
<p>Finally &#8230; Iran is being held accountable!!! AND &#8230; the man responsible for decades of brutal world terrorism and deadly domestic oppression is dead – along with a number of Iran’s top military and political leadership. Hip. Hip. Hooray!</p>



<p>The attacks come as a surprise only to those who did not take President Trump seriously. His warnings were clear and repetitious. The military build up in the region was more than a hint of things to come. The State Department advisory for Americans to depart the region – including Israel &#8212; was a clear indication that an attack was imminent.</p>



<p>So, why the attack &#8230; and why now?</p>



<p>The most important reason is that Iran has been the number one exporter of international terrorism. The regime in Tehran has been murdering soldiers’ civilians by the millions since the 1979 revolution &#8212; including thousands of Americans and Iranian citizens. Arguably, the Ayatollah Khamenei was the most brutal world leader since Adolph Hitler. His demise has been long overdue.</p>



<p>The folks in Tehran have been trying to kill Americans longer than most Americans have been alive. The regime’s mantra has been “Death to America,” chanted since 1979 with the same enthusiasm most countries reserve for national anthems. When a government tells you for 45 years that it wants you dead — and then backs it up with bombs, hijackings, hostageâtaking, and proxy armies — you should probably take them at their word.</p>



<p>For almost half a century, Washington talked the talk but never walked the walk. Instead, administration after administration treated Iran like a moody teenager who just needed a little understanding. “It’s complicated,” the diplomats said &#8212; even as Iran funded Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and whichever group was available for the rentâaâterrorist program that week.</p>



<p>It has been the longstanding policy of the United States and most of the world nations that Iran would never have nuclear weapons &#8212; even as the country pursued them vigorously. President Obama’s agreement with Tehran did not end that ambition. More diplomatic appeasement.</p>



<p>Clinton tried “engagement.” Bush tried sanctions. Obama tried the JCPOA, which supporters describe as “a nuclear deal that let Iran keep the nuclear program.” And feckless Biden tried to resurrect the Obama deal &#8230; and failed. None took action in the face of Tehran’s recalcitrance and aggression. It was a policy of willful blindness, and Trump saw through the diplomatic poppycock. When diplomacy failed and pressure failed, Trump followed through with action.</p>



<p>Iran’s foreign policy was less about negotiation and more about a global terrorism subscription service. Hezbollah in Lebanon? Iran’s creation. Hamas? Funded and armed by Iran. Shiite militias in Iraq? Iran’s proxies throughout the region. Bombings of Jewish centers in Argentina? The list goes on, and on, and on. The record of Iran’s attacks on the United States is long and compelling.</p>



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<li>1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut</li>



<li>1996 Khobar Towers bombing</li>



<li>The supplying of EFPs (explosively formed penetrators) to Iraqi militias, killing hundreds of U.S. troops</li>



<li>Kidnapping and killing of American diplomats and civilians</li>



<li>The attacks on U.S. embassies, military bases, and ships</li>



<li>The drone and rocket attacks on U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria</li>



<li>The attempted assassination of American officials on U.S. soil</li>



<li>And the list goes on.</li>
</ul>



<p>Iran has been at war with the United States for decades — the U.S. just refused to admit it until now. Iran never hid its desire to kill Americans and obliterate Israel. They bragged about it. They held parades celebrating it. They printed it on banners. They chanted it in parliament. And yet, somehow, Washington kept pretending that the regime was just a nuisance nation.</p>



<p>Did the United States and Israel have sufficient justification for the attack? More than enough – and the response was long overdue.</p>



<p>Trump had more than enough reasons for the attack and the beheading of the Iranian regime. He went to great lengths to convince regime in Tehran to change their ways. Among his efforts were:</p>



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<li>The maximum pressure campaign, which cut off billions in revenue that Iran used to fund its proxies.</li>



<li>The Abraham Accords, which reshaped the Middle East by bringing Israel and Arab states together and isolating Iran — something the regime tried to prevent.</li>



<li>The killing of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, whom supporters describe as “the world’s most dangerous terrorist not living in a cave.”</li>



<li>Bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities – and warning not to attempt to rebuild them.</li>
</ul>



<p>Trump’s approach works because it was based on reality, not wishful thinking or irrational fears. The region will become more stable because the U.S. finally stopped rewarding bad behavior. Trump is treating Iran like a cancer that cannot be healed and must be removed.</p>



<p><strong>Shameful Democrat Criticism</strong></p>



<p>As expected, the Trump-hating radical Democrats took to their lackey media to criticize Trump’s action. They said it was “illegal”. It was “reckless”. It would destabilize the region. (Yeah. They actually said that.) They defended Iran and messaged on behalf of Tehran. Their rhetoric was so extreme and shocking that they essentially reprised the role of Tokyo Rose of World War II fame – spewing out Tehran’s propaganda responses.</p>



<p>Former CIA Director John Brennan said that the attack was “wrong and unnecessary” &#8230; that the United States was negotiating in bad faith &#8230; and that Iran had been “duped”. Arizona Senator Rubén Gallego said the attack was illegal and unconstitutional.</p>



<p>In one of the most ridiculous responses, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine accused Trump of being “too mentally incapacitated to realize that we had a diplomatic agreement with Iran that was keeping its nuclear program in check.” This from a guy who shielded President Biden’s <strong>real </strong>mental decline from the public.</p>



<p>The lineup on MS NOW was unrelenting in their attacks on Trump (as usual)– without any consideration of the murderous record of the Khamenei regime. Without a scintilla of knowledge, they alleged that the Trump administration had no plan for the attack or the aftermath. Utter nonsense. They said it would cost American lives – as if their pansy approach to Iran for the past half century had not already cost thousands of American lives. The point of the attack is to <strong>stop</strong> the killing.</p>



<p>For decades, Democrats have fearmongered with words like “escalation,” “provocation,” “destabilization” and “World War III” whenever the U.S. takes action against hostile regimes. Anything to maintain the tragic status quo. It is a pattern in which Iran hits the U.S., the U.S. responds, and Democrats blame the U.S. for “escalating.”</p>



<p>These folks hate the President so much that they will throw America under the bus – as well as the world’s civilized nations – rather the concede that Trump may be doing something praiseworthy. Democrats have upended the old bipartisan tradition — that politics stops at the water’s edge. Instead, the radical left provides a united front in defense of a hostile and brutal foreign power.</p>



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<p>Trump got this one right. We should share the hope and optimism that the people of Iran are displaying in the streets after word of the Supreme Leader’s death (photo above). Bringing down the regime in Tehran is an example of one of the more effective foreign policies of any presidential administration. It is part of a complex series of initiatives that is leading to a more stable and harmonious Middle East. Maybe even the world.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Trump Follows Through on Iran … About Time
