By the time you read this, the next US president will have been elected. Poor old Joe Biden did not cover himself in glory during his term, but he is still the president until January 2025. In my view, he can do one last thing to cement his legacy. The current Middle Eastern troubles are all basically caused by Iran which does not want to see Israel and Saudi Arabia make peace. So, Iran set its puppets Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen loose to try to destroy Israel and cause mayhem in the Middle East.
Israel has done an excellent job under difficult circumstances in significantly weakening Hamas and Hezbollah. However, Iran—the driving force behind these groups and potentially on the brink of having a nuclear bomb—has largely been allowed to get away with such actions. In fact, Iran may already have a bomb or, if not, could be only a few weeks to six months away from acquiring one.
Appeasement of Iran by Biden and the West has not worked. The Ayatollahs preside over a brutal theocracy that oppresses women and persecutes same-sex individuals. Iran poses a danger not only to other nations in the Middle East—especially Israel, which it has vowed to destroy—but also to countries further afield.
This is the West’s (and Israel’s) last chance to stop that from occurring.
The US has deep penetration bombs that can penetrate the underground hideaways where Iran is building its nuclear weapons.
Iran has already killed US service personnel in the Middle East in the last 12 months and damaged through its Houthi proxies a number of US warships in the Red Sea. As a result, there is already a casus belli for the US to respond to Iranian aggression against the US and its allies. The US and Israel could join forces and destroy Iran’s nuclear capacity as well as other strategic assets. Concurrently, the CIA and Mossad (if they are not already doing this) could up the ante by supporting dissident groups in Iran to further destabilise the regime and bring about change.
Iran has a large, pro-Western middle class that longs for a return to decent governance. They are brutally suppressed by the religious zealots in charge of the current Iranian regime.
By taking such decisive action, the nuclear threat from Iran would be neutralised and a regime change would lead to a better world. Without Iranian support, it is likely that Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis would collapse—and with that, we may be on the path to peace in the Middle East. The Arab states, along with Israel and Ukraine, would be delighted. Meanwhile, Russia, China, and North Korea would face a significant setback, and US prestige would be restored.
So, Joe, here’s your big chance to go out with a bang, as it were (pardon the pun), with the potential to remove an oppressive regime, create a real opportunity for peace in the Middle East, and bring the elusive two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian people back into play.
