Peloni: Sometimes war is not the only way forward, but on occasion, war will be the only way way forward. Being able to distinguish between these two sets of circumstances is the true test of leadership. Regime change in Tehran is necessary for both Israel and the US. Should Trump fail to recognize and act on this fact, it will continue to endanger both these great nations.
by Con Coughlin • Gatestone Institute • November 17, 2024 at 5:00 am
After the success Donald Trump enjoyed negotiating the Abraham Accords towards the end of his first term in office, which saw a number of leading Arab states normalise relations with Israel, it is widely expected that his new administration will want to pursue a similar policy of ending hostilities in the Middle East. Pictured from left to right: Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords in Washington, DC on September 15, 2020. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
- The October 7, 2023 attacks carried out against Israel by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists…. was the direct result of Tehran’s ability to fund the terrorist movement to the tune of $100 million a year, an operation that would not have been possible without Biden’s lenient attitude towards the ayatollahs.
- Trump may come to see as well that, unfortunately, due to the deep-seated commitment of Iran’s regime in exporting its brand of Islam, as enshrined in its constitution, there can be no real long-term peace in the Middle East without regime change, especially if Iran has nuclear weapons — not to mention the global arms race that would follow such an event.
- Not only would many of Iran’s neighbours be relieved, but its captive citizens could then be free to choose leaders better aligned with their aspirations. A liberated Iran might even join the Abraham Accords….
Now that Donald Trump has secured his remarkable victory in the US presidential election, supporting regime change in Iran could soon emerge as one of his new administration’s top priorities after he takes office in January.
Trump’s no-nonsense approach to confronting the ayatollahs’ malign influence in the region was one of the defining characteristics during his first term in the White House.
One of his more laudable foreign policy initiatives was to withdraw from the flawed nuclear deal with Iran agreed by former President Barack Obama in 2015.
Denouncing the agreement as being “defective at its core”, Trump declared in 2018 that his administration was unilaterally withdrawing from the deal while at the same time imposing a policy of “maximum pressure” against Tehran.
Vivarto:
A war of national survival for Russia?
Who attacked Russia?
Who is threatening Russia?
Certainly not NATO. NATO can barely defend itself
Russian weapons are the terrorists weapons of choice. Russia arms Iran. Russia supports North Korea.
I agree but doubt he will. He certainly won’t use our military to do so.
Vivarto, Russia is adversarial to America.
That Russia’s war against Ukraine is a war of survival rather than choice is completely hilarious and which the American right swallows hook, line and sinker. Use some critical thinking skills. It makes about as much sense as islam’s war on the Jewish state is a matter of their survival, which of course crazed islamo-nazis believe. Russians are just as maniacal to claim their imperial ambitions are a matter of “survival”. Yet at the same time Russia opposes Israel’s ACTUAL war of survival as being a colonial, imperial one. Such a twisted, alternate reality the Russians live in. Russia is the world’s largest nation by geography, Israel you can barely find on the map without an arrow having to be pointed at it. But according to the Russians, Israelis are the imperialists and Russia’s fighting for its survival. That you would buy into this makes you someone I can’t take seriously.
Why is Ukraine worthless? The Ukrainians want to remain an independent nation and have the right to their sovereignty. I think Russia is worthless. Second to muslims, Russians are the worst people on earth.
It would be very helpful to have peace with Russia. Israel could actually help with making it.
As long as America is adversarial to Russia, Russia will continue to strengthen its relations with Iran. It is not in Russia’s long term interest to have nuclear Iran, but if America presses hard in Ukraine, it will become a matter of immediate survival for Russia.
The American idiots don’t understand that for Russia this is not a war of choice. It is a war of national survival. That’s how it is seen from the Russian side.
On the other hand Russia can be American ally for the price of the worthless Ukraine which American does not need. (Nor does Europe, nor Putin, either, he just need a part of it.)