OPINION: We crossed the Rubicon with Iran, so we can’t stop halfway

foxnews.com ^ | 11/12/26 | Gordon Sondland.

[Midwesterner53]

This is an excerpt from an opinion article by former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland. America has crossed the Rubicon with Iran. There is no going back to the world that existed before this war, no matter how much we might wish otherwise. We have attacked Iran’s military infrastructure, inflicted enormous damage on its economy and demonstrated that the United States is prepared to use overwhelming force. Now, at precisely the moment when we have gained the upper hand, Washington seems increasingly preoccupied with how quickly we can declare victory, bring down gasoline prices and move on.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iran

[Midwesterner53]

It's 1972 all over again. Recall that the Christmas bombings of N Vietnam were blowing them back into the stone age with unrestricted targets and mined harbors. We were maybe a week away from total victory but the only goal by then was getting the POWs back. Now we have maybe 75% of our mission complete in Iran but seem to be backing off when mining the Caspian Sea harbors and blowing up bridges on highways from Asia would seal the deal of destroying their economy and war machine. There is nothing new under the sun. Big talk backed by little action is a guaranteed recipe for failure.

[Rennes Templar]

“Washington seems increasingly preoccupied with how quickly we can declare victory, bring down gasoline prices and move on.”

Washington? How about the whole country, per Trump’s many declarations of such events happening soon.

[DesertRhino]

Sondland is an Ukraine shill who testified against Trump in the impeachment trial. And it’s beyond idiotic to think we were a week away from total victory in the Vietnam war. That’s nowhere close to the truth. You cannot seriously believe that another week of B-52 raids would cause Hanoi to surrender, disband the Viet Cong and bring all the NVA home to the North. I’ve heard some simpleminded things in my time, but that takes the cake. No, we haven’t crossed the Rubicon, and so we might as well go on. Another week or two of bombing won’t do the trick. We just got utterly annihilated in the midterms, so let’s double down and do it more and see if we can lose the White House in 2028 also.
And he puts out concern for fuel prices in a mocking tone, that’s a very real thing for those who don’t live inside the beltway or Manhattan.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

People like this writer have done more to destroy the GOP than they have Iran.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

People like this writer have done more to destroy the GOP than they have Iran.

And in so doing, they’ve done more to destroy this country, than they have Iran.

[Alberta's Child]

You beat me to it. A clown like this should be smart enough to write articles like this under a fake name.

He's a Beltway sh!tbag who would convert to Islam before he'd even dream of putting on a military uniform himself.

[proust]

Nice try. We hit an iceberg and now we have to go down with the ship.

[captmar-vell]

Democrats want the rage against the machine to crystalize into blind support out of the gate. They know to strike when the iron is hot. They believe President Trump still actively bombing Iran will make it glow red.

[whitney69]

“...would seal the deal of destroying their economy and war machine.”

Oh if it were that easy. Their war machine is all over the world and controlled by numerous organizations that are very crazy and don’t care if they get killed or not. Some look forward to it. And Iran is world wide with their direct support of many groups that we know about:

Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Houthis, Kataib Hezbollah & Iraqi Shia Militias, Saraya al-Ashtar and Fatemiyoun Brigade to name a few.

Iran’s support is coordinated primarily via the Council on Foreign Relations designated IRGC and its Quds Force, utilizing covert financial networks, military components, and arms-smuggling routes across the Middle East to project regional influence and challenge Western and Israeli. And these interests are scattered all over the world. Can’t blow up the whole world. But that would mean military support of the host countries they are in and that won’t happen as the terrorist groups get allowance into their workings.

Gaza is a perfect example with hamas. Hamas was elected into the control of the Gaza and one year later they abolished elections. So they are in control up to this day. Thus their own citizens encourage the terrorist groups to remain and branch out while killing people like Americans and Israelis and themselves.

wy69