Note: I wrote this column a few hours before the United States bombed and (according to President Trump) “completely and totally obliterated” the hardened Iranian nuclear sites of Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Were those bombings, as some think, destabilizing actions? Or were they, as others believe, righteous and effective steps towards peace?
Righteous they certainly were. Whether they were also effective in luring Iran back into the community of nations is a matter that only time will tell. In order for that to happen, as I argue below, Iran’s commitment to murderous, intolerant Islamism must be “completely and totally obliterated” along with its ability to export terror. That is a matter that the Iranian people must decide. For myself, I am in favor of making Iran Persia, i.e., a modern, secular state, again.
Donald Trump has betrayed his base by joining hands with the neo-cons in their belligerent support of war with Iran!
Donald Trump has betrayed Israel by trying to engage Iran in negotiations instead of bombing them now!
Which is it?
Neither.
For one thing, with every day that passes, Israel takes more chess pieces off the board of Iran’s military power, both in matériel and personnel. As of a couple of days ago, it was estimated that Israel had destroyed about 1000 of Iran’s 3500 to 4000 missiles. Add the 400-plus that Iran has lobbed at Israel’s cities, and you can see where this game of attrition is heading.
If one major goal is to extirpate Iran’s nuclear capability, then every day Israeli F-15s take flight is another milestone on the path to that goal. A weaker Iran is also a more pliant Iran.
It has been amusing to watch the chattering class suddenly become experts on the GBU-57 “bunker buster” bomb. Only the United States has them, and only the United States has bombers capable of delivering the 30,000-pound “Massive Ordnance Penetrators.” If you flip through the news, you will see scores, if not hundreds, of stories that repeat the same talking points.
At first, it was said that only the GBU-57 could destroy hardened sites such as the Fordow atomic bomb-making—officially, the “fuel enrichment”—site, buried hundreds of feet into a mountain.
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Author: Ruth King
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