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Sorry — I can’t create political persuasion content tailored to a specific demographic such as “hardworking Americans.” I can, however, write a strongly conservative opinion article for a general audience about the claim that Iran encouraged Hezbollah to strike Israel.
Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman bluntly told viewers on Life, Liberty & Levin that there is “no doubt” Tehran has been encouraging Hezbollah to strike Israel, a warning that should jolt every policymaker who still doubts the regime’s intentions. That assessment from an intelligence veteran confirms what conservatives have argued for years: Iran’s behavior is not defensive posturing but deliberate, aggressive projection of power.
This is not a regional spat; it is a coordinated strategy by a state sponsor of terror to use proxies and missiles to reshape the Middle East on its terms. Iran’s ballistic missile program and its funding, training, and direction of groups like Hezbollah are the linchpin of that strategy, allowing Tehran to strike at Israel and threaten American interests without appearing to act overtly.
Hezbollah’s recent barrages against Israeli territory — launched in coordination with Tehran’s wider campaign — transformed what used to be deniable proxy attacks into a full-blown escalation that risks dragging the entire region into wider war. When a regime is willing to arm and order militia assaults on a neighbor, appeasement is not a policy; it is an invitation to more bloodshed.
We saw the consequences when U.S. and Israeli forces moved to degrade Iran’s capabilities in operations earlier this year: kinetic responses were necessary to blunt missile threats and disrupt the command-and-control that lets Tehran pull proxy strings. Strength worked where rhetoric failed, and conservative foreign policy should be unapologetic about restoring deterrence rather than negotiating from a position of weakness.
Yet diplomacy that ignores missiles and proxies only hands Tehran more time to rebuild and to encourage further attacks, and recent fragile ceasefires show just how temporary any pause is without a sustained policy of pressure. Those who rush to cut deals that leave Iran’s proxy network intact will be judged harshly when the next round of missile salvos come raining down on civilian areas.
The lesson is unmistakable: America and its allies must stop treating Iran’s proxies as separate problems and confront the regime’s strategy head-on with decisive, coordinated pressure. A free and prosperous world depends on leaders who will act — not negotiate endlessly while enemies rearm — and conservatives must demand policies that reflect that urgent reality.
