An Attack on Iran Is Imminent
COMMON SENSE: Critics and pundits contend that the time to have attacked Iran was when the popular uprising was at its peak almost a month ago, before the Ayatollah had upwards of 30 thousand Iranian protestors or more executed. In a simplistic way, such a perspective makes sense.
If you do not take the geopolitical implications of such an attack into count, such a viewpoint is reasonable, but those variables have to be taken into consideration. The consequences of dismissing them might have been catastrophic, not just to the citizens of Iran but also to the U.S. military.
President Trump and Secretary of War Hegseth understand this well, as do the generals and admirals at the Pentagon. They were not prepared to launch an attack based on the fickle whims of American public opinion, world opinion or the opinion of anyone else. From the administration’s perspective, the determining factor had to be our military preparedness and nothing else. President Trump, unlike several of his predecessors, has refused to risk the lives of American military personnel just to look good for a news cycle or two.
What the chain of command wants, and now has, with the Ford Strike Force having arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean, is overwhelming fire power. Now that we have ships north of Iran, military bases to the west, and the Lincoln Strike Force to the south in the Indian Ocean, the IRGC tasked with defending Iran has zero chance of defending themselves.
With the Ayatollah’s regime tottering, close to collapsing, doing nothing but stalling for time diplomatically, time has run out for them. In my opinion, once Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the slaughter of his own people, dismissing Trump’s “Red Line” warning capriciously, the mullah sealed his own fate.
A sustained attack by air is imminent. Nothing, other than Khomeini’s abdication, can prevent it, and I do not believe that will happen. He would rather die with thousands of others than slink away to Moscow in defeat, where he would be able to live out the rest of his ignominious existence in disgrace.
The goal this time is not the destruction of the IRGC’s ability to wage war but regime change. To achieve it without a “boots on the ground” invasion means the CIA must have been working night and day to undermine the regime. If all goes well militarily, which a sustained attack from three sides will ensure, to get rid of the Ayatollah once and for all, the people of Iran must finish the task.
Many—the CCP, Russia, Democrats, Progressives, Never-Trumpers, and the media—will rail at what is about to happen, but the end result will be worth it. Peace in the Middle East will be restored for years to come—not forever, but for quite a while.