DEAL OR NO DEAL
When we suddenly hit the brakes and called off the planned military operation against the Iranian regime, it was clear that something was going on. We gave the regime 2-3 days to come to some arrangement that presumably includes no nukes. What does no nukes mean? Are their scientists going to forget what they developed? How long can we keep that in a box? What happens to the enriched uranium? We are told: 1. they have enough to make 10 bombs in 11 days, and 2. that it takes a matter of weeks to further enrich uranium from 60% to 90% nuclear grade. What about the plutonium, which no one is talking about?
And the ballistic missiles, that were destroying targets throughout the Middle East? And the range of those missiles, which can now hit Europe? We didn't even know how far those missiles could reach. I guess all of this will change? The Iranian regime that kicked out inspectors, hid their activities, and violated every single agreement it ever signed, will have changed because of our military actions? Honestly, does this act or sound like a regime that is defeated or cares about death? For some reason, the West cannot get its collective head around the fact that the Iranian regime's mindset is not one of mutual existence. It is a religious, extremist, fundamentalist cult that insists on conquering or destroying all those who do not bend to its ideology. They have told us this. They have written this. They preach this. It is in their books, pamphlets, sermons, etc. It is a revolution without borders, not merely one nation among others. Haven't we learned this by now? Many Americans have been killed during the last 47-years as a result of the regime's ambitions.
My greatest concern has always been enforcement, which has not been discussed much even after all of this time. If there is a deal, whatever deal it is, perhaps the greatest deal in the history of deals, again, the regime cheats, lies, and hides what it is doing. Our intel and satellites simply cannot catch all of it. And if we find violations, then what? "Well, we'll hit them again, Mark." Is that what we did before Trump? Does anyone believe that's what we will do after Trump? Is that what a Gavin Newsom or Kamala Harris or the rest of the Democrats would do if one of them became president? Heck, even Republican presidents did not act. For crying out loud, look at all the noise, the appeasers, the pacificists, the isolationists, etc. These are loud movements in our politics and government. And look at the reaction to the temporary increase in a gallon of gasoline. Would we have the will even a few years from now?
And what of Hezbollah, still a potent terrorist force? And what of Hamas? The Iranian regime will promise not to support them? My response: is the Brooklyn Bridge still for sale? And how do we stop the regime if it funds them anyway? What will we do? And the Iranian people? What of them? "They should rise up," it is said. Well, they did. Without arms. And they paid a horrendous price and still are. I can only imagine what more would be done to them.
Of course, the Europeans will be useless, as they are now. Even with detente with China and something like it with Russia, they still will provide support to the Iranian regime. So will North Korea. We have no control over their sabotage of any deal. This all must be considered.
And the Democrats, always desperate for a political opportunity, will ask rhetorically, "why did we go to war," "this is Obama 2.0," "we wasted billions for nothing," "Trump is a TACO," and on and on. I can hear it now. The truth won't matter. The spin will be constant. Of course, if the Democrats had their way, the Iranian regime would already have nuclear weapons. But none of that will matter. This could be very damaging for the mid-term elections, despite all the demands for "off-ramps." Yet, the problem is the regime itself, is it not? How do we contain it if it survives?
To be absolutely clear, I have no inside information. In fact, as far as I know at the end of another 2-3 days of negotiations military action against the regime will resume. But it's very important to think about these issues and much more.
My thoughts regarding Iran’s recent attack on international shipping and boasts that they are now in control of the Strait of Hormuz:
Control the strait. Continue the blockade. Put Kharg island in the crosshairs.
Over time, we have all the cards.
After Iran’s brazen IRGC-led attack on international shipping and declaration that they’re now in control of the Strait, it is imperative America and the world answer this provocation. The U.S. and others must demonstrate the ability to control the Strait without Iranian interference. I urge President Trump to continue the blockade, which has been brilliantly executed and applies maximum pressure.
It’s abundantly clear that after 47 years, promises coming from the Iranian regime are worthless.
Steady as she goes. Stay resolved.
🚨 The Shah’s Final Warning
In one of his last interviews, the Shah of Iran looked straight at Western liberals and said:
“Stop trying to ‘understand’ the radicals.
Stop establishing ‘dialogue’ with them.”
The world ignored him. Iran fell into 46 years of terror.
The Shah was right.
h/t @visegrad24
Opinion: Seizing the 140 million barrels of sanctioned Iranian oil and handing the proceeds to a provisional government under Reza Pahlavi is a masterstroke.
https://t.co/1tkpz1W6H8
Iranians greet this war with a fever-bright hope, as though redemption hums inside the engines of American fighters. After forty-seven years in the dark, #Iran waits at the door, hand on the knob, ready to take back the house that once belonged to its own.
هممیهنان عزیزم،
لحظاتی سرنوشتساز پیشِ روی ماست.
کمکی که رئیسجمهور ایالات متحده به مردم شجاع ایران وعده داده بود، اکنون رسیده است. این یک مداخله بشردوستانه است؛ و هدف آن، جمهوری اسلامی، دستگاه سرکوب و ماشین کشتار آن است؛ نه کشور و ملت بزرگ ایران.
اما، با وجود رسیدن این کمک، پیروزی نهایی همچنان به دست ما رقم خواهد خورد. این ما ملت ایران هستیم که در این آخرین نبرد کار را تمام خواهیم کرد. زمان بازگشت به خیابانها نزدیک است.
اکنون که جمهوری اسلامی در حال فروپاشی است، پیام من به نیروهای نظامی، انتظامی و امنیتی کشور روشن است:
شما سوگند خوردهاید حافظ ایران و ملت ایران باشید، نه حافظ جمهوری اسلامی و سرکردگانش. وظیفه شما دفاع از مردم است، نه دفاع از رژیمی که با سرکوب و جنایت، میهن ما را به گروگان گرفته است. به ملت بپیوندید و به یک گذار باثبات و امن کمک کنید. در غیر این صورت، با کشتی درهمشکسته خامنهای و رژیمش غرق خواهید شد.
و پیام من به رئیسجمهور ایالات متحده، پرزیدنت ترامپ، این است:
ملت شریف ایران، با وجود سرکوب و کشتار وحشیانه این رژیم، نزدیک به دو ماه با دلاوری ایستادگی کرد. اینک از شما میخواهم بیشترین احتیاط ممکن را برای حفظ جان غیرنظامیان و هممیهنانم به کار ببرید. مردم ایران، متحدان طبیعی شما و جهان آزادند، و یاری شما در سختترین دوره تاریخ معاصر ایران را فراموش نخواهند کرد.
و به شما هممیهنان عزیزم در ایران:
در این ساعتها و روزهای حساس، بیش از هر زمان دیگر باید بر هدف نهایی خود متمرکز بمانیم: بازپسگرفتن ایران.
من از شما میخواهم که در حال حاضر در خانههای خود بمانید و آرامش و امنیت خود را حفظ کنید. هوشیار و آماده باشید تا در زمان مناسب، که بهطور دقیق به اطلاع شما خواهم رساند، برای اقدام نهایی به خیابانها باز گردید.
پیامهای من را از طریق شبکههای اجتماعی و رسانههای ماهوارهای دنبال کنید. اگر در اینترنت و ماهواره اختلال ایجاد شد، از طریق امواج رادیویی با شما در تماس خواهم بود.
ما به پیروزی نهایی بسیار نزدیکیم. میخواهم هر چه زودتر در کنار شما باشم تا با هم ایران را پس بگیریم و دوباره بسازیم.
پاینده ایران،
رضا پهلوی
Some in Oman want the Islamist regime in Iran to stay in power because powerful players in Oman are benefiting from Iran-related money laundering, illicit trade, sanctions busting, weapons smuggling, and re-export operation. With the regime gone the inflow of dirty money will stop.
The Iranian Nation wants regime change, & the return of Prince Reza Pahlavi as the Nation's leader.
With his detailed transitional plan, chaos and uncertainty will be avoided.
Unleash hell on IR terrorists, and help the Iranian Nation liberate itself under Pahlavi's leadership.
#JavidShah
#IranMassacre
@POTUS@realDonaldTrump@SecRubio@netanyahu
To any dealmaker regarding Iran: please understand your deal will have to come to the Senate and be tested. When it comes to matters like this, it’s not about a political party to me. I am going ask the hard questions no matter who presents the deal.
To say I’m suspicious that the ayatollah and his regime will change and keep their word is the biggest understatement in history. I would also caution, beware of anything that comes from Oman.
It is clear to me that the best and only long term answer is to stand with the Iranian people and demand regime change.
شاهنشاه آریامهر عمان را از کمونیست ها نجات داد. یمن را نجات داد. یعنی عرعرستان را هم از شر کمونیست رها کرد. امارات را به رسمیت شناخت. مصر و انورسادات را نجات داد. به گفته نیکسون ناوگان امریکا در مدیترانه را از مخمصه نجات داد. کمپانی سازنده اف ۳۵ را از ورشکستگی نجات داد. آنگاه تمام کشورهای عرعری به رهبری قطر و عرعرستان با دستان امریکا و توسط جیمی کارتر و روسپی بین المللی، یاسر عرفات حکومت پان عربی در ایران برقرار و رودخانه خون جاری کردند. واژه خیانت حتی گویای پستی این قوم نیست #جاويد_شاه
Someone thinks we're stupid. He's describing the JCPOA without a 300kg stockpile. Fatal flaws: Without full dismantlement and zero enrichment, it's subject to the whims of a radical Islamist dictatorship at war with America. Without full accounting, program unverifiable.
ما قوم و خویش هم هستیم و خانواده ما، خانواده بزرگ ایران است. ما متعهدیم در یک ایران یکپارچه و دموکراتیک، در سایه حاکمیت قانون و پرچم شیروخورشید، به هرگونه تبعیضی پایان دهیم و آزادیهای فردی و برابری شهروندان در برابر قانون را تضمین کنیم. ما برای آزادی و امنیت ایران ایستادهایم.