America is finally waking up to a truth we’ve warned about for years: Iran’s theocracy is no longer a distant threat that diplomacy can tame—it’s a clear and present danger that will not stop until it is stopped. Steve Forbes has been blunt about this reality, arguing that anything short of confronting the mullahs’ regime will be a strategic defeat for the United States and for our allies.
For decades the West flirted with hope that concessions and agreements would change Tehran’s ambitions, but those illusions have failed. The regime that bankrolls Hamas, Hezbollah, and proxy terror groups across the Middle East is implacable and ideologically committed to our destruction; we cannot negotiate our way out of an existential threat.
Talk of containment and limited strikes is now insufficient; the cost of half-measures is simply too high. Forbes has made a clear case that the United States must back Israel and work with allies to eliminate Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, and that allowing the ayatollahs to maintain their power will only invite a wider, more catastrophic conflict.
President Trump must confront this reality with the same resolve he has shown on other fronts—hesitation is a luxury the world no longer has. If Washington refuses to act decisively, the mullahs will weaponize their nuclear breakouts and regional proxies, and the next administration will inherit a far worse situation than the one before it.
The strategic consequences of inaction are stark: a nuclear-armed Iran would spark an arms race in a volatile neighborhood, drag America into perpetual conflict, and embolden our rivals from Moscow to Beijing. Conservative hawks and patriotic Americans must demand a policy that prioritizes victory over appeasement, because history teaches that timidity invites aggression.
This is a moment of clarity and choice for our nation and our leaders—stand with our allies, fund the operations that will neutralize Tehran’s war-making capacity, and support regime collapse that replaces fanaticism with the possibility of freedom. The American people, Congress, and the White House should stop apologizing for strength and start preparing to deliver it; nothing less will secure our children’s future or protect the free world.
