but not yet fully done completing what it calls its “tasks”
in southern Gaza, focus as per Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant
is now shifting to Israel's northern border with Lebanon as daily
exchanges of fire with Hezbollah...who are also a proxy of
Iran...continues to take place. And that now leaves Benjamin Netanyahu alone to make the aforementioned heart wrenching decision regarding any hostages still
alive...a decision not uncommon in times of war...as in will Netanyahu
be forced to decide to sacrifice the few to save the many…in this case the lives of almost
10 million Israelis vs. maybe less than 75 hostages.
War is rife with examples of those who willingly gave their lives
to save others...both World Wars saw many such sacrifices being made
both on an individual and on a larger scale...google “war
sacrifices” their stories are there. And while those
individuals are rightfully honored as heroes, the “Solomon-like”
decision that Benjamin Netanyahu now seems to be facing should be
heralded and supported not condemned especially by the Israeli
people. Why so...because if he makes the wrong decision to put the
lives of the few over the lives of the many due to Israeli public or
even U.S. pressure, the solemn words “Never Again” could not only lose all meaning, but might well become but a sad epitaph
engraved on the Jewish State of Israel's gravestone. Case closed.
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By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio
"Are you going to report on
this so the world can hear their voices?”
- Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R)
Cuba...a mere 90 miles from the U.S.
yet for all practical purposes it's a world away...a world where
freedom is non-existent and where communism reigns supreme. Cuba...a
nation where “unauthorized public gatherings” are illegal
and where actual physical protests are rare and far between. And yet
the Cuban people could only be pushed so far as witnessed by the
massive protests that recently did and still are taking place not
just in Havana but in small towns throughout the island
nation....protests to demand an end to the country's communist
dictatorship, its socialist based failed economy, and its sixty plus
years of repressive “iron fist” rule.
And within the protesters calls for “Libertad,
Basta y Unir”...as in “Freedom,Enough, and Unite”...one
can hear voices demanding that Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel
step down.
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio
"Are you going to report on
this so the world can hear their voices?”
- Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R)
Cuba...a mere 90 miles from the U.S.
yet for all practical purposes it's a world away...a world where
freedom is non-existent and where communism reigns supreme. Cuba...a
nation where “unauthorized public gatherings” are illegal
and where actual physical protests are rare and far between. And yet
the Cuban people could only be pushed so far as witnessed by the
massive protests that recently did and still are taking place not
just in Havana but in small towns throughout the island
nation....protests to demand an end to the country's communist
dictatorship, its socialist based failed economy, and its sixty plus
years of repressive “iron fist” rule.
And within the protesters calls for “Libertad,
Basta y Unir”...as in “Freedom,Enough, and Unite”...one
can hear voices demanding that Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel
step down.
And as Cuban-Americans here in South
Florida*...Cuban-Americans whom DÃaz-Canel claims are “egging”
the protesters on...having
not only blanketed the streets of Miami's “Little Havana”
in a show of support and solidarity for their “brothers and
sisters” protesting in Cuba, their sheer numbers alone actually
shut down a stretch of South Florida's Palmetto Expressway last
Tuesday. And with said solidarity and support for the Cuban people
now spreading throughout Florida and across the U.S., it should not
come as any surprise that the Cuban regime shut down internet, media,
and phone access both into and out of Cuba...with limited access
restored three days after the protests began. And really, why
wouldn't they shut it all down especially with images on social media
sites showing what appears to be Cuban police and special security
forces detaining, beating, and pepper-spraying some of the peaceful
protesters. In fact, a number of those detained...a number as high as
one hundred...have now been reported “missing.” Not good folks...not good at all.
And while President Miguel
Diaz-Canal...actually a Fidel Castro-like dictator...refers to those
who are protesting as
“mercenaries" in hopes of turning public opinion
against them, word is still getting out that the Cuban people are
tired, hungry, and outright disgusted at being forced to live without
the basic necessities that we in this country and elsewhere take for
granted. And with said people already wallowing in the midst of their
county's worst economic crisis in decades, food prices continue to
soar while food shortages and power outages are becoming more and
more commonplace across the whole of Cuba.
So now as new voices continue to be added to the cry for freedom
and the return of civil liberties...what should be “truth in
reporting” is proving to be anything but. How so... because one
of the many narratives being pushed by the Cuban regime as well as by the
mainstream media as the reason for the anti-government protests is
simply that said protests are being driven by the Cuban people's now growing
“awareness” of Covid-19.
And as to be expected, it was just a matter of time before Covid would be
blamed somehow...Covid coupled with a medicine and vaccine shortage
plus a surge in new cases...never mind the government's dismal
mishandling of the Covid crisis itself. And another narrative of
course places blame on the still in effect U.S. sanctions on
Cuba... sanctions which according to Diaz-Canal have directly lead to
what he calls a "policy of economic suffocation."
But
reality dictates that the Cuban people's struggle for freedom along
with the still ongoing humanitarian crisis that has been Cuba's
hallmark for generations, is now reaching a boiling point as
witnessed by the countering show of force the Cuban police have
initiated upon Diaz-Canal's orders. And this includes the police not
only being out in visible force on the country's streets, but seeing
said police being equipped with Special Forces jeeps that have
machine guns mounted on back...seeing the police using pepper spray
and arresting dozens of protesters as more and more folks took to the
streets...and seeing the police, whose orders were to use “extreme
force” if need be against
their fellow countryman, actually doing so against those who, for the
most part, were peacefully and rightfully demonstrating in the
streets.
So
here it must be understood that while it's unfortunate, the using of “extreme force” is
indeed standard operating procedure in communist and socialist ruled
countries like Cuba, countries where the masses are brainwashed into
believing that an insulated and well protected leader...a leader
actually forced upon the people...is the best judge of what the
masses want, need, and require, with party loyal bureaucrats somewhat
but not totally exempt from what is now hard-line totalitarian rule.
And with said government making all the decisions as to what will or
will not constitute the economic make up of its citizens lives,
individual choice and the right to “free will”
becomes nonexistent as equality for the so-called “greater
good” becomes the rule of law
and anything but order. Personal ambition is not allowed nor is
motivation to better oneself given, which in time naturally tends to
lead to a country's “economic suffocation.”
And so
the economic crisis now engulfing Cuba is indeed a form of “economic
suffocation.”
But
like with all economic crisis, Cuba's leaders do not blame themselves or their
repressive and mismanaged government policies for their economic
woes, but instead place blame directly on the aforementioned U.S.
sanctions and on a pandemic that has caused Cuba's tourism industry
to basically shut down. And for a country dependent on tourist
revenues as the means by which to purchase the majority of its
foodstuffs, its fuel, as well other key imports critical to meet both
agricultural and manufacturing needs, this is especially hard. And while Prime Minister
Manuel Marrero-Cruz recently announced that “travelers”
coming into Cuba will be able to bring in food, medicine, and other
essentials without having to pay import duties, know this is a joke
at best for not only is travel into Cuba almost non-existent right
now, but his much heralded announcement is only a temporary measure...a
temporary measure deemed “too
little, too late” by
the protesters and government critics alike.
So
when “economic suffocation”
does take hold of a country, as it has in Cuba, it not only affects
the populace but how that country's government actually runs.
Remember, without much needed ambition and motivation by which to
sustain what is a socialist economy, reality again steps in to
dictate that what was once hoped for economic equality for all
becomes but economic equality at the bottom rung of the
socio-economic ladder. And it's this continued dwelling at the bottom
rung which has now led the Cuban people to say “enough is
enough” after six long decades
of seeing their once great nation...a nation formally known as the
“Jewel of the Caribbean” and "The Land of Romance"...being
run not only with an “iron fist”
but with it deliberately being run into the ground by a corrupt group
of government bandits who, while the people suffer, continue to live
high off the proverbial hog.
“Cuba will see 'horrific
bloodbath' if Biden does not take action.”
- Senator Marco Rubio's truthful
and foreboding words to Joe Biden regarding pressuring the Cuban
regime to stop retaliating against the protesters.
And so now here in the U.S. the game of
politics begins, the very same game of politics that saw Obama
turning his back on the protesters who tried to break free from the
mullahs rule in Iran. And like with Obama, Biden and his
administration love to tout the use of diplomacy as the be all, end
all to any international problem that might arise. And with the U.N.
obviously being no friend of the U.S., and with the current Cuban
situation falling under the auspices of said U.N., know that Biden's
form of complacent diplomacy at best will in no way be strong enough
to address the Cuban people's woes let alone be strong enough to
pressure or at least shame the international community into
condemning and isolating a communist regime that resides a mere 90
miles from our Florida shores.
But then again what do you expect from
a president who would be contradicting his own party's agenda if he
were to take real action in support of the Cuban protesters...a
president whose very own State Department continues to claim that the
“right to peaceful assembly” is being observed in Cuba no
matter that even they know that the people in Cuba actually have no
rights, and that both eye witness accounts and media footage clearly
show police, many dressed in plain clothes, beating some of the
protesters. And know that they dare not even mention...it's bad PR
after all...the now ever growing list of “missing persons”...as
in those who were arrested for peacefully assembling suddenly
disappearing.
And to
make matters even worse, fearful of a mass exodus from Cuba, Biden's
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned Cubans that the
U.S. Coast Guard has deployed officials to monitor the Florida
Straits and that they would “interdict migrants”
attempting to flee the island
and reach the U.S. “irregularly.” Nice
words they are not but words not unexpected for they come from a man
whose president and party allows “illegals”
to freely enter our country via our southern border. But the truth is
that Cubans, for the most part, vote for Republicans and not for
Democrats, and that even in a crisis, for Democrats, it's all about
how many votes they can garner...said crisis be damned.
So while most
Republicans are standing strong with the Cuban people...people daring
to protest against both socialism and a communism regime...Democrats,
the very folks who watched our cities burn for more than a year
without saying a word, give but cursory lip service to the Cuban's
quest for freedom. And really, why would Democrats praise the very
people who want to rid themselves of exactly what they want to
implement here.
And while I write
this, we don't know what the final outcome for Cuba or it's people
will be...we still don't now if the protests will continue on...we
don't know if the regime will forcibly put an end to the dissent and
how many will be killed in the process of their doing so...we don't
know what the regime will do to the people for some form of
punishment will surely follow...and we most certainly don't know how
or even if Cuban-Americans will be able to aid those trying to break
free of a regime that views freedom as the antithesis of its, and the
Democrats, Marxist agenda.
A lot of questions
that need to be answered with time alone providing those answers.
And so with that
said I wish the Cuban people much success in their endeavour for
their fight for freedom is truly just. And to Biden and crew who
relish in spewing pretty words without substance, I hope what is now
happening in Cuba takes root here in our country as well, for while
our fight might be different in origin the fight for freedom from
tyranny and unjust rule always remains the same.
************************************************************************************* For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article,90 Miles From Freedom.
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