Not a Forever War, A Necessary Reckoning

The Islamic Republic of Iran, under the despotic rule of its theocratic mullahs, stands as a malignant force against the United States, Israel, and the free world. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, this regime has pursued a relentless campaign of terrorism, oppression, and destabilization, cloaked in religious zeal but driven by an insatiable lust for power and control. Its actions—through proxy terrorist organizations, internal atrocities, dangerous alliances with authoritarian states, and a now-crippled nuclear ambition—mark it as a clear and present danger to global freedom.

Ridding the world of this theocratic cancer is not another “forever war,” as some in a small faction of the MAGA movement suggest, but a necessary confrontation with a declared enemy, one whose extinction would unshackle tens of millions, stabilize the Middle East, and bolster global security.

The mullahs’ regime has orchestrated a shadow war against the United States and its allies through a sprawling web of proxy terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and various Iraqi militias like Kata’ib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al Haq. The US State Department has designated Iran as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism since 1984, a title earned through decades of bloodshed. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), particularly its elite Quds Force, serves as the architect of this terror network, arming, training, and funding groups that have killed and maimed American servicemen and civilians alike. Since 2003, Iran-backed militias in Iraq have launched over 6,000 attacks on US and coalition forces, using sophisticated explosively formed penetrators (EFPs) that killed hundreds of American service members and wounded thousands more.

Beyond military targets, Iran’s proxies have struck civilians with ruthless abandon. Hezbollah, bankrolled by Iran to the tune of $700 million annually, has a grim resume: the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing that killed 241 US Marines, the 1983 US Embassy bombing in Beirut that killed 63, and the 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish community center attack that killed 85.

Hamas, another Iranian client, has used Tehran’s weapons and funding to wage war on Israeli civilians, with its October 7, 2023, attack killing over 1,200 and taking hundreds hostage, including women and children, some infants.

The Houthis, armed with Iranian drones and ballistic missiles, have disrupted global shipping in the Red Sea, endangering civilian mariners and threatening global trade routes critical to economic stability.

These are not isolated incidents but a calculated strategy to destabilize the West and its allies, with Iran’s mullahs pulling the strings from Tehran.