So here let me start by saying that while I fully support President Trump's, Israel's, and our combined military objectives in what is the war with Iran, my only objection to said war, if you can even call it an objection, is that this war should have commenced much sooner than it did, as in when the Iranian freedom fighters first begged us for help.
Why so..,because if we had gone in three months earlier things might have turned out differently than it has to date, And this means that the estimated 20,000 to 36,500 freedom fighters that were killed by the regime probably would not be dead; that the war itself might have gone the way of Israel's “7-Day War;” that the regime might be fully gone; and that what was originally a fight to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and securing freedom for the Iranian people might not have morphed into becoming what seems on the surface to be, at least for those who do not understand the true nature of this war and who buy into the naysayers rhetoric as being but an oil driven war.
Not good folks, not good at all.
And with this past weekend's Pakistani brokered, face-to-face, so-called “peace talks” being but a dismal failure...a failure primarily due (as per President Trump) to Iran's remaining insistence on having a nuclear bomb...the fact is that these latest talks should never have happened in the first place for in doing so America's unwritten but key cardinal rule regarding “no negotiating with terrorists” was unfortunately broken yet again.
Remember how many on our side of the political aisle always expected that Obama would break that very rule sometime during his “fundamental transformation of America” presidency...well he did, And said break came courtesy of both his 5-for-1 Taliban/Bergdahl prisoner exchange deal coupled with his middle of the night Iranian money drop fiasco...a monetary windfall that helped to fund Iran's and its proxy armies to continue their terrorist actions. However, we sure did not expect President Trump to fall into Iran's trap...or so Iran wants us to believe...a trap set in the guise of peace talks that has done nothing but give Iran the time needed to reorganize, regroup, and re-arm (courtesy of its friends in Russia, China, and North Korea) no matter what's now going on regarding our military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Simply, the religiously radicalized regime that is Iran tried to use both stall and modern day PR tactics to outsmart us, but rest assured that Trump knew well that this would be the case for he, as do we, know that Iran absolutely does not really want peace.
Why so...because with Iran's tangible demands being laughable at best, it's their holy book itself...as in the Quran...that is their true wartime guide. In fact, with the Quran emphasizing the importance of fighting in the cause and in the name of Allah (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:190), along with the responsibility of muslims to protect both their faith and their community...Iran tends to overlook the fact that the act of war itself does indeed dictate that there will always be a winner and a loser, with the winner rightfully garnering the spoils of war, while the loser must do its best to at least try to save some semblance of “face.”
But in the case of the war we now find ourselves in...we and Israel that is...the truth remains that while together we most assuredly have won on the all important military front...yet the enemy that remains the Iranian regime even being minus its titular heads (thanks to Israel and its Mossad) still has a somewhat strong grip on the mindset of many of the Iranian people. And it's this very grip that allows for Iran to not “unconditionally surrender.”
“No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted,” - Union General Ulysses S. Grant's words spoken during the Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee on February 16, 1862...words directed to Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner requested terms for surrender.
And why exactly is ”unconditionally surrendering” so important in helping to end our and Israel's war with Iran? To understand that one must first understand the importance of the word “unconditionally” itself, and then couple that with its ensuing “surrender” driven ramifications. Simply, when combined with what is well implied tenacity, the word “unconditionally” would help put an end to Iran's ability, and hopefully its will, to continue to wage war, which in turn would assist in opening the door to a lasting peace.
But, ironically that can only happen if we the victors dictate all the terms of the war's end...which in this case would most likely mean the rightful dismantling of what we and Israel deem to be Iran's dangerous, fanatically driven, religious ideologies masquerading behind the word “government.” Only the dismantling of said ideologies would allow for the peaceful restructuring of Iran's actual governing body along with the rebuilding of the nation including its all important infrastructure.
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” These are the words of German-Swiss poet and novelist Hermann Hesse, recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.
And most important of all is that the dismantlement...as in “letting go”...would help to grant what the Iranian people have wanted for way too long... as in freedom...freedom to think, say, and do what they alone choose to think, say, and do.
Simply, freedom itself would then become both the catalyst for societal and political redesign and change...the catalyst by which the Iranian people cannot only enter the 21st century, but would help them put the past 47+ disastrous years behind them as well.
But also know that any lasting peace must be a three-sided agreed upon peace...peace between the U.S. and Iran, peace between Israel and Iran, and peace between Iran and its Arab neighbors. Simply, this new forging of peace must be one that would not only help in diminishing the possibility for future conflicts to arise; but must also be one that would help to eliminate the chance for a vacuum of power to again arise in the Middle East itself...remember Libya and Obama is all I can say.
So now as I post this article know that President Trump has rightfully ordered the U.S. Navy to blockade Iran's ports in the Strait of Hormuz with Iran now condemning said blockade as being akin to “piracy” which is quite laughable I'd say. And while Iran has also vowed to respond with “decisive force,” the what should never have been a ceasefire deal will officially come to an end.
May the U.S. and Israel together finish the job they were destined by history to do, for no words, in my opinion, say it better than do these words of President John F, Kennedy, “The 1930's taught us a clear lesson: aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged ultimately leads to war.” Just change the number 1930 to 2026, and the reality of JFK's words are as important today as it was when he first said them. And if we, for whatever reason, choose not to finish that job, I'm sure that Israel will be more than happy to do so. And with that I say, case closed.
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