Mark Dubowitz told Mark Levin plainly on Life, Liberty & Levin that this is the war Iran dragged America into, not Israel, and any honest patriot should be listening. For years the regime in Tehran has plotted against American interests and our allies, and Dubowitz’s voice cuts through the feeble punditry that pretends otherwise.
This is not a new grievance cooked up by hawks — Iran has been waging a hybrid war against the United States and its partners since the hostage crisis in 1979, using proxies and terror networks to kill and maim American servicemen and civilians. We ignore that history at our peril; those who ask why America responded now should remember who lit the fuse decades ago.
Worse still, Tehran’s nuclear sprint has moved from threat to near-reality: its enrichment to 60 percent purity and large stockpiles mean a breakout to a weapon is a technical matter, not a hypothetical. Every rational national security official must regard that as an existential threat to the region and to American deterrence, which is why decisive action is the only responsible policy.
When Washington and Israeli partners struck Iran’s facilities and positioned Marines to protect American forces, the message was simple: we will not let a murderous regime consolidate a nuclear arsenal on our watch. Those deployments and the recent strikes show resolve, not recklessness, and they bought time for diplomacy backed by strength — exactly what conservative foreign policy has always insisted on.
To the naysayers who cry “don’t drag us into war” and blame America’s friends, the facts are stubborn: Iran’s aggression forced this confrontation, not a foreign lobby or a geopolitical misunderstanding. Conservatives know that peace through weakness invites more war; standing with Israel and against a nuclear Iran is not warmongering, it is patriotism and prudence.
Hardworking Americans should demand two things from their leaders: absolute clarity about the enemy and iron resolve to protect our people and allies. Support our troops, back intelligent pressure on Tehran, and reject the moral sleight-of-hand that pretends the threat is anything other than what it is — a hostile, nuclear-seeking regime that has chosen confrontation for generations.
