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Our Weird Passivity Toward Iran’s Aggression
American Thinker ^ | 21 Jan, 2024 | Clarice Feldman

Posted on 01/21/2024 4:23:57 AM PST by MtnClimber

The Administration has backed off its historic mission of protecting freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Instead, it keeps choosing appeasement.

Watching our response to Iranian aggression against us and our allies, I’m reminded of Sherlock Holmes mystery, “The Curious Case of the Dog That Didn’t Bark.” Turns out the watchdog didn’t bark because it knew the thief, and my supposition is that there is a good reason why we have behaved as if Iran and its proxies merit no more meaningful response: This Administration -- as did Obama’s -- has been thoroughly compromised respecting the ayatollahs.

In a lengthy post, Hussain-Abdul-Hussain, who analyzes such things for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, summarized the recent provocations of Iran.

This week, Iran attacked without provocation Pakistan, later claiming preposterously that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched the attack without the knowledge of Iran’s foreign minister. It’s a pattern -- after attacks by the IRGC in Iraq, and from Lebanon, Gaza, and Yemen, the regime claims these were done without its knowledge. No one there, it seems, contrary to evidence, is accountable for the damage. “If their people are happy living with these 'resistance' garbage models, then they should not complain of the misery and wars they are living in.”

The Administration has backed off its historic mission of protecting freedom of navigation. Instead, it keeps choosing appeasement.

Direct aggression against the U.S. and its allies by the Houthis in Yemen are clearly backed by Iran, causing substantial disruption of sea passage in the Red Sea, and yet the allied response has been too weak to eliminate the Houthi aggression.

Despite three American and British attacks on Houthi missile launch sites in the past two weeks, the Yemeni terrorist group continues to target shipping in the Red Sea

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: iran; jihad; marxism; redsea
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To: MtnClimber

by continuously appeasing, financing, and kissingUpTo the Iranian dictators (or any dictators), USA only encourages them to become more and more aggressive, threatening, and dangerous.
on the other hand, one good hit (say, their nuclear ICBM factories) and they’ll get the message not to screw with us or anyone else for that matter.

it is very little different than that sixth grade playground bully when we were all in the 4th grade. one good slug and we never heard from him again. keep giving him your lunch money and he will keep attacking you. and you deserve it for encouraging him by the continuous rewards for his bad behavior. you gets what you ask, pay for.


21 posted on 01/21/2024 6:42:51 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: logi_cal869

Thanks for resurfacing the story.


22 posted on 01/21/2024 6:58:11 AM PST by wardamneagle
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To: MtnClimber
BIDEN-DEMOCRACY
23 posted on 01/21/2024 6:58:43 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: MtnClimber

The muslim brotherhood almost lived at the White House during the hussein obama years.

obama was all on board with muslim brotherhood’s “arab spring” to overthrow Egypt. He stood with them every step of the way.

He overthrew Libya and wanted to overthrow Syria until Putin put troops in Syria to undermine obama’s planned overthrow.

Of course he also gave billions of dollars to Iran.

obama also illegally used our tax dollars to try to oust Bibi.

obama should be locked up.


24 posted on 01/21/2024 7:16:00 AM PST by boycott
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To: MtnClimber

There are 523 large dams in operation in Iran. Their economy is very dependent on them. Just sayin’.

N.B. there are about 84,000 in the US.


25 posted on 01/21/2024 7:23:55 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: Stingray51

bttt


26 posted on 01/21/2024 7:37:26 AM PST by metesky ("Leave us go amongst them." - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton- Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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To: rbg81

Iran is sh’ia just like Bathhouse Barry.


27 posted on 01/21/2024 7:40:44 AM PST by metesky ("Leave us go amongst them." - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton- Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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To: MtnClimber

We’ve been pretty passive since 1979.


28 posted on 01/21/2024 8:07:28 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: MtnClimber

Barry wants and needs a WAR, it is their last ditch effort to derail Trump from winning in November. Their very lives are now on the line now that they have instituted New Rules for treating political opponents using the DOJ as the enforcer of their group think. I think Trump intends to Play by the Rules they setup, and that is scaring the hell out of the wild eyed leftists worldwide.


29 posted on 01/21/2024 8:22:27 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: MtnClimber

We were passive towards Hitler during the ‘30s.


30 posted on 01/21/2024 8:25:03 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MtnClimber

Iran has committed hundreds of acts of terrorism and war since 1979.


31 posted on 01/21/2024 9:23:47 AM PST by coalminersson (since )
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To: MtnClimber

Headline: “Our”....

Sorry, but there is no unity in this country or even within the parties. There is no our or we.


32 posted on 01/21/2024 11:29:20 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: wardamneagle

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4211930/posts


33 posted on 01/21/2024 6:35:08 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: metmom

“That’s because our political leaders support them.”

Correct. Would be interesting to know why, exactly. My own guess is that they’re a pack of demonically possessed lunatics bent on the destruction of Western Civilization, but what do I know.


34 posted on 01/22/2024 4:47:24 AM PST by drwoof
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To: drwoof

Sounds like you know enough.


35 posted on 01/22/2024 5:46:06 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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