What it takes to end a reign of terror

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Regardless of how it gets done, putting the crazy-vicious Iranian mullahs back into their box will trigger a sigh of relief all across the planet. This sigh will be loudest among the millions of innocent Iranian captives of this despotic regime. Meanwhile, criticism of U.S. efforts to complete this process is both loud and mostly erroneous. Why? Because Trump is leading the effort.

This misinformation campaign is obviously fracturing American support. For example, I recently received this email:

Hello Mark. Can any sane person believe that the US MOU with criminal Iran can have any basis for approval? IRGC remains intact, they keep their missile capabilities, they demand we side with them against Israel’s destruction of Hezbollah, we tell them their country will be rebuilt. What happened to our leadership?
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Of particular significance is that my correspondent was, for a tour of duty many years ago, head of the Pentagon’s Middle East desk. Also, more recent events have further bolstered confidence in the beneficial conclusion of the current conflict.

A plethora of opinions on this subject is still flooding all forms of media. Getting the “president” of Iran to agree to unfettered U.N. oversight of their nuclear activities is a serious declaration. However, the mullahs object. Gee, I’m shocked!

Bottom line: Iran is already defeated...it’s just that it doesn’t matter all that much to the ruling theocracy. Also, unlike the Iranian regime, the U.S. and Israel are modern nations, largely influenced by pragmatism rather than a religious dogma that has long been at war with most of the rest of the world.

Lurking behind all of this guessing is whether or not a genuine conclusion, truly beneficial to the U.S. and its “friends,” can be achieved while Mr. Trump is still president. Fortunately, more than two years remain before the possibility of a Democrat squish replacing Trump enters the calculation. Also, both Vance and Rubio are already at least waist-deep in the process of defanging the mullahs. They are also pursuing the presidency, and either one of them has a reasonably realistic chance of replacing Mr. Trump in the continuity of events.

And, as this is still being written, Trump has just renewed kinetic activities against Iranian assets in retaliation to a strike against a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. This may mostly be a demonstration of the consequences for failing to abide by the MOU and the ensuing negotiations. It should also come to no one’s surprise. As this back-and-forth continues, Iran will be whittled down to a helpless failed state. And the world will celebrate.

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