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Retired Brigadier General Blaine Holt and longtime foreign policy analyst Walid Phares made plain what patriotic Americans have known: the Trump administration isn’t bluffing when it says it will ramp up pressure on Tehran. Speaking on Newsmax’s American Agenda, both men argued that escalation — carefully targeted and relentless — is the surest path to break the regime’s will and protect American interests abroad.
Holt warned that recent strikes and U.S. moves against Iran’s terror networks signal a decisive shift from talk to action, and Phares echoed that regime-changing pressure is now on the table. Their message was clear to anyone watching: weakness only invites greater danger, and strength backed by strategy can achieve the political outcome conservatives have long sought.
Washington’s approach right now is not reckless adventurism but a dual-pronged squeeze — economic choke points paired with calibrated military operations — designed to force Tehran to choose between reform or ruin. That is the kind of tough, results-oriented policy we should applaud: it isolates the ayatollahs while minimizing prolonged ground commitments by focusing on crippling their finances and supply lines.
President Trump’s vow of an “economic D‑Day” and the administration’s intensified strikes reflect a seriousness that would have stopped previous administrations cold, and it’s about time. Conservatives should be adamant: we must back a policy that punishes the regime for its aggression, protects shipping lanes, and cuts off the cash that fuels terrorism across the Middle East.
Some in the media and inside Washington still mutter about diplomacy as if appeasement ever worked; Gulf allies who have felt Tehran’s hand in their politics are now urging a harder line until the job is done. If our leaders are willing to combine economic pressure with decisive military measures, the mullahs’ capacity to export chaos will shrink and their hold on the Iranian people will fray.
This is a moment for American resolve, not for hand-wringing. Conservative patriots should demand that our elected officials stay the course: support the forces, tighten the financial noose, and give the Iranian people the best chance to choose liberty over clerical rule — because a safer America starts with confronting threats before they knock on our shores.
