Americans watching CBN’s live coverage aren’t being alarmist when they hear the phrase “war on the horizon” — the pieces are already moving across the map and Washington needs to stop pretending this is someone else’s problem. Our allies in the region are under direct threat from a regime that openly seeks nuclear weapons and sponsors militias aimed at our friends and interests. We cannot afford the luxury of complacency while tyrants and terror networks consolidate power and test American resolve.
In mid-June 2025, Israel launched a sweeping operation against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure — a decisive preemptive strike that targeted enrichment facilities and command centers that threaten regional survival. That action exposed what many in Washington quietly already knew: Iran’s program and its military reach had become intolerable to Israel and could not safely be left to diplomatic drift.
Tehran answered with missile and drone counterstrikes and has since been lashing out through proxies, turning a dangerous standoff into a tinderbox for wider war across the Levant. Israel’s preparedness and willingness to act have bought time, but time is not infinite when an enemy with regional networks and long-range missiles is breathing down the neck of stability.
Meanwhile, the Iranian regime is fracturing at home as economic collapse and daylight protests have swept the country, from Tehran to the provinces, while the government imposes internet blackouts to hide its brutality. A population pushed to the brink by inflation and starvation is now openly challenging the theocracy, creating instability that can either hasten regime change or trigger desperate, violent lashbacks that spill beyond Iran’s borders.
That instability matters because Iran’s principal proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, still possesses a massive rocket and missile arsenal capable of turning the north of Israel — and by extension, the wider region — into a battlefield. The prospect of Hezbollah opening a northern front to divert Israel’s focus is exactly the kind of multi-front nightmare that keeps generals awake at night, and it would draw in American interests whether the political class in Washington likes it or not.
The global markets already felt the shock: energy prices spiked and financial markets wobble whenever the fight threatens the Strait of Hormuz or escalates beyond localized strikes. This isn’t abstract geopolitics — it’s an economic blow to working Americans who will pay at the pump and in their household budgets if chaos in the Middle East is allowed to fester.
Patriots should demand clarity and courage from our leaders: back Israel firmly, fund the intelligence and defense capabilities that deter Iran and its proxies, and stop outsourcing American security to wishful thinking and bad treaties. We must also support the brave Iranians crying out for freedom, while holding the regime accountable through crippling sanctions and targeted pressure that chokes off Tehran’s ability to export terror. Time and security favor the strong, not the timid.
If Washington wants to keep our sons and daughters safe and protect the liberties Americans cherish, it must choose strength now — not after a wider war has already begun. The choice is stark: stand with freedom and our allies, or watch emboldened enemies redraw the map and threaten everything hardworking Americans hold dear. The horizon is dark, but it can still be defended if our leaders finally grow a spine.
