“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

— Sir Edmund Burke

True Warriors do not want armed conflict; they prefer to present a deterrent to the aggression and designs of adversaries. The Spartans were so feared that there were no walls surrounding Sparta. However, when you face evil and your response is acquiescence, compliance, appeasement, and compromise, that conveys weakness. And weakness is enticing to evil.

Consider Sir Neville Chamberlain after his meeting with Adolf Hitler, returning with the Munich Agreement of 1938 and professing that he had a “signed document from Herr Hitler and that there will be peace in our time.” The agreement consented to Hitler’s demand to annex the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain believing that it would usher in peace. Hitler stated that he had no other territorial claims or designs. Less than a year later, World War II would begin as Germany would overrun Czechoslovakia, then Poland. When asked about the Munich agreement of 1938, Hitler referred to it as a piece of paper. Acquiescence to evil never succeeds; it only leads to emboldening it.

That should have been a lesson learned for one US President, Jimmy Carter. When faced with an important decision of supporting the Shah of Iran or allowing his overthrow, Carter chose the latter. Carter chose weakness and appeasement, and the result was the resurgence of islamic jihadism with the Islamic Revolution in Iran…and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini. It also resulted in the attack on our US Embassy in Tehran and the taking of Americans as hostages. The Carter Administration even displayed complete ineptitude with the Desert One rescue mission, which was an abject failure.

Let us not forget the October 23, 1983, attack by Hezbollah, a proxy army of Iran, at the Beirut barracks, resulting in the deaths of 234 Marines, Sailors, and a Soldier. It was not until April 1988, during Operation Praying Mantis, that Reagan unleashed the US Navy against the Iranian Navy after the sea mine attack against the USS Samuel B. Roberts. And remember, Iran released the hostages after Reagan was elected, not after his inauguration. Evil responds to strength, and that is why Reagan coined the term “Peace through Strength.”

During Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, Iran was providing a deadly improvised explosive device called an explosive force penetrator (EFP). It shot a molten steel projectile at such a velocity that it was able to penetrate armored vehicles. There are many American troops who lost their lives and limbs because of EFPs, provided by Iran by way of the Quds Force Commander, Qasem Soleimani, now deceased.

Iran is the number one sponsor of islamic terrorism. During the first Trump administration, Iran was virtually bankrupt due to economic sanctions. There was no ability to fund its major proxies such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. Then came Jimmy Carter Part II, Joe “Autopen” Biden and a return to appeasement and actual enabling of Iran by way of easing sanctions and even providing billions of dollars. And what was the result?

October 7, 2023 should have not happened, but it did, and Israel has responded as a targeted Nation should. They see that the opportunity to eliminate a declared enemy, evil, has presented itself. Thanks to Israel, Hamas is being rendered ineffective. Hezbollah has been decimated. Iran no longer has a land bridge to the Mediterranean Sea. Iran has been moving towards having a nuclear weapon and the Cold War principle of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) theory does not relate. The mad mullahs in Iran are deranged theocrats who seek to start a major conflagration in order to usher in the return of the so-called Mahdi. If they achieve nuclear weapon capability, it will be used, be it by way of a ballistic missile, or as a dirty bomb in the hands of terrorists.

Regime change is the responsibility of the Iranian people, who had a proud Persian history. The opportunity exists at this moment to eradicate any possibility of Iran having a nuclear weapon capacity. And Obama’s weak appeasing nuclear agreement did nothing to prevent this objective, it only delayed its breakout. As well, Obama did not lift a finger when the Iranian people did rise up to overthrow the reign of terror of the Ayatollah’s…more weakness.

Yes, I support the decision to deploy the bunker busting munitions. I am 64 years of age and have been hearing about Iran since I was a freshman at the University of Tennessee in 1979. The blood of many Americans are on the hands of Iran, its despotic leadership. Our Nation can ill afford to allow this opportunity to slip away, if we are true about wanting a lasting peace in the Middle East. Those who cower away from this battle are the descendants of Chamberlain and Carter. Americans are not weak, and we do not consent to being targeted, and our President threatened with assassination.

I must say, thanks Israel, and President Trump, for doing what should have been done decades ago in respect to Iran. Standing up to evil does not make one a warmonger…it means you are a good person seeking to do something, denying the triumph of evil.

Steadfast and Loyal.