EDITORIAL: After nearly 50 years of war against America, the U.S. and Israel prove they can do a damn thing about Iran
THE LOWDOWN:
Since the Shah’s fall under the Carter administration, Iran has decidedly been a bad actor against America and our national interests, let alone Israel and the rest of the world. For years, Iran’s messaging has been “America can’t do a damn thing against us.”
In less than a week, the Ayatollah’s airspace was taken completely over by Israel with American support, their missile caches and nuclear research facilities have been decimated, and the “Supreme Leader” of Iran holed himself up underground as the American and Israeli forces continue to weigh the idea of using bunker-buster bombs at Fordow.
Turns out, America and Israel can absolutely do a damn thing about Islamic terrorists threatening the world. In fact, they’ve done several damn things, especially after years of attacks and antagonism toward both nations.
In the wake of the Israeli strikes and American support, the Islamic Republic destroying Iran is crumbling before our very eyes.
The U.S. may not be at war with Iran — yet — but that hasn’t stopped Iran from being at war with America for nearly five decades.
Since the Shah’s fall under the Carter administration, Iran has decidedly been a bad actor against America and our national interests, let alone Israel and the rest of the world. For years, Iran’s messaging has been “America can’t do a damn thing against us.”
How wrong they were.
In less than a week, the Ayatollah’s airspace was taken completely over by Israel with American support, their missile caches and nuclear research facilities have been decimated, and the “Supreme Leader” of Iran holed himself up underground as the American and Israeli forces continue to weigh the idea of using bunker-buster bombs at Fordow.
Turns out, America and Israel can absolutely do a damn thing about Islamic terrorists threatening the world. In fact, they’ve done several damn things, especially after years of attacks and antagonism toward both nations.
From “peaceful” student activists taking over the U.S. Embassy and holding Americans hostage to the 1983 Beirut truck bombing that killed hundreds of American servicemen and women, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made it clear they are at war with us. Further examples — such as the 1985 Hezbollah hijacking of TWA Flight 847; the kidnapping, torture, and execution of CIA station chief William Buckley and Colonel William Higgins (who was castrated and had his tongue cut out); and the aiding and abetting of the September 11th Attacks only further emphasize this point.
Now, we have an American president saying, “Enough!”
“Iran has waged war against Israel, America, and the civilized world for nearly 50 years,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) told the Washington Reporter. “It’s in our core interest for Israel to end the threat of a nuclear Iran.”
In the wake of the Israeli strikes and American support, the Islamic Republic destroying Iran is crumbling before our very eyes.
The Ayatollah is on the back rope and watching his power slip away through his fingers. The long-oppressed Iranian people are angry and see the opportunity, and the fallen Shah’s eldest son, Reza Pahlavi, is encouraging his people to rise up against the radical Islamists who destroyed their nation’s prosperity.
It is only a matter of time before the Ayatollah himself is dragged through the streets of Iran and meets a similar fate to Muammar Gaddafi.
