America is past the point of no return regarding Iran. Iran’s. Otherwise, the U.S. will look even more pitiful than it did after Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021; Russia’s attack on Ukraine was the result.
President Trump must face up to the stark truth that anything less than the overthrow of the extremist government in Iran will be a disastrous strategic defeat for the U.S. China will conclude that efforts to take Taiwan will not be seriously resisted. Putin will conclude that the U.S. will not enable Ukraine to resist Russia in the long term. South Korea and Japan will conclude that they will have to become nuclear powers. So will Germany and, perhaps, even Poland. Who knows what North Korea will be tempted to do. Ditto Saudi Arabia and Egypt. All this bodes ill for a peaceful, stable and prosperous world. Instead, we’ll have the kind of uncertainty that hung over Europe and led to two world wars.
The terrorist rulers of Iran will do everything they can to stay in power, no matter how much blood is shed. Thousands of protesters have been killed; thousands more have been arrested, and most will be executed if the mullahs retain power.
President Trump has repeatedly urged protesters to fight, saying that help is on the way. Countless civilians have risen up, facing arrest or death, in expectation that the U.S. would indeed back up their cause to overthrow an odious, tyrannical regime that has, among its numerous sins, murdered or maimed over 1,000 Americans. The protesters know they can’t bring down their blood-thirsty overlords without outside help. However, on Wednesday the President said that he’s been told the regime has ceased executions, implying that U.S. military action may now be off the table and there may be negotiations. There are reports that he’s told Tehran he won’t attack.
The president and his team can’t escape the truth that Iran’s rulers, despite their corruption, are fanatical revolutionaries who will never cease their activities as long as they hold power. They conflate their survival with the survival of Islam itself.
We made one big blunder after the U.S. and Israel blasted Iran’s nuclear facilities. Israel wanted to follow up by destroying the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp, the IRGC. This force, not Iran’s traditional military, keeps the regime in power. The IRGC and its auxiliaries are the ones gleefully slaughtering the protesters.
So what should the U.S. do to make good on President Trump’s repeated promise that help is on the way?
• Bomb the bases of the IRGC; we know where they are.
• Bomb the headquarters of the Intelligence Ministry to raise the dissenters’ morale.
• Bomb the notorious Evin prison with precision weapons. Kill the guards and their facilities, not the political prisoners.
• Bomb Kharg Island, the chief terminal for exporting Iran’s oil to China. Simultaneously, we should intercept oil tankers delivering Iranian oil. Without oil money, the regime will become helpless.
• Destroy Iran’s drone and missile factories and what’s left of its nuclear program. Such action will also help Ukraine, as Russia is reliant on Iranian drones.
• Engage in cyber attacks while working with the Israelis to hit Iran’s cyber warfare assets.
• Reassure Iran’s traditional military that, except for removing war criminals, it won’t be disbanded and thus has no stake in preserving the current gang of terrorists ruling the country.
The bloodthirsty mullahs will try to attack U.S. bases. They will try to kill President Trump and others. We must move fast. The time for half measures regarding Iran’s terror regime is over.