Iran’s Regime – Low on Time, Out of Leverage, Long on Desperation

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As the Islamic regime in Iran grows more desperate, knowing that they are being economically choked to death, knowing their leverage via the Strait of Hormuz is gone, and facing the reality of their dwindling military capabilities, one thing remains clear…their apocalyptic death-cult is planning for a last-ditch, blaze of barbaric savagery akin to what I described at the end of my commentary a week ago as “burning their country to the ground so they can rule over the ashes.”

I’ll get back to this shortly.

While the IRGC does indeed fear military responses should they decide to strike Israel, from both Israel and the U.S., and while they know (even though they would never admit it) that such strikes would be devastating to the regime, there is something they fear even more…the Iranian people. The IRGC understands that an all-out military operation by Israel, by the U.S. or what would most likely be a combined U.S., Israeli military campaign unlike anything ever seen can, and would destroy IRGC and regime personnel, they also know only the Iranian people can truly topple the regime and remove the 7th century, 12 Shia ideology from power.

So, what will the regime’s “burning their country to the ground so they can rule over the ashes” look like…at least in part? Near the end of our RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS broadcast last Tuesday, September 29th, at the 1:21:45 mark you will hear in that discussion Diane Sori bring up “bio-weapons.” Diane said “if they were smart, they would not shoot them at Israel…” To be clear, “smart” has nothing to do with their calculation. DESPERATION has EVERYTHING to do with it, but it goes much deeper than most people think as some believe Israel is likely to be the regime’s primary target for that final desperation hail Mohammad.

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The Future of the Middle East – The Bigger Picture

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Last week, it was reported that senior military leaders held a private meeting in Germany to discuss the ongoing conflict with Iran and regional security. That meeting, as it has been called, was engineered by the U.S., and hosted by Admiral Brad Cooper, included the military chiefs of staff from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt.

That in and of itself is remarkable because the participants don’t always agree with one another regarding political, cultural or military points of view, but it gets even more remarkable when one considers the one participant not included in the aforementioned list – Israel.

That’s right, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir had an equal seat at that most incredible assemblage of military leaders. From what we know, Adm. Cooper reassured participants that the U.S. would maintain its military footprint in the Middle East despite recent regional escalations and attacks on American bases but that was just the opening statement. The topics under discussion included an exchange of intelligence and assessments regarding regional war developments and Iranian attacks on military installations, reviewed American strategic proposals to safeguard and expand protected commercial ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and the recent escalations involving Houthi forces in Yemen.

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Where’s Waldo and Weapons of War

By Craig Andresen – The National Patriot – Commentary

Over the past couple of weeks, and over the past several months, two questions regarding certain aspects of the war with Iran have continued to crop up. Both are rather interesting questions, and both seem to have complex answers.

No, I’m not talking about why we’re doing this, that or the other thing, or for that matter, why we’re not doing this, that or the other thing. These questions are a bit more eclectic…perhaps more on the ethereal side of things but one thing is certain, both involve conspiracies…and corresponding theorists.

Let’s just be honest, if it’s in the news, its fodder for conspiracy theorists and that’s nothing new. Conspiracy theories have been around since ancient times and have been centerpieces of civil, and not so civil debate from watering holes to water coolers. Anything that’s unknown automatically lends itself to unending chatter, and even some things that are verifiable facts become the subject of those who simply refuse to accept facts as facts.

In the latter category – the Earth is round. It is NOT flat, but that hasn’t stopped the Reynolds Wrap cap crowd from proclaiming we round Earthers and full of beans. Here’s the question they just can’t answer…IF the Earth IS flat, what’s on the underneath side of it? I ask because regardless of how flat one makes a pancake, it still has two sides.

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Hormuz and Beyond

Far too many people, even some on the right side of the political aisle have a narrow view regarding the Strait of Hormuz and are far too quick to condemn Trump for “mishandling the war.”

They claim that President Trump has made the war against Iran “all about oil” and “all about the Strait of Hormuz” proclaiming over and over again that “we don’t get any oil from Hormuz, and we should have left the Hormuz situation to those that do get their oil from it.” To suggest, or believe that the U.S. doesn’t benefit from shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, or that others should have been left to deal with it because we don’t benefit from it is myopic and in some cases, hypocritical.

It’s time to set the record straight, especially for those who have complained that the war is all about oil, and everything else has been ignored.

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“The Deal” –  Pragmatism vs. Emotionalism

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A pragmatist is a person who approaches problems, decisions, and beliefs based on practical, real-world results rather than abstract theories, ideals, or emotions.

When it comes to the Middle East, there is no shortage of emotional responses, theories and ideals. I understand those points of view and while I certainly do NOT agree with such emotional anti Semitic views as expressed by the vast majority of the liberals, I DO stand with Israel, the Jewish people and Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Netanyahu has wisely stated, “If Israel’s enemies put down their weapons today, there would be peace, If Israel put down her weapons today, there would be no Israel.” That is a very pragmatic view. It is based in historical reality. Since 1948 when Israel officially became a nation, they have wanted to live peacefully with their neighbors, but the fact remains, Israel’s neighbors have, for the most part, wanted Israel eliminated.

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The Mullah’s Madness Unmasked

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On April, 8th, 2026, President Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran which was initially supposed to last two weeks. Pakistan, working as the middleman introduced a framework for a ten point “peace agreement plan,” which has now, in various forms, been on the table for the past month. Up until now, all “negotiations” have failed, and while I strongly disagree with “negotiating” with terrorists, and make no mistake, Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, the “negotiations” have been pretty limited to President Trump telling Iran what to do, and Iran saying, “no.”

If we go back to the end of the first week of military operations, President Trump demanded “unconditional surrender” from Iran to halt US and Israeli air strikes, stating he would accept no deal otherwise. He asserted that Iran’s military was ineffective and called for the nation to “wave the white flag” To be crystal clear, while some Republicans are clinging to that statement and are expressing dismay that President Trump has seemingly backed away from it, “unconditional surrender” was never the reason for going to war with Iran, it was but a suggested off-ramp for the Iranian regime to bring the devastating bombardment to a halt quickly.

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