This is not accurate. Tehran’s regime has murdered thousands of Americans. The IRGC was caught attempting assassination on US soil just last year. Their efforts to destabilize the ME via terror proxies are a direct threat to our economy. The only reason the Houthis are even remotely a problem in blocking key shipping lanes c for example, is they are being armed and encouraged by Tehran. There is a reason they chant “death to America” in their parliament. They have been actively at war at us since 1979 because their goal is the Islamization of the entire world and they see America as the main impediment to that. This also misunderstands the consequences of The Islamic Regime getting a nuke. Yes there is a legitimate threat they hand it over to one of their terror proxies to set off a nuke in a US, European, or Israel city, which would then guarantee a full scare war, but are also secondary threats that are more likely. The Saudis and others have made it clear they can’t accept a nuclear Iran without having nukes themselves so it will start an arms race in an unstable region. Then it will also mean even if the IRGC starts setting off terrorist attacks in American cities via proxies, we will no longer have the option of going after Tehran directly without risking a nuclear confrontation so it allows them the belief they can act with impunity. The harm of a nuclear Islamic Republic is substantial and is absolutely a threat to American families. As for the alternative, which is a series of strike over a few hours to set their nuclear program back a decade or two. A lot of people portray that as starting a new “war,” but that’s silly because people confuse it for direct fighting and troops on the ground. Israel has struck Iran sites directly twice in the last 2 years in similar ways (as retaliation for Iranian launches w limited impact) with limited responses because that regime does not have the capability to fight a direct war against Israel, much less against the US. What they have the capability to do is to instruct their proxies to increase terror attacks, but that’s already a regular occurrence. It’s a “war” we are already fighting and even that option is now limited for Tehran because, thanks to Israel, their main terror proxies are severely degraded and they are short on equipment to rearm them. The Trump admin took out the most important military/terror figure in the Islamic Regime’s entire history during his first term. The same voices (see Tucker’s commentary that night on FNC) claimed it would lead to a major war. It didn’t because they don’t have the capability to do so. Which isn’t to say there will be 0 response- they will have proxies try to attack US soldiers in Iraq for example, but it’s important we are honest to do the proper analysis on both the risks/harms of the regime in Tehran acquiring a nuke and the likely risk/harms of us allowing/supporting Israel to take out a substantial portion of their nuclear program (similar to what Israel did w Saddam/Iraq in 1981- which most reasonable people would now view as the correct decision).
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