Bomb Iran? Not So Fast!
January 30, 2024 8:53pm
Iran-backed militants have been attacking America's allies throughout the entirety of Biden's term in The White House. In the past 115 days, they have attacked U.S. forces in the Middle East more than 160 times. That averages to more than one attack per day. Iran has been harassing our ships in the Middle East. They have been illegally providing weapons to Gaza's Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah, Yemen's Houthis, Syria's Liwa al-Ghaliboun, and Iraq's Islamic Resistance. Why has Iran does all this? Partly, it is due to their extreme fundamentalist form of Islam. But mostly, it is because they believe America is too timid to respond. And with America's current leadership, they're not wrong.
Biden is a cowardly Commander-in-Chief. Remember, he was the only Obama advisor to recommend AGAINST killing Osama bin Laden in 2011. In 2020, he denounced President Trump's decision in to kill Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds forces. Biden is also so eager for Iran to rejoin the failed JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly called the "Iran nuclear deal"), that he will do little to anger or even annoy the mad mullahs who rule the Islamic Republic of Iran. Last year, in a cash-for-hostages deal, he even released to Iran $6 billion dollars that was being held in escrow due to sanctions . Biden also eased sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil. Between oil sales and the money Biden released, Iran, very predictably, used those billions to fund terrorist groups throughout the world. Hamas' October 7th attack on Israel was a direct result of the money Biden released to them. Consequently, Iran believes they can attack the West and our allies with impunity. So far, they have been correct. All the West has done was a few mild attacks on terrorist facilities in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria.
But with this week's drone attack by Iran proxy Islamic Resistance that killed three U.S. servicemen and injured at least three dozen more, that will likely change. Biden is certain to order pummeling retaliatory strikes. To be clear, he doesn't want to. But the American people, along with politicians on both sides of the aisle, are demanding some retribution. So Biden will be forced to act.
Many are calling for Biden to send a firm message to Iranian leaders by conducting military strikes against targets inside Iran. While that would certainly get the attention of the mullahs, it should not be done. Make no mistake, I would love to see every single member of the Iranian government and their Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps dead. But for American forces to do it would be an unjustified escalation.
Why? Well, first of all, unless American forces are attacked directly from within Iranian territory, Biden would need Congressional approval before striking within Iran's borders. Secondly, if providing weapons, training, and intelligence is sufficient casus belli to attack within Iran's borders, would Russia be justified attacking the United States within our borders? After all, we are providing weapons, training, and intelligence to Ukraine. And Russian military personnel are dying because of it. So, those of you wanting to see us flatten Iran, be careful what you wish for.
There is a point at which the United States not only should attack Iran within its borders but MUST do so. And that is to prevent Iran from possessing nuclear weapons. Because if Iran has even one usable nuclear weapon, the cost of attacking Iran directly will be a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv. Or Washington, DC. But our intelligence services claim Iran isn’t that close. I don’t accept that conclusion as fact, but that’s the intel we’re using to form policy.
But American forces ARE currently justified in killing as many Iran proxies as possible in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. And while we're at it, let's kill as many Iranian military personnel as we can find among those terrorist groups in the field. Will it anger Iran? Of course it will! Despite boasting that they want to die as martyrs for Allah, their survivors tend to get kinda pissed off when we give them what they say they want.
In 2015, General Soleimani told an Iranian news service, “Martyrdom is what I seek in mountains and valleys but isn’t granted yet.” Well, President Trump granted his wish five years later. But instead of celebrating his martyrdom, the Iranians and their allies in the Democratic Party denounced Donald Trump for ordering the strike that supposedly sent Soleimani straight to Paradise. Considering how Democrats love to appease Islamic terrorists, I expected Trump would be celebrated for giving Soleimani what he wanted. Oh, well. There's just no pleasing most Democrats no matter what. "Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't," Right?
Joe Biden's timid responses to previous Iran-backed attacks have been meek and mild. And that only resulted in more attacks upon American forces and our allies. We should have responded forcefully and relentlessly until those terrorists either died or slithered back into their hideouts. Would it have accomplished that ? Well, this week, when Biden said the United States would respond with force, the Iran-backed Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq (which is not the same as Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon) announced they would suspend their military operations against U.S. forces in Iraq. Gee, why is that? Because now that they believe Biden might quit being such a weakling and actually take measures to protect American military personnel from attack, they don't want to be on the receiving end of it. It's amazing how effective strength is as a deterrence, isn't it?
I'm not getting my hopes up, however. We are still dealing with Joe Biden. His track record is one of catastrophic failure. Sure, he'll bomb some targets in an effort to silence his critics. But Biden will still pull punches because he is not looking for a "wider war in the Middle East." Yeah, well, the way to prevent a wider war in the Middle East is to eliminate as many enemies who have already been provoking one. Do it, Joe. Put America first for a change.