There can be no doubt that Iran is using its wealth to fund terrorism all over the world. It is using its power to remain inside the halls of diplomacy – as if it is not a rogue regime. AND … it has been tragically successful.
The Biden admiration knows what Iran is – or at least it should. There is, however, a reluctance to call out the folks in Tehran for what they are – blood-thirsty, barbaric sociopaths hellbent on wiping Israel off the map … exterminating Jews … and taking down the western democracies as havens of infidels.
That is not a matter of opinion, theory or speculation. It is a fact. We see it in what they say – and what they do. The mantra is “death to Jews” … “death or Israel” … “death to America” … “death to France” … and on and on. They openly call for a jihad and intifada against the western world. It is inscribed in their national documents and the manifestos of the terrorist operations Iran funds.
Iran has long been regarded as the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism.
And yet. Iran is able to maintain “normal” allied relationships with several nations of the world – such as Russia, China and North Korea. They also have diplomatic relationships with many other nations. Most recently, Saudi Arabia, Iran’s strongest adversary in the Middle East has signed an agreement that establishes an official diplomatic relationship.
The United States has been the leader in fighting world terrorism. It has taken the battle from one region to another – fighting against one terrorist organization after another. But the fight against terrorism seems to end at the Iranian border. It would be like fighting Hitler up to the German national boundary.
Instead of addressing the source of the problem, western – and American – policy seems to be to cut off the tentacles of terrorism that can easily regenerate. It is impossible to end world terrorism if you do not decapitate the head – and that clearly is the current regime in Iran.
The recent attack on Israel is just the latest example of not dealing with the Iran problem. In what can only be described as diplomatic double-talk, we are told that Iran has funded Hamas for years. Iran is the source of the money, the weapons and the training that resulted in the attack on Israel – and yet we are told by the White House that there is no smoking gun.
That is not true, and President Biden most surely knows it. So why give Iran a pass? Why have we been offering Iran billions of dollars –more than $6 billion currently in Qatar banks? That money has been temporarily frozen under pressure on the White House. Why have we been trying to get back into the flawed Iran Nuclear Deal – negotiating with a regime that will not keep its word nor lose its lust to bringing death to America.
Iran’s death wishes are not idle threats or political red meat for domestic consumption. We know they mean it because they act on it. Just review the thousands of acts of deadly terrorism against Israel, the United States, Europe and within the Middle East.
Iran is not an adversary of the United States. It is a mortal enemy – pledged to America’s downfall.
The problem is not new, but the Biden administration is in charge now – and it is the policies and actions of the Biden administration that count. In terms of Iran, Biden is projecting weakness. He did not even mention the essential role of Iran in the attack on Israel. In fact, he offered the false claim that there is no smoking gun. For God’s sake, there is a battery of smoking guns – all with Tehran’s fingerprints on the triggers.
The policy of the United States should be international isolation of the regime in Tehran through meaningful sanctions on Iran and those who deal or trade with Iran. We should freeze every financial asset possible – and seize as much of Iran’s international properties as possible. We, and NATO nations, should interdict the transfer of money and the transportation of weapons even if that means seizing or destroying the vehicles carrying the cargo. The United State should authorize or participate in the destruction of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. We should use our intelligence agencies to foment a public uprising from within iran. The regime is not popular with the people.
Only the United States has the power and the moral authority to organize and lead a world effort to bring down the regime in Tehran. I think it is safe to say that there can be no peace in the Middle East or throughout the world – no elimination of brutal and barbaric terrorism — without a change in Tehran. Does anyone really disagree with that last statement?
So, there ‘tis.