The West —especially the United States, the undeniable engine of our culture and the main guarantor of global democratic order— often falls short when it comes to confronting the great political evils of the world. Instead of eradicating dictatorships and enemies of freedom, it settles for inflicting superficial wounds that do not eliminate the threat but merely postpone it. This has happened once again with the regime of the ayatollahs in Iran: a repressive theocracy that has caused indescribable suffering to its people and represents a constant threat to freedom, decency, and the fundamental values of civilization.
This was a historic opportunity to dismantle that dark regime, but once again, a band-aid has been chosen for a cancer. Instead of excising the evil, it has been allowed to survive, reorganize, and regain strength. Governments like this have a surprising capacity for adaptation and resilience. Time, I fear, will prove me right. I hope I am wrong, because in that case, it would not be I who wins, but all of humanity. But I doubt it.
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Mamdani’s rise hints at deeper shifts in NYC.
Little pushback from powerful Jewish sectors suggests:
1.A generational progressive turn
2.He’s not (yet) a threat
3.Inclusive rhetoric works
Let’s see how far he gets before real power pushes back. https://t.co/hpqsv7phhf
I remain convinced that, unless there is a genuine regime change in Iran, any progress made in diplomatic or strategic terms will be nothing more than a temporary relief of symptoms, without addressing the root of the problem. The current structure of the regime acts like a cancer whose cells, although sometimes contained, remain active and latent.
To illustrate with a metaphor: if someone slaps another person and then both parties reach a forgiveness agreement, the aggressor may move on, but the victim will hardly forget. This is how it is with the Islamic regime of Iran: it cannot forget or transform itself, because its nature is precisely to act aggressively and expansionistically.
Ultimately, and for the sake of both the Iranian people and global stability, a regime change will be inevitable. Any lasting solution will require that profound transformation.
When I see liberal women —in the United States or even in parts of solidly democratic Europe— expressing solidarity with regimes like Iran’s, at the expense of Israel, which is a democracy, I can’t help but wonder: what would they think if they had to live under a system that imposes abusive, discriminatory, and oppressive rules against women?
Would they still support it if they were forbidden to walk outside alone without the company of a male family member? If, after being raped, they were blamed for it? If they were forced to cover their faces with a veil at all times, losing their individuality and freedom?
The claim that regime change isn’t pursued is, in my view, just diplomatic rhetoric — the U.S. knows the threat remains unless the root of the evil is removed. https://t.co/yPKpIXyH0L
“If there’s no regime change in Iran, the evil survives. Bombs may delay the threat, but the Islamist regime is the root — not a corpse, just a wounded beast ready to recover and strike again.”
https://t.co/azUFu5O2du
Israel Bombards Tehran, Setting Oil Facilities Ablaze
Israel also attacked Iran’s defense ministry’s headquarters, while Iran fired missiles at Israel, in the most direct and prolonged attacks between the rivals ever. https://t.co/nvUWEgWPU5
“Can’t they learn?
The anti-Israel and anti-Western regime of the Ayatollahs in Iran —the self-proclaimed “Islamic Republic”— is one of the most dangerous legacies of Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy. A man for whom, as a decent human being and citizen, I can feel respect, but whose strategic errors opened the doors to extremism. Not only in the Middle East but also in Latin America, where dictatorships like that of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua have found legitimacy.
Today, listening to Governor Tim Walz and his ambiguous statements, I realize that this trend of appeasement persists. A significant portion of the left of the Democratic Party seems determined to seek agreements, gestures of sympathy, and concessions with regimes that, at their core, are nothing more than declared enemies of America and the free world.
China, Iran, Nicaragua… the list grows. And meanwhile, those of us who defend freedom, democracy, and Western values must ask ourselves: how long will some continue to confuse diplomacy with submission?”