“Ideological fanaticism” is precisely the right term for a regime willing to kill its own citizens over a head covering. The good people of Iran have been subjected to this fanaticism ever since the mullahs took over in 1979.
There is a common thread to all these attacks, whether the target is Jews in general, Jewish bankers, Jewish publishers or the Jewish state — no matter who happens to be Israel’s prime minister at any given time.
Here’s what the Iranian people — inside the country and around the world — can do to make sure this moment becomes the end.
Our society only seems able to recognize evil in the rearview mirror.
If only the mullahs had realized what a bad idea October 7 truly was.
Israel is effectively telling the mullahs that their attempts to terrorize Israelis with their genocidal threats will no longer be tolerated. Israel isn’t just fighting against a nuclear bomb—it’s fighting against the human bomb of emotional terror.
The following is a work of satire, and the fifth part in “The Satan Series.”
Americans must understand that, sometimes, especially when facing maniacal Jihadi dictators, a little bit of short-term war is the best way to get a whole lot of long-term peace.
It is not a change in their belief that Iran must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon. It is a change in their belief about Israel’s ability to achieve that goal. That belief is the genuine shift.
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