Alan Dershowitz’s appearance on Newsmax’s Newsline was a welcome voice of reality in a country awash with appeasers and hand-wringers. The veteran Harvard law professor warned that Iran is increasingly reckless and suggested President Trump simply give Israel the green light to act where necessary, making clear that full U.S. intervention is not always required. This is common-sense, America-first thinking: support our strongest ally without getting dragged into unnecessary boots-on-the-ground commitments.
The reality on the ground proves Dershowitz’s larger point: Israel has repeatedly shown it can and will take decisive action when its survival is at stake, and recent operations inside Iran were not spur-of-the-moment affairs but the culmination of long planning. Israeli officials and reporting have made clear that these strikes were coordinated and that Washington was at least informed, with Israeli sources saying a U.S. green light was part of the equation. A responsible president provides strategic backing and political cover; he need not send American sons and daughters into every fight our allies must wage to protect themselves.
President Trump has wisely kept America’s options open, moving deliberately rather than capitulating to the left’s reflexive calls for appeasement. The White House itself signaled that a decision on direct U.S. military involvement in the Israel-Iran confrontation would be made within a firm timeframe, underscoring the administration’s careful stewardship of a dangerous situation. That steadiness is exactly what patriotic Americans want from a commander in chief: strength, prudence, and clear timelines, not the chaotic dithering of the coastal elites.
Washington’s refusal to be public about every backchannel is smart statecraft; it preserves plausible deniability while still supporting allies in meaningful ways. News outlets reported the administration was coy about the U.S. role even as evidence of discreet coordination surfaced, a diplomatic posture that keeps Iran guessing and deters escalation without a needless public spectacle. Let the bureaucrats and the mainstream media clutch their pearls — strategic ambiguity is often the most effective shield of American interests.
Meanwhile, the left and the international commentariat keep lecturing America about restraint while blaming our friends for daring to defend themselves. This moral inversion is intolerable: enemies like Iran only respect strength and clarity, not moralizing sermons and endless negotiations that reward bad actors. Dershowitz, a lifelong defender of civil liberties and a hawk on national security, reminds us that the choice between deterrence and surrender has always defined the survival of free societies.
If President Trump gives Israel the political green light, it’s not an invitation to warmongering — it’s a recognition that our allies must sometimes do what’s necessary to neutralize existential threats. America’s role is to back our friends, supply intelligence, and be ready to act in defense of U.S. personnel and interests, not to assume every battle for regional stability. Real leadership means empowering proven partners to finish the job when their lives and legitimacy are on the line.
Hardworking Americans understand the stakes: a nuclear-armed Iran would threaten the region and the world, and the moral cowardice of appeasement must not be allowed to prevail. Give Israel the political cover it needs, bolster our defenses, and keep American forces out of unnecessary entanglements unless and until vital national interests are directly threatened. That is the conservative, patriotic path — strong support for allies, ruthless determination against jihadist theocracies, and a president who knows how to stand firm for peace through strength.
