How about Peace in the Middle East?
Say it, say it, say it again! We defer matters above our pay grade to columnist Bret Stephens, token conservative at the New York Times, who neatly expresses this registered voter’s opinion.
“Everyone is joyful; it is one of the best days of probably 95 percent of Iranians’ lives,” one Iranian resident of the city of Karaj [said] about Khamenei’s death. …
There was a time when American hearts could be moved by moments like these — when free nations, having endured years of provocations and attacks from tyrants, band together to administer justice and supply hope. We’re a different country now, less naïve but considerably more pessimistic and cynical.
It’s a mistake to say that Trump got America into war on Saturday. What he did was respond to a war that Iran has been waging against the United States since 1979.
It is impossible to imagine anything like Mideast peace without the end of this regime… The United States is stronger when anti-American dictators have solid reasons to fear our wrath: It restores deterrence and, in doing so, makes diplomacy more effective.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Be wary of ankle biters who reflexively damn anything Trump does (as you would tiptoe past his sycophants). Humor cynics who postulate Iran is a diversion from Epstein. (Everything is a diversion from Epstein.) Scorn the pseudo-feminists who ignore Iran’s mandatory hijabs. Scroll past the chin scratchers who cavil that there is no end game. (The Supreme Leader met his end game.) Excuse the constitutionalists (we are one) who demand a declaration of war before bombing. (How much advance notice are we supposed to give in the age of super-sonic missiles?) Understand that the world tends to intrude on promises like “America First.” (Just ask Lindbergh.) Realize, as Carl von Clausewitz did, that war is diplomacy by other means. Rejoice that, in the words of Mr. Stephens:
“The United States, for its many warts, still stands for freedom.“
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