America and Israel have struck a decisive blow at the heart of the Iranian regime, launching coordinated military operations this weekend to dismantle Tehran’s nuclear and missile capabilities and blunt the threat that has loomed over the free world for decades. This was not a reckless rush to war but a necessary act of defense after years of bad-faith negotiations and continued provocations that every sensible patriot knew could not be allowed to stand.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that this joint action is intended not merely to degrade weapons but to change the strategic calculus — to “create the conditions” for the Iranian people to seize their destiny and end the ayatollahs’ blood-soaked reign. That kind of clarity and moral courage from a natural ally is exactly what the free world needed; it recognizes that the fight against tyranny is also a fight for the peace and security of our own families.
This operation, framed by Israeli officials as necessary to remove an “existential threat,” was carried out with close U.S. cooperation and planning, proving once again that American resolve, when matched with decisive partners, can protect Western civilization. For years, elites in Washington and Europe coddled Iran and pretended appeasement was a strategy; today’s action is the antidote to that failed doctrine.
Unsurprisingly, Tehran lashed out with missile and drone strikes across the region, demonstrating the dangerous nature of the regime and the need to dismantle its capacity to export terror. The predictable global hand-wringing about escalation must not distract Americans from the core truth: a nuclear-armed Iran would be far more catastrophic and bloodier than the limited operations we are seeing now.
Patriots should be clear-eyed: supporting Israel and standing with dissidents inside Iran are moral imperatives. We must cheer the weakening of a genocidal, anti-American regime and lend every form of assistance short of ground occupation to Iranians who courageously oppose clerical tyranny and yearn for the same freedoms we hold dear.
To my fellow Americans: back our leaders when they act to keep us safe, demand Congress fund the necessary tools of victory, and reject the chorus of naysayers who would shrink from hard choices. The days ahead will test our resolve, but history will remember those who chose strength over surrender and liberty over appeasement.
