Pray for the Fall of the Islamic State and Freedom for Iran
The war against the Iran jihadists is going amazingly well, but it’s a difficult task solely from the “air” in a nation of 92 million people and land mass twice the size of Texas.
But it’s crucial to Middle East and global peace and the future of the Iranian people.
I’m praying for President Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other leaders for great wisdom to finish the job.
Here’s why.
Pray for the Fall of the Islamic State and Freedom for Iran
No imminent reasons for the Iran War? How about these.
By Mike Phillips (edited)
1. Iran’s Main Goal is Death to America and the Destruction of the Planet
As Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei has repeatedly proclaimed, “Death to America is not a slogan: it is policy.” Therefore, any compromise deal that does not foreclose equally on Iran’s missile program, and even its biological weapons program, while only focusing on Iran’s nuclear program, would be naïve and myopic. The terrorists were two weeks away from having ten atomic bombs.
2. The Islamic Republic is Governed by “Twelvers”
The Twelvers are a sect of Shiites whose members believe they must pro-actively bring on Armageddon, their only means of bringing their savior’s return and thereby redeeming their own prior failure to protect both the Twelfth Mahdi and Ali. However difficult it may be for a Western mindset to comprehend, this worldview among Twelvers is sincerely and deeply held. As the great Bernard Lewis explained, to the mullahs and Ayatollahs, “mutually assured destruction is not a deterrent, but an inducement” and, therefore, containment can never work.
3. It’s Only a Matter of Time Until the Islamic Regime Buys a Nuke from Pakistan or North Korea
Even if they cannot reconstitute their nuclear program, the Twelver regime has other means to achieve this, at least prospectively. Indeed, in the past, Iran has tried to purchase a nuclear weapon from Pakistan, and it was only due to a last-minute veto by then-head of Pakistan’s military that the deal fell through. Any other Pakistani or North Korean leader may equally decide to agree to a sale. This danger rises to a near-certainty should the Taliban gain control in Islamabad. Consequently, the mere survival of the regime poses an existential threat to the United States.
4. The Iranian Regime Has Been Murdering Americans For Decades
In 1983, Iran blew up our Marine barracks and embassy in Lebanon killing hundreds of Americans. Iran killed at least 20 percent of the U.S. forces we lost in Iraq through its IEDs and Shiite militia. And, while there was never any evidence connecting Iraq’s Saddam Hussein to the September 11th attack, Iran trained two of the four 9-11 pilots in Tehran on flight simulators, and its paid proxy Hezbollah knew of the 9-11 attack beforehand. It would reveal shamefulness and fecklessness for us to respond to Iran only in the minimalist manner we have in the past, sending a provocative signal to all our adversaries.
5. Iranian Proxies Like Hezbollah Have Murdered Even More
So long as the Islamic Republic regime survives, Hezbollah will continue, alongside China and the Mexican cartels, playing an essential role in the killing of over 100,000 Americans annually via the fentanyl trade out of their Latin American strongholds. That’s more American dead just since 2020 than all American combat deaths since Pearl Harbor.
6. It’s a Shot Across China’s Bow (and Maybe a Kill-Shot for Russia)
Nothing sends a louder shot across China’s bow, nor better enables a China pivot for our military, than the fall of the Islamic Republic. Having already cut off China’s oil supply in Venezuela, President Trump’s disruption of the “Shadow Fleet” poses an even bigger threat. China gets 40 percent of its oil by these means, including half of Russia’s oil and an incredible 90 percent of Iran’s, all at steep discounts. Despite sanctions, China thereby bankrolls both Russia’s and Iran’s wars while subsidizing its own exports. Eliminating Iran as a key component of that system, doesn’t just change the map. It forces Russia into financial cataclysm and China into a need to obtain its energy through legal means at market prices.
7. Proving American Resolve Matters
President Trump has always been willing to use the military for rapid, ultra-brief, acute strikes, including against the Russians in Syria, IRGC head Soleimani, Nicolas Maduro, and Operation Midnight Hammer at Iran’s nuclear sites. This mirrors Reagan’s use of force in Grenada and Libya: kinetic action without long Vietnam- (or Iraq-) like commitments. Reagan won the Cold War, but thankfully not on a European battlefield. Decapitating Iran’s evil regime and empowering its people to take back their country would do the same.
8. Trump Promised That “Help Is On The Way!”
George H.W. Bush utterly betrayed the Iraqi Marsh Arabs: 300,000 were killed. Barack Obama even more tragically promised help he did not provide to Syria’s Sunnis, Yazidis, Christians, and Kurds, resulting in 500,000 dead. In both cases, chemical weapons were used. Congressional Democrats cut off all the aid promised to our South Vietnamese allies as part of our peace treaty ending the war, resulting in the fall of their country just two years later: 600,000 dead at the hands of the Communists, 400,000 more dead fleeing in the South China Sea, as well as the famed “killing fields”, where Pol Pot murdered one-third of his nation’s entire population. Then Joe Biden sold out Afghanistan. Donald Trump must not make those mistakes.
9. Freeing the Iranian People Will Give the U.S. a Key Ally, a Close Friend, and a More Stable Middle East
If we enable Iranians to gain their freedom, Iran will be a close friend of the U.S. for the next century. A modernizing, pro-Western Iran was the bulwark of America’s security in the Middle East for decades, opposing the Soviets, selling oil to America and Europe during the Arab Oil Embargoes, and maintaining cordial relations with Israel while the Arab states repeatedly attacked it. Iranians remain very pro-American, and a restoration would bring peace, prosperity, and hope to millions of Iranians, enormous opportunities for U.S. and European investment, and an exponential reduction in the level of tensions and violence across the Middle East.
10. Right Timing: Iranians Are Rejecting The Regime’s Theology
While reliable statistical data is difficult to procure, the best available studies suggest that as many as two-thirds of Iranians today reject Islam, regarding the behavior of Iranian Muslim leadership as accurately reflecting the true Islam when given free reign. Christianity is growing; so is Zoroastrianism, the pre-Islamic faith of ancient Persia. The regime itself admits that 50,000 of Iran’s 75,000 mosques have closed, and even the Iranian Ministry of Culture found in 2023 that 73 percent want a separation of religion and state.
11. Iranians Have a Leader Who Can Lead the Transition
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians in their own streets and across cities abroad consistently chant exactly one name: Reza Pahlavi, son of the deposed Shah. The Iranian Crown Prince is mainstream, moderate, and modernizing. He’s spent the last half-century in the United States: he was educated here, his children were born here. His eldest daughter, Crown Princess Noor Pahlavi, is a New York venture capitalist. They favor an alliance with America and a rapid transition to democracy.
12. A Freed Iran Would Be a Symbol Across the Middle East and an Inspiration for Europe
If Europe is to be saved from its rapidly progressing (Muslim) conquest, an Iran freed of its Islamist overlords would serve as an inspiration.
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The destruction of the Islamic Republic and freedom for Iran is the greatest potential “peacemaker” of my lifetime.
It’s a just war. Paying more for gas is a small sacrifice to make for liberating the Middle East (and world).
Let’s diligently pray for the fall of the Islamic State and freedom for the Iranian people.
