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Ignoring Iran’s Expanding Proxy Network
American Thinker ^ | 10 May, 2026 | Julio Rivera

Posted on 05/10/2026 5:51:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber

There are moments in American foreign policy when the warning signs are flashing so brightly that failing to act becomes its own form of negligence.

This is one of those moments.

Senator Ted Cruz and his fellow sponsors of S. 4063 are not engaging in political theater. They are responding to a gathering national security threat that too many in Washington have either underestimated or deliberately ignored for years: the growing cooperation between the Polisario Front and Iranian-backed terrorist networks operating across North Africa and beyond.

The Senate should move quickly to advance this legislation.

Not because it is politically convenient. Not because it fits neatly into the latest partisan narrative. But because the world has changed, and America’s enemies have changed with it.

Iran no longer limits itself to the Middle East. The regime has spent years building a sprawling web of proxy groups, covert relationships, financial pipelines, and ideological partnerships stretching far beyond Iran’s borders. Intelligence analysts and regional experts have repeatedly warned that Iranian influence is expanding into Africa through militant networks and aligned organizations willing to destabilize governments, threaten allies, and create new operating environments for extremist activity.

That is precisely why S. 4063 matters.

The bill, formally titled the Polisario Front Terrorist Designation Act of 2026, would impose sanctions on the Polisario Front if it is found cooperating with Iranian-affiliated terrorist organizations. It is a targeted, measured response to an increasingly serious geopolitical problem.

Critics will inevitably try to dismiss the legislation as overly aggressive or alarmist. But recent history should have cured Americans of the fantasy that terrorist networks remain neatly confined to one region or one battlefield.

They do not.

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


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: africa; algeria; armchairadmirals; armchairgeneralsoffr; bokoharam; egypt; habitualcomplaining; habitualtrolling; hamas; hezbollah; houthis; iran; irgc; jihad; lebanon; morocco; northafrica; polisario; polisariofront; qatar; s4063; sinai; syria; tedcruz; texas; waronterror; yemen

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1 posted on 05/10/2026 5:51:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Who knows how many sleeper cells Biden let in over the southern border or possibly flew in directly from the middle east. The left uses the chaos and terror to their advantage.


2 posted on 05/10/2026 5:51:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Did anyone think about this before we started a war with them?


3 posted on 05/10/2026 5:53:21 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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“Did anyone think about this before we started a war with them?”

We didn’t start the war.

They did.

L


4 posted on 05/10/2026 5:56:19 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Ignoring Iran’s Expanding Proxy Network

Let me guess.

The proxy network will have a nuclear weapon in two weeks.

5 posted on 05/10/2026 5:56:20 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: Lurker
We didn’t start the war.

They did.


Keep telling yourself that.

6 posted on 05/10/2026 6:03:38 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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“Senator Ted Cruz and his fellow sponsors of S. 4063 are not engaging in political theater. They are responding to a gathering national security threat ... “

Message me for more tips on how to spot AI slop.


7 posted on 05/10/2026 6:05:49 AM PDT by edwinland
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Snort.

Iran IS a proxy.


8 posted on 05/10/2026 6:10:02 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: Captain Walker

Congratulations on your Stupidest thing said on the internet today award.

So stupid is has communist useful idiot written all over it.

I smell ozone.


9 posted on 05/10/2026 6:10:40 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: Lurker

And we’re not just at war with the mullahs.

The mullahs are a front in the war.


10 posted on 05/10/2026 6:10:52 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: Captain Walker

Your position is that of gross ignorance

Your neo isolationist views have resulted in insurmountable ignorance


11 posted on 05/10/2026 6:20:38 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: Captain Walker

I don’t need to tell myself.

They’ve been screaming it at us for almost 50 years.

Idiot.

L


12 posted on 05/10/2026 7:40:55 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: MtnClimber
This is a good discussion on this topic as well:

They’re Forcing a Deal With Iran… Why? | Dan Diker

runtime is 33 minutes.

Those people who are not supporting this operation, just do not grasp what the truth is. Trump needs to go back to bombing Iran into oblivion. This is all part of the game that Iran plays, to give them time to regrpoup in some sort of fashion.

13 posted on 05/10/2026 7:59:19 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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They’ve been screaming it at us for almost 50 years.

It was for more than 50 years, I'm afraid. It way 73 years, to be specific.

They've been screaming at us since our CIA supported the coup that overthrew their elected president in 1953.

They were screaming at us when we supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War, when 183,000+ Iranians were killed. (We killed them by "proxy".)

They were screaming at us after we gave Captain Kangaroo of the USS Vincennes a medal after he shot down an Iranian airliner.

They have been screaming at us for a while.

14 posted on 05/10/2026 8:08:26 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

15 posted on 05/10/2026 8:09:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: MtnClimber

Deep state is owned by CCP, which controls Iran.


16 posted on 05/10/2026 8:11:58 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: Captain Walker

Then there’s the 243 US Marines they murdered in 83, the thousands of EFPs they supplied to Iraqi savages, the kidnapping and murders of US diplomats, Khobar Towers, and on and on.

If you want to cheerlead for a bunch of 7th century savages who’d saw your head off and gleefully rape your preteen daughters you go right ahead.

But I’ll call your dumb ass out on it every time I see it.

L


17 posted on 05/10/2026 8:20:18 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Hi L. Once again, you speak the truth. When i survey my synapses from 1979 to this year, I wonder what some were taught when they sat in an American history class in school if they were not around when the Ayatollah took over from the Shah in 1978-9. Then, I look at their “joining” date of 2019 like Captain Walker, and realize that it is important to know history even if not educated. Personally, I know that those that are ignorant of history are quick to show it, so I usually don’t try to correct them. But I admire those, like you, that do, sand keep the record accurate. Maybe Captain Walker was cutting class the weeks they taught about the Iranian conflict. Thank you.


18 posted on 05/10/2026 8:22:01 AM PDT by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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19 posted on 05/10/2026 8:25:36 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

The Shithole East.


20 posted on 05/10/2026 8:29:56 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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