The significant difference between most Americans and the ideological far-Left is that most Americans can disagree on any given issue and not feel obligated to despise the person with whom they disagree. Many times, those who are not on the lunatic fringe can disagree and still actually like, respect, and even support one another. And so it is that I disagree with President Trump on his easing off the Iranian mullahs without achieving unconditional surrender.
To be clear, I am not a supporter of gratuitous war; of optional, nation-building, regime-change conflicts that put American military personnel in harm's way for politically opportune purposes. I believe the US military has been abused and misused in contemporary times, especially at the hands of globalists and political charlatans. The US military should only be employed to confront direct threats to the United States and the vanquishment of true evil.
But I argue that both cases exist in the mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a nation that, for 47 years, has been allowed to terrorize its rightful citizenry, threaten its neighboring countries, and facilitate terrorist organizations around the world. These Islamofascists have targeted and killed US military personnel and assets from the very start, constituting a direct threat to the United States. And the atrocities they commit against the Persian-Iranian people each and every day validate the claim that they are born of evil and worthy of the full wrath of the free world.
As a case in point, consider this story following what the Trump administration is calling a “complete victory.” Rachel Wolf reports:
“Iranians are experiencing internal turmoil as authorities intensify a domestic security crackdown following the 12-day war in which three major nuclear sites were effectively destroyed. There have been reports of mass arrests and executions in the country…Authorities in Iran began the crackdown following Israel’s June 13 airstrikes. It started with widespread arrests and an intensified street presence…”
This certainly doesn’t sound like a “complete victory,” not when one of the stated goals during the military campaign was “unconditional surrender. And this wasn’t an isolated incident.
After the ceasefire (which to the Iranian mullahs is really nothing more than a hudna), the chief Islamofascist, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, emerged from his secret hole after cowering like a frightened rat for twelve days and, with his usual defiance, stated:
“The Islamic Republic was victorious and, in retaliation, delivered a hand slap to America’s face. This action can be repeated in the future…Should any aggression occur, the enemy will definitely pay a heavy price.”
Again, do those sound like the words of a vanquished leader, of a leader who has been brought to his knees by a superior fighting force? I certainly don’t see those words in that light.
The mullahs of Iran are not on par with the tinpot dictators of the previous US regime-change activities in the region. They are not the hollow men, the likes of Bashar Assad, Muammar Gaddafi, or Saddam Hussein, as awful as those despots were. The mullahs of Iran are in a class that makes them a major player in an emerging Axis that represents authoritarian and genocidal oppression, and which is completely copacetic with using force—in any manner that needs to be—to achieve their goals.
The countries of this Axis—Iran, communist China, Russia, and North Korea—think nothing of eliminating political opposition, erasing whole demographics of their own people, using subterfuge and espionage in their dealings with other countries, and employing terrorism and military intervention to force their will upon unwilling foes and client states. The analogy is overused but appropriate in this instance: the new Axis is just as evil as the Axis Powers of World War II, and should be treated as such.
As I stated in a previous column titled, Not A Forever War, A Necessary Reckining, the mullahs’ regime has orchestrated a shadow war against the United States through a sprawling web of proxy terrorist organizations since the hijacking of the country in 1979. A US State Department-designated state sponsor of terrorism since 1984—the number one state sponsor of terrorism in the world, through its militias in Iraq, has launched over 6,000 attacks on US and coalition forces since 2003 alone. These same Iranian-backed proxies are responsible for the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing that killed 241 US Marines, the 1983 US Embassy bombing in Beirut that killed 63, and the 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish community center attack that killed 85.
And since 1979, the Islamic Republic has executed thousands of its own people: dissidents, political prisoners, and religious minorities, often in public hangings and at secret torture chambers run by the Ministry of Intelligence. Women in Iran face systemic oppression under draconian laws, with morality police enforcing mandatory hijab rules that see offenders facing vicious public punishment, imprisonment, and in some cases death.
Does this sound like the activities of a despotic rule that qualifies as evil? Do the repeated attacks on US forces constitute a threat to the United States, or don’t our military men and women count where that’s concerned?
The mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, by their own admission, present a clear and present danger to the United States, the whole of the Middle East, their people, and the well-being and stability of the world. It’s not just because they were pursuing nuclear weapons (that pursuit will never stop, by the by), it’s because they are truly evil, malcontent in their hearts, and hateful in their ways. They have the same intellectual defect that existed in Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, and Josef Stalin, all of whom are responsible for the slaughter of over 85 million people (a low estimate), all because of their ideologies.
So, if I had the chance to speak with President Trump, I would first thank him for what he is doing to save our country in the face of such disingenuous opposition. Lord knows he is doing things that need to be done so that the United States can survive as a sovereign nation. But after I expressed the truth that I support him in his endeavors, I would pose this scenario and ask how he would react.
We all know Mr. Trump enjoys watching Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) contests. Imagine that the President is attending a match and an MMA fighter had another against the cage wall in an obvious position of superiority, a position in which it is obvious that the opposition fighter was either going down or was going to lose in a dramatic fashion.
With the striking blow of victory just moments away, the apparent victor suddenly stops, looks at his opponent, and says, “Let’s stop the fight so you can have time to understand just how badly you’ve been beaten, and then we will negotiate how you are going to concede the fight.”
What do you believe the opposition fighter would do: agree to the terms, or use those moments to capitalize on his position? But more importantly—and this is what I would ask Mr. Trump: would he have thought that extension of a merciful hand prudent or foolish?
I admire that President Trump is a man who wants to stop the killing in all conflicts anywhere in the world. He is leagues ahead of most of our contemporary presidents in that regard. But there comes a time when evil must be recognized for what it is. And when that evil is “against the cage wall,” the striking blow for “unconditional surrender” must be struck.
That wouldn’t be an exercise in regime change in the modern sense. It would be striking at the heart of evil to make the world a safer place for all of mankind.
Then, when we return, our segment on America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from our flagship station WGUL AM860 & FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida.
In The Name Of Freedom…
As we close, let me weigh heavily on this critical point: complacency is our greatest threat. Socialism and communism are creeping closer, eroding the freedoms we cherish. This is evident in the recent Democrat primary for New York City’s mayor and the tenure of AOC and Bernie Sanders, among others, in Congress.
These ideologies promise equity but deliver authoritarian control, stripping away individuality and prosperity. Look at history—millions suffered under their weight, and many more were executed in their name. We can’t ignore this.
Talk to your family, your friends, your neighbors. Understand what these ideological systems mean: centralized power, silenced voices, and lost dreams.
Don’t assume freedom is eternal; it’s fragile, demanding vigilance. Speak out, educate, and engage. The stakes are too high for silence. Our nation’s liberty hangs in the balance.
Until next time, stand up, stay awake, or risk it all.
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