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The Man Who Owns the Current Iran Crisis
Townhall.com ^ | 20 June A.D. 2025 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 06/20/2025 4:59:48 PM PDT by lightman

In 2015, former President Barack Obama signed a deal with the murderous Iranian regime, putting America last and our allies in danger.

Instead of punishing the largest state sponsor of terror for the murder and kidnapping of thousands of Americans, starting in 1979 and continuing for decades through proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and others, Obama rewarded them. In return, the Iranian regime cheated its way through the “agreement,” secretly pursuing a nuclear weapon, while continuing its attacks on U.S. troops and innocent Americans. Flush with billions in cash and gold delivered by the Obama administration, Iran was emboldened, and their malign activity became more aggressive with a goal of further humiliating the United States.

In 2016, just six months after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed and two days after major sanctions were lifted on the regime, Iran took U.S. sailors captive, violated the Geneva Convention, and published forced “confessions” of wrongdoing on Iranian state television. They forced female sailors to cover their hair in captivity.

“Iranian media broadcast humiliating images of the US sailors during their detention, showing them kneeling on their boats at gunpoint with their hands on their heads,” The Guardian reported at the time.

The JCPOA didn’t prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon; it simply delayed it, and the terms did practically nothing to stop the regime's ballistic and intercontinental program.

"Tehran currently has the largest ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East, and its so-called civilian space program, which could support the building of intercontinental-range military missiles capable of reaching the U.S, is very active,” The Heritage Foundation notes, although in recent days the Israeli Air Force has destroyed 50 percent of Iran’s ballistic missile stockpile through airstrikes and covert action.

Right on brand, President Donald Trump is stepping in with real leadership and courage that previous presidents, especially Obama, but also former President Joe Biden, lacked. Trump sees the world and America’s enemies for who they are, not who he wants them to be, and acts accordingly.

This is why President Donald Trump ripped up the Iran nuclear agreement, one that the regime cheated its way through during negotiations and after it was signed.

Now, ten years after Obama’s deal with the devils in Tehran, we’re on the brink.

“They are very close to having one [nuclear weapon…Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. It's very simple — you don't have to go too deep into it. They just can't have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said this week, consistent with his position for the past 20 years as a civilian and during his first term in the White House.

For those who argue, “We’ve been told Iran almost has a nuke for 30 years.” Yes, Iran has been pursuing a nuclear weapon for decades, and thanks to the brave work of the Israelis to set the program back year after year, they’ve been prevented from getting one. But like all half measures, eventually, setbacks aren’t enough, and today, the threat must be eliminated.

“We’re going to have a solution one way or the other. It’s either going to be violent or non-violent. And I far prefer non-violent,” Trump told Fox News in May.

Iranian missiles are raining down on Israeli civilians, targeting hospitals, schools, synagogues, churches, and mosques. A thousand miles away, the Israeli Air Force is paving the way for a final nail to be placed in Iran’s nuclear program. When the program is gone, either by force or through diplomacy, the world will be a safer place. Unlike the moves of the past by Obama and Biden, Trump's support of the Israeli operation and preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is not only a real path to peace, it's America First.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Hamas; Iran; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: americalast; hamas; iran; iranfafo; israel; mullahloversonfr; obama; russiantrollfarm; treason; waronterror
Øbama stands for "America last".
1 posted on 06/20/2025 4:59:48 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

Apparently Tucker does too.


2 posted on 06/20/2025 5:05:55 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: lightman

“Death to America” is a sentiment shared by the Ayatollahs and the Democrat Party.


3 posted on 06/20/2025 5:06:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Progs and jihadis have some big things in common — hatred for and a plan to destroy America, Israel, and western civilization.


4 posted on 06/20/2025 5:14:33 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: lightman

Carter, then Obama. Maybe we’ll find some of those pallets of cash.


5 posted on 06/20/2025 5:17:36 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs (Imagine what we'll know tomorrow.)
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To: RinaseaofDs

444 Days of Jimmah Carter....


6 posted on 06/20/2025 5:29:41 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: RinaseaofDs

Nah,,they were spent on new schools, hospitals, yachts, cocaine, hookers, etc.


7 posted on 06/20/2025 5:30:11 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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To: lightman

Øbama stands for “America last”.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I knew in ‘08 that SOB was an enemy of our country, and I handed out thousands of flyers in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio warning voters that he was a Manchurian Candidate. Since then, he and his puppets have been responsible for the creation of millions of Marxist-Democrats who are now furiously working to destroy our country in every way they possibly can.


8 posted on 06/20/2025 5:44:59 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Hoc Vult!)
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To: lightman

Obama wanted to set the wold on fire by flipping the balance of power in the Middle East from the Sunis to the Shia, in hopes they would destroy Israel,.start WWIII, and bring about the Great Reset.


9 posted on 06/20/2025 5:47:54 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ...)
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To: lightman

John Kerry slammed for ‘shameful’ shadow diplomacy after admitting to meetings with Iran

Former Secretary of State John Kerry is being slammed for conducting shadow diplomacy with Iran after admitting to multiple meetings with Iranian officials behind the backs of Trump administration officials — including over the scrapped nuclear deal.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-kerry-slammed-for-shameful-shadow-diplomacy-after-admitting-to-meetings-with-iran


10 posted on 06/20/2025 6:05:54 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

I agree with you 1000%. In ‘08 I volunteered for the republican candidate’s campaign (I wont dare say his name). Needless to say, I wasnt very popular. I made thousands of calls, knocked on doors, was called every name in the book. But deep in my heart I knew everything obama stood for was wrong for America.


11 posted on 06/20/2025 6:18:04 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Yep, I was instantly enlightened when he came on the scene. I’ll NEVER forget door to door campaigning talking with either elderly who fought for our country or to elderly legal immigrants that escaped communism from various countries- it made my heart break


12 posted on 06/20/2025 7:03:39 PM PDT by dkGba
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To: lightman

2008 DemonRat presidential candidate BHOJr on the campaign trail with a copy of American journalist (a self-described secular and nonpracticing Muslim) Fareed Zakaria's2008 book, The Post-American World.
13 posted on 06/20/2025 7:32:00 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: lightman

Had to appease his boss, Val Jar-Jar.


14 posted on 06/20/2025 8:25:07 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: BenLurkin

Yes, indeed.


15 posted on 06/20/2025 8:29:55 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF ISR pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: lightman

When I was in West Africa in 2006, members of the Muslim community were proud that Islam would RULE America through his hands. They were sure he’d be the next president, there was no doubt in their minds. Just as if the fix was in.

Worst part? His identity was buried.


16 posted on 06/20/2025 10:53:32 PM PDT by himno hero (had'nff )
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To: lightman

Bump


17 posted on 06/21/2025 4:06:02 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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