The Point Is to End the Iran Nuclear Threat, Not to Secure a ‘Deal’

There’s this from David Sanger and Jonathan Swan in the New York Times today (an opinion piece presented as news under the guise of news “analysis,” as the Times often does), regarding increasing signs that President Trump may more openly join Israel in the war against Iran — mainly, an operation to destroy Tehran’s nuclear facility in Fordow, which is deeply buried such that only the U.S. has the military capability to destroy it rapidly:

I don’t pretend not to have a political opinion here but, for whatever that’s worth, this analysis seems thoroughly wrong. As far as the Iranians are concerned, we are joined at the hip with Israel and always have been (the big Satan and the little Satan). There have already been reports of American participation in the ongoing war (in which, for example, Trump has directed bombings of Iran’s Houthi proxies, American forces have assisted Israel in thwarting Iranian aerial attacks, and Trump is said to have intervened to prevent an Israeli assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — which implicitly suggests that he could have blocked Israel’s attacks on Iran’s military assets, nuclear facilities, oil fields, and other infrastructure but chose not to.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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There’s this from David Sanger and Jonathan Swan in the New York Times today (an opinion piece presented as news under the guise of news “analysis,” as the Times often does), regarding increasing signs that President Trump may more openly join Israel in the war against Iran — mainly, an operation to destroy Tehran’s nuclear facility in Fordow, which is deeply buried such that only the U.S. has the military capability to destroy it rapidly:

I don’t pretend not to have a political opinion here but, for whatever that’s worth, this analysis seems thoroughly wrong. As far as the Iranians are concerned, we are joined at the hip with Israel and always have been (the big Satan and the little Satan). There have already been reports of American participation in the ongoing war (in which, for example, Trump has directed bombings of Iran’s Houthi proxies, American forces have assisted Israel in thwarting Iranian aerial attacks, and Trump is said to have intervened to prevent an Israeli assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — which implicitly suggests that he could have blocked Israel’s attacks on Iran’s military assets, nuclear facilities, oil fields, and other infrastructure but chose not to.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.