The good news coming from Washington is that our armed forces have obliterated Iran’s top leadership. That includes taking out their supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans, and who has led Iran in its support of terrorist proxies throughout the Middle East.
One would think that this would be a cause for celebration. Of course, we don’t know how this ends, but it is certainly a good start.
Couldn’t every member of Congress at least concede that? Instead, the majority of the left is lambasting the administration for taking this bold move.
Come to Congress first, they say, while they simultaneously proclaim that they would deny providing war powers authorizations to conduct the mission.
What kind of message would that send to Iran and our adversaries?
What President Trump did with his order to take out Khamenei and call for regime change from the Iranian people is no different than the type of military orders given by President Clinton in Kosovo or President Obama in taking out Osama bin Laden. Nor was it different than President Trump‘s action in his first term that took out Iran’s top military leader.
Some Democratic senators such as Mark Warner of Virginia, opposed this weekend’s mission, claiming that an imminent threat to the U.S. was not proven.
What are we supposed to do — wait until they’ve enriched their uranium and have their fingers on the button? The point is, despite destroying many of Iran’s nuclear outposts with the bombings this summer, the regime remained hellbent on proceeding toward re-establishing a nuclear program, while also constructing intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach the U.S.
So, when do we strike to defend ourselves? As asked above, should we wait until after they have constructed these bombs and reassembled the nuclear program, or hit them now that they are vulnerable?
The Israelis wiped out their defensive systems after being attacked by Hamas, Iran’s proxy. So, taking them out was like shooting fish in a barrel.
What’s important to know is that Trump, who has long decried endless U.S. wars, is not looking to put U.S. boots on the ground, as President George W. Bush foolishly did in Iraq.
Trump is relying on our pinpoint military precision in taking out our adversaries’ leaders.
He is, indeed, calling for regime change, as he should, but he’s leaving that to the Iranian people. If we can create enough bedlam amongst the Iranian hierarchy, perhaps it will spur the Iranian people to revolt, this time with less resistance than they faced a month or two ago.
Of course, we could never know for sure who would emerge in such a fight. There are Marxists looking to take power. There are other hardened mullahs looking to take over for the deposed ayatollah.
The hope is that a sect committed to a liberal democracy would emerge. Are there guarantees of this? Of course not, but it’s certainly worth a try. It’s got to be better than the present situation, where the religious zealots continue to reign supreme. This is the same cabal that has spread their terror throughout the region and hopes to assemble intercontinental ballistic missiles and the warheads that can wreak havoc on our nation.
Removing them is something every American should agree is a good outcome.