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I don’t know what the president is waiting for. What will it
take for him to finish off a regime that has proven itself to be one of the
most radical and dangerous states of the modern era? A regime whose primary
target is the very country he swore to protect and defend from enemies, foreign
and domestic. A regime whose co-primary target is Israel, currently America’s
most important ally in the region if not the world.
The fact that Iran has brutally repressed and killed tens of
thousands of its own people for the “crime” of seeking freedom is reason enough
to resume the war. Equally compelling is Iran’s openly declared goal of
‘restoring’ Islamic rule to the Holy Land, even if that means exterminating its
over 7 million Jewish inhabitants.
Another compelling reason is Iran’s determination to
dominate the Middle East through a pan-Islamic vision led by its Shiite
ideology. In pursuit of that goal, it has shown a willingness to attack
neighboring Muslim countries. Today’s ballistic missile strike that reportedly
hit an airport terminal in Kuwait is only the latest example. The regime
appears to have little regard for the lives of fellow Muslims when they stand
in the way of its ambitions.
Iran has also demonstrated a willingness to sacrifice its
own supporters if doing so advances its cause. The regime glorifies martyrdom,
whether voluntary or not, whenever it serves its ideological objectives.
Yet another reason for resuming the war is Iran’s relentless
drive to acquire the means to achieve these goals. By now, the entire world
knows of its determination to become a nuclear power. Not to mention its
efforts to develop increasingly sophisticated ballistic missile systems capable
of reaching targets as far as the US. Iran has already demonstrated missile
capabilities that can reach Europe. And its missile arsenal appears far larger
than previously believed. Those missiles could eventually serve as delivery
systems for nuclear warheads.
Nor should it be lost on the president that virtually every
Iranian expatriate who fled the regime understands exactly what it is and has
urged the United States and its ally Israel to finish the job.
I am not a military strategist. But this much seems clear:
Iran’s military has suffered devastating losses, and its command structure has
been severely weakened. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is little
more that another terrorist group similar to Hamas and Hezbollah. Only much
larger. And seems to be operating independently of any leadership. Driven by a
level of religious fervor that makes them almost impossible to defeat without
reducing them to an underground terrorist cell.
Iran’s new supreme leader has yet to make an appearance.
Whether he remains fully capable of exercising authority is an open question.
Despite their claims to the contrary.
It does not help that many Democrats and their allies in the
media continue repeating Iran’s claims that it has somehow won the war and that
America and its allies are worse off now than before the conflict began. Some
even argue that remaining in the Obama-era nuclear agreement (JCPOA) would have
produced a better outcome.
I disagree…
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