[Tell It Right]

This is a shame because the people of Iran are not essentially anti-American or anti-West. They despise the regime of the extremist religious Mullahs they have to live under, but are unable to depose. There was talk on these pages awhile ago about building a domestic opposition to the Mullahs on Iranian soil and assisting the people in overthrowing the Mullah’s regime. But not much apparently has been done thus far in that direction. Which would probably take years. It would be a much more effective solution to the problem. With a pro-Western government in place, Iran would be a game-changer in the region.

We've tried "winning over hearts and minds" in the Middle East. We've also tried "regime change" (in Iraq). Neither worked.

But we've seen what worked in other parts of the world. Hint: there's a reason it's been 80 years since any American said, "Gee, Wally. I sure hope Japan doesn't attack us again.". How many people in Japan died? Answer: however many it took until they surrendered. And no boots were needed on the ground in mainland Japan (though many were needed in Japan's islands to do island hopping in the days of short range planes). There were people who insisted that the Japanese were too proud to surrender. They were wrong. Just like today it's said that middle Easterners are too proud to surrender. They haven't been taught the lesson that other parts of the world received (i.e. Japan, Germany). Sep 11 was our best opportunity to teach Afghanistan and Pakistan (the two main base countries for Al Qaeda) that lesson in a way that they and anyone paying attention would know for decades to not attack the U.S. Neither the Iranians nor anyone else in the middle east has really had their pride knocked out of them like the proud Japanese and Germans did.

With today's long range planes and missiles it wouldn't take three and a half years of fighting like it did with Japan. Nor should it take almost two decades like Afghanistan if we fight to win. Trump should tell Iran, "Attack us again, either directly or through your proxies, and we make an example out of you".

[4Runner]

Trump ran on being a non-interventionist in global conflicts. This is way out of that doctrine. And you sound more like Wolfowitz and Bolton with every word you type. Trump needs to tell the Neocons to pound sand. We have bigger fish to fry at home with 60 million illegals in-country and God knows how many terrorist cells getting ready to maim and disrupt our civilization at any moment. Wise up my friend. Attacking Iran is NOT MAGA. It’s pandering to those of us who once again will be making lots of money fueling foreign fires for us to put out using the products of the arms industry which they have invested in.