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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no modest claims when he thanked President Trump for answering the call of history and said, bluntly, that together they fulfilled the promise to deny Iran nuclear weapons. After Operation Rising Lion and coordinated U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure this summer, Netanyahu declared the existential Iranian threat rolled back and praised the United States for decisive action. For patriotic Americans who believe in peace through strength, that declaration was vindication of a long campaign to stop Tehran’s march to the bomb.
Operation Rising Lion was presented by Israeli leaders as a targeted campaign to dismantle Iran’s enrichment capabilities and ballistic missile production, and Netanyahu described its results as unprecedented. Israel reported strikes on key facilities, the elimination of important personnel involved with the program, and significant blows to the regime’s ability to build a nuclear arsenal. Those outcomes matter because the alternative—appeasement and endless negotiations—only emboldened Tehran for decades.
When the United States joined the effort with precision strikes in June, American power complemented Israeli resolve and caused real damage to centrifuge stockpiles and enrichment infrastructure, according to independent reporting and satellite analysis. Iran has predictably tried to hide and harden vulnerable sites, accelerating work at underground facilities, but damage was done and the timeline to a bomb was lengthened. That is the kind of clear-eyed military success conservative patriots have long argued for: use strength to prevent far worse wars later.
Make no mistake: the diplomatic world will howl and the usual chorus of naysayers will call for restraint, but the reality is simple—deterrence and decisive action saved countless lives and protected our allies. The international order depends on nations that will act when regimes like Tehran flirt with atomic weapons, not endless moralizing and toothless sanctions. Those who lectured America and Israel about restraint now face the choice between enforcing the gains won and watching Iran rebuild; conservatives should demand enforcement, not surrender.
Now Congress and the administration must turn victory into a permanent strategic advantage: maintain pressure, support Israel’s security, harden intelligence and strike options, and ensure the IAEA gets real inspections. If Iran attempts to reconstitute its program in deeper bunkers, the free world must be ready with the resolve shown this year. Patriots know that freedom is preserved not by timidity but by leaders who will act decisively to protect future generations from a nuclear-armed terror state.
